SYDNEY FLIGHTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 340, 28 April 1928, Page 10

SYDNEY FLIGHTS

INCREASED POPULARITY CHEAPNESS OF RIDES “Have you seen the harbour from the air” should be a commonplace saying ill Sydney in the near future. The popularity of flying is increasing each week, and hundreds of people are eager for a trip over the city in an airplane. Last week crowds travelled to the Mascot airdrome by motor-cars and trams, and five or six airplanes were kept in constant use to cope with the applications for flights. So constant was the stream of people that the engines of the machines were running without a stop for hours. There were so many applications on Sunday that the last flights of the day were made in semi-darkness, and a number of people had to postpone their anticipated thrill. A year ago there were

only one or two machines in use at Mascot for public flights. Passengers are taken for flights by a number of concerns. The charges are not high. The cheapest ride costs 10s. For an additional 10s one can make a longer flight, and "iew the harbour, while more expensive flights include aerobatics. Few people, however, are keen about aerobatics. The air pageant held at Mascot, and organised by the New South Wales section of the Aero Club, has done much to make flying more popular. The president, Mr. G. F. Hughes, said that there had been a rush of applications, and 12 new pilots had joined. Quite a number of enthusiasts had been enrolled as members of the club. The main objective of the pageant had been to arouse public interest in aviatioD. It certainly had had that effect.