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1932
1932 - 1007.PDF
FLIGHT, OCTOBER 6, 1932 /:•'•;::: :•' • "':"-' w"':.: :-'.;''.':":":'X:..:.':' -W:r" :.' v. - -::i •':'-•• ..-.•:-::-.-: ':.: ::^:,-.-K:,. ; BRISTOL AIRP1R Heracles was very imposing as " she " arrived over the hangar at Bristol Airport. The broadcasting van on the left was most ably worked throughout the meeting by Mr. Dick Ashley Hall. IN COMFORT TO THE WEST COUNTRY O K Saturday, October 1, the Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club held their annual Garden Party. It seems an unfortunate, but well-established, fact that since moving to Whitchurch the club is quite unable to pick a fine day for their meetings. Satur day was no exception, and until quite late in the evening the low clouds and rain made any form of flying pro gramme almost impossible. Despite these conditions, however, quite a fair number of people arrived, all of whom were only too thankful to park their machines and retire to the hospitable warmness of the club-house. We ourselves were fortunate enough to travel down in complete comfort in Heracles. We have already written a very great deal about the comfort of this class of machine, and the more often we sample it the more decided becomes our opinion that Imperial Airways have certainly provided the most comfortable air travel of any operating company. It is an undoubted fact that the chief factor causing fatigue during travel, and particularly during flights in the air, is noise. In the Heracles class of aircraft noise has been eradicated so that the cabin is de finitely quieter, steadier and more comfort able than that of the' average express train. The question of silence applies equally to the comfort of the pilot, and the control cabin of the Heracles is admirable in this respect. The view is excellent and the general layout appears to be satisfactory. Thyre are, of course, points, like the arrangement of the dashboard which could be criticised, but we understand that the instruments have for the most part been placed according to the wish of the pilots themselves. The policy of providing com fort for the passengers, adopted by Im perials, extends not only to the machine, but also to the way it is flown. For example, on almost all occasions it is pos sible to get into still air by flying high, and this is always done when conditions permit. The result on Saturday, and also on Sunday morning when returning to Croydon, was particularly noticeable, for on each occasion other pilots arriving in light aircraft, having flown down below the clouds, all reported very bumpy conditions indeed. Capt. O. P. Jones, however, took us above the clouds, which incidentally provided a very pretty spectacle as they were for the most part broken, thus allowing ample glimpses of the ground be neath, and up there the machine was as steady as a rock. The perfect navigation which characterises Imperial's pilots brought us out at our desired position just beyond the aerodrome, from whence we made a couple of circuits of Bristol City before the machine was put down at- Whitchurch. Lunch at the aerodrome was unce more excellently arranged by Fortts, of Bath, and after this was concluded AFTER THE FLIGHT IN HERACLES TO BRISTOL : In the centre (with glasses) is Mr. Ernest Pitman, an ardent air traveller, who took some of his family, including Mrs. Pitman, Mr. P. P. Butler, Miss Pinckney and Miss Pitman. 935 D
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