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1934
1934 - 0958.PDF
• FLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 13, 1934. Commercial Aviation tea and so on can be obtained, and also the exact time of departure., One generally finds that passengers wander idly around in the sunlight or rain, afraid to stray too far from the machine in case it goes without them ! Obviously, lounges and cates for the use of passengers will eventually be a sine qua non at every aerodrome used by an air line. Th.e Machine The internal arrangements of the D.H.86 are such as should give confidence to the most nervous new passenger, for whom there is a great impression of solidarity. Detail comfort, too, has been considered. Each passenger has his own ventilator and folding table, and the unusually comfortable Rumbold chairs are fitted with adjustable headrests. At cruising revolutions it is only necessary to raise the voice slightly above the tone used for normal conversation, and, in the hands of a careful pilot, the machine is just about as comfortable as anything could be. The gliding angle at speeds below 80-90 m.p.h. appears to be distinctly nose high, and the clean design, of course, means that the approach angle is extremely flat—so flat, in fact, that the passenger who is a pilot may be excused during the approach to the aerodrome for thinking that the "86" cannot possibly reach the boun- dary without a burst of engines. The normal passenger, mean- while, remains imperturbable. In actual operation the cruising speed appears to be just below 140 m.p.h., though the Gipsy Sixes are probably well throttled at this speed, which was that given on the "note" handed back to us at intervals. HESTON Ards Busy : Around the World : From Wrightson's : The Hungarian Tour Customs Clearances DURING the week-end after the opening, the Ards air-port was used by • several "tharter firms • bringingparties to the T.T. Race, including a "Dragon" anda " Fox Moth " from Olley Air Services, a " Fox Moth of Eastern Air Transport, and three Birkett Air Service machines chartered by the Press. On Monday, the first school flying day, four lessons had to be cancelled owing to a high wind. Hillman's regular service landed, nevertheless, and took off with full loads each way. Mr. R. N. Chawla, who, in 1930, won the Aga Khan's prize for the first Indian to fly from India to England, has been frequently seen at Heston since he landed there in August on the first stage of his round-the-world flight. He states that the second stage is at present waiting on an expected cable from India. If finances permit he will buy an aero- plane capable of carrying the necessary amount of petrol, with a reasonable margin, to fly the Atlantic. If he achieves this and subsequent ocean crossings, his enterprise will be a round-the-world flight in actual fact. Otherwise he will ship his "Puss Moth" to America and Japan, flying the land portions, by way of the East Coast of China, back to India. He is not attempting a speed flight, and will proceed by easy stages. Mr. Chawla is at present arranging the pur- chase of a small cabin aeroplane on behalf of an Indian com- pany, The Air Transport Co., which operates an Airspeed " Ferry " between Hardwar and Badrinath. Flight-Lieut. Carruthers, of Eastbourne, has hired a " Leopard " from Wrightson and Pearse for a 10 days' pleasure trip to Tangier. His passenger is a boy of 15. This particular " Leopard " has no British hire-flights in its log-book, having done nothing but overseas journeys to date. A free-lance journalist has returned from another 10-day trip with a Gipsy I " Moth," during which he visited, flying himself, most of the capitals of Europe. The forthcoming '' Magyar Pilota Pic-nic '' promises to be one of the best of the foreign air touring entertainments which have become so frequent during the last two years. Pilots taking part are scheduled to leave Heston on Thursday, September 13, to arrive at Budapest on the 15th, and there- after revolve in a whirl of hospitality, cowpunching. shooting, sailing, fishing and other distractions until they return exhausted. While on the subject of air tours, it might be mentioned that Mr. W. Lindsay Everard left Heston with three friends at 11.40 on the morning of September 1 for one of the most extensive cruises he has ever made. The party, travelling in a " Dragon," hope to visit France, Belgium, Germany, Den- mark, Poland, the Balkans, Greece and Italy in the course of a month's absence from England. Over three thousand aircraft have cleared Customs at Heston since the beginning of the year, a fact which suggests that aviation is " looking up " more and more. PERFECT LINES : The Airspeed " Envoy " (two Wolseley A.R.-9 engines) flying over Portsdown Hill. Thismachine carries 8 passengers with 240 lb. of luggage at a cruising speed of 150 m.p.h. (Flight Photo.)
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