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1918 - 0526.PDF
SIDE-WINDS. A NEW company, called Rustless Iron (Cowper-ColesProcess), Ltd., has been formed, and will specialise in rustless fittings of all descriptions, especially for seaplanes and aero-planes, also railway and ships' fittings. We understand that the company has acquired some important improvements inSherardising from Mr. Cowper-Coles, also a new process called Doxidising, which is specially suitable for steel fittingsexposed to salt water, as the zinc coating itself is protected from corrosion. The headquarters of the firm are at Shep-perton-on-Thames. IN their advertisement in the issue of May 2nd, Messrs.Barimar, Ltd., referred to a broken De Dion shaft, and details were given of a speedy repair in which only a few hourselapsed between the breakage and the re-creation of the fractured part by. Barimar, Ltd. Incidentally it was re-marked that Messrs. De Dion Bouton could not supply a spari to take its place. Messrs. De Dion Bouton would liketo make it quite plain that, although they may have not been able in this instance to supply a new part from stock,they do i» fact carry quite considerable stocks of spares of most descriptions. WOODWORKERS will be interested in a new bit which isbeing introduced by Mr. Arthur Collier, of Electric Avenue, Brixton, S.W. It has been designed to bore clean holes inwood, and more especially ply wood. It is stated that the bit has been tested for ten weeks in a large aircraft factorywith very satisfactory results, the test being to bore 3j in. holes through eight thicknesses of -|-in. three-ply wood ata time. Two sizes are made—-No. I, boring from IJ in. diam. to2^in.diam.; No. 2, boring from 2 Jin. to 3 Jin. diam.,in eachcase advancing by £ in. at a time. THOSE who are engaged on the laying out of dope rooms will find a lot of useful information in a little booklet on the subject which has been got out by the Sutcliffe Ventilating and Drying Co., Ltd., who have specialised in the warning and ventilating of dope rooms and aeroplane factories to satisfy Home Office requirements. They have carried out a. large number of such installations in factories devoted to war work of one sort and another, and they will be pleased to place their extensive experience at the disposal of any- one who is troubled with such matters. A copy of the booklet can be obtained on application to the SutclifEe Co., Ltd., at Cathedral Gates, Manchester. , H H H H Liverpool's Gift to Newfoundland.THE aeroplane which has been purchased with the funds raised by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce was formallypresented to Newfoundland at Liverpool on Saturday. The ceremony was preceded by a luncheon, at which referencewas made to the important trade relations between Liverpool and Newfoundland and to the possibility of establishingaerial communication with different parts of the Empire after the war. : : : . Lord Desborough accepted the gift on behalf of the ImperialAir Fleet Committee. The thanks of Newfoundland were expressed by Lord Norris, Sir Joseph Outerbridge, andColonel Franklin. Canal and Road Traffic Interfered with.FROM a reliable source at the Hague Les Nouvellcs learns that allied aviators recently succeeded in sinking in a singleday 23 Belgian boats laden with gravel and road metal destined for the German front in Picardy. The vessels werethen seven or eight miles from the enemy rear lines. Three weeks ago the Luxemburg bridge at Namur was again badlydamaged by aircraft. Two of its arches were destroyed, one boat was sunk, and three German soldiers on sentry dutyon the bridge were killed. The movement of vessels to the front has never been so intense as since the opening of theGerman offensive, and never have the destruction and devastation wrought by the Allied airmen been so great.The roads have been so cut up that the Germans experience great difficulty in bringing up gravel and stones in sufficientquantities to fill up the craters. What German Prisoners Say. "GERMAN prisoners are again complaining bitterly,"records the Morning Post, " that since the present offensive began, their own airmen have given them insufficient pro-tection from the bombing activities of the British flying officers. One referred especially to the British bombingof Gtsrman troops and billets in the Bapaume area, where apparently great execution was done. This prisonerassumed—not unnaturally perhaps—that the British air work in the other areas outside his personal experience had MAY 9, 1918. equally deadly for his compatriots. A German officerprisoner belonging to a famous regiment stated that a few days before he was taken a British airman dropped a bombon an ammunition train in Weincourt Station, and that the whole train exploded. It had been carrying a large numberof shells for the 36 cm. Austrian guns. As a result the guns in question were able to play but a very small part in thebombardment leading up to the German attack of April 24th for lack of ammunition. " Another prisoner enlarged at length upon the remarkablenumber of casualties caused by British bombing airmen in the Bapaume area at the end of March and during thefirst half of April. This prisoner said he had seen great masses of wrecked German transport and very many deadhorses killed by the British bombs. The number of killed and wounded among the troops was also very large indeed.One German aerodrome, which he named, had to be moved back seventeen miles in order to protect it from the Britishbombs. This was not regarded as very helpful to the German infantry." These different statements, it is stated, bore the impressof truth, and were checked and endorsed by the comments of other prisoners who had had no intercourse with thefirst speakers. "How an Aeroplane is Built." WE understand that it has now been decided that the priceof " How an Aeroplane is Built," by Stephen Blakeney, is to be 5s. (55. 6d. post free), and not 7s. 6d. as mentionedin our last issue. •<; Advertisements Held Over. ""*"" OWING to the great pressure upon our space, we regretthat it has been necessary to hold over a number of small advertisements. H H H B NEW COMPANY REGISTERED. R. L. DUBOIS AND CO., LTD., 5, Khartoum Parade,Ilford Lane, Essex.—Capital £2,000, in £1 shares. Acquiring business now carried on at 673, Romford Road, Manor Park,London, as " R. L. Dubois and Co.," and the business carried on at 5, Khartoum Parade, Ilford, Essex, as " Patenall Co.," aeronautical and aeroplane engineers, &c. First directors :— R. L. Dubois, M. C. Bachofer, A. L. Bachofer, L. Sr.haerand E. J. Marro. H H 0 H. ' . / Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for In 1917. The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications are printed and abridged, &c.Published May 2nd, 1918. 4,492. A. BOERNER. Carburetting apparatus for aeroplane engines.(114,459.) 4,688. W. R. LYTTLETON and TRIPLEX SAFETY GLASS CO. Glass-cuttingmachines. (114,462.) 5,512. R.A.BRUCE. Seats for cars of aircraft. (114,498.)5,590. L. G. LEVY. Aeroplanes and hydro-aeroplanes. (106,818.) H H H H NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. IN order that "FLIGHT " may continue to be pub- lished at the usual time, it is now necessary to close for Press earlier. AH Advertisement Copy and Blocks must be delivered at the Offices of "FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C. 2, not later than 12 o'clock on Saturday in each week for the following week's issue. If you require anything pertaining to aviation, study "FLIGHT'S" Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory, which appears in our advertisement pages each week (see pages lii, liii, and liv). FLIGHT and The A ircraft Engineer. ' *'36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2. : Telegraphic address: Truditur, Westcent, London. "Telephone: Gerrard 1828. • :: SUBSCRIPTION "RATES. , " FLIGHT " will be forwarded, post free, at the following rates ;—f UNITED KINGDOM. s. d. 3 Months, Post free.. 71 6 „ .. ••* 14 * 12 - .. .. 28 2 ABROAD. 3 Months, Post Free.6 12 s. 8 16 33Cheques and Post Office Orders should be made payable to the Proprietors of " FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C. 2, and tressed London County and Westminster Bank, otherwise no responsibility will be accepted. 524
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