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1937
1937 - 1536.PDF
582 Commercial Aviation FLIGHT. JUNE IO, 1937. Internal Mails in India IN the inevitable haze of Press day we were unfortunate enough, in the issue of May 13, to credit the Bombay- Bangalore mail service plan to Air Services of India. Actually, this service is to be operated by the Indian Aviation Develop ment Co., the chairman of which is Sir Alasdair MacRobert; Mr. R. Vaughan-Fowler is the managing director. Air Mails to Jersey IN the bad but romantic days when Jersey Airways' machines landed on the beach at St. Helier, with the inevitable awkwardness of the timetable, it was known that the P.M.G. would not consider the service for the carriage of mails. Now, however, the island has a real airport, and from June 1 the service has been used foi the carriage of His Majesty's valuable mail. The use of Jersey Airways materially reduces the time taken for the passage of letters in each direction. Needless to say, there is no surcharge—the service is used as and when useful time can be saved. Mediterranean Prototype THE Liore et Olivier H.246, an improved version of the LeO H/242 in service on Air France's Mediterranean lines, is now finished. The machine has been packed and dispatched to the Etang de Berre, Marignanne, where it will carry out its flying tests. It has a metal hull, a high wing in wood, with four motors in pairs (Hispano-Suiza 12 Xirs of 710 h.p. each), and carries 26 passengers at a cruising speed of 160 m.p.h. Its range is just under 1,000 miles. What of South Africa? ACCORDING to the Morning Post's Johannesburg corre spondent, the South and Central African air service arrangements are in something of a muddle. South African Airways originally expected to take over the disused internal route of Imperials, operating a sendee from Cape Town to Kisumu. Imperials have, however, decided to carry on as far as Salisbury, Rhodesia, and are insisting that Wilson Airways should have a share in the Kisumu service. Still More Navigation M ORE than a hundred candidates sat for the April exami nation for second-class navigator's licences, and of these thirty-eight passed—a percentage of 37. A note from Mr. Martin, of the Imperial School of Navigation, explains that of his thirty-three entrants, sixteen passed and fourteen will be re-examined in one subject. On passes, his average works out at 48 per cent., which is not too bad. The next exami nation will start on July 12. NEWFOUNDLAND IS READY : With the probability that the first transatlantic flight will be made before the end of the month this map of Newfoundland, with (inset) a plan of the Hattie's Camp runway system, is of particular interest. Above is a picture of the Botwood base, with a landing crane in the foreground. London—Copenhagen Direct ALTHOCGH there appears to be no immediate possibility that such a direct service will become a regular thing, the recent non-stop flight by D.D.L. from London to Copen hagen was interesting for at least two reasons. In the first place the specially equipped Ju.52 carried the Danish Prince and Princess Royal back after the Coronation celebrations, and in the second it was the first through flight by a passenger transport aeroplane between these two points. Stavanger Airport Opened NORWAY'S first commercial anrport was opened last week when H.M. King Haakon performed the ceremony at the Sola Flyplass, near Stavanger. Partly subsidised by the Government, this aerodrome has, as alreadv explained m Flight, been constructed under the auspices of the municipality at a total cost of less than /ioo,ooo. Sola aerodrome will primarily be useful to foreign airline companies, as practically all home services are being operated by means of flying boats or floatplanes on account of the mountainous character of the country. It has, as a matter of fact, been earmarked already as a junction of future trans atlantic services via Scotland or Greenland-Iceland, both of which lines will most likely be extended via Oslo, Stockholm and Leningrad, to Moscow. Allied Airwavs have already planned their North Sea service to Stavanger. Thoroughness in Flight-testing Engines TEN aircraft—including typical modern fighters, bombers, general-purpose machines and transports—are regularly engaged as flying test-beds for new Bristol engines. These machines fly between two and three thousand hours every year. When a new type of Bristol engine is being put through its flying endurance tests the minimum schedule is 200 hours of really hard flying, including an abnormal number of full- load climbs and all-out level speed tests together with lengthy periods of cruising under conditions of maximum fuel economy, which can be just as hard on the engine as high performance. New developments in cowling, carburation, ignition and accessories are likewise tried out in this practical manner. The Bristol flight section forms an integral part of the Bristol engine installation department, the function of which is to maintain liaison between the company and aircraft manu facturers. The general objective is to ensure that every uew combination of engine and airframe shall be closely con sidered, tested and proved satisfactory before the commence ment of official trials.
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