CIVIL AVIATION

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12612, 24 November 1926, Page 7

CIVIL AVIATION

DEVELOPMENT IN EMPIRE “MERITS CONTINUOUS ATTENTION” CONFERENCE’S DECISION By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright Australian and N Z. Cable Association. (Received Novemer 23, 7.20 p.m.) LONDON, Novemer 22. The Air Communications sub-Com-committee of the Imperial Conference reports that it is convinced that the development of Imperial air communications merits tl»e early nnd continuous attention of all the Empire Governments. The committee adopted a resolution noting with satisfaction the prospective regular air service between Cairo and Karachi, and the experimental service between Khartoum and Kisumu, and also the decision of tlie British and South African Governments to carry out experimental flights aiming at connecting with the above service, and the decision of the Australian Government to arrange flights to Singapore to link up with the Royal Air Force flights from Singapore to Australia. MASTS FOR BIG AIRSHIPS. The committee recommends the Governments to give attention to the provision of airdromes as far as the local resources permit, with a view to the ultimate creation of a complete system of Empire air routes, and also to consider the possibility of erecting moor-ing-masts, to serve as bases for demonstration flights in 1928 and 1929 by the airships which are now being built. Britain is to sonsider the erection of a second airship shed at Cardington. The committee approved the holding of an Imperial Air Conference in 1928 or 1929. It also approved the exchange of information on civil aero-

nautics throughout the Empire, and, if possible, exchanges of personnel. The Imperial Conference adopted the report.