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1936
1936 - 1229.PDF
508 FLIGHT. MAY 14, 1936. Commercial Aviation A CIVILIAN UC.P. tt The Multi-purpose Siinson Reliant : Wheels, Floats or Skis THE new version of the inter nationally popular Stinson Reliant monoplane with the metal gull-type wing was illustrated and briefly described in Flight of February 13. Up to the present the Reliant has been used chiefly for "executive" and pleasure flying, but for 1936 the manu facturers are marketing what they call a multi-purpose version which is intended for the transport of passenger or freight, as an ambulance, or for the business man and sportsman pilot. For commercial operation it is claimed that the machine offers the same degree of quietness, comfort and convenience as is associated with modern multi-engined transports. As a freighter the side walls of the cabin are metal-clad up to the window-sills, and when the rear seats and right-hand front seat are removed (this is the work of a few moments) the cabin becomes a strong, unobstructed hold. A specially large door in the rear cabin wall provides ready access to the back of the fuselage, and may be utilised for the unloading of large masses of freight. In addition to the large-sized cabin doors of the standard Edo floats can be specified for the new Stinson which is available in a number of different forms for specialised purposes. Reliant, the multi-purpose model has a special door on the right side for loading and unloading bulky packages. Fittings are provided for the installation of a stretcher and medicine cabinet, and the metal interior permits ready sterilisation. Edo floats or skis are available as alternatives to the normal well-faired wide-track wheel undercarriage. The agents in this country are Brian Allen Aviation, of Croydon Airport. Hatfield's Largest THE D.H.91 monoplane, which is at present being designed at Hatfield and which is likely to be used for Atlantic experiments, is to be known as the D.H. Albatross. This machine, some details of which were given in Flight of March 19, 1936, will have four Gipsy XII engines. Flying Boats to Australia FOLLOWING the news, published in last week's issue, that a party was making a survey of India in connection with the future flying boat service, it is interesting to learn that Major Brackley and Mr. Hudson Fysh (of Qantas) have left Singapore for Australia in an R.A.F. boat. Their object, of course, is to survey the possible route to Brisbane and beyond in order to meet the present Australian objections to the Empire flying boat plans. Return to Airships ? AS is generally known, a Bill is shortly expected to come before the U.S. Congress supporting an airship develop ment programme. The recent flight of the Hindenburg should have some effect, and at Lakehurst a group of American naval officers looked over the vessel. Dr. Eckener is reported to have admitted that the U.S. flight was planned largely with the idea of obtaining backing for an American and German Transatlantic airship programme. Holland's Unsurcharged Mail HOLLAND *as the first country on the Continent to abolish additional postage on letters and postcards to be conveyed by air to declinations either within Holland or in other European countiies, including the United Kingdom, and the upward trend in the quantities of mail handled has been re markable, as the following official figures show. The abolition was effective as from April 1, 1935. Before the abolition (in 1934) the weight of air mail carried in Holland and to European countries was 1,595 1°. per month. In 1935 (after the abolition) 36,300 lb. were carried every month—an increase of about 2,100 per cent.! During the same periods the weight of the outward air mail on the Dutch Far Eastern line increased from 642 lb. to 906 lb. a week. This service dots not carry air mail for European destinations, and in 1935, of course, the service was twice-weekly. The duplication certainly acted as a powerful inducement towards an increase in the use of the air mail on this particular service. Shockless Skis A FURTHER point of interest about the photograph of the De Havilland Rapide on skis, which appeared in Flight of April 30, is that the undercarriage is fitted with Dowty shock- absorbers specially developed for ski work by Aircraft Com ponents, Ltd., of Cheltenham. A New Aircraft Seat A HIGH standard of comfort is embodied in an air liner chair of Airwork design which is both light in construction and low in price. It was noticed first on the demonstration Dragon recently equipped ior Smith's Aircraft Instruments, and is made of elektron, upholstered to the purchaser's requirements. It era- bodies a new attachment device and a system of lacing by which the entire upholstery may be removed in half a minute for inspection of the framework. A Polish Summer AFTER the winter semi-cessation the "L.O.T.," the Polish company, opened up their summer services on April i9- These include a daily through service from Warsaw to Berlin (2 hrs. 45 min.); a daily service from Danzig to Cracow, via Warsaw (3 hrs. 45 min.); and a thrice weekly service from Warsaw to Salonica, via Bucharest-Sofia, leaving Warsaw at 8.15 a.m. and arriving at Salonica at 5.5 p.m. The Warsaw- Tallin service will also be run three times a week, leaving Warsaw at 7.40 a.m. and arriving at Tallin at 1.45 p.m.. ana finally there is the daily service from Warsaw to Katowice. The new Douglass D.C.2S and Lockheed Electras which were delivered last autumn have now been put into service. The reputation for safety of " L.O.T." was maintained in 1935- During that year they flew 1,037,500 miles, carrying 2-,J92 passengers, 369 tons of goods, and 63 tons of mail. Some of the pilots have been flying for several years, and six of them have completed their half-million kilometres. In general, " L.O.T ," covering an area as it does from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, is an excellent example of a well- organised national civil aviation service and, as such, does great credit to the Polish Government. It is hoped by the end of this year to have a seaplane service in operation from Gdynia to Malmo and Copenhagen and a service from Warsaw Moscow via Minsk. It is reported that "L.O.T." recently exchanged s'xtee^ old Junker machines—some dating back to 1922—for a n Tu-52, which will be delivered in July or August.
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