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1935
1935 - 0642.PDF
3i6 FLIGHT. COMMERCIAL "^AVIATION — AIRLINES ___—=—__ AIRPORTS^ Mrs. S. M. BRUCE, the wife of the Australian High Commissioner, christens one of the Monospar S.T.i2's which are bound for the Commonwealth. In the group may also be seen the Rt. Hon. S. M. Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon England, Mr. Whitney Straight, Mr. H. J. Steiger (Monospar technical director), and Flt.-Lt. H. M. Schofield. (Flight photograph.) CROYDON Imperial Airways' New Machines : Congestion Above and Below : The Question of Hangar Space : THE two Avro 652 machines, Avalon and Avatar, have now been delivered to Imperial Airways. One was flown over from Woodford by Mr. " Bill" Thome, who renewed many acquaintances at Croydon. There has, in fact, been much activity in connection with the new Im- i>erial machines. I understand that Captain Horsey has flown most of them and that various heads of departments have been taken for trial flights. Captain Percy took his ticket on the Avro 652 and immediately afterwards on the Boulton Paul Boadicea, then stepped straight into Heracles and took off with the 12.30 Paris service. The general opinion of the pilots is that the new aeroplanes are pleasant to fly—preferable indeed to the bigger types. It is curious, though, that the veteran K.L.M. pilots report the big F36 to be one of the nicest machines of the fleet to handle, and prefer it to the smaller aeroplanes. Considerable excitement was caused last week when a lady imported two dogs into England via Croydon without, it was alleged, the necessary import licence. The dogs were taken away by the police and both the lady and the com pany on whose aeroplane the animals arrived became liable to a fine. Some time ago there was a fuss because some young lions were thus imported. The regulation, though irritating, is sound and has prac tically done away with rabies in this country. An Airspeed "Envoy" was demonstrated here last week to a group at distinguished people, amongst whom was Wing Cdr. Meadows, of Railway Air Services. The first Swissair Douglas arrived on Saturday afternoon, piloted by Capt. Ackermann. Its registration is HB-ITE. Traffic congestion on both the ground and in the air is now the order of the day at Croydon. The hangar accommodation is far too small, and the number of machines requiring shelter continually increases. Imperial Airways completely fills one hangar and even overflows. Other firms have guaranteed space for so many machines in the other hangars. When a machine of company A is at the back of a hangar, with aero planes belonging to firms B, C, and D in front of it, the fun begins. What does A do if he wants his machine for an early service? He must not tamper with other people's aeroplanes MARCH 21, J935. Rollasons Busy nor wheel them out into the rain. The Air Ministry cannot take that responsibility either, and naturally B, C, and D dislike bringing their machines out to give A egress. Any way, if B is a large machine right in front, it is a bit oi lutt if its owner is to be found when wanted. Machines such as the Heracles and Fokker 32 take the full span of the hangars with a few feet only to spare. The latter has a wing spa" of no ft. , Another vexed question is: What constitutes space ttr« aeroplane in a hangar? Low wing monoplanes and bipun cannot be crowded, but a high wing monoplane, oi am size, paying the same rental, can have all sorts of smaiie• placed close up to the fuselage. As in the case of several 0 points put to the authorities years ago, no definite has been received concerning this. . , ne(j Import of merchandise in passengers' baggage is on by H.M. Customs unless demonstrably travellers sa ^ Some ^40,000 worth of pictures were brought in n ^ recently, and the importer became liable to a hue ^ cent, of the value. He said that the company ^^ so that he could bring them as personal luggage. ^ —but the company did not know what was in the js OUey Air Service continues to be busy. VfiU'' Ledlie away on a Mediterranean air cruise, and Mr. tinent. left on Saturday last for an extensive tour o. the L, g bave Since opening the new Hull service Provincial ^^ and noticed an increase of freight, such goods as %pbetffeen * printing blocks being now regularly transported various provincial towns and Croydon. . ruSb of Rollason Aircraft Co., Ltd., suffers from a Wr^nihloots work. Last month was a record for sales, and tm. like beating all records. , is ami r The firm is very busy in "Dragon °veTr„0 ng n*' engine shops are full of "Gipsy" engines u"<£ ^ machines- overhauls. Two wireless sets have just been ntteu ^ flylfl. Early next week Mrs. Mollison's Beechcraft si'0"' sh°* It is Capt. Rollason's ambition that his c°ybesides«* become the " garage of the air " The company^ ftr ^ de Havilland agency, incidentally acts as ag yiptfO*- first-class components.
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