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1932
1932 - 1061.PDF
FLIGHT, OCTOBER 20, 1932 Aipnopr Tlmm CROYDON e EKR W. POLTE, one of the three chief pilots of the Deutsche Luft Hansa, has been appointed to operate on the London to Berlin service. He has recently been flying the three-engined Junkers J.U.S2 between Munich and Rome. A few days ago he made the trip from Rome via Vienna and Munich to Berlin, a distance of 1,300 km., or approximately 820 miles, in 5 hr. 35 min. ; this included the time for land ing and taking off. Mrs. and Miss Mannix, wife and daughter of the director of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, left Croydon on Thursday morn ing in the " Rohrbach " for Berlin, and proceeded from there to the well-known health resort, Baden Baden. The repair section of the Cirrus-Hermes Engineering Co., Ltd., has certainly justified its existence since it started only a short time ago. Several crashed machines were brought in this week, and one or two that looked as if they were completely written off are now in the course of reconstruction. Private owners of Cirrus or Hermes engined aircraft are finding a great advantage in bringing their machines here for a C. of A., as this can generally be obtained in less time than elsewhere, due not only to the fact that the necessary jigs and tools are at hand, also spare parts, but in addition the company has an A.I.D. officer on the premises, who attends solely to their business. A valuable picture, the property of H.M. the King, arrived at Croydon on Tuesday evening from Paris, accom panied by Sir John Blundell. After the passengers had disembarked and the freight and mails had been unloaded, the machine was taxied into the hangar, where the picture was removed under the supervision of Sir John Blundell to a special van, which had been sent to collect it. H.R.H. Prince George had an unusually long trip by air from Amsterdam on Thursday, due to exceptionally strong head winds encountered throughout the journey, which took nearly four hours. Amongst the passengers to arrive at Croydon on Sunday was His Excellency the Chilian Ambassador, who is a fre quent traveller by air and always has a word of praise for air travel. Mr. Wright took delivery of his Bristol " Fighter " on Saturday from Rollason, Muir & Rickard, and during the week Mr. Robert T. Boyd, a pupil of the same school, passed several of his " B " licence tests. Herr Pfennig, who was the station engineer of the Deutsche Luft Hansa at Croydon for a number of years on the old aerodrome, returned this week after an absence of nearly six years. Herr Pfennig has come for a few days' visit to carry out some special repair work. This is his first visit since he was recalled to Berlin in 1927, and he is very delighted to be here again. A report that a steamship in the Channel on Saturday picked up a wireless distress signal from an aeroplane that had landed on the water has given rise to a certain amount of speculation with regard to the signal being a genuine one. The Air Ministry, I understand, and the Board of Trade have not so far been able to trace any missing machine. The " Monospar " G-ABUZ returned from its Continen tal tour on Saturday, and Fit. Lt. H. M. Schofield had quite a lot to say about his travels. The total number of passengers for the week was 1,633 ; freight, 59 tons 14 cwt. HORATIUS. FROM HESTON O N Monday, October 10, Air Taxis, Ltd., took one passenger to Jersey in a " Puss Moth." Herr Kirsch, with Maj. E. Stephen, arrived from Berlin in the latest three-seater cabin type of Klemm. Henlys, Ltd., took possession of their new office in front of the club-house. The Sikorsky (NC.ll.V.) of Miss Margery Durant made a trip to Southampton and back, with a pilot and three passengers on board. Wednesday, October 12, was not a very good flying day owing to fog. In spite of this, several machines arrived from abroad and left for destinations on the Continent. Two machines proceeded to Paris, one to Aachen, one to Rotterdam, two arrived from Paris, one from Amsterdam, one from Guernsey and one from Cologne. Among the machines clearing Customs for abroad was a D.H. " Moth," piloted by Mr. J. R. Hibert on the first stage of his solo flight to Australia. Mr. Hibert is treating this trip as a holiday, travelling by easy stages. He intends to ship his machine from Australia to Vancouver and then fly across Canada. He has not yet com pleted 100 hours' solo flying. Fit. Lt. Christopher Clarkson re turned on a " Tiger Moth " from Lisbon, via Biarritz, where he had been giving a demonstration. Friday, October 14, was again not very suitable for flying in struction, but instruction was carried out during the morning, one of the pupils taking a lesson on a " Puss Moth." Col. Strange left in the Spartan " Cruiser " (G-ABTY), with Mr. John Lord and Mr. Ballardie, for Paris en route for Bucharest, Belgrade, Athens, etc., where demonstra tions of the machine had been asked for. Mr. Cliff left in the " Civilian Coupe " G-ABPW for Brussels and Berlin. " The Spider " of Banco, piloted by Capt. Barnard, left Heston this afternoon to take the directors of the Plymouth Argyle team to Stoke the following morning. On Saturday morning, October 15, Heston presented a very bustling and animated scene with the preparations for the Heston-Cardiff air race. During the day one " Moth " left for Paris, one " Desoutter " arrived from Brussels, and one " Puss Moth " left for Brussels. Sunday, October 16, opened by the first pupil of the day—a lady learning to fly as a surprise to her family— carrying out her first solo. Another pupil did his height test, which was all he required to qualify for his " A " licence. " Puss Moth " G-ABZM left for Brussels at 7.20 a.m. with two passengers, piloted by Mr. Buckingham. Mr. Lindsay Everard's party, consisting of himself, Mr. Wilson Fox, Mr. Macpherson and Miss Winifred Spooner, arrived at Heston at 1.20 p.m., having flown from Dijon this morning, on the termination of their trip to Persia. AN AIRMAN'S CLOCK : This unique clock, on the tarmac at Heston, has been designed to be easily visible from aeroplanes flying over the Airport. (FLIGHT Photo.) 989
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