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1920
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1920 AERODROMES AND LANDING GROUNDS THE Air Ministry has issued the following Notice toAirmen (No. 47), amending the Consolidated List of Aero- dromes :— LIST B.— Service stations available for civilian use The following aerodrome has been deleted :Nearest Railway - Nearest Large . Aerodrome. station. town. Renfrew .. .. Renfrew .. .. Glasgow. LIST C—Stations temporarily retained for Service pur-boses - The following aerodromes have been deleted : Nearest Railway Nearest LargeAerodrome. Station. " Town. Brooklands .. Weybridge .. London.Wittering .. ,, Stamford.. .. Peterborough. Yate .. .. Yate .. .. Bristol. LIST D 2.—Licensed Civilian Aerodromes at which accommoda-' Hon is available.The following aerodrome has been added :— Nearest Railway Nearest LargeAerodrome. Station. Town. Renfrew* . . . . Renfrew , . . . Glasgow. * No facilities are available at this aerodrome at present. LIST D 3.—Aerodromes licensed as suitable for ,lvro 504K and similar types of aircraft only.Except in very few instances accommodation does not exist. The licences have been issued for limited periods only.The following aerodromes are published as additions:— Nearest Railway Nearest Large „ ;Aerodrome. Station. Town. " < Aylestone Lane, Leicester .. Leicester. - ;i Leicester. •-,-••-•Rhyl, Foreshore .. Rhyl .. .. Rhyl. , : ,Skegness .. .. Skegness .. Skegness. Chessington, Leather- Leatherhead .. London.head. Forthbank, Alloa .. Alloa ".'. v. Alloa. . / AEROPLANE LANDING WHEELS—INFORMATION WANTED IN connection with the " Standardisation of AeroplaneLanding Wheels," the British Engineering Standards Associa- tion find difficulty in getting any accurate knowledge as tothe actual loads certain sizes of wheels will carry without sinking into the ground, and so preventing the machinefrom getting off, or causing it to turn on to its nos^ in landing. Generally speaking, it is probably not disputed that machinesshould be provided with wheels that will not sink excessively into the softest ground on which such machines may requireto-land, even when the landing made is not particularly good. It is probable that some of our readers have had experienceof landings which could provide valuable evidence in con- sidering this problem, and the B.E.S.A. would greatly appre-ciate any such information. WTiile full particulars would be necessary before any caseof a wheel sinking excessively can be investigated, the size of the tyres and other details of construction will usuallybe obtainable if the name of the machine is given, from re- cords of which the B.E.S.A. has access. It would, of course,be helpful, however, to have the fullest possible details in each case, particularly the speed of landing, and the angle,and whether the landing was gentle or otherwise. Particulars of the weight of the machine at the time ofthe flight, and the load carried, and as to whether the tyres were soft or hard, should also be given. Some indication ofthe softness of the ground would also be useful, for instance, whether a Ford car could have been driven over it or not. Any readers having useful information would be perform-ing a public service if they would forward it to the Secretary of the British Engineering Standards Association, 28, VictoriaStreet, Westminster, S.W. 1. The information would be treated as confidential. THE TRAINING OF R.A.F. BOYS THE Air Ministry scheme for the entry and training ofboys for the Royal Air Force is now in active operation One examination for entry took place (under provisionalregulations) in December, but future examinations will be carried out under revised regulations which have now beenissued as a booklet. The basis of the scheme for securing a suitable class of boy fortraining lies in close co-operation between the Royal Air Force and the local education authorities throughout the country. It is hoped that these authorities will be prepared tonominate boys, after careful selection, to sit for the entrance examination. Each authority may, for the present, nominateas many boys as it desires. Full information as to the scheme is being sent to the local educational authorities, and thosewho desire nomination are requested to apply direct to them for information. Examinations will take place twice yearly, and candidatesfor entry must be between the ages of 15 and i6£ years. A limited number of candidates having special claims by <s> <$> The Flying Boat Disaster at FelixstoweIT is with the greatest regret that we have to record the disaster to a flying boat which occurred off Felixstoweon the morning of April 29. The Air Ministry announcement stated that the flying boat was engaged on an instructionalcruise when it crashed into the sea. Squadron-Leader E. R. Moon, D.S.O., Flying Officer A. J. Fyfield, Sub-Lieut.Fonsecea (from the Portuguese Navy, and 1.65985 A.C.2 Bass lost their lives, but Flight-Lieut. C. O. F. Modin, D.S.C.,and Observer-Officer L. H. Pakenham Walsh, D.F.C., were rescued, slightly injured.At the inquest, on May 1, on the bodies of Squadron-Leader Moon and Flying Officer Fyfield, Observer-Officer PakenhamWalsh said that the flying boat started off all right, and it had made several practice landings on the water. Afterabout an hour, and at 2,000 ft. up, Squadron-Leader Moon took control, as he wished to do a glide. When about J , 500 ft.up the machine received a bump on the tail, which threw the machine out of control and developed into a spin.Squadron-Leader Moon then did all he could to right the machine but the distance from the water was not sufficientto allow of a complete recovery. The machine struck the reason of parental service in the R.A.F. will be entered onthe nomination of the Air Council provided the qualifying standard in the entrance examination is reached.The examination will occupy a single day, and the cur- riculum includes mathematics and experimental science,English, history, geography and common-knowledge subjects. Successful candidates will be attested for ten years' Regularservice and two years on the Reserve. They will receive three years' apprenticeship training in a trade and a courseof education in English, civics, practical mathematics, applied mechanics, mechanical drawing and general science. Duringthe period of training the boy's health and general welfare are given careful and continuous supervision. At the end of three years qualified boys are promoted toleading aircraftmen, and a certain number of exceptional promise will be selected for an advanced course. Those whoqualify at the conclusion of this latter course will be promoted to the rank of corporal, while some may be offered cadetshipsto commissioned rank. <$> <$> ••'•"' • :;; -• '' ••'.-•• •"•• ••••.•••••'• water on a fairly natural keel. Witness was of opinion thatif they had had another 100 ft. or 200 ft. they would have got out of it all right. On striking the water the machineabsolutely collapsed. It was impossible to do anything, because the boat was upside down. Witness went under,and when he came up he did not see anybody else. The Coroner said, so far as he could make out, there wasnothing wrong with the machine or the piloting. It appeared to be a pure accident. He recorded a verdict of " Deathfrom injuries received through the sudden accidental fall of a flying boat."The Rome-Tokio Flight LIEUT. MASIERO, on one of the S.V.A. machines, arrivedat Canton at 4 30 p.m. on April 21, and his companion, Lieut. Ferrarin, arrived at the same place on the following day.Capt. Ranza landed at Karachi on April 22, and on April 26 his arrival at Allahabad from Delhi was reported. In land-ing, however, the machine crashed, and the fuselage was broken in half ; fortunately the pilot escaped injury. Afterbeing held up at Foochow for some days owing to the weather, Lieut. Ferrarin, on May 2, flew to Shanghai, landing on theKiang San racecourse in the afternoon. 513
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