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1932
1932 - 1107.PDF
FLIGHT, NOVEMBER 3, 1932 delivered to him until the Customs receive a declaration from the vendor that it is not less than 100 years old. The declaration has to be signed in the presence of the British Consul-General in Holland. As a result of the unfavourable weather conditions which prevailed on Friday afternoon, the pilots of four Bristol " Bulldogs " decided to abandon their flight to Biggin Hill, and landed at Croydon, where they housed their machines for the night. They took off early the next morning and were out of sight in a few seconds. Every Air Union machine throughout the week has been fully loaded with passengers and freight. On Saturday alone Air Union planes carried 66 passengers and nearly 2 tons of goods. There was a strong wind blowing across the aerodrome estimated at 50 m.p.h., and heavy rain falling, when the German night freighter, the D.2017, took off at 8.55 p.m. on Saturday. The take-off was good and the plane was travelling at a high speed. It seemed likely that with the strong tail wind it had a good chance of making Cologne in record time. At 9.40, however, an S.O.S. was flashed from the plane, which was estimated to be over the Channel and probably flying above the clouds, as no position was given. In spite of a thorough search by lifeboats from both sides of the Channel, and although rumours circulated throughout Sunday to the effect that the pilot and wireless operator had been picked up, no definite information has been received up to the time of writing, and it is now thought that Herr Cuno, the pilot, and Herr Drebes, the wireless operator, are lost. The German night freight machine from Croydon to Berlin had only to be run once more on Monday, October 31, to conclude the service this year. It is, there fore, apart from the probable loss of life, bitterly dis appointing that fate should have struck such a blow on the eve of the conclusion of a service which has been 100 per cent, efficient throughout the season. The Maharajah of Jodhpur, who visited Croydon Aero drome last week and is spending much of his time inspect ing different makes of aircraft, has ordered a Monospar. Members of the Arsenal football team flew from Croy don on the 12.30 p.m. Imperial Airways 42-seater air liner on Sunday to Paris, where they were to play a match on Monday afternoon, returning by air on Tuesday. The total number of passengers for the week was 1,218 ; freight, 54 tons 6 cwts. . HORATIUS. FROM HESTON III ~) ANCO had a charter to Manchester, with one pas- I ~^v senger, on Monday, October 24, and left in very III C / thick weather at 9 a.m., returning about 4 p.m. Miss Margery Durant's Sikorsky arrived from Lympne, where it had been detained by bad weather. Tuesday, October 25.—Fit. Lt. C. Clarkson and Mr. Dudley Page, of Brian Lewis & Co., were early acquaint ing themselves with the flying capabilities of their demon stration Monospar. Capt. and Mrs. J. Hargreaves cleared Customs and left for Amsterdam, Berlin, Posen and War saw in their Klemm G-ABHR. Col. Strange arrived from Paris in the Spartan " Cruiser " with three passengers, on the termination of his Continental tour which started from Heston on October 14. A " Puss Moth " cleared Customs having arrived from Paris, and Capt. Birkett, of Birkett Air Service, Heston, returned from Amsterdam in his " Puss Moth " with two passengers. Fit. Lt. Russell, of Redwing's, called in from Gatwick. Miss Sale Barker and Miss Page (daughter of Sir Arthur Page, Lord Chief Justice of Burma) left, on October 26, in a D.H. " Moth," owned by the former, to fly to Cape Town. Mr. A. C. J. Irwin and Mr. Gandar Dower also left during the afternoon for Bombay. The Maharajah of Jodhpur visited Heston airport to-day and was very interested in the organisation and demonstrations of new types of aircraft. He flew in an Autogiro and also in the new Spartan " Cruiser." He is the owner of a private flying club in India and possesses a number of machines. On Thursday, October 27, Lady Young, wife of Sir Arthur Young, C.M.G., D.S.O., after her last lesson in aerobatics with Capt. Baker, made a short solo flight. She is leaving on Saturday to rejoin her husband at the British Legation, Baghdad. The Personal Flying Services' Junkers landed at Heston with press photographers who had been flying over the Oxford district taking photos of the flooded country. On Friday, October 28, Mr. Jamar cleared Customs and left for Brussels in his " Moth." The machine looked very smart after its C. of A. and repainting by Airwork, Ltd., Service Department. Mr. Ten Bos cleared Customs and left for Rotterdam in his Comper " Swift." Miss Winifred Spooner left for Leicester in a " Puss Moth." Saturday, October 29.—Another new pupil joined the School and one qualified for his "A" licence. Sunday, October 30.—Customs clearances commenced at an early hour—Sir P. Sassoon's " Puss Moth " leaving at 8.45 a.m. for Paris, piloted by Mr. Ellesmere, but returned after reaching Lympne owing to the wind. Capt. Birkett left at 9.5 a.m. in his " Puss Moth " with two passengers for Amsterdam. MANCHESTER AIRPORT'S WIRELESS STATION >jrN important advance in the development of £™^01 British civil aviation is marked by the <Zs 'II announcement that the Marconi Company is to erect on behalf of the Air Ministry a wireless station at the Manchester Corporation Aerodrome at Barton Moss. The station will be controlled by the Air Ministry and manned by Air Ministry personnel. This will be the first fully-equipped wireless station to be erected in a municipal airport for the use of civil aviation services, and is an indication of the progressive policy of officially fostering provincial air services in the United Kingdom. A complete Meteorological Office for the issue of weather reports will be established simultaneously. The wireless station, for which the buildings are being provided by the Manchester Corporation, will have suffi cient power and range to communicate with aircraft making the Irish Sea crossing to Belfast or Dublin, as well as over a wide area of north-west England and Wales, and the Midlands. Various classes of wireless service that have proved to be of value to aviation will be provided by the Man chester Aerodrome Station, including ground-to-air com munication by telephone or telegraph, meteorological broadcasts, wireless direction finding, and inter-aerodrome services. The wireless equipment to be installed, all of which is of the most modern design, comprises a Marconi ground station transmitter of approximately three kilowatts power input, and a direction finding receiver. It is ex pected that the work of installation and testing will be completed by the spring of next year. The transmitting station will be erected at a distance of about a mile from the aerodrome at Barton Moss, and remotely operated from the control room at Barton Moss. This is to obviate any possible danger to aircraft using the aerodrome on account of the two 100-ft. masts and the aerials of the transmitting station. The transmitter is designed to operate on wavelengths between 700 and 1,550 metres, which include all the medium wavelengths allotted by International Convention for civil aircraft communications. In order to make the installation particularly applicable to the needs of civil aviation, provision is made for rapid switching. to any one of the five wavelengths required for the various ground station services, so that the operator in the control room can select instantaneously the appropriate wavelength for working in accordance with the demands of the moment. The circuits, which are contained in all-metal panels, consist of a master oscillator, one stage of power amplifica tion, and a coupled aerial circuit. Communication can be maintained on continuous wave or interrupted con tinuous wave telegraphy, or on telephony. The Manchester Aerodrome receiver will be of a similar type to that used at the London Airport, Croydon, known as the Marconi R.G.14. These instruments have proved very reliable for general communication and direction find ing services on the Bellini-Tosi system. 1027 c 2
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