AIR TRANSPORT NEWS
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Manchester as an Air-line Centre
As previously hinted in this paper, 'it now seems clear that certain companies are considering making use of Barton Airport, Manchester, in connection with services of some importance.
L.M.S. Irish Channel Service.
Referring to the paragraph in our issue dated April 28, we understand that the proposal to operate an air service between Manchester, the Isle of Man, Belfast and Dublin will not be discussed by the L.M.S. hoard for a short while.
Hillman's Traffic Figures.
Messrs. Hillman's Airways, Romford, give us the following numbers of passengers carried in the week ended Sunday, May 14 :—Romford-Clacton line, 13 single journeys: Romford--Margate line, 44 single journeys; RornfordParis line, 39 single journeys.
Heston-Cowes Service Now Daily.
Spartan Air Lines, Ltd., has had a week's experience of regular daily operation (twice daily in each direction) of its Spartan Cruiser air service between London (Heston) and Cowes, and reports that traffic is more encouraging.
Growing Airways Traffic.
In the first four ..months of 1933 14,253 passengers were flown between London and Paris, as compared with 9,678 in January-April, 1932.
No fewer than 10,141 of these passengers travelled by Imperial Airways, an increase of nearly 4,000, compared with the company's 1932 return, and in the same period the freight has, risen from 170 tons in 1932 to 307 tons.
Whereas imports by air from Paris have risen only 10 tons (90 tons this year), the exports have grown from 90 tons to 217 tons.
India-Australia Air-mail Extension.
It is hoped that the existing LondonKarachi air-mail service, will be extended to Calcutta in July, to Rangoon in October, and to Singapore by, or before, January, 1934. The proposed Government agreement for a subsidy is to run for about five years, commencing with the opening of the Singapore-Australia section, and terminating on March 31, 1939, the date on which the EnglandIndia service agreement expires. The maximum subsidy payable for the Karachi-Singapore weekly service Will range from £40,000 to £20,000 yearly.
Dragon Tour Successfully Completed.
The fortnight's tour of a De Havilland Dragon two-engined cabih biplane, arranged by Brian Lewis and Co., Ltd., 30, Conduit Street, London, W.1, concluded on May 14. The machine travelled about 4,000 miles around Great Britain at an average speed of 105 m.p.h., using petrol at under 12 gallons per hour. Despite bad weather every journey was made to time.
The tour is regarded as successful, particularly as to the interest shown by motorbus and motor-coach operators and by motor-coach booking agents. One or more road-passenger concerns were definitely interested in each of the following places e—Sunth Devon, Kent, Cambridge, Birmingham, Bristol, Portsmolith, Oxford, Halifax, Leeds, Newcastle, Southend and Cardiff.
Monospar With Retractable Undercarriage.
Performance and other data of the Monospar cabin monoplane for three passengers (two Pobjoy engines) appeared in this paper on March 3, the cruising speed being given at 112-115 m.p.h. A retractable under-carriage is now being fitted, each wheel being moved backward completely into the wing. This might to yield a ern-hang speed of at least 125 m.p.h., without any extra expense of power, and the additional weight is estimated at only about 20 lb. A new coachbuilt saloon superstructure by Windovers, Ltd. (designed by the •Monospar concern) is being fitted. The Monospar is made by General Aircraft, Ltd., Croydon.
Death a Mr. Lowe-Wilde.
We regret to announce that Mr. C. H. Lowe-Wilde was killed at Maidstone on May 18, in an accident with, one of the low-powered machineS of his invention, Mr. Lowe-Wilde was a great believer in commercial air transport.
Napier to Build Junkers • Engine
D. Napier and Son, Ltd., Acton Vale, London, • W.3, has acquired the rights to construct in England Junkers aero oil engines, including the Jumo 4, which was described in our issue for last week: As stated in this paper on March 31, Napier shareholders were told at the general meeting on March 23 that an oil engine was to be made under licence. New Napier engines may soon be announced. • Cardiff-Plymouth: Lower Fares.
As from May 15, fares on the G.W.R. Cardiff-Plymouth. air service have been greatly reduced. The Cardiff-Plymouth
The new Avro Ten which A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd., Manchester, has just supplied to Midland and ScottishAirFerries, Lid.,Renfreir. The machine has three Armstrong Sid
deley Lynx air-cooled engines.
fare, hitherto £3 10s. single and £6 return, is now £2 5s. single and £4 return. The Cardiff-Teignmouth and Torquay fares have been reduced from £3 and £5 to £2 and £3 12s. respectively, whilst the Plymouth-Torquay and Teignmouth fares have dropped from 25s. and 12 to 12s. 6d. and 25s. respectively.
The Postmaster-General has given consent to mails being carried on this service, provided letters are handed in to one of the company's air booking offices, with an extra 3d. air-mail stamp.
New Air Union 12-seater.
Built especially for the London-Paris journey, which it is reckoned to make in 1 hr. 45 miens., the new Golden Clipper low-wing monoplane of the Air Union concern cruises at 140 m.p.h. and has a top speed of 165 m.p.h. Its three air-eooled radial engines develop 1,050 b.h.p.
Croydon: The Week's Figures, In the week to noon on May17, Continental air traffic into and out of Croydon Airport totalled 1,583 passengers, 48.4 tons of freight, 25.6 tons of passengers' luggage, and 5.3 teas of mail.
Another Possible Operator.
Undergraduate Roadways, Cambridge, has been considering the operation of an air service, but has not yet come to a decision,