ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20674, 12 March 1937, Page 9

ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE

USE OF FLYING BOATS British Official Wtrslsss (Received March 11, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, March 10. Sir Philip Sassoon (Under-Secretary for Air) replying to a question in .the House of Commons, said that in 'the North Atlantic it was hoped to commence experimental flights towards the end of the year if flying conditions in Newfound and would permit of the operation of flying boats. DEADLOCK REACHED ANGLO-AMERICAN CLASH United Press Association-By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 12, 1 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 11. The British and American negotiations for reciprocal aviation services in connection with the proposed transAtlantic operation of Pan-American Airways and Imperial Airways have reached a dealock because of a dispute by Canadian and American officials as to whether Montreal or New York should be the terminal. American officials said they were hopeful of a satisfactory compromise. FLEET OF FLYING BOATS READY FOR LONG DISTANCE SERVICES (From Our Own Correspondent) LONDON, February 2. At this writing the manufacturers have delivered to Imperial Airways seven of the fleet of twenty-eight flying-boats on order within less than eight months from the day when the first craft of the type made its first flight—an achievement unparalleled in the history of large aircraft. Recent deliveries have been at the intervals of a fortnight, and the schedule which provided for nine of the new boats in service by April should be easily fulfilled. Four of the new craft are already in service on the Empire routes, though their working is confined for the moment to the EnglandAlexandria stages. Three of them carry extra fuel tankage and are detailed for special duty One of them, the "Cavalier,” Is now being assembled at Bermuda for the opening at an early date of a New York-Bermuda service. Two, the "Caledonia” and the "Cambria,” have tanks for 2,320 gallons of fuel, which is enough for non-stop journeys of up to 3,800 miles; they are intended for long range experimental services, including flights across the North Atlantic ocean with malls. The "Caledonia” has already proved its worth in a non-stop trip of nearly 1,700 miles in eleven hours from Alexandria to Marseilles with a heavy batch of incoming Empire mails. The next flight was made by one or other of these on the non-stop journey over the 2,300 miles of the direct coastal route from Southampton to Alexandria. This distance, Incidentally, is 400 miles longer than the direct Atlantic crossing between Newfoundland and Ireland and was flown in the record time of 15 hours.