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14th April 1933, Page 41
14th April 1933
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Details of Isle of Man Service.

Following our brief announcement last week, it is now decided that the summer time-table of British Amphibious Air Lines, Ltd., 22, Birley Street, Blackpool, for its service with a Saro °nifty Sark amphibious machine to the Isle of Man, will commence on June 2.

With or without passengers, the machine will leave Blackpool (Stanley Park Aerodrome) every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 p.m., returning from the island at 7 p.m. This evening service has been found to he the most popular. Trips at other times, also trips to Belfast, can be made by private charter.

Owing to the lack of landing facilities around Douglas, the.. landing ground at Castletown is used, but, except in rough weather, passengers may disembark into .small boats at Douglas Harbour.

Air-travel Vouchers.

Imperial Airways, Ltd„ is experimenting with a system of season travel vouchers, which take a form similar to a banker's letter of credit, and are sold in multiples of £100, face value, with periods of currency of four months for £100, eight months for £200, 12 months for £300 or more.

The idea is to meet the convenience of those clients whose air travel has become sufficiently regular and intensive to justify discount on ordinary fares, for the discounts granted are substantial. The system removes restrictions imposed by varying periods of validity on ordinary return tickets and facilitates changes of plan, such as Often occur to business men.

Aerodrome ,Works in Hand.

It is expected that the En-Tous-Cam . Co. (Syston), Ltd., will shortly commence work on the site of the intended Leicester municipal aerodrome, which is at Brannstone. The company also has received contracts from the Air Ministry for mole-draining and levelling work at Gosport aerodrome, and has recently completed construction of a control tower at Mr. W. Lindsay Everard's aerodrome at Ratcliffe. A contract mowing service, 'using gang mowers, is offered by the concern.

The New Fast Mail Carrier.

Although, as stated last week, official announcement of the Boulton and Paul high-speed long-range mail carrier is temporarily withheld, we are able to give a few advance details. The 1364 is a two-engined tractor biplane, designed to giVe 150 m.p.h. when each engine is throttled to about half its out

put. On only one engine (at 1,950 r.p.m.) the machine should be able to fly level at 85 m.p.h. at a height of 4,000 ft. Both engines are mounted directly under the upper wings, this enabling the height of the undercarriage to be reduced, and, with it, the resistance, so that retractable wheel mountings are not included in the specification. The Boulton and' Paul system of metal construction is employed. Behind the dual-control cockpit is crew accommodation 7 ft. long, 7 ft. high and 4 ft. 4 ins. wide (the fuselage being narrow) and the mail compartment is 10 ft. 3 ins. long, 5 ft. 2 ins. high (mean), and 3 ft 4 ins. wide (mean). The span is 54 ft. and the length 42 ft. 6 ins. The engines are two Bristol Pegasus IM2 units, giving 555 b.h.p. at 4,000 ft. at 2,000 engine r.p.m. and 1,312 air-screw r.p.m.

Summer Continental Services from Croydon.

The new summer time-table of Imperial Airways, Ltd., came into force on April 9, with four services each way daily between London and Paris, and five services from May 1.

This summer there will be 140 air stations throughout Europe to which high-speed journeys can be made, and approximately half of these destinations are within a day's flying from Croydon. Examples of two-day journeys are Moscow, via Berlin ; Stamboul, via Vienna; Madrid, via Marseilles.

Throughout Europe there are now some 30 air-transport companies, operating 6,000 miles of route, and more than 50 big liners enter or leave Croydon daily. The figures five an idea of the traffic which might be handled by internal air lines linking with the Continental routes.

Progress of Canadian Airways.

A statistical statement issued recently by Canadian Airways, Ltd., shows that freight and express traffic handled in 1932 was more than double that for 1931. The number of passengers carried was also greater, although passenger miles were fewer. With the cancellation of some of the air-mail services formerly carried on by the company the weight of mail handled was much less.

The company's aircraft carried 807 passengers on mail lines and 8,156 on other, lines, as compared with totals of 2,371 and 5,676 respectively in the previous year. The passenger mileage total was 998,619. In 1932 mail, freight and express traffic totalled 2,169,202 lb., compared with 1,223,908 lb. in 1931.


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