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1937
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542 FLIGHT. JUNE 3, 1937. useful points on the air transport map of the country. Night-lighting there must be, but it is not on the same footing as wireless and meteorological facilities, which must necessarily be a State concern and conform to one general plan. Further, the Association asked that the monopoly licensing of air transport companies should not be adopted, as that would tend to cut down the revenue of the aerodrome owners, and it threatened that the granting of monopoly licences might cause a rise in aerodrome charges. Lord Swinton stuck firmly to the principle of the monopoly licensing of routes so as to avoid wasteful competition, and he could hardly have done otherwise. It may fairly be said that when municipalities were urged to provide aerodromes the argument was not that the aerodromes would pay dividends in a short time but that the cities and towns would receive indirect benefits from the possession of such a convenience and attrac tion. If that be admitted, and it can hardly be denied, the municipal owners of aerodromes can hardly have expected that any State subsidy should be forthcoming. The private persons and companies who have embarked on the ownership of aerodromes presumably did so as an enterprise. Their losses are to be regretted, but they could not justly receive more favourable treatment than the municipalities. TRANSCENDENT TRANSPORT : Perfection of line and an unsullied exterior combine to convey the impression that the above is not an actual photograph but a spurious representation of the Albatross in flight, achieved with the aid of a model. In actual fact, this revealing picture of De Havillands' masterpiece was secured by Flight's photographer near Hatfield last week during a test flight by Mr. Waight. use as a fighting Service. No one would have that spirit other than it is. On occasions of public displays, how ever, more than at other times, the rule should always be safety first, second and always. The Case of the Aerodrome Owners I T was almost inevitable that sooner or later the owners of aerodromes in this country, both muni cipalities and private parties, should ask the State for monetary assistance. Everybody does ask for a subsidy in these days, so why not they? What is rather surprising is the moderation of the Aerodrome Owners' Association, which at its recent interview with the Secretary of State for Air asked for no more than £150,000 per annum. It is also rather surprising that, in these days of generous handing out of the public's money, the Air Minister was so hard-hearted as to refuse. The request for this modest subsidy was not the sum total of the Association's wants. It also asked for night- lighting equipment and other similar equipment to be provided, not only at aerodromes on the proposed main routes but at all aerodromes which could be considered
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