AIR FERRIES

Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1932, Page 2

AIR FERRIES

BRITISH ENTERPRISE. . ' GLASGOW'’-TO BELFAST TRIAL ; ■ • V f - SERVICE.; V V . LONDON, August 19. ■«Air ■ feCTying’,’ ; *.ov<»r comparatively short distances, .usually • above water, is Bi‘ form of air transport that is particuLarly well suited to certain regions, of the British-Islesh'This week a trial Hying boat service will begin' plying between Glasgow 'and Belfast down the Firth of Clyde' and above the 'North Channel, which separate Ireland from South-West Scotland. In the south, passengers are-carried between and the Isle of , Wight by a ce>'|«bih€d : coach-air serving-which subßt»lgs|p.y-a flight,in a fe\teinimites ac r oss the 86Jent:'for an hour or more that must be spent- in the ferryboat. JejlicoO’s son-in-law is , inte^ested : in these jjourneys. lOther “ferry” air , services are planned for the. Western,-.,?4es and the Isle of Man.,' _ ■ V., The Belfast-Glasgow service means a startling cut in thh time for the journey. Experimental flights l*av e taken thirty minutes for,the trip, as against several hours by the fastest steamships and, with the ' aid of motor-launches and motor-oars,, the journey is made in the utmost comfort'' and with the least possible exertion otl the part of the passengers. Lord Malcolm Donglas-Hatnilton, a keen private (aeroplane owner, and holder of ■ the rank of'flying officer in the Auxiliary Air Force, is the man behind. .the 'Relfast-Grlasg yw scheme, .and be plans to extend his activities to the Isle of Man . and northward ; to the Soottish islands, should, tHe -first venture be successful. ■ The aeroplane selected to open .the cervioa .is., a- Saro Cloud amphibian monoplane,; a, 60Q ,/h.p.. twintengined craft, with boom for eight occupants, and ‘-able to cru?e e at approximately 100 ’m.p.h. for four hours <&i -one fuel load.j ; * . yjp..