FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1933
1933 - 0372.PDF
FLIGHT, AUGUST 17, 1933 tion and reserve for passage money, and writing off the sum of Tcs. 621 from organisation expenses, there remained a profit of Tcs. 1,055, which, added to the profit of Tcs. 3,141 brought forward from last year, made a total Tcs. 4,197 available. It was proposed to carry this amount forward. The Chairman reported that during the year under review the company maintained bi-weekly air services in the North-Eastern Provinces, serving the towns of Korat, Roi Et, Khon Khaen, Udorn and Nakon Pnom. The traffic for the year was: Mail carried, 11,932 kgs.; goods carried, 2,500 kgs.; passengers carried, 50; total kilometres flown, 114,580; mail trips scheduled, 203; additional trips flown, 14; total completed, 217; total delayed or defaulted, nil; efficiency, 100 per cent.; total number of flights, 783. There were no forced landings or accidents during the year. The Tata Air Line THE Tata Air Line are contemplating extending their service from Madras to Ceylon in the near future, and are at present negotiating with the Governments of Ceylon and India on the subject. One of the difficulties is that there is no aerodrome at Colombo, and there is little prospect of one being made there in the near future. The present idea, therefore, is to extend the service only to Manaar, which is the railhead on the North-West coast of the island, nearest to the mainland of India. As the mail will travel on to Colombo by night train, it will arrive in the capital at much the same time as if it had travelled the whole way by aeroplane. It is expected that this extension of the service to Ceylon will be in augurated during the coming winter or next spring. Unfortunately the Tata Air Line have decided to give up the idea of using either seaplanes or amphibians for the sea crossing, on account of the much greater cost of purchase as well as of operation, as compared with the " Puss Moths " which they are using at present. As regards the existing Karachi-Madras service, the firm have moved their headquarters from Bombay to Poona for the monsoon period, so as to avoid the weekly crossing of the Western Ghats hills during the rainy season. The firm hope to equip their machines with wireless next year, and so avoid a second move to Poona. Up to 10 days ago the service had been able to keep up a 100 per cent, regularity. The recent establishment of a flat rate for air mails has given the traffic from the South to Karachi a welcome fillip, but this flat rate does not apply to the inward mails from England. It seems that people in this country will cheerfully pay 6d. to get their letters by air to Karachi. For an extra 2d. they could have them sent on all the way by air, but either they draw the line at this, or else they do not realise the possibility. One reason, however, can be found in the fact that the Imperial Airway's machines arrive at Karachi on Fridays, and con sequent! ? business letters arrive at Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras at the week-end when offices are closed. Therefore it makes the less difference whether they travel on fast by air or slowly by rail. If and when Imperial Airways cut another day off the eastward run, and reach Karachi on Thursdays, then distribution by air will become of much more benefit to business firms in India. For Faster Transport THE Armstrong-Siddeley " Atalanta " type monoplane, which with four Armstrong-Siddeley " Serval " engines has been doing such good work with Imperial Airways on both the Far East and African routes, is now available with four moderately supercharged Armstrong-Siddeley " Jaguar " engines, each of about 450 h.p. With these engines the machine has a top speed at sea level of 160 m.p.h.; a cruising speed of 135 m.p.h.; an initial climb of 1,000 ft. per min.; an absolute ceiling of 19,000 ft., and a service ceiling of 17,000 ft. On any three engines the top speed at sea level becomes 120 m.p.h.; the cruising speed 108 m.p.h,; absolute ceiling 10,500 ft., and service ceiling 8,500 ft. The tare weight is 14,480 lb.; the removable equipment 500 lb.; the W/T. equipment 157 lb.; fuel, 256 gal. giving ar. endurance of 3 hr. at 135 m.p.h. weighs 1,970 lb., and oil 22 lb. weighs 213 lb. Twenty passengers can be carried weighing 3,300 lb., wh-ch with 1,870 lb. of luggage, and 510 lb. for a crew of three, makes the total load 5.680 lb., and the total all up weight 23,000 lb. PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHSEA AND I.O.W. * The number of passengers carried during week ending August 3 was : — SPITHEAD AIR FERRY between Ryde and Portsmouth .. 471 SHOREHAM AIR FERRY ,, Portsmouth and Shoreham •» ,, Khoreham and Isle of Wight 27 SHANKLIK AIR FERRY .. Portsmouth and Shanklin .. i ,, „ „ Ryde and Shmklin .. .. 3 For the week ending August 10 the figures were: — SPITHEAD AIR FERRY between Ryde and Portsmouth .. 977 SHOKEHAM. AIR FERRY ., Portsmouth and Shoreham 23 ,, Shoreham and Isle of Wight 8 SHAXKEIK AIR FERRY ,, Portsmouth and Shanklin .. •« Rvde and Shanklin .. . • »<* 9S5R MMI AIRPORT NEWS FROM HESTON /^"HP'HE Cairo-Alexandria air service operated by Misr-u Airwork S.A.E., with D.H. "Dragon" aircraft, J1L commenced on August 1, and a regular service to Mersa Matruh, the new Government-sponsored seaside resort, in the ensuing week-end. On July 25 a number of distinguished visitors were given tea and flights at Almaza Aerodrome, Cairo, and also a fine ten-minute aerobatic display carried out by Mr. Parsons, one of the Misr-Airwork instructors, in a " Moth." Kashef Effendi, a staff pilot, has recently qualified as an instructor. Lt. Com. P. H. Baker, R.N., arrived on July 22 from England to take up the position of general manager to the company. Miss N. Heaton, an American pupil who recently took her " A " licence at Heston on her 17th birthday, is studying inverted flying under Mr. Davy's expert guidance. On August 9 she piloted a friend to the Isle of Wight, and the next day she flew her brother to Scotland. On Friday the bookings for the Isle of Wight were so heavy that Spartan Air Lines ran three " Cruisers " simul taneously on their service. They made the journey «j formation. A party of eight Indians, including the Chiet of Shalspan, made a week-end return trip to Cowes on this line. ., The British Air Navigation Co. carried Mrs. Marshall Field to Paris on Sunday, Gen. Critchley to Vichy on Tuesday, and Capt. Stanley on Saturday to the Lewe races and on to Deauville for the week-end, in addition the usual routine and press work. In the week ending August 11 this company's aeroplanes have covered a < tance of 5,952 miles. , t Mr. J. L Parke's, service manager of Airwork, Ltd., Heston, piloted the 5A.T. Ford on August 4 to Baldonne and on to Phoenix Park for the Irish Aero Club ^^^ The machine attended the Cork Air Meeting next day, a covered the 275 miles back to Heston in 2 hr. 50 rmn A total of 200 machines cleared Customs at Hestoii the month of July. During the week-end of August tfau holiday, from Friday to Tuesday, 47 machines clefoJi Customs, and of these the records show 18 clearances Friday alone. 824
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
