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1936
1936 - 1508.PDF
AIRCRAFT ENGINEER AND ARSHIPS 7EEKLY IN THE^IVORLD : FOUNDED 1909 Editor C. M. POULSEN Managing Editor G. GEOFFREY SMITH Chief Photographer JOHN YOXALL Editorial, Advertising and Publishing Offices: DORSET HOUSE, STAMFORD STREET, LONDON, S.E.1 Tcies.ams : Trudilur, Sedjst, London. Telephone : Waterloo 3333 (SO lines). HERTFORD ST., COVENTRY. Telegrams: Autocar, Coventry. Telephone; Coventry 5210. GUILDHALL BUILDINGS, NAVIGATION ST., BIRMINGHAM, 2. Telegrams: Autopress, Birmingham. Telephone: Midland 2071. 260, DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER, 3. Telegrams: Iliffe, Manchester. Telephone: Blackfriars 4412. 26B, RENFIELD ST.. GLASGOW C.8. Telegrams: Iliffe, Glasgow. Telephone: Central 4857. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Home and Canada: Other Countries: Year, £1 Year, £1 13 0. 15 0. 6 months, 16s. 6d. 6 months, 17s. 6d. 3 months, fs. 6d. 3 months, 8s. yd. No. 1433. Vol. XX:X. JUNE 11, 193S. Thursdays, Price £d Australia Agrees I T is welcome news that the Commonwealth Govern ment has agreed to the scheme for one trunk line by flying boat right through to Sydney. The Australian preference for '' breaking the gauge '' at Darwin and using landplanes from, there across Queens land and New South Wales was intelligible, and Flight has given publicity to the Australian side of the ques tion. But when all is said and done, the best thing all round is to have one uniform method, not only as far as Australia, but on to New Zealand in good time, and then perhaps even farther afield. Such uniformity means economy of operation, from which Australia as well as New Zealand will benefit in the long run. One instance of saving money by flying round the coast is that transport of petrol by steamer to the ports en route is much cheaper than establishing fuelling points inland. More important is the economy effected by sending Imperial Airways flying boats right through to the end of the line, while the boats of Qantas Empire Airways will likewise go right through to Portsmouth. The subsidy arrangements, we may feol sure, have been settled to the satisfaction of both parties. The Home Government has been very generous in its dealings with India regarding the subsidy over that part of the route, and the same attitude has doubtless been taken up fo rwards Australia. In fact, in many such negotiations the danger has been that the Home taxpayer may be asked to bear too large a share of the burden, and the taxes in Great Britain are woefully heavy. The Queensland Service There is, we understand, no danger that the inland service of the old Qantas company will be discontinued by this arrangement, but that is naturally a domestic concern of Australia. The local air travellers will actu ally benefit.by the diversion of the trunk route to the coast. Of late, local, applications for seats have some times had to be refused because the machines were full up with through passengers. The recent duplication of the service brought some relief to Queensland travellers, but the new arrangement will finally remove all ground for complaint on that score. Australia has agreed to send the half-ounce letter through to England for i|d., though presumably the air mail surcharge for a letter carried inside Australia will continue to be much higher. This will remain an anomaly until the inland air surcharge can be reduced. At present the inland letter writers will be no worse off than they were before, while those who send letters to England or any other British land on the route will be much better off. There should be no cause for grumbling in that. Nobody will be worse off than he is at present. This cheap flat rate for British Empire mails is such a great conception that it rightly outweighs all minor considerations. - London s Airports E VERYBODY knows the old story about the country cousin who asked a London policeman i "the way to the railway station," and was very surprised to be told that there was more than one. The same story might now apply to London's airports. The number is steadily increasing, and on Saturday the Air Minister formally added Gatwick to the list. Before very long we may expect another addition at Fairlop, near Uford, in Essex ; while Gravesend is being steadily developed along modern lines. The novel layout of Gatwick, which was fully de scribed in last week's issue of Flight, was the most in teresting thing which Airports, Ltd., and British Air ways, Ltd., had to show to the very large party of guests which they entertained on Saturday. The art of dealing quickly with air traffic when it is on the ground is being gradually evolved, and Gatwick is an excellent example of the latest theories on the subject, theories which are based on experience gained elsewhere. Of almost equal interest were Lord Swinton's remarks
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