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OCTOBER 9, 1924 AIR MINISTRY NOTICES Czechoslovakia : Prohibited Areas IT is notified :— I The following additional prohibited area has been declared in Czechoslovakia :— (Note.—The names of places are given first in the Czecho slovak form, followed in brackets by the form, where different, found on the Austrian Staff maps quoted.) An area around Leopoldov (Mestecko) which is enclosed by the irregular pentagon formed by the following places :— Lovcice (Locz), Malzenice (Maniga), Drahovce (Drahocz), Home Otrokovce (E. Attrak), and Home Riskovce (Recseny). Approximately, the dimensions of this area are 9 A miles E. to W. by 10 miles N. to S., and its centre is in a position latitude 48° 26' N., longitude 17" 47' E. of Greenwich (= 35° 27' E. of Ferro), i.e., 10 miles E.N.E. of Trnava (Tyrnau). 2. The prohibited area around Moravska Ostrava (Mahrisch- Ostrau), the existence of which has been previously notified, is formed on the north and east by the State frontier, the remaining sides being from the railway junction of Neuhof. by way of the railway as far as Schonan(Schonhof), thence bv straight lines to the S. border of the temporary pond of Paskan, Konigsberg, Hultschin, and Hat. Approximately, the dimensions of this area are 18* miles E. to W. by 12| miles N. to S., and its centre is in a position latitude 49° 51' N„ longitude 18° 22' E. of Greenwich (= 36° 02' E. of Ferro). 3. Maps showing the actual extent and position of the prohibited areas in Czechoslovakia may be seen on applica tion to the Secretary (D.D.A.T.), Air Ministry. (No. 77 of 1924.) " Holland : Bussum Landing Ground and Rotterdam Aerodrome IT is notified :— 1. Bussum. Bussum landing ground has been abandoned and is no longer available for landing. 2. Rotterdapt (Waalhavcn). E H Lord Thomson's Tour LORD THOMSON, Minister for Air, has completed his tour of the Middle East, during which he has covered over 2,500 miles by air, and has thus been able to inspect the princi pal air centres in Northern Iraq, Palestine, and Egypt within the space of eight days. He was very impressed with the splendid organisation of the whole trip—the staff work and ground organisation—and the enthusiasm and efficiency of the R.A.F. He arrived at Alexandria on September 22, and left Cairo by air at dawn on the 24th for Amman (334 miles), where, after an inspection of the aerodrome, he dined with the Emir Abdullah of the Transjordan. On the 25th he flew 532 miles to Baghdad in time for luncheon with Sir Henry Dobbs, the British High Commissioner for Iraq, and on September 27 he flew to Mosul, where he slept the night. He continued the flight next day to Zakha, on the Turco- Iraqi frontier, and proceeded thence to Erbil, the ancient Arbela, where he lunched, and to Kirkuk, where he spent the night, returning to Baghdad on September 2 , via Suli- manie. At all these points the Minister landed and inspected the detachments of the Royal Air Force. At Baghdad the Minister dined with King Feisal and con ferred with the military and air authorities, and left at dawn on September 30 for "Amman. On October 1 he flew to Ramleh and motored back to Jerusalem, where he was the guest of Sir Herbert Samuel, the High Commissioner for Palestine. On October 2 lie left Government House, on the Mount of Olives, at 5 a.m., motored to Ramleh, and from there flew to Heliopolis in 3-| hours. After luncheon he continued his flight to Abukir, which he reached the same afternoon, and arrived at Sanstefano, near Alexandria, within 9J hours of leaving the Mount of Olives, making 5J flying hours to cover approximately 370 miles. Dutch Flight to Batavia THE Amsterdam-Batavia (Dutch East Indies) referred to in our issue of August 14 last, which was to be undertaken by the Royal Dutch Air Transport Co. ( K.L.M. ), and which commenced on October 1, has come to an end somewhat early in the flight. The three '' Flying Dutchmen T. van der Hoop, M. H. van Weerden Poelman, and M. 1 .A. van den Brocke, left Amsterdam on the Fokker b I (Koiis- Rnvr-P " Eagle IX ") at 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday, C flight In the interests of the safety of civil aircraft, the tops of the masts of ships lying alongside the south bank of the Waalhaven dock (1-2 kms. N. of the Waalhaven aerodrome) will be provided with a bright light from sunset to sunrise, in every case where the mast tops are more than 8 m. (26 ft.) above the level of the water. (No. 86 of 1924.) GROUND ENGINEERS Avro 504, 536, 548 and 552 Types Aircraft : Drilling of Main Plane Spars. 1. THE attention of Ground Engineers is directed to the necessity for observing the following inspectional precautions during overhaul of the main planes fitted to the above types of aircraft. 2. The packing blocks on the top and bottom of the spars should be removed and the stripped spars carefully examined. Special points to be noted are :— (a) That the vertical holes through the packing blocks at the interplane strut fittings do not penetrate the spar itself. (b) That no cases of double drilling of the vertical holes for the bolts carrying the aileron control pulley have occurred. 3. After such inspection new packing blocks should be temporarily fitted in position in such a manner that they may be drilled and then removed so that the drilling may be inspected. The packing blocks should then be fitted in the approved manner. 4. The horizontal and vertical spar drillings which take the bolts securing the outer rear strut socket fittings (top and bottom) should be examined to see that these drillings do not cut into one another. 5. No certificate of airworthiness will be issued or renewed in respect of anv aircraft of the above types, constructed or overhauled subsequent to the date of issue of this Notice unless the above precautions have been observed. (No. 9 0/1924.) E m Royce and arrived at Prague 7 hrs. 25 mins. later. They left Prague next morning for Belgrade. On Friday, October 3, they met with radiator trouble on the way from Belgrade to Constantinople, and were forced to land at Philippopolis, and in so doing the machine was, it is reported, damaged beyond repair. French Air Mails Popular THE total amount of air mails carried in France—as far as the Latecoere air line is concerned, at all events—is in creasing month by month, the average monthly total of letters being over 300,000. In 1920 the number of letters carried during the first six months was only 51,532, whereas for the same period this year it was 332,188. Maj. Zanni's World-Flight MAJ. ZANNI, the Argentine world-flyer, who left Hong Kong for Shanghai on September 27, arrived safely at Foochow. Here he was delayed several days by bad weather, but he eventually arrived at Shanghai on October 1, having covered the 500 miles from Foochow in 5 hrs. The Pulitzer Trophy Race THIS year's Pulitzer Trophy Race, which was flown at Dayton, Ohio, on October 4, was marred by a fatal accident to Capt. Burt E. Skeel, one of the best-known pilots of the U.S. Army Air Service. According to reports, Skeel, who was flying a Curtiss racer, was diving towards the starting pylon in order to gain speed before starting over the course, when the wings of the machine collapsed while he was flying a speed of over 200 m.p.h. The machine fell like a stone from a height of 1,000 ft., and on striking the earth buried itself into the ground some 10 ft. deep. The race proceeded, however, and was won by Lieut. H. H. Mills, on a Verville Sperry Racer, who covered the 124-7 mile course at a speed of 216-55 m.p.h. Berlin-Furth Air Service AN important air service was brought into operation on August 11, by Junkers Co., running between Berlin and Furth, via Dresden, thus connecting the Frankfort-Munich line, and the Baltic Sea air traffic with that of the Trans-European Union in the Danube countries and Switzerland. The total time for the flight from Berlin to Munich takes six hours. 661
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