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1934
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FLIGHT, APRIL 26, 1934 mate with flying, as is the case in the South, was sceptical, and strong barriers of reserve had to be broken down. The first two months was the critical test, but as the service was maintained with clocklike regularity against continu- ous days of fog, the lead of the more daring who had tried this service out with considerable satisfaction was fol- lowed, and the public suddenly took on. In consequence a larger aeroplane had to be put into operation in July last year to cope with the traffic. This service has been maintained all through the winter on a restricted time- table in probably the most stormy part of the British Isles, and for the first time in history passengers from Orkney , have been able to reach Inverness the same afternoon in ; time to catch the south-bound train. Passengers carried 'for the first eleven months of operation number over 2,000, and 51,000 miles have been flown. Two tons of news- papers have been carried, and the service, including the winter months, has operated with 95 per cent, regularity. On May 1 the summer timetable comes into force, and the service will operate daily from Inverness to Wick and Kirkwall at 10.15 a.m. A new service is to be commenced from Aberdeen to Wick and Kirkwall, and the time of de- parture will be the same, namely, 10.15 a.m., reaching Kirkwall at 12.00 midday. A further service is to be established between Kirkwall and the outer Orkney Isles, including the following islands:—Longhope, Hoy, Westray, Sanday, Stronsay, North Ronaldshay. Out of the whole Orkney group, South Ronaldshay is the only island which has refused to show any interest in air transport. All the other islands have eagerly assisted by providing landing grounds, and these islands are to obtain facilities that will enable days to be saved in travelling to the mainland as a reward for their progressiveness. The fleet of aeroplanes is being increased to three seven- seaters with twin motors developing 260 h.p., and capable of cruising at 110 m.p.h. The fares are being brought down for return tickets, and a whole day's travel can now be accomplished in an hour or so at really economical rates. There are many thousands of would-be visitors to Ork- ney who have hesitated to make the journey on account of the difficulties in reaching their objective. This is all changed now, and rapid facilities are offered. An interest- ing brochure is being prepared, and can be obtained on application to Highland Airways, Inverness. , . BY AIR TO AUSTRALIA Plans for Through "J|T~ AST week the Federal Cabinet accepted the Singa- H <_ pore-Australia tenders, and Qantas Empire Air- 'I' J ways will run the service with five four-engined D.H.86's for a period of five years. Curiously enough, D.H. " Dragons " and 86's are to be used by the operators of the three internal divisions, from Katherine to Perth, from Charleville to Cootamundra, and from Melbourne to Hobart via King Island. Mr. C. A. Butler, who, it will be remembered, flew a Comper " Swift " out to Australia in record time, made the successful tender Route now completed for the second of the two additional branch routes. Regular lines now cover more than a million miles in Australia, and a fourteen-day service between London and Brisbane will start in December. The ser- vice between Singapore and Darwin will first be run experimentally for three months, and no fare-paying pas- sengers will be carried during this period. The Federal Government is co-operating with Qantas in planning new landing grounds, larger aerodromes, luxury hotels and quarantine stations. • , U.S. AIR TRAFFIC AIRLINES operated by Americans, both in the U.S.A. and abroad, have returned the following figures for 1933: — 19331932 Mileage 54,642,54550,932,967 Passen-gers 568,940549,000 Passen-gers in U.S.A.493,141 Express2,452,812 lb. 1,600,821 lb. Express inU.S.A. 62% Air Mail 7,816,532 lb.7,908,723 1b. It is stated that 504 aircraft were being used on scheduled airlines and that 6,273 persons (543 pilots, 206 co-pilots, 2,320 mechanics, 1,834 hangar and field personnel and 1,370 office and operations staff) were employed. The average cost of a 367-mile flight was about 6.1 cents (2^d.) a mile per passenger. About 95 per cent, of the schedules were maintained. NEW AIR SERVICE FROM MONTREAL J A REGULAR daily air service has just been established between Montreal and Boston, U.S.A., with stops at Burlington, Montpelier-Barre, White River Junction, Ver- mont, and at Concord and Manchester, New Hampshire. The service, maintained by tri-motored airliners, is operated by Central Vermont-Boston-Maine Airways. The opening flight from St. Hubert airport outside Montreal to Boston was begun in a snowstorm and against head winds for the first hundred miles. The trip was accomplished, including stops, within the scheduled time of three hours. U.S. AIR MAILS ALTHOUGH the American air lines have lost their air mail contracts, aircraft operating over their routes con- tinue to carry mails. Several companies are now under contract to carry letters as " express " and to post the letters when they reach their destination. As the result of this arrangement there has been a big increase in the amount of express carried, and one line records an increase of 120 per cent, since February 19, when the transport of air mail was taken over by the U.S. Army Air Corps. Pro- vided the correct postage is paid on each letter, the new procedure is perfectly legal. BRAZILIAN AIR TRANSPORT FIVE commercial aircraft of American manufacture have been ordered by the Brazilian Government for service on internal air lines. The Brazilian sea board is served by foreign air traffic companies so that it has been necessary for the Government to establish only internal lines, of which there are now five. Three of these lines last vear carried about 7,000,000 lb. of mail over 200,000 mileswithout any serious accident. LINDBERGH TO MANAGE NEW AMERICAN COMPANY ? RUMOURS are current in the U.S.A. that Col. Lind- bergh will be manager of a new company which is to be formed to take over the equipment of Transcontinental & Western Air, in order to become eligible for the new tem- porary air mail contracts. Once an air mail contract has been cancelled another cannot be granted for at least five years. T.W.A., however, have denied the report. D.L.H.'s NEW WORKSHOPS AT Staaken Aerodrome, near Berlin, the Deutsche Luft Hansa are building new workshops for the repair and overhaul of aircraft. A site with a total area of 57,000 sq. ft. has been reserved. " ATALANTA " IN AFRICA : Imperial Airways' Atalanta leaving Capetown with passengers and mails for England. Note Table Mountain in the background. 404
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