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1933
1933 - 0035.PDF
FLIGHT, JULY 6, 1933 /lipnopr TLcmif BRISTOL AIRPORT EATHER conditions throughout the month of June have been really good, except, of course, on the day of the Bristol Air Pageant. In the past week Mr. Robinson Cazalet cleared Cus toms for Ireland, and a Surrey Flying Services Fokker cleared inwards on the following day from the same country. On Saturday an Iona National Airways " Fox Moth " cleared for Cork with three passengers. Norman Edgar & Co. have recently delivered five machines from their sales depdt, including new machines to Sir Philip Sassoon, Lord Borodale and Mr. Loel Guin ness. A " Bluebird " and a " Gipsy I Moth " were also delivered to purchasers in France. The Bristol-Cardiff Air Ferry, operated by the same firm, has been doing increased business as the result of a reduction in the fares, which are now 9s. single and 18s. return. This is less than the first-class railway fare, and appears to be a step in the right direction. During the Bristol-Brighton week a daily service was also operated between Bristol and Brighton with a West- land " Wessex." The Bristol Branch of Airwork, Ltd., has been kept so busy that an S.O.S. had to be sent to Heston for extra staff. CROYDON R. SCHACHT, President of the Reichbank, and Chief German delegate to the World Economic Conference! arrived by private 'plane from Berlin at 3 p.m. Monday, June 26. As on former occasions, Dr. Schacht was afforded special police protection. Mr. Woolsey, the well-known film comedian of Woolsey and Wheeler fame, arrived at 7.15 p.m. the same evening from Paris, and incidentally stayed at the Dorchester, the same hotel as Dr. Schacht. Mr. Colyn, the Dutch Prime Minister, arrived at Croydon at 9.20 p.m. by Royal Dutch air-liner from Amsterdam. He was returning to the World Economic Conference after a week-end holiday in Holland. On Thursday, June 29, Dr. Schacht, who is a keen rival of Mr. Montague Norman's in the art of slipping in and out of countries totally unobserved, left Croydon very quietly at 6 a.m. in his private 'plane for Berlin. Capt. Eden, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who was returning from Geneva, arrived at Croydon the same morning at 11.55 a.m. in the air-liner Hengist from Paris. Col. Michailoff, of the Bulgarian Air Ministry, and his wife, who had been on a three days' visit to this country, left Croydon at 9.20 a.m. by D.L.H. for Berlin. A record trip was set up a few days ago by the catapult plane which left the S.S. Euro-j-a at 2 a.m. 510 miles west ^Land's End and arrived at Southampton at 10 a.m. The 'plane left almost immediately for Bremerhaven, arriving there at 4 p.m. This is the longest flight ever made by this service. Mails dropped at Southampton for Central Europe were despatched in the usual way from Croydon by the night air mail service. The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who had been attending the World Economic Conference, made his first yght in an aeroplane on Saturday,' when he returned to Brussels in a S.A.B.E.N.A. air-liner. On Thursday, Sir Paul Latham, M.P., and his bride, i-ady Patricia Moore, flew from Croydon to Paris by imperial Airways. The air-liner being full to capacity, a t-peciai plane was chartered from Air Taxis to transport their baggage and lady Patricia's maid. C3?. ,ax's had another special charter on Friday to bring "oi i cPuPle from Shoreham to Croydon. Honeymoon ^ upies who believe in a flying start to their married lives drc seen almost daily at Croydon. TOMI Mrday Air Taxis carried out a special charter to Le Diir" AI. a business man, who returned on Sunday, txt) • A week"end Surrey Flying Service and Air Taxis peneHced an exceptionally busy time pleasure flying, that +KC T^a?, a widespread rumour on Sunday afternoon ine m, tk SOns would take off from Croydon that even- 6 on the start of their flight across the Atlantic. Mr. and Mrs. Mollison arrived at the aerodrome shortly after S p.m. I met them in the aerodrome hotel. When I mentioned the rumour to them Mr. Mollison laughed at the suggestion. He said: "It is ridiculous, we have just motored here from Brighton, and only dropped in for refreshment." They left after only staying a few minutes, for Grosvenor House. I learnt later that they had made inquiries while at Croydon about Mr. Ulm, the Australian airman. Mr. H. S. Robertson, Aviation Manager of Dunlop Export Aero section, left Croydon at 6 a.m. on Monday, July 3, for an aerial tour of Scandinavia and Northern Europe. He will probably make calls in twelve countries during the tour, which will take about three weeks. Total number of passengers for the week were 2,371. Freight, 84 tons 14 cwt. HORATIUS FROM HESTON M ESTON's three " Cadets " have flown 70 hr. since they were delivered, just over a week ago. There is now the record number of 13 new pupils on the school books, and school hours for the month of June have run up to 305, an advance of 63 hr. on last year's figures. Another point of interest is that 1,160 jobs, varying in magnitude from daily inspection to complete rebuilding of aircraft, have been carried out by the Airwork Service Department in the last six months. Their activities are illustrated in a new booklet called " Weft Snarl " (anyone who reads it will know why). An interesting and successful first soloist last week was Mrs. Gregory, who is consulting physician to the Royal Free Hospital and the Chadwick Hospital and a specialist in children's diseases. Her husband, Dr. H. A. C. Gregory, is himself a physician, pilot, and the owner of an aeroplane. The two D.H. " Dragons," which will be operated by Misr-Airwork S.A.E. on a service between Cairo and Alexandria, left Heston on June 26 and arrived at Cannes The same night en route for Egypt. They are being flown by Capt. Spooner and Mr. B. W. Figgins, and are carry ing as passengers the wives of three of the staff. H.E. Taher Pasha, who has been staying at Heston Airport Hotel, is Vice-President of Misr-Airwork, and was an enthusiastic spectator when the " Dragons " left. He himself left for Croydon at 8.45 on June 28 in the British Air Navigation Co.'s " Gull," and continued to Paris by Air Union. The British Air Navigation Co. have had a busy week, in the course of which they have covered a distance of 3,336 miles. Their " Gull " and one of their " Puss Moths " flew back to England last week with pictures of the wedding in Lausanne of the Prince of Asturias, heir to the throne of Spain. Mr. O. Gatty, who sailed for Spitzbergen and (ulti mately) the North Pole with the Oxford and Cambridge expedition at 8 o'clock on June 27, discovered early in the afternoon that his patent and absolutely irreplacable sleep ing bag had been left behind in London. An urgent message summoned manservant and bag to Heston, and both were rushed to Newcastle in a " Puss Moth," trans ferred to a waiting launch, and the bag hoisted on board the Venus, lying outside, with very little time to spare. On the Wednesday, Sir Basil Peto, M.P., flew to Barn staple in Mr. Jackaman's Monospar to visit his con stituency. Mr. and Mrs. Mollison left Heston the same evening in a B.A.N. Co. " Puss Moth " for the wedding of Mrs. Mollison's sister at Hull. Fit. Lt. Bergt Jacobsson, who came over from Sweden with Miss Eva Dickson (who is also Swedish) for the Royal Air Force display, left for the return flight at 4 a.m. on June 27, after staying overnight at the Heston Airport Hotel. Other visitors were Mr. Bernard de Skorzewski from Poland, who it will be remem bered won the arrival competition at last year's "Week end Aerien," and M. Roger Seligman from France in his Caudron. Mr. Robin Cazalet, M.P., returning from Malta in his new Monospar, was held up by the officials at Catania while they obtained telegraphic confirmation that he had not been seen over forbidden territory. Mr. George Eyston, the racing motorist, came to the flying school for a refresher course on the " Cadets " on June 28. 673
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