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Big Bus Company Plans Joint Air Service Across Humber.
The Commercial Motor understands that a scheme for the operation of an air ferry, three times a day, between Hull and Grimsby, is nearing completion by the North Sea Aerial and General Transport, Ltd., Brough, and East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., Hull.
Cars will meet the aircraft at each end of the route to convey passengers, and we believe that the service will commence on July 1, the fare charged being 7s. single and 12s. return. On request, arrangements will be made to connect passengers on the Grimsby side of the Humber with Immingham.
It is also understood that tbe North Sea Aerial and East Yorkshire concerns are undertaking to provide special charter machines for trips to Birmingham, Newcastle, Liverpool and London, together -with connections for Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin and other Continental cities, either direct or by connection at the London Airport.
!Heston Out to Create Record.
The first week of June proved to be most successful for Heston Airport. From June 1-7 the customs statistics show that 107 machines were cleared, carrying 238 passengers. It is significant of the rapid progress of commercial aviation that during the whole of June, 1932, only 39 more clearances took place than during the first week of this month.
Debut of Fast Mail Carrier.
As we close for press, arrangements are in hand to demonstrate, this week, t.) various interested parties, including the newspapers, the Boulton and Paul fast mail carrier, a brief announcement of which appeared in this paper on March 31.
The machine cruises at half-throttle at 150 m.p.h. and has a maximum speed of 200 m.p.h. It carries a 1,000-lb. payload and has a range of 1,000 miles. An illustrated description will shortly be published in Ph Commercial Motor.
Developments from Gravesend.
We are informed by Gravesend Aviation, Ltd., that, as a development of its private-charter service, it now offers, when required, to take parties of four on day trips to Le Touquet at £2 return per head, the machine utilized being a Fox Moth.
Similarly, day trips to Paris at £5 per head can be arranged for parties of four. The company is hoping to make B40 the Le Touquet service practically a regular one throughout the summer season.
Aerodrome for Wolverhampton?
Wolverhampton Corporation has just arranged to reserve a site of 132 acres at Barnhurst Farm for the provision of a municipal aerodrome.
Blackpool Season Developing.
The commercial-flying prospects at Blackpool are particularly promising this season, and much interest is being shown by the public in the services offered by Blackpool and West Coast Air Services, Ltd.: British Flying Boats, Ltd.; and others.
Mr. Gordon Selfridge flew to Squire's Gate Aerodrome at Whitsun, and since then several charters have been carried out. Mr. Pitman, of shorthand fame, urgently chartered a machine for Whitchurch Aerodrome, Bristol, a few days ago.
Good Traffic of P.S.I.W.A.
Portsmouth, Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation, Ltd., Portsmouth City Airport, gives us the following statistics relating to the number of passengers carried on its regular air services during the week ended June 8 :—RydePortsmouth, 249 passengers ; Portsmouth-Shoreham, 0; Shoreham-Isle of Wight, 4; Portsmouth-Shanklin, 16; Ryde-Shanklin, 18.
Hillman's Traffic Figures.
Messrs. Hillman's Airways, Romford, give the following numbers of passengers carried in the week to :June 11:—Romford-Clacton line, 63; Romford-Margate line, 135; RomfordParis line, 52.
Corporations Want CardiffColwyn Bay Service.
We understand that Messrs. Norman Edgar, The Airport, Whitchurch, Bristol, are contemplating the inauguration of a Cardiff-Colwyn Bay service, at fares of 35s. single and 70s. return. It is estimated that the trip will occupy about 1i hour, as compared with the normal train journey, we are informed. of six hours.
It is believed that the project is enthusiastically regarded by Cardiff and Colwyn Bay Corporations, and, in the event of negotiations being brought to a successful conclusion, a Westland Wessex air liner will be employed on the route.
A Dragon for "Vacuum Oil."
The Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., has purchased a Dragon, which Mr. H. J. White, the chief European aviation. representative of the company, will pilot on a survey of the company's supply arrangements at aerodromes on the K.L.M. route to the Dutch East Indies, and afterwards on the Imperial route to the Cape. The return journey from the Cape will be via the west-coast route.
" Cloud of Iona" at Douglas.
British Flying Boats, Ltd., Edinburgh (Lord Douglas Hamilton's concern), advises us that the flying boat "Cloud of Iona" is to be stationed at Douglas, Isle of Man, throughout the summer. Further plans concerning the operation of regular services and the arrangement of a pleasure cruise to Scottish coastal resorts (as hinted in our issue dated May 26) will be announced if and when they mature.
Blackpool Charter Rates We are informed by Blackpool and West Coast Air Services, Ltd., Squire's Gate Aerodrome, Blackpool, that provided there are four passengers to occupy one of the company's De Havilland Fox Moths, the charter rate for any journey is 3d. per passenger-mile. The company hopes shortly to have a larger machine.