An event of outstanding import: ance was a survey flight from Shanghai to Hankow, made by a machine on the Ministry of Communications air mail line a few days ayo, Leaving Shanghai at 9 a.m. it-arrived at Hankow at 1.30 the same day, ig the trip in 4} hours flying time with a follow. ing wind. 'The course was Nanking, Anking, Kiukiang, and so} Hankow, mail being carried from, Nanking to Hankow. The return' trip was made the next morning, fa direct air line being taken from Hankow to Nanking. On this Journey, the machine carried a large number' of letters from. Hankow to The time taken on this hours, against a head wind, The machine, a Stinson-Detroiter, was piloted by Capt. W. R, Henderson, Who was accompanied by Capt. J. B, Machle, the two senior pilots of the service, and they had as passengers Mr. K. I, Nich (director-general of the Shanghai-Chengtu air mail line) and three other Chinese, The purpose of the trip was to determine a definite route and very shortly there will be laid down a regular schedule for the purpose of earring mails and passengers, to which end the Stinson-Detroiters fare now being equipped with pontoons, 80 that it will be possible for them to stop at all cities along the Tino of the river.
'A similar trip hax been made a machine of the Aviation Exploration Ca, this doing the double journey in 12h hours. Tt will be obvious that, consequent on these two successful' experimental trips, it will be only a short while before Voth companies are in active opera~ tion on this line, with plenty of machines in service, which will be great convenience for business purposes, 'The Stinson-Detroiter had by far the better time in the survey' flights, but it may be cepted that "the average single Journey time will be about five hours} fying Lime, as compared with four days by boat. Both the Ministry of Communications and the Aviations Exploration Ca. deserve eommendation on such successful fights at the first attempt, auguring so well for the future, Amp Shanghai, Oct.
Thirty-four hours after it had loft the Whangpoo River near the Lunghua Flying Field for its frst trial flight to Hankow and return, a Keystone-Leoning amphibian aero-one of two which next Thursly service be-'Wuhan cities, returned to its hangar yesterday afternoon at 5.30, having completed the round trip of about 1,200 tiles in slightly more than 12 hours actual flying time.
The amphibian performed perfectly during the entire journey and fall declared, upon arriving—he that the long: hop was in every satisfactory.
'The start was made at 7.30 on Sunday morning. Following the 'Yangtze, the plane reached Nanking at 935,' After fuelling it departed from the capital at 10.42, and after 'a litle more than four howes.dropped into the water at Wuchang at 2.35. The return was begun at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Nanking was Teached at 1.35, The ship was met there by officials of Aviation Exploration, Me. Minard Hamilton, and Mr. Ernest Price, the latter of wher is president of the company.
After refuelling, the am phil left the water at 3 o'clock and arrived two and o half hours later at its hangar near the government flying field at Lunghua.
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