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1932
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FLIGHT, NOVEMBER 10, 1932 2L&U21 CROYDON /dp NOTHEK unexpected and surprise visit of C~^\l Royalty occurred on Monday when Prince Olaf, Z/ "I the Crown Prince of Norway, and Princess Martha arrived on a S.A.B.E.N.A. 'plane from Brussels. They travelled incognito and were not expected, as no intimation of their departure had been received. It was only when they produced their passports to the Home Office official that their identity was revealed, and although they sat on one of the seats in the main booking hall for some time while a private car was being hired at the request of the Prince, there were very few people who knew that they had passed through the airport. The Royal visitors then drove away to Claridge's Hotel. Two passengers, particularly notable on account of their age, left by the African Air Mail on Wednesday. One of them, who was Dame Ethel Locke King, is 70 years of age, and is especially well-known through her long associa tion with the Brooklands racing track ; she is making the journey by air to Nairobi to visit her nephew ; the other, Col. Stanley Paterson, late of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and an old settler in Kenya, is 75 years of age. On Thursday, November 3, H.R.H. Princess Ingrid of Sweden left at 9.30 a.m. in the S.A.B.E.N.A. 'plane (OO AIR), piloted by M. Lassois. She was accompanied to the aerodrome by the Earl of Athlone, who came to bid her farewell. At the airport, the Princess, who had arrived a quarter of an hour early, spent ten minutes in conversa tion with Maj. L. F. Richard, Chief Officer of the Aero drome, and Mr. H. R. Joncheere, the Croydon Manager of S.A.B.E.N.A., while the Earl of Athlone chatted with Mr. Woolley Dodd, Air Superintendent of Imperial Airways. Capt. Percival took two passengers and a quantity of luggage in his " Gull " to Paris. They left Croydon at 2.5 p.m., and in spite of a head wind of 30/35 m.p.h. arrived at Le Bourget at 3.56 p.m., thus making the journey in 1 hr. 51 min. Mr. Kingham, a director of Gravesend Aviation, Ltd., found himself pressed for time in order to attend to busi ness both in Gravesend and Amsterdam the same day. He solved his difficulty, however, by means of air travel. Leaving Gravesend at 8.30 a.m. he flew in a private 'plane to Croydon, where he embarked on a Royal Dutch air liner. After completing his negotiations in Amsterdam he returned by air and was back in Gravesend by 3.30 p.m. Lord Strickland, Premier of Malta, arrived on Friday in the Air Union 'plane from Marseilles. Fourteen taxi-cab drivers, all members of the London Taxi-Cab Drivers' League, visited the aerodrome on Satur day afternoon. They arrived in three taxi-cabs, each driven by members of the party. During a tour of the aerodrome they showed keen interest in the giant air liners, and later made a flight in the City of Melbourne, one of Imperial Airway's twin-engined Handley Page W.lO's. When asked what they thought of the flight they were unanimous in their enthusiasm. The pilot, Capt. O. P. Jones, flew them over the Crystal Palace, Wimbledon, Weybridge and Epsom Downs, and before they had reached Croydon they had made up their minds to make a longer flight next time. The party was arranged to encourage members to form a flying club, and it is the intention of the League to hold a meeting shortly for this purpose. They are hoping to organise the club on similar lines to that of the 'bus drivers. A number of taxi-cab drivers were pilots during the war. Further orders for several " Monospars " have been received this week by General Aircraft, Ltd. One " Monospar " is being prepared in a silver and red colour scheme for the Paris Aero show, and provisional arrange ments are being made for practical demonstration flights at Le Bourget. A new Hermes II sectional engine has just been com pleted by the Cirrus-Hermes Engineering Co., Ltd., and is to be exhibited at the Paris Aero show. It is a master piece of its type, and is the result of many hours of enthusiastic workmanship by the mechanics of the com pany, who have shown that they are masters of their craft. Every part of the engine, to the smallest screw, can be inspected. In addition to the sectional engine, two light aeroplanes fitted with Hermes II engines are also to be exhibited. Mr. Frank Cody, a relative of Col. Cody, the pioneer airman, has joined the Cirrus-Hermes Engineering Co., Ltd., as an apprentice—he is keenly interested in aero engineering. Purley Way, which passes the main entrance of the aerodrome and is part of the main Brighton Road, is to be more brilliantly illuminated. This is the decision of the Croydon Borough Council, who consider that the present type of electric light standards are inadequate for the amount of traffic on the road, although they were only installed a little over three years ago. The new standards, which are taller, with considerably less distance between them, are in the course of erection, and it is expected they will soon be in operation. A blaze of light will then stretch from Waddon to Purley, and should make a good land-mark for aeroplanes engaged in night flying. The total number of passengers for the week was 1,148, freight 52 tons 11 cwt. HORATIUS. FROM HESTON O N Tuesday, November 1, Mr. F. A. I. Muntz, Managing Director of Airwork, Ltd., left Heston for Heliopolis, Egypt, where he will spend some weeks in collaboration with Misr-Airwork, the associated company of Airwork, Ltd. Capt. Birkett, of Birkett Air Service, arrived from Amsterdam with two passengers and cleared Customs. On Wednesday, November 2, Mr. Ivor McClure, head of the Aviation Department of the Automobile Associa tion, visited Heston with Jonkheer Wittert Van Hoogland, who holds a similar position with the equivalent Associa tion in Holland. Jonkheer Van Hoogland was greatly interested in the system in vogue at Heston, as agents for the Automobile Association, for the issue of hire maps for travel abroad and Carnets, etc. We may mention that it is hoped next year to hold a stock of maps to cover as far North as Stockholm and East to Warsaw and thence down to Constantinople. Already the school is feeling the effect of the drop in price for dual instruction to £3 3s. per flying hour—-several old pupils making a re-appearance for advanced instruction, with Capt. Baker and others putting in some extra hours solo. On Thursday, November 3, Capt. Ferguson moved into his new quarters, and pupils will find his School of Naviga tion fully equipped with all necessary instruments and every comfort for their studies. We heard today that Mr. J. R. Hebert, who left Heston on October 12, arrived at the Misr-Airwork Heliopolis aerodrome on October 23. Viscount Knebworth made an early start on Friday, November 4, clearing Customs at 6 a.m., and leaving for Valenciennes soon after in his " Moth " G-EBZG. Capt. Cazalet, with one passenger, arrived from Wexford in his " Puss Moth " G-ABDL. On Saturday, November 5, BANCO had a charter to Catterick, with two college boys on long leave. Another new pupil joined Airwork School of Flying, having bought his own aeroplane. Heer Schmidt Crans arrived from Rotterdam at 10.15 a.m. in " Puss Moth " PH-MAG, and left again for Rotterdam at noon with Heer Van Der Leeuw as passenger. Chateau Boucon Aerodrome A NEW aerodrome has been opened to air traffic at Chateau Boucon, near Nantes. An Aerodrome for Enfield ? ENFIELD COUNCIL have instructed a sub-committee to search for a site suitable for a municipal aerodrome. 1054
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