AIR TRANSPORT.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19174, 3 December 1927, Page 15

AIR TRANSPORT.

IMPROVEMENTS AT CROYDON. IMPORTANT SAFETY DEVICES. (BY CABLE—PRES3 ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) '.AUSTRALIAN AND X.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received December 2nd, 7.40 p.m.) LONDON, December 1. A veritable wizard's tower is being completed at Croydon, which will make London the foremost air terminal in the world. From this tower three men. an Air Ministry traffic officer, a wireless operator, and a meteorologist, will exercise day and night control over air expresses. They will even sleep in the tower. A recently perfected wireless device will tell pilots their whereabouts and guide them to Croydon in the face of the blackest fogs. A sensitive indieatcr will print a visible record of the slightest fluctuations in the wind. Illuminated signs at the aerodrome will Hash messages to pilots waiting to take off for Europe, telling them when it is permissible for (.hem to rise. Switches will control a wonderful system for lighting the landing grounds below. Booking clerks will issue tickets for places as far distant as Copenhagen, Moseow, Constantinople, and Northern Africa. PUBLICITY NOT WANTED. AIR MINISTRY'S POLICY. December '2nd, S.'-Q p.m.) LONDON, December '2. Tho aeronautical writer of the "Morning Post" says the Air Ministry is averse to publicity and does not favour popular enthusiasm for pilots. It is probable, therefore, that members of the Royal Air Force will be forbidden to participate in the nest Schneider Cup rate.