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1937
1937 - 0099.PDF
JANUARY 14, 1937. FLIGHT. 37 COMMERCIAL — AIRLINES —— VIATION <- AIRPORTS- UNILATERAL EXPANSION. At the Scotia Works, Willesden, a full-size mock-up of the British Burnelli has been completed. Note the plywood Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine. Some idea of the roominess of cabin and cockpit can be formed from the picture. (Flight photographs). THE WEEK AT CROYDON New Equipment : Royal Wedding Incidents : Strange Tragedies THOUGH intimately connected with the doings of Imperial Airways, Croydon has, not unnaturally, yet to see an Empire boat, though some visitor was once heard to say that the big swimming pool almost op posite the airport gates was expressly designed as a flying- boat base. Anyway, Croydon will no longer be out of the picture when "the Ensign class (A.W.27) machines are delivered, and the first one, I hear, is now almost complete. These machines should be as fast, or nearly so, as any thing flying in and out of Croydon, and are expected to provide the last word in cabin silence and passenger com fort. The Imperial people will then have the complete answer to those wearisome folk who talk about Ameri can speed and efficiency without realising the immense difficulties the company is up against. Everybody at Croydon is looking forward with great interest to the arrival of the first Ensign forty-seater. Another interesting machine, demonstrated some time ago at Croydon, is the Douglas D.C.3, which, I hear, has just made its maiden trip to Batavia and back. Pas sengers were impressed by its roominess and cabin silence, and pilots have reported that the performance exceeded all expectations. On the return trip a non-stop flight be tween Rome and Amsterdam was made. The Ensign class aeroplanes, by the way, are to be" used, according to rumour, mainly on the London-Paris, London-Zurich and London-Budapest lines so far as the European system is concerned. The Dutch Royal wedding brought K.L.M. and D.L.H. a lot of traffic, and on the dav of the ceremony British turns obtained a good deal of photographic and other charter work. Most of this was done from Ypenburg, a ver y pleasant aerodrome near The Hague, with admirably arranged buildings and general layout, where, incidentally, 1 \- ^e °* Kent's machine landed. There is a story l*™ch is not confirmed) that H.R.H. left part of his cere- nonial garb behind, that it was rushed across by the cro H • evenin§ service, and that later, so thick was the 3 m The Hague the evening before the wedding, it had to be delivered by a man on foot because cars could not move at all. On January 7, when the weather was anything but good, the first man home to Croydon with Press material was Mr. Roland Falk, who used to be with Air Dispatch. He flew a Vega Gull, and was hotly pursued by Mr. Hill, of Wrightways, flying a Miles Falcon. Dispatch riders awaited every machine from Holland on that date, and, with a noise like a battle in Spain, they roared out of the main gates in jealous bunches, watched by an admiring crowd. It is curious that if one person falls out of an aeroplane you may expect a second fatality of a similar nature. The great safeguard against such accidents is the presence on board of an alert steward. Many machines, too, have a safety bar across the inside of the door, which is not easily opened except by someone who knows how it works. In these tense days the appearance of a dark green Avro 652 covered with Swastikas tend to give us the jumps. It was, however, merely another Anson on its way to the Finnish Air Force. The D.C.3 came in to Croydon on service last Monday, and will, I hear, be operating in and out of Croydon for the next week or two. A. VIATOR. Hourly to Islay NORTHERN and Scottish Airways are planning an "every hour on the hour " service from Renfrew to Islay, and possibly to the Isle of Man, during the summer. An increase of more than 300 per cent, in traffic returns during the last two years has warranted the experiment. A freight service will also be started between Glasgow, the Western Isles and the Outer Hebrides. The route will be via Campbeltown, Islay, Barra, South Uist, Benbecula, North Uist, Skye, and return. The company is to negotiate with the Stornoway trustees to obtain a licence for a suitable airport there. Llandudno and Newcastle are also to be included in the schemes. It will be remembered that Mr. Nicholson's first service ran to Newcastle.
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