OVERHEAD 'DROME

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1934, Page 7

OVERHEAD 'DROME

CENTRE OF LONDON. £5,000,000 Scheme to be Placcd Before Commons. AIR MINISTRY SUPPORT. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, March 7. The fnuil stages have been reached in the representations being made for the presentation of a bill to Parliament to obtain sanction for the construction of an airport covering King's Cross and St. Pancras railway stations. Tlie company promoting tho scheme states that this aerodrome will cost .£5,000,000, and will give employment for some years to I>ooo workmen. It is estimated that it will be used by 1000 people a day. The scheme has received the general approval of the Air Ministry, the Ministry of Transport and the chief railway companies.

RUSSIA'S STRENGTH. Five-Year Plan for Training of Airmen. AMBITIOUS OBJECTIVE. (Received 2 p.m.) MOSCOW, March 7. On the expiration of the second fiveyear plan in 1937, the Soviet hopes to have 1,000,000 expert pilots, 000,000 trained bombers and observers, and 000,000 reserve scout gliders. The Commissary of Finance told the recent Council of the People's Commissars that he regretted the financial burden, but that probable failure of the Disarmament Conference rendered it imperative to prepare for all emergencies and times. SUBSTANTIAL ORDER. Light Aex-oplanes for British Ministry. MILITARY DESIGN. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBV, March 7. Tho Air Ministry has placed a substantial order for de Havilland Tiger Moth light biplanes, which will form the equipment of certain Royal Air Force units. These machines resemble in size and general appearance the wellknown Moth touring aeroplanes, but they are designed for the carriage of a comprehensive military load and the performance of every manoeuvre in the repertoire of a service pilot. The power is supplied by a single 130 horse-power Gipsy Major air-cooled engine. Full provision is made for flying by instruments alone, without the help of outward vision. Tiger Moth and Moth training aeroplanes are well known in Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Poland, tho Netherlands, Persia, China, Japan and Austria. " SMITHY " RETURNING. FINAL TEST OF CODOCK. SYDNEY, March 7. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith to-day further tested the Codock monoplane which is to be flown to New Zealand shortly by Mr. Trevor White, who was a passenger in to-day's flight. The test was thoroughly successful. Sir Charles left later for Auckland by the Monterey.