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i»lS JUNE 12, 1910 THE AIRCO (DE H.) 16.—On the left a lady passenger is seen, on the side ladder, entering the cabin, and, on the right, a view looking into the cabin, showing how the four seats are arranged THE following extract from a Dundee daily has been sent us by a correspondent:— " SOME " ENGINE. " Speaking of the gallant attempt to cross the Atlantic in the air, an evening paper remarked that Mr. Hawker would have with him Commander Grieve to share ' the danger and the monotony of the 2,000,000 revolutions of the propeller.' "That Rolls Royce engine was a much more wonderful machine than anyone could possibly have imagined if its propeller could make two billion revolutions in crossing the Atlantic, in say, 24 hours. To accomplish that it would have to turn over 23,000,000 times a second. Even if it revolved only 1,000 times a second it would need over 63 years to aggregate two billion revolutions. We get some definite idea of what a billion is when we remember that in the 5,926 years that have elapsed since the creation (according to the Hebrew chronology) not one-fifth of a billion seconds have ticked away." As we are not sufficiently acquainted with Scotch, perhaps some reader could send us a translation of the Evening Post's comments, to enable their facts to be appreciated by poor southerners. Or is it a case of shell-shock ? THIS is not an age of reverence (repress the apprehensive start, this is not going to be an editorial !), but it really does seem to be " coming it rather strong," this project to provide " aerial flips over the battle-fields of France " at so much per head. It may be that the lyric tendencies of the com mentators in the daily press have run away with them, at least, let us hope so. THE French are indignant over the official support lent by the Dutch authorities to the project of the estimable M. Fokker (an ardent supporter of Germany throughout the War, at whose disposition he put his patents), which is to build a large aeroplane factory at Amsterdam. (The trade-mark of this Boche by adoption shows an eagle holding in his claws a German machine gun.) SIDE VIEW OF THE NEW AIRCO (DE HAVILLAND) PASSENGER CARRIER.—As the illustration shows, there is seating accommodation in the cabin for four passengers. The engine is a 350 h.p. Rolls-Royce, and with full complement of passengers the machine has a speed of 126 m.p.h. Mr. M. D. Manton is seen in the pilot's seat m H Aerial Mails in Columbia. TENDERS are being invited by the > Government of Colombia for the conveyance of mails by aeroplane, or airship between Bogota and Barranquilla, between Bogota and Pasto, and between Bogota and Cucuta ; 'on each route there will be several landing points. The contractors will have to be responsible for the mail matter conveyed in their machines, except in cases of fortuitous mishaps, duly proved A fine up to $5,000 is to be paid by the contractors should they fail to transport the mails by air. The first contract will be for four years, and may then be renewed from year to year. Tenders have to be sent to the Colombian Post master-General by next September, and it is hoped to start the services in June of next year. 782 »
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