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1938 - 1956.PDF
i6 FLIGHT. JULY 7, 1938. COMMERCIAL AVIATION (CONTINUED) : WORLD NEWS Baltic Resumation '"PHE Polish company, LOT, has resumed its regillar summer schedule on the Warsaw-Wilno Riga-Tallinn run. Following the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Poland and Lithuania recently, it is now planned to include Kaunas in the schedule. This will be a valuable addition to the Berliu- Konigsberg-Kaunas-Kiga-Tallinn service operated by D.L.H. The R.A.S. Accident ON the evening of July 3 a Railway Air Services Rapide apparently suffered fuel-feed failure soon after taking off from Sydenham Airport, Belfast, and spun to the ground. The only two occupants, Capt. A. C. Larmuth and Mr. Vaughan, the engineer, lost their lives. Capt. Larmuth was making his last flight as an R.A.S. pilot before becoming a Reserve instructor. Internally in Australia TTHE managing pilot of North Western Airlines, of Moree, -*- N.S.W., has submitted plans to the Australian Civil Avia tion Board for the reorganisation of the air services in New- South Wales At present these services are unsubsidised and run in such a way that there is a good deal of wasteful flying. In the scheme he suggests not only that there should be a complete feeder network linking twenty-two towns every day, but that the new lines should be subsidised to the extent of 6d. a mile. More than half the population of N.S.W. live in the towns, which are included in his list, and there is no useful air service to more than a small proportion of them. Speed Does Count ACCORDING to figures compiled at Le Bourget, the lead in London-Paris passenger bookings which Air France secured in April as a result of introducing their 75-minute time-table with Marcel Bloch 220s is being maintained. The following are the statistics: In April Air France carried 2,905, Imperial Airways 2,886, and British Airways 1,914 passengers. In May, Air France carried 3,203, Imperial Airways 2,609 and British Airways 2,028. The average journey time of the Blochs for the whole period was I hour 5 minutes. In 1937, Imperial Airways, according to the same authority, carried 38,839 passengers on this route, Air France 29,991 and British Airways 12,662. Control in Australia GIVING evidence before the Transport Commission, Australian National Airways' officials requested that the Government should institute, a single control of all air routes within the Commonwealth and that all routes be subsidised from the Federal Treasury. H. M. Smith, managing director of Guinea Airways, declared that the Civil Aviation Depart ment must create a unified control. Subsidies were essential for the efficiency of airlines. He added that his company were importing a Lockheed 14 with which the Darwin-Adelaide run could be covered in s| hours, and the company were considering the importation of other machines of the same type to start a night service be tween these points Another Holiday Service N EXT Saturday Air France will run the first air service to Dinard. This will be operated during the week-end throughout the summer. The time taken from London will be 2J hours, including the change at Le Bourget from the Marcel Bloch, which leaves Croydon at 11.30 a.m., to the Wibault. The return journey is made on Mondays, leaving at 9 a.m. and arriving at 12.15 P-m. The airport of Dinard is three miles outside the town. The Australian Service AT the time of going to press the two boats, Cordelia and Challenger had reached Singapore, and the latter, in Qantas charge, had carried the mail to Darwin, where she was delaye'd with a damaged float. Though why, in these days of long-distance air services, this flight should not be treated as a matter of course is difficult to understand; however, it is at least of historical interest. Incidentally, the Australian Minister for Defence, in intro ducing the Bill for the ratification of the air-mail agreement, has announced that outgoing mail from Australia will, alter all, be charged a rate of 5d. for every half-ounce. An editorial on this matter appears on page 2. Flying Hours THOSE who are in any way concerned with the present and future working position of transport pilots and radio operators will be interested in Section C of a report issued by the International Labour Conference under the somewhat voluminous title Generalisation of the Reduction of Hours of Work. This Section deals in detail with the circumstances of present-day transport flying work and includes a chapter explaining the legal position in different countries. For the moment it has been assumed by the Conference that the problem is restricted to the personnel employed on com mercial machines and the work of airport and other ground employees is not considered. The report is published by the International Labour Office in Geneva and is obtainable from the I.L.O. offices at 12, Victoria Street, London, S.W.i. Internally in Latvia THE Latvian Government has decided to leave the opera tion of exterior airlines to foreign companies and to con centrate on the development of suitable air services at home. On the initiative of the Latvian Communications Department the first national Latvian airline was inaugurated last year between Riga and Liepaja, and another service is being opened some time this year to connect Riga with the biggest city of East Latvia, Daugavpils, the machines flying via Krustpils. New airports are in course of construction at Daugavpils and Krustpils, and the Communications Department will be in the market for two medium-sized transports for the new service as soon as the preparatory groundwork has been completed. Meanwhile, in another Baltic state, the Lithuanian Govern ment has allocated a sum in aid of the opening of the first national air service between Kaunas and Klaipeda. It is planned to extend the service to the seaside resort of Palanga, where a private aerodrome is already in existence. POLISH TRANSPORT : Designed to replace the American machines which are at present used by LOT, the P.Z.L. company's new Wicher transport has a maximum speed of about 235 m.p.h. with two Wright Cyclone G.2 engines. When a crew of 4 with 14 passengers and the usual luggage load are carried the range is given as 1,100 miles. In general appearance the machine is an Interesting cross between the D.C. 2 and the Lockheed 14—both of them types which are in service with LOT.
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