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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS
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• NEW I.o.M. MAIL SERVICE.
THE opening, on February 1, of the daily air-mail service (not Sundays) between Liverpool arid the Isle "of Man, under the contract obtained by °Hey Air Service, Ltd., for its subsidiary, Blackpool and West Coast Air'SerVices, Ltd., was marked by a modest ceremony. A Dragon left Spoke Airport, to schedule at 8 a.m., against a 50-00 m.p.h gale. with 41 bags weighing 740 lb. Another machine left Ronaldsway aerodrome, on. the -Isle of Man, to schedule, at 8 a.m., with 15 bags weigh
ing about 150. lb. With the wind behind it, it would have reached Spoke 1;137 8.25 a.m., but was warned off by radio and, after circling the Barr lightship, duly landed at 8-50 a.m., for which hour the civic ceremony was timed.
The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Alderman F. T. Richardson, presented an airmail pennant to the pilot, Mr. 0. R. Armstrong, who gave him in return one of his 15 bags of letters. Major R. ff. Thornton attended on behalf of the aviation section of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. Mr. A. H. Barry, the Postmaster Surveyor of Liverpool, and Mr. J. H. L. Cowin, of the Manx House of Keys, were present.
The loads are likely to increase os the summer season develops, for we understand that, although the Isle of Man has a standing population of about 50,000 persons, the visitors in the summer amount to nearly 250,000. The toad from the island on February 1 was unusually light, because the previous night a freight steamer had cleared mails ready at that time.
A NEW G.A.P.A.N. BRANCH.
AT a meeting of nearl3r 30 pilots, held at Southampton, it was decided to form a local branch of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of the British Empire. This body aims at protecting the interests of commercial pilots and of maintaining their high level of prestige and efficiency.
It was natural that, in the discussion,. the question of blind-flying tests for B licences should arise. The Guild has re. cently addressed the Air Ministry on the new proposals in this regard, which require all B-licence ,pilotS ebe proye their blind-flying qualitcation-by April 1. The attitude of the Guild is that blind flying experience is necessary for air-line piloting, but not immediately for instructors. The Ministry has been requested to make it easier for air-line pilots to gain experience through the medium of the R.A.F. Reserve.
.GUERNSEY AIRPORT PLAN DEFERRED.
A FTER two days' discussion, the r'Guernsey States (or local Parliament) have decided to defer, for consideration at a later date, the proposal of their aerodrome committee to establish an airport . in the centre of the island, at a cost estimated at about
£150,000. . .
The principle of the need for a State-owned and controlled aerodrome was adopted, but the committee was instructed to find another site. Meanwhile, Sir Alan Cobham has inspected a small private aerodrome on the coast, and has accepted the chairmanship of a company in process of formation, the objects of which are to acquire this site and, at an early date, commence a daily service of small machines.'
IMPROVING • FACILITIES AT WICK.
A T a meeting of Wick Town Coun
reference was made to the proposal to establish a municipal. aerodrome.. Wick already has a daily air mail and passenger service from Inverness. A fetter was read from Aberdeen Airways, Ltd., asking for information regarding the landing ground of Wick. The company hopes to operate between London and Aberdeen, and might extend to Wick. A committee was appointed to meet a representative from the company. It was reported that a representative of Imperial Airways, Ltd., had visited the. town and had advised the council to proceed with the municipal aerodrome. The Council agreed to communicate with the Advisory Board and with the Air Ministry.
13.1-1.80s FOR JERSEY AIRWAYS.
THEfirst of the six D.H.86 14-seater aeroplanes for Jersey Airways, Ltd., has just been delivered, and the other five will be ready, between now and the end of April. The first machine, G-ACYF, has full dual control, like those delivered to Qantas Empire Airways, Ltd., to be used on the SingaporeBrisbane mail _service, and the other Eve will have swing-over controls.
All six machines will be equipped with flaps, to reduce landing speed. Portable batteries with,:, a plug-in arrangement will be used at each terminal, instead of carrying heavy batteries on the aeroplanes for the engine-starting gear. Radio sets of Standard make, with fixed, loop and trailing aerials, are being fitted, and in a ground test at Hatfield, the other day, Portsmouth station could be heard operating with one of the company's machines over Jersey.
We believe that the first machine is one of the fastest D.11.86s which the de Havilland works have yet produced, its cruising speed being about 150 m.p.h.
LONDON-PARIS REGULARITY.
THE early-morning newspaper-de1 livery service, which was started by Mr. John Pugh, A.F.C., and Mr. A. P. Hattersley, of Commercial Air Hire, Ltd., at the beginning of August, 1934, continues to run with remarkable regularity. Apart from two consecutive mornings in November, when the service could not be run owing to extremely difficult weather conditions, the schedule has been completed daily.
Most of the work has been done with the Dragon G-ACCR, which has Marconi radio, Sperry artificial horizon and directional gyro, and fixed and trail ing aerials. The company has just bought a Spartan Cruiser G-ABTY (three Gipsy III engines), which is being equipped with a Plessey radio set (fixed and trailing aerials) and Sperry blind-flying instruments.
Mr. Eric Norldings, previously with Hillman's Airways, Ltd., joined as a pilot early in January.