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1936
1936 - 1825.PDF
22 FLIGHT. JULY 2, 1936. COMMERCIAL /AVIATION AIRLINES AIRPORTS PASSENGERS OVER THE ATLANTIC : This is the new Loire 102 (four Hispano 12 XBRS 720 h.p. engines) designed for the Air France South Atlantic service and in which passengers will be carried for the first time. It is expected to be capable of carrying 1,000 kilos on the crossing at a speed of 170 m.p.h. The maximum is 194 m.p.h. and preliminary test flights have already been carried out. A drawing of this machine was reproduced in Flight of January 9. THE WEEK AT CROYDON International Quid pro Quo : Gastronomy and Aeronautics : Disposing of Wreckage THE most important air passenger last week was the High Commissioner of India, Malik Sir Feroze Khan Noon, who arrived from Karachi at 8.35 p.m. on the K.L.M. services. He is the first Moslem High Commissioner of India in London. He was met by Col. W. Gordon Neale, Political A.D.C., India Office, by Sir Stanley Paddon, of the India Department, and by the Deputy High Commissioner, M. B. Rama Ran. One day last week a D.L.H. commercial pilot on the London-Amsterdam line was able to report by wireless to Croydon the position of an Avro Anson down in the sea, off the mouth of the Thames. Officially the Air Ministry only heard about the accident manv hours later. Determination On June 20 a French private owner made three deter mined efforts to land at Croydon down wind, but was driven off by a perfect salvo of pyrotechnics of sanguinary hue from the control tower. With a courage which ought to have won him a croix de feu or something, he succeeded in landing the fourth time—completely down wind! It is understood that he thought he had to land in that direction. Perhaps the wind had changed since his last visit. Not tc be outdone in courtesy, our own Lieut. Horsey, R.N., paid a call on the liner Normandie with what is described as a torpedo bomber. It was a triple entente between sea, air and road transport, a motor car (not to mention a derrick) also joining in the fun. The papers said the lieutenant was all but sucked down the ship's funnel—which would be a jolly way of dealing with enemy aircraft during war. One could wait for them in the flues below with marlin spikes and belaying pins. Per haps that is what the Navy has up its gold-braided sleeve when it says it has no fear of being blown up by aircraft. Capt. "Bill" Ledlie, of Personal Air Services, recently had a call from the House of Commons at 1.30 p.m. He flew the client, a prominent M.P., to Leicester, where a, bazaar was opened at 3 p.m., and the member was back in the House after this bit of work of national importance by 5 p.m. Another remarkable day's work done by the inde fatigable '' Bill'' in the run of ordinary business caused him to toss off his bumper of early morning tea (or coffee, maybe) in France, to breakfast in England, lunch in Switzer land, and have dinner in Monte Carlo. There seems an idea here for the Wine and Food Society, which recently merely had a Hungarian dinner in London. Members could break fast in England, where that meal is thoroughly understood ; lunch in Paris ; have tea in Holland, where cakes are rich and refreshing; and dine in Sweden. Next morning they could return to London in ample time to consult a Harley Street specialist about digestive matters. By the way, a newspaper account of the Hungarian dinner mentioned a cheese called Pusztadory, which ought to have arrived bv air but did not. Exhaustive enquiries showed that all aircraft from Central Europe arrived to time, nor had the cheese been held as an undesirable alien. In other words, it never started, and the air services have once more been maligned. Probablv it slipped its halter and scuttled back to the mountains. Just as well, perhaps, for these cheeses are notorious Jonahs aboard barges and trams, and might have sinister influences on aero engines. In Parliament recently someone rose up and attacked Imperial Airways for not clearirtg up a crash belonging to someone else at Croydon. It was said that they were the only people with tackle for the job. What was riot men tioned was the fact that Imperials were the first to rush out to the accident with a view to saving human life, but that when they found there was no need for their services
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