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^m \ OCTOBER 2, 1919 EEEEEEEE 13 A " night " view of the Farman " Goliath " aero- bus, taken at midnight on August 10th, just before the start for its flight to Dakar. E E H H S E E E E 51 E E E E E E E E E E flight to Casablanca (1,280 miles) got lost in the Sahara for over a week, and was found eventually some 500 miles from Dakar with its crew hungry but intact, the following particulars, with scale drawings, may be of interest. The F-60 is a comparatively large fuselage twin- engine biplane, with an enclosed cabin accommodating 20 passengers. The interior of the cabin is handsomely finished, and is provided with comfortable light wicker arm-chairs arranged on either side of the cabin alongside the windows. The pilot's cockpit, which is open, is located on the roof of the cabin, just forward of the main planes, where the range of vision is good. It was a machine of this type that was employed on the first civilian passenger service between Paris and Brussels, inaugurated last March. The upper and lower planes are of equal span, and are without dihedral and sweepback. They are rectangular in plan form, and have balanced ailerons fitted to both upper and lower surfaces. In all there are eight pairs of interplane struts, two pairs of which run up from the fuselage and one pair being located at each engine. The intermediate and outer pairs are spaced 16.4 ft. apart. The overhang of H H Inland Mails by Air THE Postmaster-General gives notice that, by arrange ment with the Air Ministry, services by aeroplane for the conveyance of letters only will begin today between London and, the following towns:—Bristol, Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester and Glasgow. Letters intended for conveyance by these services should be prepaid at the ordinary inland rate of postage, and, in addition, a special fee of 2s. an ounce for each letter should be prepaid in stamps at the time of posting. Such letters should be handed in over the counter at the offices shown below not later than the times stated. They will be sent out by the next ordinary delivery after arrival at the post office of destination :— Latest time of posting. G.P.O. (King Edward Building) .. .. 9 p.m. Western Central District Office (High Holborn) 8 p.m. Western District Office (Wimpole Street) .. 8 p.m. The present service is experimental, and the arrangements will be subject to modification in the light of experience. If the service is found to meet public needs it is hoped to extend it to other large towns. the main planes, not including the ailerons, is 4 ft. The ailerons are n ft. 5 ins. long by 3 ft. 4 ins. wide. The engines are Salmson 9-cyl. " Star" type, developing 260 h.p., and are mounted on the lower plane close up to the fuselage. They drive 8 ft. tractor screws, and are enclosed in streamlined nacelles, with a circular radiator in the nose. The landing chassis is typically Farman, consisting of a pair of wheels located under each engine, and carried by " trouser " struts. The general specifications of the F-60 are as follows :— Span (top and bottom) Chord Gap Overall length Overall height Area of main planes Area of ailer ons (4), each Area of tail plane Area of ele vators Area of rudder 91 ft. 9J ins. 10 ft. 3 ins. 9 ft. 10 ins. 48 ft. 5 ins. 16 ft. 5 ins. i,775 sq- ft- 50 sq. ft. 65 sq. ft. 43isq. ft. 24 sq. ft. ' Area of fin Weight, empty Useful load I Fuel, etc. . . 1 Weight, fully loaded j Speed range i Climb in 4 mins. Climb in 10 mins. , Climb in 25 mins. 39I sq. ft. 4,409.24 lbs. 4,409.24 lbs. 1,126-24 lbs 9,964.88 lbs. 37-99 m.p.h. 1,600 ft. 3,200 ft. 6,500 ft. m a A Royal Air Force aeroplane left Kenley at 5.40 a.m. on Monday with the King's mail, landed at Newcastle-011- Tyne, and returned with other mails to Kenley by 1.40 p.m. The scheme for the conveyance of urgent dispatches by air has now been extended to include the Irish mail service. On Monday urgent Government mails were delivered by R.A.F. aeroplane service (under the Home Office organisa tion) to main centres—five machines making outward and return journeys. Sub-distribution was arranged from these centres by subsidiary services of aeroplanes. An Indian Aerial Mail FROM Simla comes word that the Government of India are advocating the formation of a big company, independent of any aircraft construction company, with a monopoly for the carriage of mails for ten years on the same lines as the P. and O. The Board to advise the Commerce Department has sanc tioned the proposal to establish aerodromes at Calcutta, Bombay, Karachi, Nagpur, Madras, Rangoon, Singapore and Delhi. To Fly to Timbuctoo Two French flying officers are to make prospecting flights in West Africa from Dakar to Timbuctoo, and from Dakar to French Guinea and back. 1320
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