GUIDING AEROPLANES

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 114, 7 February 1935, Page 9

GUIDING AEROPLANES

Chain of Radio Stations in Britain APPROVAL OF PLANS (British Official Wireless.) (Received, February G. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, February 5. The Air Ministry announces that plans have been approved for the establishment of a chain of civil aviation wireless stations throughout the country so as to afford full facilities for direction-finding for communication with aircraft and between airports. Three new stations came into operation last year at Hull, Portsmouth and Belfast. A further six will be erected at suitable places during 1935 with the object of providing a direction-finding network covering the new internal routes as well as to serve the needs of individual aeroplanes. As the exact development of new air lines in Britain cannot accurately be predicted, wireless equipment will be mounted on vehicles capable of being easily moved from place to place. By this means the organisation of communication can- rapidly and inexpensively be readjusted as the development of air lines may require. In addition to these mobile stations a limited number of permanent stations of higher power are’ to be erected. NONE FROM DOMINION ) Air Mails For London Sydney, February 6. The outward air mail closed at Sydney last night. No specially-sealed air mail for London was received by the two mail steamers from New Zealand yesterday. Inquiries have been made in Now Zealand, but so far no reply has Iteen received. Officials of the General Post Office yesterday afternoon communicated with Sydney postal officials by radio telephone iii regard to the above statement. The Director-General of the Post and Telegraph Department, Mr. G. McNamara, states that earlier advice from Sydney was to the effect that the air mail would depart from Sydney at 7 p.m. on Monday. The information ibeeived by radio 'telephone, however, was that the aeroplane left Cootamnndra at 5.30 a.m. to-day. As the Post Office had not expected that the two vessels could connect with fhe air service it had not announced the service in respect of those sailings and consequently there was very little correspondence for dispatch by nir mail. One vessel carried none and the other only a small amount.

The New Zealand Post Office further inquired concerning flip matter by cable, and to-night received the following cabled reply from the Sydney Post Office: “In reply to your cable to-day commenting this week the use of fast aeroplanes between Brisbane and Darwin will permit of adherence to the original timetable. The outward mail will close at Sydney at G p.m. on Tuesdays and the inward mail will rfrrive at G a.m. on Fridays.”