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1930
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FLIGHT, MARCH 14, 1930 VH-UK.T AN AUSTRALIAN-BUILT COMMERCIAL AEROPLANE : The Larkin Aircraft Supply Co.'s " Lascoter " monoplane (220 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley " Puma ''). This machine is claimed to be the first commercial aircraft completely designed and built in Australia to receive a certificate of airworthiness. It is mainly constructed of metal, and with the " Puma " engine and disposable load of 2,000 lbs. has a speed range of 45-112 m.p.h., and a ceiling of 15,000 ft. A " Nimbus " or " Jaguar " engine can also be fitted in this machine. one of them had been free from serious damage to machines. The Company modestly referred to its record of being the first organisation officially to secure 100 per cent, efficiency for its operations, and then decided to proceed with the inauguration of the large new service with its usual insurance cover, which was sufficient to protect it from serious loss. Those six months passed triumphantly, with all the mid- winter storms and night flying easily overcome by the carefully selected personnel and adequately maintained equipment of the Company. There then came a representative of the London brokers to view for himself the conditions under which these operations were conducted and to place before the Company the British group's special offer to take all the Company's insurance risks at the lowest aviation rates ever quoted by such a firm in any part of the world." Western Australian Airways Statistics THE Airways Bulletin for January, 1930, gives the following statistics regarding the Western Australian Airways services up to January 27, 1930 : Passengers carried (Perth- Derby), 7,080, (Perth-Adelaide) 2,240 ; taxi and joy-ride, 13,119. Machine flights. 9,872. Miles flown, 1,412,905. Letters carried (Perth-Derby), to December, 1,667,163; (Perth-Adelaide), 28,699 lb. Freight carried : (Perth- Derby), 285,209 lb. ; (Perth-Adelaide), 11,700 lb. The Bulletin also records a good example of making up time by night flying. One week in January the mail boat from England arrived late in Fremantle, and so the Hercules with mail and passengers, could not leave for Adelaide until 4.20 p.m., instead of the usual 10 a.m. It pressed on, however, after night had fallen, landed by the light of flares at Kalgoorlie for dinner, and reached Forrest in the early hours of the morning. Adelaide was reached at .schedule time on the day after leaving Perth. Imperial Airways' Summer Services IMPERIAL AIRWAYS announce that this summer there will be four services daily in each direction between London and Paris, and that the lowest fare (on the early morning service) will be reduced from £4 15s. to £4 4s. Additional aircraft will also be available when traffic is specially heavy. The services between London and Le Touquet will not operate, as the surface of the Berck aerodrome is unsuitable for heavy aircraft to land on. Light machines may be char- tered for this journey at the rate of 5d. a passenger-mile. The summer services begin on April 13. A FAIRCHILD IN CANADA : A side view of the Fair- child F.C.2 cabin monoplane equipped with an Armstrong Siddeley,"Lynx" geared engine. This machine, which carries a pilot and four passengers, can be fitted with floats, as shown, skis or wheels. 304
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