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•-•-* NOVEMBER tj, Fokker also shows a neat little cantilever monoplaneglider, fitted with an ordinary two-wheeled undercarriage Although engineless, this machine appears to retain alithe Fokker characteristics, and one would know it for a Fokker anywhere. RENE TAMPIER ON Friday last, as we approached the Grand Palais, we were treated to the strange sight of an aeroplane with folded wings travelling up and down the Avenue Alexandre III under its own power. That is to say, the propelLer was not running, and the Hispano engine also seemed stationary. The machine made a good speed, and appeared to travel backwards as well as forwards. Steering was effected by a pair of wheels mounted approximately half-way between the wings and the tail, and corners were taken in reckless fashion, somewhat in the manner of certain American fire-engines which have rear-wheel steering. A visit to the Tampier stand reveals the fact that this machine is provided with a small auxiliary engine with transmission to the main aeroplane wheels, which are provided with a differential, motor-car fashion. Some distance aft on the fuselage is another pair of wheels, mounted on a folding chasis structure, and so connected up to the rudder controls that they are steered by the same movement. The idea, of course, is that in case of a forced landing one can proceed by road under one's own power to the nearest place where repairs can be effected. The idea is sound, but naturally the extra engine and gear run away with a considerable proportion of the disposable load. In concluding this week's article, one must express satis- faction that, in spite of the poor show made by Great Britain, there appears to be one component which is invaluable. Practically speaking, every machine at the Show is fitted with Palmer wheels. Married Flying Officer HENRY LAWRENCE CHRISTIE, R.A.F., only son of the late Lawrence Christie, of Rawal Pindi, India, and Mrs. Christie, was married on November 5 at St. Mary Abbot's, Kensington, to HELEN, only child of C. E. THEODOSIUS, late H.M. Inspector of Schools, and of Mrs. Theodosius. PAUL COPELAND MALTBY, D.S.O., A.F.C., R.A.F., Quetta(late Royal Welch Fus.), was married on October 25 at Malabar Hill Church, Bombay, to WINIFRED RUSSELL, eldest daughterof J. H. PATERSON, 6, Moray Place, Edinburgh. To be married The marriage will take place at the end of November between FRANCIS WILLIAM LONG, R.A.F., only son of the Rev. F. P. Long, of 5, Winchester Road, Oxford, and DOREEN LANGLEY, eldest daughter of the Rev. F. L. APPLEFORD, Rector of Castle Combe, Wilts, and of Mrs. APPLEFORD. ' Item ' The will of the late Mr. HARRY GEORGE HAWKER, ofEnnadale, Hook Road, Surbiton, Surrey, the famous aeroplane pilot, who died in an aeroplane accident near Hendon on'July 12, aged 40, has been proved at ^5,438. The will of the late Maj. EUGENE COURTENEY PERRIN,O.B.E., of St. Mark's Road, Leamington Spa, Warwick, 4th Cheshire Regiment and R.A.F., has been proved at ^1,027. Air Staff Changes BRIG-GEN. R. K. BAGNALL-WILD, Director of Aero- nautical Inspection at the Air Ministry, has been appointed Director of Research in succession to Air-Commodore H. R. M. Brooke-Popham, who will take up his duties as Commandant of the R.A.F. Staff College, Andover, next April. A Manchester Memorial for the Atlantic Flight A MEMORIAL tablet has been placed in the Sculpture Hall of the Manchester Town Hall as a permanent record of the achievement of Capt. Sir John Alcock and Lieut. Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, the first aviators to fly the Atlantic. The memorial, which represents symbolically the conquest of the air, is a bronze relief plaque by Mr. John Cassidy. Two gold medals, also the work of Mr. Cassidy, had been struck for presentation to the two aviators, and that intended for the late Sir John Alcock was handed to his father. Kinshasa-Stanleyville (Belgian Congo) Air Mail Service THE Postmaster-General announces that the Administra- tion of the Belgian Congo has made arrangements whereby correspondence from this country for t£e Upper Congo may be forwarded by the aeroplane service which is now working between Kinshasa and Stanleyville (and intermediate points) in close connection with the" arrival and departure of the Belgian packets from and for Europe. The transit from Kinshasa to Stanleyville is due to be accomplished by air in three days, as against 14 days by river steamer ; and correspondence for all districts along the Upper Congo River from Kwamouth as far as Lowa (but not for districts such as Katanga) should save up to a maximum °* n days in time of transmission by the use of the air service. Letter packets of all classes, registered and unregistered, but not parcels or insured packets, are admissible. • Any packet intended for onward transmission by the air service should bear the " Air Mail " label in the top left-hand corner, and be plainly marked by the sender immediately, beneath it, " Par avion vid Kinshasa." The packet should not be specially prepaid, but a fee of 3 francs per 20 grammes for air conveyance will be charged to the addressee on delivery. Packets posted in time for transmission to the Congo by other than a Belgian steamship will probably not benefit by the use of the air service, and should not be marked for- transmission by it. A Boat-House as Memorial ON November 11 a new boat-house at Shrewsbury School, built as a memorial to Lieut. John Edwin Pugh, R.A.F., was opened, his ~ sister, Miss Winifred Pugh, unveiling the memorial tablet. The Air Force was represented by Maj.-Gen. Sir F. H. Sykes. " Nordstern " becomes " Mediterranee " . - BY decree the name of the surrendered German dirigible"Xordstern " has been appropriately changed by the French to " Mediterranee," having regard to its employment next yearon the commercial air service between Marseilles and Algiers. Aerial Surveying in Australia IT is reported that an aerial survey of approximately 3,000 miles of country in Central Australia has been com- pleted by Mr. Francis Birtles, who reached Melbourne on October 26. Nungesser's Flying School THE famous French " Ace " Nungesser is reported to have opened a flying school at Orly. The school receives a State subsidy, and numerous pupils are said to have already enrolled. On a recent visit to the establishment M. Laurent Eynac, the French Under-Secretary of State for Air, is said : to have expressed satisfaction at the manner in which the - school is/being run. . . -,j~-- - i,T "• . -;•?. 4 • ~ . i.'V-"-3.:-, <"••'• . V -vs. -•-;••._'•;_. ** 765 •'•• V'W^ .., --. - ,. ::; :>,:>
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