Beecham's empire air tour : a commentary of interest to the whole family / Beechams Pills Ltd.

  • Beechams Pills Ltd.
Date:
[1930?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Beecham's empire air tour : a commentary of interest to the whole family / Beechams Pills Ltd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NIE \| ity — ae = hea i =a \V y. called the pilot,” says Allan. “ No,” answers his father, ‘* as this is an air liner, they call him the Captain, and the man sitting on his right is the First Officer, just as ona ship. Now we are getting above the clouds. Isn’t it a mprvellous sight. Look at all the different shapes. It looks like another world, doesn’t it?” “ Yes,” says Mrs. Robinson, ‘‘ where’s your camera, Allan, you'd better take a photo- graph of them while you have a chance.” The clouds being passed over, the air liner rushes steadily on towards the coast of France. “ Are we over France now?” queries Mrs. Jackson. ‘*Yes,”’ replies her husband, ‘and it doesn’t seem more thana few minutes since we stepped into the aeroplane at Croydon, does it? It’s really remarkable the advance that has been made in flying in the last twenty years. Why, it seems only yesterday that Grahame White, one of the pioneers of commercial aviation, flew the mails from London to Windsor, the first officially recognised air ==, mail service, and that was mel Obes ‘The aeroplane we are sitting in nowis flying ata ~ speed of about 100 miles per hour, and just think, it weighs, with all the passen- gers and luggage over thirteen tons. Now look at this picture of the ° Her- acles, one of three large air liners, the others being named ‘Horatius’ and ‘Hengist.’ There is another class of two air liners, the ‘Scylla’ and the ‘Syrinx,’ which weigh nearly a ton more than the ‘Heracles’ class. They are made mostly of metal, and they are the largest air. liners in the world. Now you can see in this picture the Captain’s bridge. The Captain. is. sitting there on the left-hand side, with the First Officer on his right hand. Behind them is the Wireless Operator at his instruments. Behind this is the forward cabin, with seats for ten people. See the seats where you are sitting now. ere is a larger cabin” seating twenty-eight passengers at the back of the air liner, with the kitchen and lavatories between the two cabins; by the way, there are two stewards on these large air liners.” “Now you see the four engines which drive the propellers, or as they are more usually called, the air
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