Coll 5/43 ‘Night flying facilities in the Persian Gulf in connection with the Empire Air Mail Scheme’ [‎32r] (63/157)

by more than ,30^©. The difficulty ir th^tt machines
operating at very high speeds have to be Jitted ^ith
fuselages of relatively small cross-section, •-vith the
inevitable result that the standard cf comfort is so low
as to entail undue fatigue by long periods of flying.
ith machines of large capacity (roughly four tens p-\Y
load) operating at 150 m.p.h., it is possible, however,
to use a fuselage so roovy ar to give a high standard of
comfort, roughly equivalent to that of ” agcns-Lit M , and
so provide full sleeping accommodation and such urrange-
i: exits ur - will preclude any possibility ot. serious f atigue
by practically continuous flight.
The various Governments of the British impire
are accepting responsibility for the ground organisation
of the sections of the routes within their territories
and the Government of the United Kingdom would therefore
as.t that the suggestion to the Government of
that they should avail themselves of trie fchene for the
transport of their own first-clarr mail, should be
coupled with the request that they will undertake the
provision of the necessary ground organisation within
their territories. It is realised that such arrangements
are already accepted by them in principle and that
facilities for day flying exist to ne'.t the needs of the
various national companies subject to reasonable payment
for such services in the form of landing and housing fees.
It is, nevertheless, the case at present that the
facilities available are not adequate for continuous night
flying, and the Government of the United Kingdom attach
exceptional importance to ensuring that the route between