TO LONDON IN A WEEK.

Taihape Daily Times, 22 August 1919, Page 8

TO LONDON IN A WEEK.

1 ])T4;\-NX—IX(} 'l‘H}C -\U.{ 'l'l'{l,l‘. . able to null;-9 Ih<- journey from fi."('lllL‘]“‘r 10 I‘(~,._(?l-:1 by ::ir in six :1nnl:1l1:xlfil:1ys /just :1 (I:l_\' longs: ‘.h:ln it n-m‘ I:‘.l<L‘S lh, Q 0 l.':'on: l~'_\'«lnu§.' to Perth by HlO fr3]ls—f‘OllilI!(‘lli1ll ‘:1-:1in. .“~‘lle.ll is the :Illnrin;‘ prospect held out by lieginnhl l4l().\'(l‘, of tlm Aerial Services. Ltd., who has returned to Syd- ;,».~;-,- ,:vf':=.-r r::'.l{‘.n_.; 2 zrip ‘CV(.‘l'liHl(l to l.):u-win. m:lpping' out landing stations, in }=':'ey:11':1ti()11 for the line of giant planes with which if is intended to e:ll'l'y out the flights. Mr Llojyd, with :1 pal‘l‘y of five Oll1(‘1'S, marke(l out ten landing stations between Sydney and Darwin. The first is at Moree (_prohzlbly‘flle site will be altered to Bourke as more suitable), the next of Ch.'lrle\'ille (Q.), the ‘cllird at Long‘reaellV, the fourth at Clolle.url'y, and the reniaincler zit infervals of about 31)!) miles in the’ Nol'tllerll Tel'ritol')'. The potty left Sydney on motor cycles on .T:\.nll:lry 31, and reachecl Darwin on June. 10, having ’traVell'ed about 4000 miles. l3‘rmn l,):1:’\\'i11 the air rroufe crosses the sea al Timor, and proceeds along the Malziyim Antlripelago, thence fo Indim, and so to Bagllml (or Port Sui.<l), 211111 over -to Lnropo to L'ond~on. The other rnembers of tlle’pm't_\' are continuing flu:-ir Survey through Mzilaya, to be rejoined later by Mr Lloyd. Their work. will end at Delhi, India.

As to the nocossify M-of the prelimin:'.l'_\,' \'.'o:*l< -now g(.V3nj_;' ml. M2‘ Lloyd pointed to the fact that the Commonwozxlth GoVol'nnlent C(mlpol'i’rivo‘ flight from ]£llglund to A\LlbN‘:l‘:,l}i:l haul been abandoned for the reason that the route had not been sul'\'oyed on this side of Delhi, and if was not pracricaxl for airxnun to make the jou}:nmy without lmowing precisély the situation of their lanLlillg places. Mr Lloyd pointed ‘out tllzlt the Im[zorinl Government had declared itself in favour of cllcmn':lging the cmlmlol'ci:llis:l’rion of flying, and with the return to nm'm:ll conditions he oxpccfod that the first flights would be made

=.vitllill a few months, and within two years the sel'vice‘w('mld be in full S\'\'lll‘g‘, onablifig‘ pzlssmlgel's to Touch .\‘y<lnc_s' from London in six and a-half (lays. The journey will be done in rel.:l_yS, at (,‘,{l('ll lrmding -statiron fresh 111aclni110s and petml being available to enable the voyage to confinuc without <l0l:1}'_

Looking ahead-, Mr Lloyd professes to SOO ,mlnclli.llo.s (::11'1'ying zrr.l'fiout 50 pn.ssmlgors_. and before 1»-Cng collSid(erably more. A couple bf tons of bugg:lg'<\ is also an item reckoned on. The

maeliines will have .fon.'r 350 horse‘pO\‘,'(‘l‘ engines, and will l)(‘p'C21p1ll)lC of ‘tl)'in;:' a tl}oll>‘2‘t£l(l miles witliout ‘landing for petrol. Mr Lloyd emphasised that these det:‘.ils were onfy tentzltive_ He pointed out that during the five years of war aerial seie'n<-.o has been devoted to the construction of small t':lst machines, but now attention was bein«;; directed to the building of 19..1'ge, roomy planes. This class of machine was in its early stages, but many en-ggineez‘-ing fil'ms, including Harland and \Voolfe had e..~:tablislled f:letol'ie;~'. and gl-eat advances could be expected. It was l)i‘C2111SO ot‘ the daily evolution in :v;»1'i:1l nleeh:~.nie:ll development that it was impossible to Say po.<itiVel_\fi the ."?{Ru"l' type of maehine that would he :Irloptl*d. Wlmt would he the cost of :1 pass:r‘n_qel"s trip bet\\'een Svrlney and l.On~ *‘:(>n?-—-¢‘l’rol>:lhl_\f about £IOO.