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' filCHT mf,,. .... • A^«' -«*i^._ - As-'*' W**^^_J change of temperature, and so avoid great variations in the lift. Gasbags.—The gas capacity would be divided up into gasbags made of suitable rubber proofed cotton fabric lined with goldbeaters' skins. Gasbags will be fitted to automatic relief valves and hand control manoeuvring valves. Control and navigating compartment.—A control and navigating com partment to be built on to the hull towards the forward end of the airship, which would contain all main controls, the navigating instruments and also the wireless telegraphy installation cabin. This compartment should be so arranged with windows as to have a clear view in every direction. Machinery cars.—Six machinery cars would be fitted, each containing one engine installation, with a direct driven propeller fitted at the aft end. Two of these cars to be suspended on each side of the hull, suitably arranged so as to give ample ground clearance for the propellers. The two other cars to be situated underneath the hull, and fitted with landing gear and floats. Machinery Arrangements Six engines, of a nominal 600 b.h.p. each, to be fitted, making a maximum total power of 3,500 b.h.p. The engines to be designed to develop their maximum full power when flying at a height of 5,000 ft. Engine starting.—Starting to be by the Maybach charging pump system, or. alternatively, the engines to be arranged to start on the hydrogen fuel. Reversing gear.—The transmission gear in two of the wing cars only to be fitted with reversing gear to enable the airship to be driven astern. Cooling system.—The radiators of the engine cooling system to be fitted in slides to enable them to be completely drawn into the cars when the engines are not running, to ensure their being kept sufficiently warm and prevent freezing. Silencer.—The engines are to be fitted with special exhaust silencers in order to reduce the exhaust noise to a minimum, and special consideration is also to be given in the design of the transmission gear, etc., to as far as possible obviate all objectionable noise. Engine fuel.— All engines to be designed for running on petrol fuel, but to be fitted with arrangements to enable them to be run alter natively on hydrogen gas. Controls and communications.—All the following controls of improved type would be fitted, to be operated from the forward control compartment:—(i) Controls to the rudders and elevator planes for the steering control, (ii) Gas-valve THE NEW AERIAL THE following is the text of the Bill as introduced into the House of Commons last week :— A Bill to make temporary provision for the regulation of aerial navigation and for purposes connected therewith. Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assem bled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— 1.—(1) It shall be lawful for a Secretary of State by order to regulate aerial navigation over the British Islands and the territorial waters adjacent thereto, and in particular, but without derogating from the generality of the above provi sions, he may by any such order provide for— |P (a) The grant, suspension and revocation of licences to pilots and other persons engaged in the navigation of air craft: (b) The registration, identification, inspection and cer tification of aircraft: (c) The licensing, inspection and regulation of aerodromes : (d) The conditions under which aircraft may be used for carrying goods, mails and passengers : (e) The conditions under which goods, mails, and passengers may be imported and exported in aircraft into or from the British Islands, or from one of the British Islands to another. (2) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with the FEBRUARY 20, 1919 controls.—Control gear to be fitted to enable the gas discharge valves on a selected number of gasbags to be operated from the control compartment, (iii) Ballast discharge control.— Controls would be fitted to enable all the emergency water ballast discharge to be controlled from the forward compart ment, all other water ballast to be discharged by local control (iv) Engine room telegraphs.—Engine room telegraphs, prefer ably of the electrical type, would be fitted for communicatioii from the forward compartment of the machinery cars, (v) Telephones.—Telephone communication would be provided between all stations on the ship. Heating arrangements.—The living quarters and the control compartment would be heated by electric radiators. In the machinery cars arrangements would be made to utilise the exhaust heat for keeping the cars at the necessary tempera ture. Landing gear.—Inflated buffer landing bags of a special type would be fitted underneath the forward control com partment and underneath the two aft machinery cars, which would enable the airship to alight either on land or on the surface of the sea. Mooring and handling gear.—Hauling- down ropes, mooring ropes and sea anchor gear would be provided as necessary in connection with the mechanical handling and mooring-out arrangements. The airship would be provided with bow mooring gear to enable her to be moored out to the mooring tower. Special means of mechanically handling the airship when landing, and for taking her into the shed are to be provided on the landing grounds, and the necessary attachments in connection with this provided on the ship. These arrangements would be of such a nature as to reduce the number of hands required during these operations to the personnel usefully employed at the shed establishment. For full description of proposed methods of handling and mooring the airship see Section VIII. Electrical installation.—Electrical power would be provided by dynamos driven off the main engines to provide current for electric lighting of the saloons and cars, and also to provide the electrical heating in the saloon cabin and sleeping quarters. Wireless telegraphy.—A powerful wireless telegraphy in stallation would be fitted in the wireless cabin in the forward control compartment, and would have a range for sending and receiving of at least 5,000 miles. To be concluded.) NAVIGATION BILL provisions contained in any such order he shall be guilty of an offence under the Aerial Navigation Act, 1911 : Provided that if proceedings are taken by the Commis sioners of Customs and Excise for contravention of or failure to comply with any regulation made under paragraph (e), the proceedings shall be deemed to be proceedings for the recovery of a penalty under the enactments relating to customs. 3) Every order made under this section shall have effect as if enacted in this Act, but as soon as may be after it is made it shall be laid before each House of Parliament, and if an address is presented to His Majesty by either House within the next subsequent 21 days on which that House has sat after the order has been so laid, praying that the order or any part thereof may be annulled, His Majesty may annul the order or part thereof, and it shall thenceforth be void without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of a new order. (4) The powers conferred by this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the powers conferred by the Aerial Navigation Acts, 1911 and 1913. 2.—The purposes of the Air Council shall include all matters connected with aerial navigation. 3.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Aerial Navigation Act, 1919. 2) This Act shall continue in force until the first day ot January nineteen hundred and twenty and no longer. <5> <•> Export of Aircraft Designs and Specifications A PROCLAMATION in the London Gazette of February 14 revokes the prohibition of the exportation from the United Kingdom of drawings, designs, specifications, and other descriptions in writing of any kind of aeroplanes or other aircraft, or of engines, or other accessories of aircraft. The Farman " Goliath " Visits Brussels ON February 12 the famous " Goliath." carrying 17 passengers, including Mr. and Mrs. Henry Farman flew from Paris to Brussels in 2 hours and 10 minutes, and later in the day returned to Paris with the same passengers in 2 hours 42 minutes. Lieut. Bossoutrot, who flew the machine to London was again the pilot. <8> <$> Paris-London Air •• Record " THE Air Ministry announces that on February 12 a British service machine of the London-Paris courier service flew to Paris and back in 4 hours and 20 minutes flying time. The return journey of 250 miles was made in 1 hour 50 minutes, which lowers the " record " made two days previously by 5 minutes. In both cases the machine was an " Airco D.H 4." of the open two-seater type, fitted with Rolls-Royce engines. De Havilland machines of an improved and specially constructed type, productions of the Aircraft Manufacturing Co., art to be employed for Mr. Holt Thomas's London-Paris Ritz t Ritz aerial passenger service. 232
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