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1932
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FLIGHT, OCTOBER 13, 1932 Qirport Uews CROYDON E> URING the week two pupils of British Air Trans port, Ltd., were awarded their " A " licences, and two successful night flights were carried out. The school is rapidly growing and becoming more popular. Capt. Penny states that they have more mem bers and are busier than at any time hitherto. The coffee stall which he opened last month in order to pro vide refreshments for the school has proved a great suc cess, and is patronised from early morning until late at night. A good and well-cooked meal can be obtained there, and visitors from other aerodromes will be made very welcome at Addington. Mr. Low and Mr. Taylor, both pupils of Rollason, Muir and Rickard, obtained their " A " licences this week, and Mr. Wright, a pupil of the same firm, having obtained his " A " licence some time ago, has ordered a " Bristol Fighter " for his own use, which is being assembled in the workshop of Rollason, Muir & Rickard, and is now near completion. Mr. Robert T. Boyd, a " B " licence pupil of the same school, has just returned from a fortnight's aerial tour in Switzerland. Surrey Flying Services, Ltd., have now made arrange ments with the Redwing Aircraft Co., Ltd., to carry on part of their school work at Gatwick. The " Fox Moth " aeroplane which won the King's Cup air race this year has been loaned by S.F.S. to the de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., for experimental purposes and particularly for some special propeller tests. Press photographs of the Prince of Wales and Prince George have been despatched regularly during the last few days as late as 9 p.m. from Stockholm by train to Malmo, and then transferred to the Scandinavian Air Express, reaching Croydon at 3.30 the following afternoon. It would appear from this that, with the general speeding up of the regular air services, there will be a loss of business to those firms that specialise in private hire work, espe cially the conveyance of urgent photographs for the newspapers. Mr. Fritz Schultz, the well-known German film star, paid a flying visit to London from Berlin, arriving on Thursday afternoon in the " Rohrbach," and returning by the same machine on Saturday morning. Mr. Schultz had an engagement to appear on the stage in Dresden the same evening. Immediately upon arrival at Tempel- hof he stepped into a specially chartered aeroplane that was waiting to convey him at top speed to his destination. Mr. Jahn, the very popular manager at Croydon of the Deutsche Luft Hansa, reports that there is a considerable increase in the quantity of inward freight from Germany, and often there is more than the night freight machine can carry. A trial service is being operated by the Deutsche Luft Hansa between Berlin and Amsterdam with a single-engine Junkers machine fitted with a Junkers Diesel-engine type Jumo 600 h.p. So far the engine has proved very satis factory, and trials will shortly be concluded, when it is almost certain that a general use will be made of this type of engine by the D.L.H. A new type of aeroplane which made its first appear ance at Croydon the other day is the Junkers J.U.52. This is the latest type of monoplane which has just been placed on service by the D.L.H. Its development is a result of the long experience derived from the well-known types G.24 and G.31, and it is intended that this new type will gradually replace these machines, especially the G.24, which has now completed ten years' service. The out standing features of the J.U.52 are an enormous pay load combined with an exceptional high speed and climb. Fifteen passengers and three crew are carried in this machine, which has a maximum pay load of 3J tons, a top speed of approximately 155 m.p.h., a cruising speed of approximately 145 m.p.h. and a very low landing speed of only 45 m.p.h. Two of these machines, as a result of their unrivalled performance, have been placed on the Munich to Rome service across the Alps, and it is quite probable at a later date the same type will operate on the Amsterdam-Croydon service. It was this machine that won the Chavez-Bider Cup which was recently competed for at Zurich. These Junkers J.U.52 machines, I am informed, are now the fastest multi-engined aircraft engaged in commercial aviation, and still further modifica tions are to be made in this type, so that later versions will be even speedier. A letter was received by Cirrus-Hermes Engineering Co., Ltd., on Monday, October 10, from Lt. Com. Hall, R.A.N. This was the first communication regarding his flight to Australia apart from a short telegram previously received. Lt. Com. Hall states that the engine could not have given him less anxiety. The total flying time of his flight from Croydon-Perth, W.A., was 159 hr. 25 mm., which included 13^ hr. spent at Rangoon searching for the missing airmen, Messrs. Salt and Taylor. A number of Hermes II engines are in course of produc tion and these will shortly be despatched to the Far East. The total number of passengers for the week was 1,688 ; freight, 60 tons 3 cwt. " HORATIUS." FROM HESTON S IIP-HE usefulness of the flood lighting installed at V3II Heston was demonstrated on Sunday evening, III October 2, when Mr. Armstrong, of Iona Air ways, Ltd., arrived in a " Fox Moth " after dusk from Ireland without previous warning. Hearing the machine circling overhead, it was only a matter of switch ing on the light to enable him to land with ease and without any delay. On Monday, October 3, a flight from Heston Airport flew overhead during the ceremony of the handing over of the Borough Charter to Heston and Isleworth by H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, the machines dipping in salute as the Charter was handed over to Mr. H. J. Nias, J.P., the Charter Mayor. By a happy thought, the flight was formed to represent professional aviation, private owners and lady pilots, one " Moth " from Airworks School of Flying being piloted by Capt. G. W. Ferguson (repre senting the instructional side of aviation), Mr. R. P. G. Denman in his " Puss Moth " (representing private HESTON'S NEW MAYOR : Mr. H. J. Nias, the Charter Mayor of Heston and Isleworth, who made an official flight at Heston Aerodrome during the air rally held on September 8 to wind up the civic celebrations. 964
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