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1933
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FLIGHT, JULY 13, 1933 CUifwvt fLeua CROYDON A CONSIDERABLE amount of interest was caused by the arrival at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 6, of Princess Ingrid and her younger brother, Prince Johan of Sweden. They had travelled by K.L.M. Air Line from Copenhagen. Nine passengers were aboard the 'plane and the first to alight was the Princess, followed immediately by her brother. Smilingly she stepped forward to shake hands with the representatives of the Duke of Connaught. She was also welcomed on behalf of the Air Ministry by Major Leslie F. Richard, Chief Officer of the Airport, and Capt. H. Sprey Leverton on behalf of the K.L.M. The Princess then asked to speak to the pilot, whom she thanked for bringing her safely to Croydon. Princess Ingrid described the flight as being excellent and stated that she had thoroughly enjoyed it. As royal visitors enjoy diplomatic privileges, it was not necessary for them to pass Customs and immigration officials. The Duke of Connaught's private car was waiting on the tarmac for them ; they stepped into this and left immediately for a London address—they are staying with the Duke of Connaught. A new flight instructor, Mr. R. S. Bulstrode, has been appointed to British Air Transport at Addington. Mr. Bulstrode took over his duties in charge of the flying school on Sunday, July 9. Formerly he was instructor at the Maidstone Airport. I am informed by Mr. R. Jahn, the D.L.H. Manager at Croydon, that the trial flights across the South Atlantic carried out in connection with the floating airport, s.s. Westjalen, have been very satisfactory. Several flights from the African to the South American coast have been made with complete success,, and a regular service will be inaugurated in the autumn. The two flying boats " Mon- sun " and " Passat " returned to Germany on the 8th. They left Las Palmas on Thursday, the 6th, and flew by stages via Cadiz, La Coruna and Southampton to Travemuende. Particularly fast trips were achieved be tween Cadiz-Southampton—the flight only took 4 hr. 45 min.—and from Southampton to Travemuende 5 hr. Also, on Saturday, the catapult machine of the s.s. Europa landed the N. American mail at Southampton. The distance flown from the ship was 710 miles. The staff at Woolston, the new approved Customs airport at South ampton, were constantly kept busy that day by the arrival of the D.L.H. Seaplanes. Mrs. Bonney, the Australian airwoman, visited the Airport on Sunday. Mrs. Bonney explained to me that she had intended, on her arrival in England, to land at Heston, but owing to bad weather had acted on advice and landed at Croydon. She had come down to take the machine over to Heston in order to see friends. " Later," she said, " I shall take my machine to Stag Lane, as I want to acquire a faster aircraft for my return flight to Australia." On Monday, July 10, the D.L.H. had a special charter for the German Government to bring Dr. Schacht, Presi dent of the Reichbank (who has been attending the World Economic Conference) from Berlin to Croydon. Dr. Schacht arrived at Croydon shortly after 11 a.m. The air liner in which he travelled was one of the well-known " Rohrbach " type. This machine has recently been modi fied by the D.L.H. Spats have been fitted to the wheels and the speed of the machine increased, so that she now cruises comfortably at 125 m.p.h. Prince Adolph Gustav and Princess Sybilla of Sweden arrived at Croydon shortly after 4 p.m. on Monday in a Dutch air-liner from Copenhagen. They were met by the Swedish Minister in London, at the Airport. For a moment the Prince and Princess faced a battery of cameras, then they spent a few minutes in conversation with Capt. H. Sprey Leverton, of the K.L.M., to whom they expressed their complete satisfaction of the flight. They left almost immediately by private car. A new air line company, known as International Airlines, Ltd., has been formed with registered offices at Croydon Aerodrome. What activities the company intend to carry out have not yet been divulged, but it is expected an announcement in this direction will shortly be made by one of the directors. Mr. Colyn, the Dutch Prime Minister, left Croydon at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 10, by Royal Dutch air-liner for Rotterdam. The total number of passengers for the week was 2,438. Freight 85 tons 10 cwts. HORATIUS FROM HESTON O^'E and a-half tons of bullion arrived at Heston in an aeroplane from Zurich on July 7 and were taken to London under police escort. Members of the staff experienced (under supervision) the rare sen sation of rubbing an itching finger along a bar of gold, which, incidentally, weighs so much more than lead that e whole of this shipment occupied less than 3 cu. ft. °f space. Good old England! Greetings from Czechoslovakia! " ,J «s a message scrawled on Mr. Tony Gibbons' Klemm, " safely stowed in a Heston lock-up after thrilling adven- s in the Austrian Alpenflug, which, it will be remem- fd, included an unsuccessful attempt at towing by an- ',',•!'r aeroplane after a forced landing. The machine proceeded home across Europe by canal and railway in a e British Air Navigation Co. and Birkett Air Service carried out urgent Press charter flights to Poland in ection with the release of the British prisoners from Returning with photographs from Stolpce on f< frontier, Capt. °Birkett was lOO^miles on his way be- B ;™ e Prisoners left the town, and Capt. Styran, in the fronT'R r macmile- completed his trip by flying non-stop srim to Heston in 5 hr. and 10 min. The two Misr-Airwork " Dragons," whose departure Saturda T iWaS rePorted last week- arrived in Cairo on Thrv arp'v%ryc l' after a comfortable five days' trip. "V'rtant **tted wi*h navigation lights, and played an by Sir n •*>a^t *n ^e night-flying demonstrations organised Middle V^llltm Brand> Director-General of Aviation in the fi yint! eoi • t0 celet,rate the installation of modern night- quipment at Almaza aerodrome. This equipment includes a Chance-Airvvork shadow-bar floodlight, similar to that which has been in successful operation at Heston for over a year. The Secretary of State for Air, Lord Londonderry, greatly enjoyed a trip to Cowes and back again on Sunday, with Lady Londonderry and his daughter. They travelled by Spartan Air Lines, whose six-seater Spartan " Cruisers run daily services between Heston and the Isle of Wight. Lord Londonderry has been a satisfied partaker of Heston's salads and snacks at the new restaurant bar. Another frequent visitor who prefers to eat a cold lunch from a high stool and watch the evolutions on the aero drome through the mirror behind the bottles is Mrs. Cal- throp, who was responsible for the scenery, lighting and costumes of " Cavalcade." This talented lady has re fused several enticing and remunerative jobs so that she may give her full time to a course of flying at Heston. For this she wears an excellently-designed trouser suit, a garment which we commend for regular summer flying to the majority of lady pilots whose thin silk dresses are whipped almost to tatters in the slipstream as they tidy up the luggage locker and settle the cushions in the cockpit. In the heat of Friday afternoon we watched our blind- flying instructor, Mr. Brian Davy, gyrating on a mechani cal exerciser in an attempt to recapture the sensations of a spin. To make it go slow enough was evidently the difficulty, and to remain upside-down or in any position for more than a split second. It looked much more like shoot ing Niagara in a barrel, and was great fun for the specta tors, a few of whom were brave enough to try it. The school " Cadets " are going stronger than ever, and the three of them put in 65 hr. in three days. 709
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