. DISCOVERY A MONTHLY POPULAR JOURNAL or KNOWTLLDGE No. 6. JUNE 1920. PRICE 6d. NET. DISCOVERY. A Monthly Popular Journal of know- ledge. Edited by A. S. Russell, , , 4 Moreton Road, Oxford, to whom all Editorial Communications should be addressed. PubUshed by John Murray, 50A Albemarle Street, London, , to whom all Business Communications should be addressed. Advertisement Office : 16 Regent Street, London, Annual Subscription, post free: Inland 8s. 6d.; Abroad js. 6d. Single numbers 6d. net; postage. Inland 2ld.; Abroad i^d. Editorial Notes An interesting description of the
. DISCOVERY A MONTHLY POPULAR JOURNAL or KNOWTLLDGE No. 6. JUNE 1920. PRICE 6d. NET. DISCOVERY. A Monthly Popular Journal of know- ledge. Edited by A. S. Russell, , , 4 Moreton Road, Oxford, to whom all Editorial Communications should be addressed. PubUshed by John Murray, 50A Albemarle Street, London, , to whom all Business Communications should be addressed. Advertisement Office : 16 Regent Street, London, Annual Subscription, post free: Inland 8s. 6d.; Abroad js. 6d. Single numbers 6d. net; postage. Inland 2ld.; Abroad i^d. Editorial Notes An interesting description of the Air Routes of the Empire was given recentl}' before the Royal Geo- graphical Society by Major-General Sir Frederick Sykes, Controller-General of Civil Aviation, and by the courtesy of the Editor of the Society's publication, the Geographical Journal, we are allowed to give some notes on the lecture, and to reproduce some of the sketch-maps shown. ***** In considering tke general development of Imperial air routes, one of the first tilings that appears is that for some time to come Egypt must be the " hub " of the India, Australia, and Cape routes. It is, in Sir Frederick Sykes' phrase, the Clapham Junction of air routes. Our own country, being, so to speak, on the edge of a continent, is baned geographically from occupying this position; and furthermore our climate, and especially our fogs, tend to hinder successful flying. Fortunately, however, parts of the Empire are wonderfully wisely distributed over the surface of the earth, so that unequalled positions for the estab- lishments of depots, fuel bases, and for meteorological and wireless stations are at hand in almost every part of the world. carefully gone over and sites for depots chosen. These sites must be very carefully selected and equipped, so that an airman may get what he requires on his journey. Routes must be selected which involve the least risk to the flyer. Mountainous country and ver\' large stretche
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