COMMERCIAL AVIATION.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17922, 16 November 1923, Page 6

COMMERCIAL AVIATION.

BRITISH SUCCESS IN GERMANY. Most motorists take a keen and friendly interest in aviation, and these will be glad to learn of the latest triumph secured for Great Britain by Mr Alan J. Cobham, who, flying the new D.H. 50 commercial aeroplane, has won the traffic competition held in connexion with the Gothenburg Exhibition. The D.H. 50 carried 10001b of commercial load in competition with three German aeroplanes, which only transported C6olb each, and the British aircraft scored 999 marks out of a possible 1000, while the highest score obtained by a German machine totalled only 963 points: This competition was undoubtedly the most exacting, and at the same time the most valuable, test yet held to demonstrate the possibilities of commercial air transport. The competing craft were required to maintain a daily service between Gothenburg and Copenhagen for a period of five days, carrying 90 per cent, full load. The regulations required the strictest attention to speed, punctuality, regularity, and general economy in operation. By achieving this success Mr Cobham has' won the gold cup presented'by the Crown Prince of Sweden, and 15,000 kronen (about £850), and he, the de Haviland Aircraft Company, Ltd., the constructors of the D.H. 50, and Armstrong-Siddeley Motors, Ltd., the manufacturers of the 240-h.p. Siddeley "Puma" engine, are to be congratulated on having so worthily upheld the honour of Britain in the contest.