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FLIGHT, APRIL 5, 1934 The following charter flights were carried out:—March 9. H.E. the High Commissioner chartered two machines to take himself and party to Ilkyad to shoot. A "Dragon" wassent to Luxor on March 8 to bring Baron Empain, his two daughters and party of four back to Cairo on the followingday. H.E. Talaat Pasha Harb and party chartered a " Dragon " and flew down to Suez to witness the depar-ture of pilgrims to Mecca in the new Misr boat, the Zamzam. March 10.—H.E. Taher Pasha engaged a " Dragon 'and took a party of friends for an hour's flight over Cairo and as far as Suez and back. March 11.—Mr. Muntz chartered a " Puss Moth " totake himself and Mr. Mahony to El Rahamna to shoot. The regular service from Assouan to Cairo on March 10had the honour of carrying H.M. the ex-King Alfonso of Spain "and his A.D.C. On arrival at Almaza, HisMajesty expressed great pleasure at the journey, and con- gratulated the officials on the extreme comfort experiencedduring the flight, and also on bringing the aircraft to Almaza exactly to schedule in spite of a very strong headwind. SHETLAND WANTS AN AIR SERVICE SHETLAND COUNTY COUNCIL want an air service to theislands, and have approached both Imperial Airways and Highland Airways. The former replied that as soon asRailway-Air Services were in a position to decide what services were to be operated, they would pass the applica-tion on to the proper quarter. Captain Fresson, of High- land Airways, replied that though he had been running hisservice to the Orkneys with 95 per cent, regularity, he had had no decision from the Post Office about the mail. Hepointed out that aeroplanes flying to the Shetlands would need a proper radio and meteorological service, and also aproper landing ground. It was announced later that Captain Fresson had accepted an offer for an aerodrome atSunburgh. He offered a connection twice a week, when possible, this summer. One of the Councillors, Mr. MagnusShearer, stated that Col. Lindbergh had approved of Shetland (Lerwick) as a stage on the transatlantic route, asthe fogs shift quickly from off the islands. PRIME MINISTER TO OPEN AIR LINE ON Friday, April 6, the Prime Minister will inauguratethe new Glasgow-Belfast-Liverpool-London air service, which is being operated by Midland & Scottish Air Ferries,Ltd. The ceremony takes place at Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool, at 2.30 p.m., and will be preceded by an officialluncheon at the Town Hall of Liverpool at 1.0 p.m. Among the guests will be: Lord Londonderry, the Secre-tary of State for Air ; Lt. Col. F. C. Shelmerdine, the Director of Civil Aviation ; and the Lord Mayors of thecities and towns served by the new line. Mr. John Sword, managing director of the operating company, will, on thatday, take delivery of the Avro 642, which is fully described on pages 319 to 323 of this issue.AIR TRAFFIC FROM PORTSMOUTH PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHSEA & ISLE OF WIGHT AVIATION COMPANY were very busy over Easter and their net trafficshowed an increase of 132 per cent, over that of the Easter last year. Between Portsmouth, Ryde, Shanklin andShoreham-by-Sea they carried 673 passengers between March 29 and April 2.HEREFORD-WORCESTER IN TEN MINUTES AT a meeting of the Hereford Council recently, a ten-minute air service between Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester was forecast.TO PARIS WITHOUT PASSPORTS WEEK-END air trips to Paris should now be morepopular than ever, for—commencing with Easter's consign- ment, which was a record one, by the way—British, Frenchor Belgian passengers resident in the United Kingdom travelling by air to Paris for the week-end no longer needpassports. This applies for outward journeys on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, for return up to and including thefollowing Tuesday. British subjects are, however, required to carry some document by which they can establish theiridentity. BRISTOL ACTIVITY EASTER week-end brought good business to WesternAirways, Ltd., who have their headquarters at Bristol Airport. The following special charter trips were made byaircraft of this firm:—From Bristol: Le Touquet (twice), London, Southampton (twice), Teignmouth and Romford.On the previous Sunday a " Dragon," two " Puss Moths " and a " Gipsy I Moth " were sent to Leighterton fromBristol to give short flights to a large number of the staff of Listers, of Dursley. In spite of the dearth of good landing grounds in Devon and Cornwall, quite a number of machines passed through Bristol Airport en route for Glorious Devon and the Duchy during Easter. K.L.M. IN THE WEST INDIES ON the occasion of the festivities which are to be held at Curasao, K.L.M. intends to send a special aeroplane to the West Indies. It is said that the company hopes later to develop an air route in the archipelago, working in con- junction with Pan-American Airways. INAUGURATION OF BERLIN-WARSAW SERVICE IT is probable that the service between Berlin and Warsaw will be started on April 29. The service will be operated jointly by the Polish P.L.L. " Lot " Company and D.L.H. This latter company intends to use Rohrbach " Rolands," while the Polish firm will employ Fokkers. At first the journey will take 3 hr. 40 min., but later this will be cut down to 3 hours. AIR MAILS—LATEST TIMES OF POSTING THE Postmaster-General announces that, as from April 3, in consequence of changes in the air services, the latest times, weekdays, of posting air mail correspondence for Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, Hungary, Lithuania, Roumania, Russia and Yugoslavia in the air mail letter-box outside the General Post Office, London, will be as follows:—Bulgaria, 7.15 a.m., 8.0 p.m. ; Czechoslovakia, 5.0 a.m., 7.15 a.m., 7.45 a.m., 8.0 p.m.; Danzig, 5.0 a.m., 7.45 a.m. ; Hungary, 5.0 a.m., 7.15 a.m. ; Lithuania, 5.0 a.m., 7.45 a.m. ; Roumania, 7.15 a.m., 7.45 a.m., 8.0 p.m. ; Russia, 7.45 a.m. ; Yugoslavia, 7.15 a.m., 8.0 p.m. For the corresponding latest times of posting at other offices, inquiry should be made locally. D.H 86's FOR IMPERIAL AIRWAYS AN order has been placed by Imperial Airways with the de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., for a number of D.H. 86 " Express " commercial biplanes (four " Gipsy Sixes "). These aircraft will be used on the Continental services and on the internal air lines to be operated in Great Britain by Railway Air Services, the new company in which the four big railways are interested. As the result of modifications made since the first flights of the " 86," the top speed has been raised to 175 m.p.h. The cruising, speed is between 145 and 150 m.p.h. The cabin of the first machine of the type has been furnished to accommodate ten passengers and has been decorated with panelled walnut. Work is already going forward at full speed on the batch ordered by Imperial Airways, and shifts will work night and day. It is expected that the first machine of the order will be delivered by the end of June. SOME ITALIAN STATISTICS ACCORDING to the official report on Italian air traffic during 1933, the Italian airway system, which includes, besides the 30 lines in Italy, the airlines in Albania and the Italian colonies, flew 11,160 miles. From January 1 to December 31, 1933, 2,900,000 miles were covered in 28,857 flying hours. Commercial aircraft carried 43,068 passen- gers, 663,500 lb. (301,557 kg) of mail and newspapers, 1,245,000 lb. (565,278 kg) of luggage and 415,000 lb. (188,723 kg) of goods. Traffic was heaviest on the follow- ing connections:—Rome-Naples-Palermo (3,755 passen- gers), Rome-Cagliari-Tunis (3,741 passengers), Portorose- Zara-Lagosta-Brindisi (3,453 passengers) and Rome-Milan (3,225 passengers). A ROME-BUCHAREST SERVICE DURING the spring, the Societa Aerea Mediterranea will operate, in conjunction with the Polish P.L.L. " Lot " Company, a fast service between Rome, Sofia and Bucharest, with stops at Tirana and Bucharest. The ser- vice will be operated thrice weekly in both directions. Thus Rome will be brought within 8 hours of Sofia and 10 hours of Bucharest. SWISS AIR TRAFFIC IN 1933 INTERNATIONAL SWISS AIR LINES obtained, during 1933, the following results. The figures were published by the Swiss Federal Air Office at Berne. Corresponding totals for 1932 are given for comparison : — 19331932 Mileage 1,311,000741,000 Paying Passengers 34,51429,189 Air Maillb. 582,000462,500 Freight lb.935,000 868,000 ExcessBaggage 1b. 185,000154,100 BERLIN-HAMBURG FREIGHT SERVICE FREIGHT and air mail is transported on a new express service of the German Railways (Deutsche Reichsbahn) which has been inaugurated between Hamburg and Berlin. Unlike the smaller Reichsbahn services, which are operated by night, this route will be flown only during the day. 336
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