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DECEMBER 16, 1920 rf'• ;± utiiiiiiiii urn \\\A\\\\\\\VuV\\\\\\\•>.\\\\ \YV/ \ \ \ \ \\\f\\\\\\\ \\\\\ '••• \\ \ \ \\ •• •• W \ \ \ Barometer; Climb Chart of the Do. C. I : The climb during the last 1,000 metres fell short of requirements. Table of Item Weights of Zep. C.L.I. 160 h.p. Mercedes engine (including 8 litres of oil in crank case) Exhaust collectors Engine starter Radiator (empty) Cooling water (23 litres) Air-screw Petrol tank and fixings Oil tank Engine accessories, instruments, controls, etc. Total Fuselage (including tail plane and fins) . . Seats, controls, etc. Undercarriage . . - • Main planes, including flaps and bracing. . Rudder and elevators Fittings for armament, etc. Total Total weight empty lbs. 642 .0 13.2 6.2 48.4 50 .6 41.8 30.8 6.6 48.4 888.o 288.0 60.5 108.0 198.0 12.5 46.2 713-2 1,601.2 THE GOLDER'S WE deplore the bad accident to the Handley Page at Golder's Green on Tuesday last, which has to be recorded. At the time of going to Press no official details of the cause have been issued, and it is very doubtful if any definite reason will be evolved. It would appear that there was nothing wrong with the machine itself, and that the mist which prevailed must have been primarily responsible for the disaster as it was difficult to see the leafless tree which, - without question, started the crash. Whether the pilot did not realise his rate of climb, or not., will never be known, but it is a double calamity that such an unfortunate occurrence should have come just now to mar the marvellous flying record of the H. P. services, hitherto without a serious accident of any sort. It . should be realised that this compares enormously in favour of aviation for security with any other form of existing locomotion. In fact, merely to take the nearest home simile, street traffic accidents would probably be in the ratio of 100 to 1. -, NOTICE TO AIRMEN 135 Aerodrome List Amendments (238786/20). NOTICE to Airmen No. 106 (Consolidated List of Aero- dromes), October 1, 1920, is amended as follows :— . LIST C—Licensed Civil Aerodromes, a) Civil Aerodromes licensed for all types '• The following should be deleted :— v ; Aerodrome Height Name • ~ LatT Long. above sea level Eastbourne.. •• 5°°48'o"N. o°i8'o"E. 15 ft. Pilots are warned that this aerodrome, in addition to having ceased to be a licensed civil aerodrome, is m process oi demolition and that it is unsafe for machines to land there. Useful load : Pilot and gunner Two machine guns and ammunition Three hours' fuel (160 litres petrol, n litres oil) Total Weight fully loaded Wing areaLoad per sq. ft. .. .. • • _ • • Load per h.p.Climb to 16,500 ft. . . lbs. 360.0 144.0 239.0 ^ 743.0 2,344-2 278 sq. ft. 8.4 lbs. 14.6 „ 1 hour. We have devoted a considerable amount of space to this machine, since it was probably the first to be built with no form oi fuselage bracing beyond that afforded by the plain sheet metal covering. Although the machine failed by a relatively small margin to come up to the German Govern- ment specification for performance, there can be little doubt that it taught Herr Dornier many a valuable lesson of which he later made use in designing other all-metal machines. (To be Concluded) GREEN SMASH The following official statement was made yesterday by Messrs. Handley Page :— " One of our passenger-carrying aeroplanes, shortly after it left our aerodrome for Paris at noon to-day, crashed to the ground in the vicinity of Cricklewood. " Four persons were " killed—the pilot, Mr. R. Bager, the mechanic, Mr. J. H. Williams, who were killed instan- taneously ; and two passengers succumbed to their injuries— Mr. S. Salinger and Mr. Vander Elst. Of the remaining four passengers, two were only slightly injured. The others were quite unhurt and returned home. " The cause of the accident has not yet been ascertained. This is the first disaster which has occurred in connection with the Handley Page air services between London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam since December, 1919, when the service was first organised. During this period over 4,000 passengers have been safely carried to their destinations, the total mileage being over 320,000 miles." N.A.C.B.'s New TitleIT is officially announced that from January 1 next year the title of the Navy and Army Canteen Board organisationwill be changed to " Navy, Army, and Air Force Institute." No. 6 Wing R.N.A.S. AT the Connaught Rooms on December 8, the second of the annual dinners of the late No. 6 Wing, R.N.A.S., was held. Forty-three of the members who were with the Wing in Italy attended. Major J. Morrison presided, a fact which assured the success of the dinner from the first. Speeches in the reminiscent vein were made by Admiral Mark-Kerr and Admiral Murray Sueter, Wing Commdr. Beuttler, Wing Commdr. Cortis Stamford, Sqdn.-Leader Conway Pulford, and Sqdn.-Leader W. H. Mackenzie. Vice-Admiral Kelly sent a message of regret for his inability to attend, and congratulations and remembrances to members of the Wing. '; . „ ^- . -' '- ' ; 1273
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