Air Mails at Home and Abroad This year there has
been a pronounced movement throughout the world in the organization of better air mail services, and this country has been much behind- hand in starting inland air mails. It was not till last May that Highland Airways Ltd. started its Inverness- Kirkwall flights, and this week that Railway Air Services have been connecting up London and Glasgow and other cities on behalf of the Post Office. Even so, it has not escaped attention that the important Glasgow to London Service, instead of being boldly accomplished in a direct quick flight via Manchester, takes a devious course via Belfast and Douglas, and probably loses in time more than it gains in economy. Meanwhile Germany long ago perfected its net-work of air-connexions throughout the length and breadth of the country, and in overseas enterprise she has the distinction of regularizing trans- atlantic mail services between the African coast and South America,. a second vessel having been despatched to serve as a floating base to carry an aeroplane on the first night of each journey and launch it by catapult in the Morning. Though we have reason to be proud of the efficient air service via Egypt and Irak to the East, it may be .observed that the Dutch, by following a shorter route, can beat us in time. .
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