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APRIL 30, 1936. senger who took his ticket in Holland before leaving. It is practically impossible to travel "accidentally," owing to the strict supervision of passengers before the start. Heads are counted, and the only case of a mistake I remember was when a passenger destined for (say) Cologne and another for Paris innocently occupied each other's seats in two aeroplanes standing side by side on the tarmac. Even that was discovered before the take-off. Incidentally, a person carried off by accident would only have to draw the steward's attention to his plight, either when taxying or immediately after the take-off, and the pilot would return to the departure, platform to disembark him. Air companies, however, are not so easily taken in, for the passenger list and official load sheet must tally exactly with what is aboard, otherwise overloading might be the result. British Continental Airways, Ltd., had a consignment of 150 guinea-pigs to Copenhagen recently. It is not yet known if these prolific little creatures doubled their num bers before arrival. One imagines the consignee, con- FLIGHT. 465 Commercial Aviation fronted with 300 of them, remarking, " My goodness, my guinea-pigs," and thereafter demanding a guinea a pig for those born some 2,000ft. above the earth's surface. Miss Ruth Rogers, amateur cinematographer, returned last week by Imperial Airways from India. Arriving with some 4,000ft. of exposed film, she was astonished, accord ing to newspaper accounts, to have to pay duty on it. After all, this is a normal Customs duty, and it is better to acquaint oneself with such regulations before making these trips. Customs will always inform people in advance on these questions. Croydon assumed its usual festive appearance on Cup Tie Day, owing to the swarms of beribboned and rosetted supporters who arrived in some twenty huge coaches at about 7 a.m. Mr. "Joe " Chamberlain was there as usual to mesmerise them into flying by "Surreys," and most of the flights were made by Capt. "Timber" Woods. So far as this firm alone was concerned, some two hun dred gentlemen " oop for t'coop" were taken "oop in fair." A. VIATOR. THE RAILWAYS MOVE ON Big Extensions to Railway Air Services' Regular Routes : Co-ordinated Ground and Air Transport Facilities : The New Fleet WITH other companies making "plans for the 1936 flying season it was not to be expected that Railway Air Services would mark time, and the fact that consider able extensions and accelerations are due on and after Monday, May 25, should not surprise anyone. Orders have been placed or executed for eight new machines—two D.H.86 As, Series II, and six D.H.89S (Dragon Rapides), of which three have already been delivered—which will increase the fleet to eighteen, and sixty-two regular services will be operated. As before, the personnel will consist of Imperial Airways pilots, radio operators and engineers, and most of the maintenance v.ork will be carried out at Croydon. The new network is, of course, again planned around the main trunk route between London (Croydon), Belfast and Glasgow, which service will be continued to its present schedules—these are, of course, largely regulated by mail con siderations—but the flying times will be reduced over certain sections. In addition to this and one between Belfast and the «le of Man, an afternoon service from Manchester and Liver pool will be operated to Belfast, which is also connected with Uasgou by two services daily, and there is a possibility that the northern section will be extended to Perth and Inverness. 'woof the services-from the Isle of Man to Liverpool will Provide connections with fast London trains—a very important P01nt, since the real time is saved during the sea crossing. In the South th JJTJI W'^ form a connecting point for services between le ^dland and Northern towns, and the Isle of Wight, Brigh- • ...vim by . strvi ^ the London terminus of the various Isle of Wight ^ ore important, perhaps, than anything in the mind of the •nadTr traveller is the fact that arrangements have been ftrst-r] . whlch passengers by R.A.S. may always return by wav 0 a Va'lway and steamer services, or, alternatively, rail- suPplem<mer travellers may return by air on payment of 'lll(l carr "M ant^.neavy luggage can, of course, be collected Elders ". „ y rail with the ordinary "luggage in advance. -__ norma] air fares within the area covered by their Hell ;il' ,+ „e abdity to make air bookings at any station, as tion rm ?i season tickets are also allowed a 10 per cent, reduc- 111 the normal «;_ £ ...!n_._ >_•_ _ . _f J ..-_ .._-=. Tl ,vcil as a1 ih —""°' !"B IIlaKC alr oc those peonl • normal travel agencies, will also help to get W tlvn t\. lnt° the air who complain that they "didn't RAS- can d WaS an air service" There is no doubt that *ir travel * **^ ^° a very grea-t deal to encourage public Pro;K led a a • o o ConnecCmo CeuCes "" "* "" — The Railway Air Services route map as it will appear on and after May 25. New Flying Boat for Air France FLYING boat development in France is not confined to craft for Air France's South Atlantic route. Bigger machines are being experimented with for use on the North Atlantic, and the requirements of the Mediterranean line—the daily 500- mile crossing between Maiseilles and Algiers—have called forth the production of a new 26-seater flying boat to take the place of the fleet of twelve Lior£ et Olivier 282s at present being used on that service. This new flying boat, also by Liore et Olivier, is known as the 246, and has four 690 h.p. partially supercharged Hispano- Suiza engines arranged in line along the leading edge of the wings. It has variable-pitch airscrews and a top speed of 210 m.p.h. Its total weigh; is just under 30,000 lb.
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