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1918 - 0291.PDF
MARCH 14, 191S. • : baffle plates are fitted dividing the man tank longi- tudinally into five compartments, commun'cating with each other through the circular open ngs shown in the section of the tank. Fig. 12. As the supply pipe leaves the tank fairly h;gh up—;t can be seen on the front right-hand side of the tank in Fig. 12—:t is carried down inside to the bottom of the tank so as to enable the last drop of petrol to be forced out and into the carburettor. The ma;n tank is mounted on brackets as shown in one of our sketches, and is secured by metal straps having an arrangement for adjustment. In Fig. 13 (p. 285) is shown the general arrangement of the controls. There is a transverse rock'ng shaft on which are mounted at each end crank levers for operating the elevators, while in the centre, pivoted so as to be free to rock laterally, is mounted the main control lever. Mounted on the transverse shaft, but not moving with it, is another lever, which operates the claw brake mounted on the wheel axle. The arrangement of this brake is shown in Fig. 14. --,••• f-v.~'Tri:-~;-'•-•• :v':::':y-'?>?"•" g '••; " 13 Our Air Supremacy in Palestine. " OUR aerial supremacy has been maintained, and thoughthe German aviators show signs of more activity, they pay clearly for it," says Mr. W. T. Massey in a despatch from thePalestine headquarters. " This week three machines were brought down in air fights by the R.F.C. and the AustralianFlying Corps, who have done much bombing work this year. In the last two days they have made long nights to theDead Sea to harass the enemy's communications with the Hedjaz. Once they dropped many bombs on Katrani stationand the camps and aerodrome west of Kerak. Excellent results were observed. Yesterday they bombed the stationsouth of Karani." Aerial Ambulance in Desert. ANOTHER instance of an aeroplane being used forambulance purposes is told by Mr. W. T. Massey in a message from the Palestine Headquarters. He says that when a littlemobile force rounded up the Turkish post at Hassana, on the eastern side of the Sinai peninsula, one of our men receivedso severe a wound that an immediate operation was necessary. By pulling the lever the free end of the claw brake is pulled upwards, thus causing the claw to dig into the ground. On releas:ng the lever, the brake is returned to its normal position by the action of the spring shown in the sketch. The transverse rocking shaft is carried, as indicated in Fig. 14, in two bearings mounted on the lower longerons. A forward and backward movement of the control lever causes the shaft to oscillate, and with it the two crank levers to which are attached the elevator control cables. These cables run from the crank lever, around a pulley si ghtly forward of the transverse shaft as shown in the sketch, and hence to the top crank lever on the elevator. The return cable runs from the crank on the under side of the elevator to the crank on the transverse shaft. En route these cables pass over pulleys mounted in the rear position of the fuselage, these pulleys being shown in detail in some of the accompanying sketches (Fig. 15). •••.-; '. (To be continued.) ,...-.. , /; ,„ An airman at once volunteered to carry the wounded man , to the nearest hospital, forty-four miles away across the desert, and by his action a life was saved. Aerial Mails for Denmark. QUITE a deal of useful work is being done by the DanishAeronautic Society in preparing for aerial mail services which it is hoped to start when the war is over. Negotiations arepending with thirty-nine municipalities in the matter of con- structing landing stations, including hangars 1,300 feet square.Routes from Copenhagen to Odense, Frederica and Esbjerg, from Copenhagen to Kallundborg and Aarhus and fromCopenhagen to Aalborg have been mapped out, and a route from the Danish capital to Gothenburg and Christiania isalso planned. More Aeroplanes from Britons Overseas. THREE more aeroplanes have recently been presentedto the Air Ministry by the Patriotic League of Britons Over- seas, the funds being provided by British residents in Peking,Rio de Janeiro and Nicaragua respectively. The League has now provided 12 seaplanes and 32 aeroplanes. (British Official.) A bombing machine on the British western front in France tucking its eggs under its wings prior to adaylight trip, with one of its attendant fighting scouts in waiting. 287
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