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1932
1932 - 1106.PDF
FLIGHT, NOVEMBER 3, 1932 **J£jq*ak/i AT THE SLIPWAY : A.S.T. have their own slipway at Hamble so that getting their seaplanes afloat does not present much difficulty. (FLIGHT Photo.) towing, etc. Since this machine is not used for flying training—it can be coaxed into the air under favourable conditions, as our photos show—it is possible to keep the cost of training much lower than otherwise, and, further more, the instructor may allow the pupil to take far more liberty than would be desirable with one of the flying training seaplanes. The Avro " Tutor " fitted with an Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx engine makes an admirable training seaplane. It has a top speed of 114 m.p.h. and cruises comfortably at 100 m.p.h. The " Avian " has a 7-cyl. Armstrong-Siddeley Genet Major engine and a top speed of 109 m.p.h. It is extremely light, its take-off is excellent, and it is very pleasant to fly indeed. It is often said that the cost of seaplane training is exorbitantly high, but critics should realise that the maintenance costs of such training machines are immeasurably higher than those of land machines. The floats themselves may cost nearly as much as the aircraft, while extra precautions have to be taken on every point to guard against corrosion. The course at the A.S.T. school is very complete and ground training is included. This form of instruction teaches the students all the particular methods which are necessary to defeat corrosion. He is also given a course in navigation, the use of charts, systems of buoyage, fog signals, etc. The fee for the complete course on the " Avian " is £80 and on the " Tutor " £100. CU/tftctf fieun CROYDON f Ijp^HE low-lying smoke cloud over London on Mon- \JJ 11 day, October 24, prevented five of the incoming III air liners from completing their journeys to Croydon. One, a German machine, and another a French landed at Penshurst, while a Belgian, Dutch and an Imperial Airways liner landed at Lympne. The morn ing services all reached Croydon, but only one of the after noon service planes from the Continent arrived, this being a S.A.B.E.N.A. A second S.A.B.E.N.A. plane, which followed one minute later, was unable to get through. Both Imperial Airways 5 o'clock services to and from Paris were cancelled. Weather conditions on Tuesday were considerably better, and flying was normal. The main booking hall took on an unusual aspect with the addition of two powerful floodlights and other photo graphic apparatus, which gave to some extent a studio effect, while a film company were actively engaged the whole of the day making part of a film. Princess Ingrid's arrival from Brussels on Thursday came as a great surprise So entirely unexpected was her visit that it was not known at the aerodrome that anyone of great importance was expected until a wireless message was received that the Imperial Airways air liner had left Brussels at 12.27 p.m. with two important passengers, and even then no one realised who was on board. The only person to welcome the Princess was Princess Alice (Countess of Athlone), who had been waiting in her car for about half an hour. It was not until a few minutes before the plane was due to arrive that the Chief Officer of the aerodrome, Maj. L. Richard, was aware of the Princess's journey. As no definite news had been received at the airport, necessary hasty arrangements were made to receive the Princess. Only a few visitors witnessed her arrival from the roof of the main administration building. Throughout the journey a strong head-wind of 30-35 m.p.h. was encountered, and it was 3 o'clock when the Argosy City of Manchester arrived. Princess Ingrid travelled as an ordinary passenger, accompanied only by her lady-in-waiting, and although there were a number of other passengers on board, none of them was aware of her identity. When she alighted from the plane she spent a moment in conversation with Capt. Le Leu, the pilot. Maj. Richard then greeted the Princess on behalf of the Air Ministry, and escorted her to the main hall, where she was met by Princess Alice ; they left almost immediately by car. Among the passengers to arrive the same day by the Deutsche Luft Hansa was the President of the Inter national Chamber of Commerce, who is on a few days' visit to this country. Mr. Douglas, a pupil of British Air Transport, Ltd., obtained his " B " licence this week and has joined Im perial Airways as a first officer. Included in the cargoes to arrive by the Royal Dutch Air Lines from Holland on Friday was an Egyptian mummified cat, stated to be over 2,000 years old. It is consigned to an antique dealer in London, but cannot be 1026
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