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FLIGHT, AUGUST 26, 1932 meeting, and as the first, held at Sywell last year, was a great success, everything points to a good show at South ampton. An ambitious programme is in course of con struction, and already many famous pilots have promised their help. B RISTOL AIRPORT Traffic figures at Bristol for the first half of the current year show an increase of over 25 per cent, over the corre sponding period for 1931. Private owners from the Metropolis are making Bristol Airport an established rendezvous for lunch and tea on Saturdays and Sundays. On Saturday last Mr. Stephen Cliff returned from Naples with Phillips and Powis' " Desoutter " air taxi, after a week's charter in Italy. Mr. Cliff left for Ireland two days later on a fortnight's holiday, and during his absence the air taxi work will be carried on by the Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club. Mr. A. H. Downes-Shaw, the Chairman of the Bristol Club, completed a three weeks' holiday tour with his " Gipsy I Moth," during which he visited Scotland and Ireland. Lt. Col. Smith-Barry, who is also a member of the club, cleared customs at Bristol for Ireland on Saturday, returning for inwards clearance on the Tuesday evening. On Friday, September 2, the machines visiting England for the Week-End Aerien will land at Bristol, when the pilots and passengers will be entertained to luncheon at the Airport by the Lord Mayor of Bristol and the Airport Committee* of the City Council. Lunch will be taken in the main Airport hangar, and preparations are being made for 170 guests. Since August 1 eight pupils have completed the " A " licence tests with the Bristol and Wessex Club, and a further eight are still under instruction. QLIDING IN INDIA A great step forward in aviation in India was recently taken by the Indian Gliding Association of Bombay by opening a. camp at Aundh for training its members in this art of " motorless-aeroplane flying." The Association ordered out since its inauguration in September last some of the best German and American machines, on the advice of the British Gliding Association. SB JS J§ They arrived in the " kit " form, which gave the members an opportunity of gaining experience of assembling the craft. The machines are of the most up-to-date designs. The Association now owns three types of gliders, known as " Primary," " Secondary " and " Semi-Soarer," and is also contemplating the addition of a true " Sailplane." Since the training of students was started at the Camp several have gained sufficient experience to qualify for their " A " certificates. Among the advanced students are two Indian ladies, including Miss Krishnakumary Pant, a daughter of the Chief of Aundh, himself a patron. The Association has 180 students on the roll, and is striving to popularise gliding among the youth of the country. It is affiliated to the British Gliding Association. THE WEEK-END AERIEN 1 As this is the last issue of FLIGHT before the Week- End Aerien becomes fait accompli, we should like to stress the point that it is essential that tickets be purchased by all those British pilots who wish to participate in any of the arrangements. A complete book, which includes all the functions in London, Bristol and Liverpool, but not accommodation for the night in London, costs £4 19s. 6d. For those who only wish to join the party on certain of the days, separate tickets may be purchased. £1 4s. 6d. will cover Thursday's festivities, including lunch at Heston, conveyance to the Mayfair, back to Poulsens* Club at Datchet and back to London again, also supper, dance and light breakfast at Poulsens', inclusive of drinks. On Friday, September 2, a ticket costing £1 18s. 6d. will cover lunch at Bristol, dinner in the S.S. Adriatic and bed and breakfast at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, as well as ground transport. Saturday's dinner, dance and cabaret at the Mayfair costs £1 12s. Those who have not pur chased the complete set of tickets will have to pay a small extra sum for transport to London from Heston on this day. Subscriptions towards the funds, which will enable the foreign visitors to be entertained in a manner no less generous than our pilots have received when paying visits abroad, may still be sent to the Secretary, Room 170, Mayfair Hotel, London, W.l, and those who feel that we owe a debt to those visitors (and who does not?) should send their contributions as soon as possible. SS SU S din Jtatafwvt Air Service for Hull AN experimental air service between Hull and Grimsby will (it is reported) be started in September. It will start from Hull municipal aerodrome at Hedon each morning at 9 a.m. and carry passengers and parcels to Humber stone, three and a-half miles from Grimsby, leaving Humberstone on a return journey to Hull at 9.30 a.m. An afternoon service will leave Hedon at 4.30 p.m. and Grimsby at 5 p.m. The return fare will be 14s. At present the journey to and from Grimsby and Hull involves crossing the River Humber in a steamer to New Holland and then entraining for Grimsby. The journey, more over, occupies an average time of an hour and a-half. The time occupied in flying from Hedon to Humberstone occupies 10 min. Passengers will be able to get from the centre of Hull to the centre of Grimsby in just under 40 min. Proposed Air Mail to Australia IN our issue of August 19 we mentioned the scheme now under consideration for Imperial Airways to extend their present Eastern service from Karachi to Singapore, where it would connect with an Australian company, probably to be formed by a combine of the principal com panies now operating in Australia. An alternative scheme, in which it is understood that the Larkin Company is in terested, is for the Dutch Air Service, which already flies from Amsterdam to Batavia, to extend its route to Wynd- ham, and there connect with an Australian company. It is reported that the Dutch line would charge £8 for the first 100 kilos, and £6 for every additional kilo, which would work out at a postal charge of over 2s. per half- ounce letter. Apart from the charge, it seems hardly likely that the Australian Government would agree to British mails being carried on foreign aeroplanes. Air Services in Norway THE Norwegian postal authorities felt themselves un able, for economic reasons, to carry on the air services which had been in operation during the months of June, July and August, 1931. Last summer there was a nightly air mail service between Oslo and Gothenburg, with one flight each way every night. Between Gothenburg and Copenhagen, the point of connection with the Continental air routes, the mails were carried by the Swedes. The machines and pilots used by the Norwegian postal authori ties were hired from the Ministry of Defence. Last year, from May 18 until September 12, there was also a passen ger service from Oslo to the Continent carried out by the Deutsche Lufthansa A/G in connection with the Norske Luftruter A/S. The route was Oslo-Gothenburg-Copen- hagen-Lubeck, with one machine daily each way. Faster Mail Service from Rangoon THE agents of the K.L.M. in Rangoon have received intimation that the Government of India has decided to extend the privileges at present accorded to the company. The K.L.M. may pick up at Rangoon mails for Europe and carry them to Calcutta to be delivered there to the postal authorities foi onward transmission. At present the air mail is posted on Wednesday. By the new route it may be posted on the following Saturday night, being taken by the K.L.M. early Sunday and reaching Calcutta on Sunday afternoon, thence going by mail train to Karachi, arriving there on Wednesday morning in time to catch the Imperial Airways machine. Thus the homeward air mail will take ten days from Rangoon to the United Kingdom instead of fourteen days. Another important change is that mails from India and Burma for other countries in the East may be loaded at Calcutta-, Akyab or Rangoon, thus providing Rangoon with an air mail service in both directions. 801
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