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New Cork-Dublin-Liverpool Service.
Midland and Scottish Air Ferries, Ltd., Renfrew, is sending its fleet to Ireland to take part in the Free State. Government air pageant at Pheenix Park, Dublin, on August 5, and to hold a pageant In Cork on August 6 and 7, in order to inaugurate the new CorkDublin-Liverpool air service which the company is commencing. On August 12, delivery of the third Dragon is expected.
Newspapers by Aeroplane.
Spartan Airlines, Ltd., is now doing considerable 'charter work. In addition to running its daily Heston-Cowes service the company now has a contract to deliver English papers daily in Ostend, and intends leaving Croydon every morning at 4.30.
Plymouth Aerodrome Development.
Plymouth Corporation is to purchase further land at a cost of i5,000 for the aerodrome.
What the S.M.T. is Doing.
The Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., Edinburgh, writes to us concern ing its air-transport plans. Whilst regular services are not operated at present, machines are constantly available during the summer at Monifieth, St. Andrews, North Berwick, Port Setou, Aberdeen, Corstorphine, Ayr, Renfrew, etc., and thus a comprehensive charter service is offered, through which experience is being built up.
Blackpool's Cutty Sark Figures.
In July British Amphibious Air Lines, Ltd., Blackpool, made 15 return flights to the Isle of Man (1,638 miles) and carried 36 passengers. Four charter flights (604 miles) were made, 14 passengers being carried. Additionally, 543 persons were given short flights from the sea, these amounting to 1,440 miles (against 1,400 miles in June).
Birkett Work Last Week.
Birkett Air Services, Ltd., has had another busy week. After taking Press representatives in three aeroplanes to Southampton for the opening of the new dock on July 26, Major Digby, flying a Gull with a Gipsy Major engine, made the return trip of 65 miles from Eastleigh to Stag Lane in 29 minutes. The following day Captain Birkett accompanied Mr. T.Rra to Ireland, and was first home with Press pictures. Incidentally, he had, on July 22, accompanied the Mollisons as far as the Irish coast.
Nottingham-Skegness Line Continues Regularly.
Eastern Air Services, Skegness, advises us that the service is continuing daily between Nottingham and Skegness and is not at present being extended to Birmingham. The departure from Tollerton Aerodrome, Nottingham, is at 9.45 a.m., and from Skegness at 7.30 p.m. The journey takes 30 minutes, the aeroplanes used being a Fox Moth four
passenger and Puss Moth two-passenger machine. In the week to July 29, 17 persons were carried to Skegness and 12 to Nottingham.
Maylands: The Week's Work.
Hillman's Airways, Romford, gives the • following figures of passengers carried in the week to July 28 :—Romford-Clacton line, 90 single 'journeys; Romford-Margate, 94; Romford-Paris, 85. From Ronaford, Clacton and Margate respectively 62, 246 and 19parsons were given pleasure flights.
Empire Air Mails: June Quarter's Figures.
The letter air mails carried from Britain in the quarter to June 30 amounted to 43,615 lb. compared with 32,869 lb. in the same quarter of 1932, whilst parcel mails rose from 34,364 to 39,569. The Indian, African, Continental and other services all show increases.
Wireless for Empire Liners.
As the result of experiments it has been decided that the eight ArmstrongWhitworth Atalanta monoplanes used on the African and Indian routes, are to be equipped with the new Marconi medium-wave and short-wave wireless apparatus, type A.D. 37A/38A.
Ryde Ferry Tops 400 Mark.
Portsmouth, Southsea and Isle of Wtht Aviation, Ltd., gives the following figures of passengers carried for the week to July 27. Portsmouth-Ryde, 409 single journeys ; I.o.W.-Shoreham, 4; Portsmouth-Shanklin, 22; RydeShanklin, 16; Portsmouth-Shoreham, 4. New London-Plymouth Air Line.
The new company, International Airlines, Ltd., Croydon, the formation of which was announced in our issue dated July 21, states that it will inaugurate about the middle of August a thricedaily air service between Croydon and Plymouth, which calls at Portsmouth and Southampton, connecting with ocean liners that call at Plymouth and with Continental air liners at Croydon. Pares will be comparable with firstclass railway fares. Monospar twinengined monoplanes, carrying four passengers and baggage, will be employed. These machines are claimed to be able to maintain altitude with one engine Out of action.
The service will, of course, connect with the Portsmouth-Isle of Wight services and the Spartan line, as well as with the G.W.R. Plymouth-Cardiff-Birmingham line. We are told that the company is an all-British enterprise, and hopes to inaugurate further lines should the Western Air Express prove successful.
750 Hours Between Gipsy Major 0 verha uls.
Through pressure upon our space, we were unable to announce last week that the De Havilland Aeroplane Co., Ltd., has extended the recommended period between complete overhauls of Gipsy Major engines from 450 hours to 750 hours, and has stated that the top overhauls, hitherto effected every 150 hours, are no longer considered to be necessary for this engine.