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1923 - 0445.PDF
AUGUST 2, 1923 GOTHeRBURG inTernaTional ' A6RO eXHIBITIOn As we announced last week, owing to the idiosyncrasies ofpost office methods with "registered and expressed " letters, we had to go to press without the opening particulars of thevarious countries' exhibits. We gave the latter portion and a brief resume of the opening by King Gustav. We are nowable to supplement this by a few further notes from our representative at Gothenburg. Speaking of the day before theopening, he emphasises the international character of the show, which, he says, makes itself felt, not only by the appearanceof the machines themselves, but also, and perhaps to an even greater extent, by the sound of the different tongues in whichinstructions are given. The sing-song Swedish predominates, but the more familiar sound of English and French, with hereand there a direction or a greeting in throaty German, help to give a truly international atmosphere. A round of the stands, he continues, shows that the Britishcomplement is complete, with the one exception of the Blackburn machine, which is rumoured to be held up by thestrike, and thought to be still lying in the docks at Hull, awaiting shipment. Sweden is well forward with its machines,which almost without exception bear signs of strong German influence. Three machines, or rather two complete machinesand the Duralumin hull of a flying boat, bear unmistakable signs of having been designed by Mijnheer Anthony Fokker,and although no signboard is up we conclude that they hail from the city on the Ij. We had hoped to see friend Kool-hoven represented, but it appears that we are doomed to disappointment. The building in which the aircraft are housed consists ofa main hall, from the ends of which project, at right angles, two smaller buildings. The British section has been giventhe place of honour, right in the centre of the main hall, the French section being in the left-hand wing and the Germanin the right, with Holland, Czechoslovakia and Sweden grouped on each side of the British section, forming " bufferstates " between Great Britain and France on the one hand and Germany on the other. The Fokker stand very appro-priately adjoins the first of the German stands, that of Dr. Junkers. From here let our representative continue his report asoriginally written '— July 20The weather, which up till now had been perfectly lovely, with blue sky and a brisk breeze bringing fresh air in from theKattegat, changed for the worse this morning. The blue sky, in which yesterday Mr. Bramson wrote the word " Capstan "for Major Savage's Sky Writing Company, was grey and dull as an English day in a 1923 June, and low rain-clouds heldan unsubsidised race across the old city on the Gotaelv. About 8.30 a.m. a Cacquot kite balloon lifts its flabby bodyinto the air, but the beating rain soon persuades the crew to haul it down again. Altogether things do not look promisingfor the official opening of the Aero Show by H.M. the King of Sweden. By 10 a.m., however, the rain has left off tem-porarily, and His Majesty arrives and is conducted to the grand stand opposite the aircraft buildings, where the headsand representatives of exhibiting firms are introduced to him. After a brief speech, His Majesty declares the I.L.U.G. open,and with his suite proceeds on a tour of inspection of the stands. On the British stand His Majesty is met by Mr. C. R. Fairey,Chairman of the S.B.A.C, and is conducted round to the various exhibits, in which he shows a lively interest. Parti-cularly is he interested in the Handley Page slotted wing on the " Hanley," and in the amphibian gear on the Vickers" Viking," although it is quite evident that His Majesty does not miss any of the good points on the other British machines.The imposing Avro '' Aldershot,'' the new Bristol Fighter, the Siddeley " Siskin " and the Gloucestershire " Grouse " areall examined with obvious appreciation, as are also the various engines, etc. After shaking hands with Mr. Fairey, andthanking him for the British participation in the Show, His Majesty proceeds to the other stands. THE MACHINES AT the moment of writing, something like 40 completemachines are on view, and if all those which have been delayed turn up later, the total number should be in the neighbour-hood of 50. The countries represented, and the number of machines, axe as follows : Great Britain, 8 ; France, 8 ; Germany, 12 ; Sweden, 4 ; Holland, 2 ; Czechoslovakia, 2 ;and Italy, 1. Great BritainAs the British exhibits were dealt with in detail in last week's issue of FLIGHT, a brief mention of the machines, DIETRICH-GOBIET "SPERBER" ^^_^ ^"^-^^ ' IIP CZECH 5 6 OO \ - ^ AT GOTHENBURG : Two late comers to the show :—On the left, the German Dietrich-Gobiet, and on the rightthe Czech military type, S.6.00, which was flown to Gothenburg from Prague. 445 ; •,'••. = . ,e :-;•"
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