MAKING FLYING SAFER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 3 December 1927, Page 7

MAKING FLYING SAFER

DEVELOPMENTS AT CROYDON . (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, Ist Dee. A veritable wizard's tower is being completed at Croydon, which will make London the foremost air terminal in the world. From this tower three men, an Air Ministry traffic officer, a wireless operator, and a meteorologist, will exercise day and night, control over air expresses flying hundreds of miles. They will even sleep in the tower. Perfected wireless will tell pilots their whereabouts and guide them to Croydon in the face of the blackest fogs. A sensitive indicator will print a visible record of the fluctuations in wind. The aerodrome will flash messages to pilots waiting to take off for Europe when it is permissible for them to rise. Switches will control a wonderful system of lighting the landing grounds below. Booking clerks _ will issue tickets for places as iar distant as Copenhagen, Moscow, Constantinople, and Northern Africa. OBJECTION TO PUBLICITY LONDON, 2nd, Dec. The "Morning Post's" aeronautical writer says that- the Air 'Ministry is averse to publicity and. disfavours popular enthusiasm for pilots: It is probable therefore, 'that members of the Royal Air Force will be forbidden to participate in the next. Schneider Cup race. > . ' ■'" -