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1936
1936 - 0243.PDF
JANUARY 30, 1936- FLIGHT. 109 Commercial Aviation An Association of Ground Engineers rVHE inaugural meeting of the Association of Ground Engi- l aeers will be held at the Horse Shoe Hotel, Tottenham Ourt Road, London, W.i, on Thursday, February 6. It is hoped that a good number of ground engineers will turn up • nd an organising committee will be appointed. Pilots for India r is learnt that Indian National Airways have reason to hope for substantial Government support in the near future and that the consequent expansion of business will call for an increase in their staff of pilots. " B" licence pilots, in possession of the 2nd class navigator's licence and, if pos- -jhl' a W/'T operator's licence, who are interested in this possibility, should apply to Airwork at Heston, who have in structions to interview pilots on behalf of their Indian associates. One of the positions to be filled is that of personal pilot to the Viceroy, whose Avro 642 monoplane, the Star of India, is maintained and operated by I.N.A. Three Fast Feeders BURNELLI AIRCRAFT, Ltd., Grow, Joy and Co., and the Kinner Airplane and Motor Company have each issued information concerning their entries for the competition for twin-engined six-seaters organised by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Burnelli is a cantilever monoplane with two 200 h.p. Menascos, and embodies the features peculiar to Bur- nelli design; Grow, Joy and Co. are submitting a more conven tional low-wing monoplane with a pair of 320 h.p. Whirlwinds; and the Kinner, another low-wing type, uses two Kinner engines of 370 h.p. The respective maximum speeds are estimated to be 186 m.p.h., 192 m.p.h., and 211 m.p.h. The specification called for 175 m.p.h. The London-Madrid Service AIR FRANCE announce that, as from April 18 next, a daily service will be put into operation "bringing Madrid and the holiday resorts of Seville and Valencia within a day's journey from London. For the past six months a weekly passenger service has been maintained between Paris and Madrid (running every Thurs day) through the co-opeiation between Air France and L.A.P.E. Air France have been using Potez 14-seaters on this route and L.A.P.E. have employed Douglas D.C.2's. On April 18 the service will be extended to London, and connections at Madrid will be established with new feeder ser vices plying between Madrid and Seville and Madrid and Valencia. The time of departure from Croydon will be 8.45 a.m. Madrid will be reached at 3 p.m., and Seville and Valencia will be reached at 6 p.m. An S.43 for K.L.M. A SIKORSKY S.43 amphibian, with two 750 h.p. Pratt and •L\ Whitney Hornets has been ordered by K.L.M.. Six simi lar machines are being built for Pan American Airways, three for Marline Airlines—a new company operating between New York and Boston—and for more than one other European concern. A Better Yeadon T)LANS for equipping the Leeds-Bradford municipal aero- *• drome at Yeadon for day and night air services are to be prepared by Messrs. Tiltman and Volk. At a meeting of the Leeds-Bradford Joint Aerodrome Committee, which they attended, they were asked to prepare a scheme for aerodrome improvement. The committee also decided to accept the offer of the Air Ministry to install D/F apparatus and teleprinting instruments to establish communication with Barton (Man chester). The aerodrome is expected to be enlarged to twice its present size. Rapid Replacement T WO days after on Air Dispatch D.H. Dragon had been forced down in the sea at Ault the machine had been tem porarily replaced. An Airspeed Envoy, which is the only British type of commercial aircraft to be fitted with night flying equip ment as standard, was flown from Portsmouth to Croydon at 1.10 a.m. on January 24, where it was loaded with freight and newspapers and flown on the Paris service. It appears that while Mr. Jackson was flying back from Le Bourget at 2 a.m., after taking over a load of gold, the machine was struck in a freak thunderstorm and all the electrical gear was put out of action. Mr. Jackson put the Dragon down safely in three feet of water near the Ault lighthouse. If this sort of thing happens often we shall begin to think that the whole of nature is arraigned against the aeroplane as a means of transport. Meanwhile the war (Air Dispatch v. the rest) joyfully con tinues at Croydon airport. Passenger fares have been reduced and the company appears to have proved that it is possible to carry passengers to Paris and return on a week-end special excursion ticket for £3 3s. For an additional £1 is. passengers may return any other day in the week provided a day's notice is given. The aim of the company is not only to encourage the general public to use air transport as their normal method of travel, but also to bring about the realisation that air transport is the safest, quickest and cheapest method of transporting goods, of a fragile nature or otherwise. With this object in view Air Dispatch has reduced all freight charges to a minimum, and, in addition to ordinary freight, the company now carries con signments of bullion, averaging from 750 kilos to 1,000 kilos daily from Paris for seven of the leading banks in the city. THE TARGER CONCEPTION A Bigger and Yet a Bigger Douglas ON December 18 last year the first of fifteen Douglas DC-3, or D.S.T. (Douglas Sleeper Transport) monoplanes made its maiden flight and since that date testing has been going on continuously. Its gross weight of 24,000 lb. is 5,000 lb. more than that of the DC-2: in span it measures 95ft. and is 65ft. long. It is a matter of considerable difficulty to distinguish it from its smaller predecessor but in front view the fuselage is wider in elation to its height than that of the DC-2, and the vertical t; «l surfaces are proportionately larger. Measuring 7ft. 8in. in width and 6ft. Gin. in height the cabin is in eight sections, four on each side of a broad aisle. Each of these sections has two seats whjch face each other and are 3 . wide. For night flying the backs and bases of these fold jogether to form a thick, soft foundation for the mattress of the lower berth. The upper berth with its mattress drops into Position from the ceiling. the berths are 6ft. sin. long, the lower ones being 36m. 1 and the upper ones 32m. There is a space of i4in. "fitween the occupant of the lower berth and the floor. Steps b e,Prov'^ec' for those assigned to upper berths. The lower to th are ''S^ted: by normal cabin windows which correspond Pas °f the DC-2 and smaller ones, higher up, serve the I,pven^ers m the upper berths. These windows, incidentally, cloth*0 d!3tlnguii* the Dc"3 from the DC"2- Reading lights es nets, call buttons and baggage racks are provided and there are separate dressing rooms for men and women passen gers. These are located at the rear of the cabin and have run ning water. There are greater facilities for serving meals: hot and cold food can be kept indefinitely without thermos equipment. Mail and baggage is carried in the extreme aft portion of the fuselage and in the forward portion of the cabin. The engines are two Wright Cyclones giving 930 h.p. for take-off and 850 h.p. at 4,300ft. At 10,000ft. the DC-3 will do 215 m.p.h. at full throttle: the normal cruising speed is 190 m.p.h. at 12,oooft. or 70 per cent, of full power. With twenty-four passengers by day the range is 1,100 miles, and with sixteen passengers and sleeping accommodation 300 miles more. The landing speed is given as 65 m.p.h. Mr. Carl Cover, vice-president and test pilot of Douglas says that it is "distinctly easier to fly than the smaller (DC-2) types. A mock-up is nearing completion in the Douglas works of b. 45-passenger monoplane. Known as the DC-4 this machine will be more than twice the size of the DC-2, and will weigii more than 5o,ooolb. Sleeping accommodation will be avail able for twenty passengers and the crew will consist of pilot, co-pilot, wireless operator, stewardess and porter. In span it will measure 135ft. and will be 95ft. long. Four engines of more than 1,000 h.p. should give a cruising speed of 180 m.p.h. and at full throttle the machine should do 200 m.p.h. accord ing to performance estimates.
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