AIR TRAFFIC

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 April 1927, Page 9

AIR TRAFFIC

LATE EDITION

CONTROLLING REGULATIONS

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION- -COPYKIGHT. Received 11.20 a.m. to-day. LONDON, -April 27. Twenty-two nations were represented at the International . Air Navigation Conference„ which has drawoi up air refillartiCTLs. obviating possil>ili±-y' of collision ’between machines. Aiicraft following canals and railways will keep them on the left about 300 metres distance. Airmen on uecogndsed routes will, keep to the night. These must be crossed at right angles. It was agreed that aeroplanes used in connection with League actions ishould have a special identification mark of a black line across the nationality mark, thus preventing delay in entering different countries, particularly when it is necessary to rush delegates to Geneva without Customs ctelay. The new air dictionary eliminates the word “dirigible” and retains the term “airship.” It was recommended that electric power itransmissaon posts near aerodromes should be marked.