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MAY 30, 1935. FLIGHT. 587 Commercial Aviation BIC HILLMAN EXTENSIONS One New Internal and Two New Continental Services : More Glasgow and Paris Services EVEN the most optimistic of the various rumours that have been current will be improved upon when Hill-man's Airways open their summer season on June 6. The programme includes two new Continental services, four return trips to Paris, two returning services to Belfast and Glasgow, and a service between Hull and Belfast. Furthermore, the scheduled times between London and Paris should be appre- ciablv reduced as the new D.H. 86 machines are put into ser vice, and the first of these should be delivered in time for the opening of the programme. These 86's, three of which have been ordered, will carry both first and- second officers, the latter acting also as radio operators, and Hillman's will, therefore, be following the system of Imperial Airways in training their own pilots in actual service. The first "Express" will have complete dual control and the others will have the swing- over type. Recent visitors to Stapleford will have noticed many new faces among the pilots, and there are now, we understand, eleven with the company. Paris machines will leave Essex Airport at 9.00, 12.00, 1500 and 18.00 hours, and will leave Paris at the same times, save for the last service, which leaves Le Bourget at 18.15 hours. The trip is scheduled at present to take 1 hour 45 minutes. As might have been expected, the fares have been slightly in creased, and these are now £3 single and £5 10s. for a period return. Until all the 86's are delivered " Rapides " will also be used on this service. At present the comparatively bulky load of mail for Ireland and Scotland takes up the greater part of the space in the calfxn of the northern "Rapide," so it is not surprising that a second service is to be put on. Machines will leave Staple- ford at 10.co and 14.00 hours and will leave Glasgow at 8.30 and 16.10 hours. As before, stops will be made at Liverpool Edinburgh at Last According to the promises made the Air Ministry have now offered Turnhouse aerodrome for use to operating companies while the Edinburgh municipal airport is being prepared, and last Monday North Eastern Airways flew through to Edin burgh for the first time since the inaugural trip. Some slight changes have been made in the time-table, and "Envoys" now leave Heston at 11.30 a.m. and 5.15 p.m., reaching Edinburgh at 2.30 p.m. and 8.15 p.m. On the return journey they leave Edinburgh at 9.20 a.m. and 3.55 p.m. The first service, incidentally, with the help of Mr. Pugh's Inner Circle, makes a connection with the Imperial Paris machine leaving at 1.30 p.m. and arriving there at 3 p.m., so Edinburgh people can reach or return from Paris in about six hours. It transpires that the forced landing near Ripon in a snow storm a fortnight ago was caused by '' refrigerated carbura- tion " ; the pilot just failed to reach a good field with fading engines. Mr. V. J. Wheeler was, luckily, very little hurt, though the "Envoy," Swaledale, was more or less written off. This, however, was the only uncompleted service, despite the fact that another "Envoy" was slightly damaged a day or two later. In the Far North On Monday Aberdeen Airways opened their Thurso and Kirkwall service, leaving Dyce airport at 9.30 a.m., and returning at 2.30 p.m. There are now, in fact, two distinct daily services to the Orkneys, and their line in no way clashes with that operated by the pioneer company, Highland Air ways. The Newcastle-Hull-London service will be opened within a fortnight. Dyce, incidentally, will probably be an "open" airport within a month, and Aberdeen Airways, in view of possible K.L.M. co-operation, are making an applica tion for Customs facilities. Although there are, of course, two sides to every question, it is only fair to say that Aberdeen Airways have done every thing in their power to come to an agreement with the pioneer company. It appears probable that the difficulties of duplica tion will eventually sort themselves out. Ringway at Last The Cheshire County Council and other objectors have failed in their appeal against the Manchester Corporation. Ringway will become Manchester's airport. and Belfast (Newtownards). People need no longer complain that they are forced to leave Glasgow at an unreasonably early hour. The new internal service overlaps, to some extent, that already run by K.L.M., and it will be interesting to see whether the pioneer over the route, being a Continental com pany, will still be permitted to carry passengers over the English section. Hillman's are to run a single return service between Hull, Manchester, Liverpool and Belfast, leaving Hull at 9 30 and Belfast at 15.30 hours. This service, which will be run with "Dragons," meets the northbound machine at Liverpool, and may, on occasion, take over some of the Irish mail. The overall fares are £4 single and £6 return. D.H. "Rapides" will be used on the long-expected Brussels service, which will be run three times daily, calling also at Ostend. Machines will leave Stapleford at 10.00, 14.00 and 18.00 hours, and will leave Brussels at the same times. The Belgian authorities insist on the use of W/T and an operator will be carried on each service. The through fares will be £3 15s. single and £5 15s. return, while between London and Ostend they will be £3 and £4, 10s. respectively. As in the case of the Paris service, cheaper return fares are offered for short periods. The second new Continental service is, in reality, a Channel ferry service, and will be started just as soon as the new Margate airport is ready for use—probably early in July. A "Dragon" will leave Stapleford at 9.00 and will thereafter make four return trips between Margate and Ostend, returning from Margate at 19.15 hours. Once again both a pilot and a wireless operator will be carried, and the return fares are ; London-Margate, £1 ios., and Margate-Ostend, £2 5s. This service should be popular with visitors—if only to allow them to tell their friends that they have been to the Continent ! The New D/F Stations Judging from the list of civil control areas given in the cloud flying Notice to Airmen (No. 47), both Birmingham and Plymouth are to have radio in the near future. Bristol's plans were outlined in last week's issue, and Renfrew, Glasgow, would appear to be a certain D/F aerodrome, though, for the sake of R.A.S. and Hillman pilots, the Air Ministry might hurry things along. The Heston controlled area, incidentally, is bounded by lines joining Henley, High Wycombe, Rickmans- worth and Chiswick, following the Thames from there to Kingsti n, and joining Kingston, Dorking, Brooklands, East- hampstead and Henley. Heston's control and radio station are now working well. At Malmo : Princess Arthur of Connaught travelled by air to the Royal wedding in Stockholm. She is seen here being received after disembarking from the A.B. Aerotransport F 22, Lappland, at Malmo airport. •
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