Aircraft : $b its development in war and peace and its commercial futureDavid, Evan John
History
Aircraft : $b its development in war and peace and its commercial future
David, Evan John
Aeronautics; Airplanes
Organized shortly after the signing of the armistice with Austria;
operating (8) Genoa-Nice (100 miles). (9) Genoa-Florence (120 miles).
(10) Florence-Rome (140 miles). (11) Rome-Brindisi (290 miles).
Air mail lines (8) to (11), now being worked out, will constitute the
Italian section of an interallied air mail service to be established
between London, Paris, Rome, and Constantinople.
FRANCE.—(1) Paris-Mans-St. Nazaire (250 miles). Daily mail service
by means of twin-engined Letord biplanes (Hispano-Suiza engines).
Inaugurated August 15, 1918. Average time, 3 hours. Postage, 75
centimes (15 cents). (2) Paris-London (240 miles). (3) Paris-Lyons (240
miles). (4) Lyons-Marseilles (165 miles). (5) Marseilles-Nice (140
miles).
Air mail lines (3) to (5), now being organized, will constitute the
French section of an interallied air mail service to be established
between London, Paris, Rome, and Constantinople.
(6) Nice-Ajaccio, Corsica (150 miles). Daily air mail service by means
of flying-boats about to begin operations.
Various air mail lines, operated by the military, are functioning
in southern Algeria and Morocco, chiefly for carrying official
correspondence. The organization of an air mail line from Marseilles
via Algiers to Timbuctoo is now being worked out. The sections
Biskra-Wargia (240 miles) and Wargia-Inifel (211 miles) and
Inifel-Insala (223 miles) are in operation.
GREECE.—(1) Athens-Janina (200 miles). Daily mail service;
inaugurated August 8, 1918. (2) Athens-Salonica (220 miles). Daily mail
service projected.
DENMARK.—(1) Copenhagen-Odense-Fredericia-Esierg (170
miles). (2) Copenhagen-Kalundborg-Aarhus (105 miles). (8)
Copenhagen-Gothenburg-Christiania (330 miles). Daily mail service
projected.
AUSTRIA.—Vienna-Budapest (140 miles). Daily mail service; inaugurated
July 5, 1918. Postage, 5.10 kronen ($1).
NORWAY.—(1) Christiania-Stavanger-Bergen-Trondhjem (670 miles).
Oversea route. (2) Christiania-Bergen (200 miles). Overland route. (3)
Stavanger-Bergen (100 miles). Oversea route.
Projected air mail lines to be operated by the Norwegian Air Routes
Company.
SPAIN.—(1) Madrid-Barcelona (320 miles). (2) Barcelona-Palma, Balears
(170 miles).
Projected air mail lines to be operated by a Spanish company.
GERMANY.—Berlin-Munich (350 miles). Daily mail and passenger service,
weather permitting. Average time, four and one-half hours; passage, $1
per mile.
Several other mail and passenger services are operating between the
larger cities, but no details are available.
CHAPTER X
KINDS OF FLYING
NIGHT FLYING—FORMATION FLYING—STUNTING—IMMELMAN TURN—NOSE
DIVING—TAIL SPINNING—BARREL—FALLING LEAF, ETC.
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