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w rsSliaM JULY 22, 1920 m m The Avro Tourist at Olympia : The mounting of the Renault engine is very neatly carried out "Flight" Copyright are extremely comfortable, so much so that a show-weary visitor was seen taking a nap in the quiet of the cabin. One hopes that he had pleasant dreams of long-distance flights over exquisite scenery. The ventilation of the cabin has been very well looked after. Not only are there circular ventilators of the ordinary type in the roof of the cabin, but there is also a sliding panel which can be opened either to admit fresh air or to allow one of the passengers to put his head outside and—have a look round ! At the foot of the dummy door on the port side there is a further heating and ventilating arrangement with two levers operating hot and cold air admission to the cabin. Either can be on or off. A little flap door in the upholstery of the aft seat enables the pas- sengers to see and speak to the pilot, who is seated aft of and slightly higher than the aft bulkhead. Two lights in the roof of the cabin allow the passengers to read if the weather be very dull or during a night flight. A refinement which is not usually found, but which is extremely useful, is the pro- vision in the cabin of two instruments : an altimeter and an air speed indicator. By means of these the passengers can keep themselves informed of what is going on, or as much as is of interest to them. As the speed is, of course, the air speed, one can imagine passengers having little bets on the probable duration of the journey, much as do passengers on a liner. The Avro Baby, which has already been fully described in FLIGHT (June 26, 1919) has to its credit some very fine performances, chief among which is, of course, the flight from London to Turin non-stop in 9J hours, piloted by Sir. Bert Hinkler. This furnishes a most convincing proof of the utility of a small machine, this flight having been made for a fuel expenditure of 20 gallons of petrol, or well over 30 miles to the gallon. This opens up vast possibilities of cheap aerial touring in the future, and proves that very high-power i -'-•""••• "Flight" Copyright :; Sketch showing the neat mounting of the Renault,,„ engine in the Avro "Tourist " THE AVRO "BABY "Flight" Copyright AT OLYMPIA : This is the machine on which Mr. Bert Hinkler flew from London toTurin, non-stop, in 9J hours 794
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