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1935
1935 - 0967.PDF
APRIL 25, 1935. FLIGHT. HESTON 457 Commercial Aviation The New Control System in Action : Easter Traffic : Ards Re-opened AN augmented control system on the lines of that in opera tion at Croydon came into force at Heston on Monday, April 15, at & a.m. The newly appointed Chief Control Officer, Wing Cdr. R. G. D. Small, is assisted by Fit. Lt. M. C. Pascoe. Incidentally, the services of Spartan Air Lines and Portsmouth, Southsea and Isle of Wight Avia tion, Ltd., to the Isle of Wight, and the Commercial Air Hire shuttle service between Heston and Croydon, started during the week-end, so the control was kept busy. For the benefit of pilots using or likely to use Heston several points which have already been issued as notices are worth mentioning. When the red and white panel is shown on the parap£t walls of the control tower all aircraft must remain stationary, except when between the tarmac and the line of white blocks running parallel to the tarmac. Pilots wishing to depart at such times should inform the traffic office and await permission from the Control Officer. One object of this is to enable the Control Officer to warn pilots leaving Heston in bad weather of the direction from which air line or other traffic may be approaching. Pilots are requested to keep clear of air line traffic approaching to land. At such times a red Aldis lamp signal will be directed from the control tower on other aircraft in the vicinity of the approach boun dary. Long, straight approaches are, of course, desirable for air line traffic. When the Croydon controlled-zone system is in force, pilots of machines equipped with two-way radio who desire to leave Heston and enter this zone should inform the traffic office and will receive instructions to taxi into position for taking off shortly before permission arrives from Croydon. Permission (a) to take off and (b) to enter the Croydon zone will be conveyed by a single light signal from the control tower. This is to avoid unnecessary radio transmissions and in order that pilots may not be kept waiting for permission to enter the Croydon zone once they have taken ofl. Easter was signified by heavy air line bookings, a big demand for hired machines and many requests for rush work by private owners whose aircraft are receiving attention in the service department. Well over two hundred passengers booked to fly from Heston to Jersey on Thursday and Friday, and services were run in duplicate and triplicate. For the convenience of members and others wishing to visit Newmarket by air the Jockey Club have re-opened their landing ground on Newmarket Heath. The landing ground will be available for use until November I. There have been no alterations since last season, but pilots should note that the two ridges will be marked by red flags. Aircraft operators and pilots who are not members of the Jockey Club must obtain permission to use the ground by telephoning New market 437. The Ards Airport is now re-opened to traffic after the com pletion of drainage operations. Customs facilities, incident ally, have been discontinued at Aldergrove since Newtownards aerodrome has re-opened. The Link with Ceylon Interesting developments are possible in the business of pro viding the first aerial link between India and Ceylon. The Portuguese Government have plans to establish a seaplane service connecting Bombay with Goa, with subsequent exten sion to Cochin and along the western seaboard of India, but the link between Madras and Colombo, which Tatas had anticipated this year, is not likely to be established until late in the year or early next year. The site selected for the Colombo aerodrome is unfortu nately private property, and its acquisition by Govern ment has been hampered by some legal difficulties. Some six or seven months must elapse after the settlement of these before the aerodrome can be ready for use. Work is now almost complete so far as the Government of India are con cerned on the emergency landing ground at Trichinopoly. It is anticipated that the 450 miles separating Madras and Colombo will be covered in one hop, unless, of course, inter mediate traffic of a paying nature is available. The Edinburgh Blockade It appears that the coming week may be a critical one as far as North Eastern Airways and their hoped-for Edin burgh extension are concerned. So far as can be discovered, the Edinburgh Council's option on a municipal airport site at Gilmerton expires in a day or- two—if it has not already expired—and, unless they have made up their minds to go ahead, air lines will be kept out of Edinburgh for some time to come. The Air Ministry will allow North Eastern Airways the temporary use of Turnhouse only if Edinburgh is seriously going ahead with a civil aerodrome and that, surely, is a sufficiently generous concession. An R.A.F. aerodrome, in any case, is hardly suitable for regular civil operations. Meanwhile, North Eastern Airways are losing about half the value of their service. It is fair to sav that the farther A CHARTER FLEET: Six Koolhoven F.K.43 machines which are used by K.L.M. for light charter work. The family resemblance to the unhappily defunct Mark II Desoutter is as striking as it is in evitable. one can travel the more valuable is speed. At present they probably carry more passengers between Leeds and Newcastle, where the train service is far from brilliant, than over any other section of the route. On the whole, for early operations, the passenger figures have been satisfactory. Macmerry aerodrome, near Tranent, originally laid out by Scottish Motor Traction for their air operations, is at present being used by the newly-formed Edinburgh Flying Club. It is far from suitable for large-scale operations—the longest run is only 575 yards—and, in any case, it is more than twelve miles from Edinburgh's centre. The aerodrome could be extended, but such work would hardly be worthwhile in the circumstances. To Qlasgow and the Isle of Man After operating dunng the early part of the year directly between Croydon and Speke (Liverpool) on their Belfast and Glasgow service, Railway Air Services, Ltd., are once again calling at Castle Bromwich (Birmingham) and Barton (^Man chester) for their summer service. This, incidentally, now leaves Croydon at 3.10 p.m. in order that travellers from the Continent may be ab'e to make the connection. Machines from Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, Malmo, Berlin, Marseilles and Madrid, for instance, are all due in at or before 3 p.m., though naturally the R.A.S. machine cannot wait long for overdue services. The return service leaves Glasgow at 8.45 a.m., and con nections can be made in each direction with the Isle of Man service which opened, as already recorded, on Monday of last week. Two separate trips each way will be made between Barton (Manchester), Spuire's Gate (Blackpool) and Ronalds- way (Isle of Man)—leaving Manchester at 8.30 a.rrf. and 4.50 p.m., and leaving Ronaldsway at 10 a.m. and 6.10 p.m. Be tween May 4 and 7 an additional service will be operated, and the service is likely to be augmented later in the year. Tickets are inter-available on railway and steamship routes.
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