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404 FLIGHT. APRIL II, 1935. Commercial Aviation Aerodromes for Jaipur For the construction of an up-to-date aerodrome at Sanganer, four miles from the capital, the Jaipur State Council has recently sanctioned a sum of Rs. 100,000. It has also been decided to lay out landing grounds at Sawai, Modhopur, Isarda, Malpura and Jhunjnu. in the State territory. Safety in the U.S. According to statistics which have just been published, passenger lines in America flew 592,802 miles per accident during the last six months of 1934. *n oniY f°ur accidents out of forty-six were passengers or crews fatally injured, and passenger-fatality-miles '' totalled more than twenty-six million. This is a distinct improvement on the figures for the same period during 1933. The First Australian Passengers Owing to the fact that several sections of the route had already been booked right up, no through passengers to Aus tralia are being taken on next Saturday's " all-air " Australian service. However, two geologists of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company have booked for the second service, which leaves in the following week, and they will, therefore, be the first people to fly from here to Australia by regular service. As recorded in Flight of March 28, the fares have been considerably reduced. Centralisation The Commercial Aviation Committee, of which Sir Stephen Demetriadi is chairman, and which is representative of the London Chamber of Commerce, the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, and the Federation of British Indus tries, recently addressed a letter to the Secretary of State for Air on the subject of the organisation of Great Britain's internal airways. The Committee have had under consideration resolutions adopted by the Liverpool and Newcastle-on-Tyne Chambers of Commerce and by the Air Transport Section of the S.B.A.C., as well as the memorandum which was submitted by the London Chamber of Commerce to His Majesty's Govern ment last August. The Committee were impressed in each case with the importance attached to the necessity for the setting up of a central authority with statutory powers, which should have charge of the planning of internal airway organ isation and upon which Government Departments con cerned, air transport operators and insurance and commercial interests should be represented A scheme has been adopted in India, the Committee under stands, whereby the equivalent of the amount of the tax levied on petrol used in aircraft is credited to a special fund and handed over to the Director of Civil Aviation in addition to the ordinary Government grant. There may be some objec tion in this country to the principle of the financing of a central authority in the manner adopted in India. The Com mittee, however, have submitted that an annual grant should be made from Government funds to the proposed central authority towards the provision of the necessary airway organisation. This grant, it is suggested, should be reviewed- from time to time and should have some regard to the com puted yield from the tax on petrol used for the purposes of flying within Great Britain Apr. 11-20. Second Annual Skybird League Rally and Mode) Competition. Apr. 15. "Commercial Aircraft.' R.Ae.S. Lecture by Capt. G. de HavlHand. May (Date not yet fixed). Wilbur Wright Lecture, R.Ae.S. by Mr. Donald W. Douglas. Ma 5. R.Ae.S. Garden Party, Fairey Aerodrome Great West Road. May 11. Aviation Day, Phoenix Park, Dublin. May 1°. Deutscb de la Meurthe Cup, Aero Club de France. May 23. Jubilee Air Ball, Air League of the British Empire, at the Dorchester Hotel, London. Mav 25. Empire Air Day, Air League of the British Empire. May 29. Household Brigade Flying Club. Night-Flying Demonstration, Heston. June 1. Brooklands *'At Home." June 1-15. Lisbon Aero Show. June 8. London Aeroplane Club. Garden Party, Hatfield. Another Douglas for Spain The Spanish operating company (L.A.P.E.) have taken delivery of the second of their Douglas D.C.2S, to be used on the Madrid-Paris service, which will be opened on May i0. The trip from Paris to Madrid was made last Saturday ia 3 hr. 40 min. A Monster for Leeds? According to the Sheffield Telegraph, Leeds may be the first city in the world to have a roof aerodrome. Plans are under consideration for the reconstruction of the adjoining L.M.S. stations and hotel in such a manner that the roof area may be extended and arranged as a landing area. One some times wonders, however, whether people who talk glibly of roof aerodromes realise the full extent of the area required. Simplifying Navigation The G.A.P.A.S. has for some months been endeavouring to interest the Air Ministry in certain recommendations con cerning the Second Class Navigator's Examination. During past years many of the questions set have been outside the scope of practical air navigation or have been obscure in their statement. The Guild has recommended that the list of publications on which the examinations are based should be vigorously curtailed, that the waiting period before the results are announced should be shortened, and that failure in one particular subject should not mean that the whole examination has to be taken over again. At Hatfield A fortnight ago the very first "Dragon" to be built—to the order of Hillman's Airways—came out of the Hatfield workshops after its C. of A. overhaul. This machine now belongs to Aberdeen Airways. Mr. Rubin's " Comet " has been painted red and should by now have been flown over to Paris by Mr. Buckingham, to be delivered to the French Air Ministry, with one lucky jour nalist as payload. Incidentallv, Scott's "Comet " has at last returned to Hatfield after its arduous tour by surface transport. Another D.H. 86, named Draco, has been delivered to Im perial Airways, and was in regular service on the Budapest route on the following day. Capt. Olley has also collected a new " Dragon " for the Isle of Man service, and Aberdeen Airways has ordered another " Dragon." Misr Airwork, too, have ordered a D.H.86. A Peaceful Conversion The big Farman 220 bomber, with four 600/638 h.p. Hispano Suiza engines, which was described in Flight of March I, 1934, has been modified to suit it for long-range mail-carrying, and will soon be put on the Dakar-Natal (Brazil) service. Fuel tanks in the wings and fuselage, holding 2,000 gallons, will give the machine a range of between 2,500 and 2,750 miles when carrying 660 lb. of postal matter, a crew of five, and a wireless operator. The estimated cruising speed is 137 m.p.h., and the ceiling will vary between 13,120 ft. at the start of the flight and 27,880 ft. when most of the fuel has been used. Using only three engines, the machine will fly with full load at 4,920 ft., and, during the last half of the flight, will tie able to maintain height with two engines on one side out of action. Official tests are nearly finished, and it is expected that the Farman will fly to Dakar within a few days as a " try-out." June 8. Official opening and garden party, Witney and Oxford Aero Club. June 15. R.A.F. Flying Club Annual Display, HatfieU) Aerodrome June 15. Bristol & Wessex Aeroplane Club, S.B.A.C. Challenge Cup, Whitchurch. June 16. Scottish Flying Club Display, Renfrew, June 29. Royal Air Force DUplav, Hendon. July 1. S.B.A.C. Display, Hendon. July 13. Opening of Leicester Municipal Airport. July 20. Opening of Brighton, Hove and Worthing Municipal Airport, Shoreham. July 28. Private Owners' Garden Party, Ratcliflte, Leicester. AufV 24-25. Third International Flying Meeting, Lympne. Sept. 6-7. King's Cup Air Race. Sept. 15. Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, Warsaw. Oct. 12-28. International Aircraft Exhibition, Milan. Forthcoming Events Club Secretaries and others are invited to send particulars of important fixtures for inclusion in this list.
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