112 | Er Srbija » Air Serbia NASLEĐE / HER I TAGE 1923. GOTOVOCEO VEK OD PRVOGNOĆNOG LETA ALMOSTACENTURYSINCE THE FIRSTNIGHT FLIGHT DOK SE PRIPREMAO PRVI MEĐUNARODNI AERODROM pod bežanijskim brdom, u blizini Pančeva 1923. počelo je da radi letilište, koje je zapravo bilo pašnjak uz put ka selu Jabuka. Ostalo je upamćeno pošto je s njega poleteo prvi avion na redovnoj noćnoj liniji. Taj istorijski let dogodio se u noći između 8. i 9. septembra 1923. godine. Za kompaniju Franko-Rumen, koja je preteča Er Fransa, u to vreme ovaj let predstavljao je napor da se pobedi jedan voz. Legendarni, luksuzni Orijent ekspres bio je sporiji od aviona, ali je bio u prednosti pošto je putovao i noću, pa je brže stizao iz Pariza do Istanbula. U uslovima vazdušnog saobraćaja u to vreme letelo se samo danju. Putovanje bi se prekidalo s prvim sumrakom, a let bi bio nastavljan ujutru. Zato su duž staza na aerodromima u Pančevu i Bukureštu postavljena svetla i dva jaka reflektora koji su iz dva različita pravca osvetljavali pistu. Duž rute između ova dva grada za sigurnu navigaciju su na svakih 20 km postavljeni farovi kao zemaljski orijentiri. Dva su bila na teritoriji naše zemlje, a 22 na teritoriji Rumunije. To su bili prvi zemaljski navigacijski uređaji za prve noćne letove vazdušnog saobraćaja u svetu, ali i prva veza Kraljevine SHS sa ostatkom planete. WHILE PREPARATIONSWERE UNDERWAY TO FORM the first international airport under Bežanija hill, the airfield near Pančevo began operating in 1923. It was actually a grazing meadow positioned alongside the road to the village of Jabuka, and it remains remembered as the location fromwhich the first plane departed on a regular night-flight line. That historic flight took place on the night between 8th and 9th September 1923. For the Franko-Rumen company, the predecessor of Air France, this flight represented an attempt to beat a train! The legendary, luxurious Orient Express was slower than an aeroplane, but it had the advantage of travelling through the night and therefore arrived quicker when travelling fromParis to Istanbul. The conditions of air traffic at the time meant that flights were only conducted during daylight hours. Flights would be interruptedwith the first twilight, only to continue the next morning. That’s why runways at the airports in Pančevo and Bucharest were fixedwith lights and two strong spotlights that illuminated the runway from two different directions. To ensure safe navigation, beacons were placed every 20 kilometres along the route between the two cities as terrestrial landmarks. Two were on the territory of our country, while 22 were on the territory of Romania. Those were the world’s first terrestrial navigation devices for the first night flying air traffic, but also the first link connecting the then Kingdomof Serbs, Croats and Slovenes with the rest of the planet.
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