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DECEMBER 25, 1924 Transmission and differential of the Tampier T.3, which can be driven along a road or street en automobile. 1 fag li * *se** ., : V IMP t Tfc i^KrJ** " - IT placed behind the main engine. It may be recollected that some years ago a Tampier avion automobile created quite a sensation in Paris by driving along the main streets and boulevards, dodgmg in and out in the Paris traffic. At the time most people probably thought the idea a clever one, but without practical importance. Not easily daunted, M. Tampier has persisted with his development' work, and at the present time has produced machines which are really useful aeroplanes, and which are at the same time capable of going to practically any destination under their own power. For war purposes it may be imagined that a squadron equipped with machines of this type would be a very mobile unit, as it should be able to change its position overnight or under cover of a fog. Not only so, but a machine forced by engine trouble to descend should be able to regain its base if not too far removed, and unless the descent had to be made in enemy country. There can be no doubt, however, that the weight of the automobile gear is considerable, and that the machine so equipped must necessarily lose somewhat in performance. Several types of machines are now produced by Tampier, such as the T. 2, a small two-seater with Clerget engine, the T.3, a two-seater fighter with Hispano-Suiza engine,"and the T.4 also with Hispano engine. A feature of the Tampier machines is necessarily that of folding wings, and a special study has been made of reducing the folded width to a minimum. We show a photograph of the T.4, which is provided with folding wings, and it will be seen that the inner struts lie quite close to the fuselage, in the position, in fact, usually occupied by jury struts in machines with folding • <$> Sir Sefton Brancker's Air Tour RESUMING his flight to India on December 18, Sir Sefton Brancker left Aleppo for Baghdad on the D.H. 50, piloted by Alan Cobham. London-Berlin Air Service . UNLESS the negotiations, now in progress, to revise the restrictions laid down in the Versailles Treaty in regard to the construction of German aircraft come to a satisfactory- settlement, the London-Berlin air service operated by Imperial Airways, Ltd., will have to be discontinued—or considerably modified—after December 31. Meanwhile, it is hoped a provisional agreement for a few months will be made. Air Minister's Lunch to Foreign Attaches SIR SAMUEL HOARE, Secretary cf State for Air, gave a luncheon at the Ritz Hotel on December 18 to the foreign attaches in London who are responsible for aviation. The attaches present were : Capitan de Fregata Don Jorge A. Games (Argentine), Lieut.-Col. Don Raul Mones Ruiz (Argen tine), Major Don Guillermo Zavala (Chile), Comdr. Don Edgardo von Schrooders (Chile), Lieut.-Col. Dr. Rudolf Jac (Czechoslovakia), Capitaine de Fregata L. Sable (France), Capitain George Panas, C.M.G. (Greece), Commandanti de Squadriglia S. Scarom, C.V.O., D.F.C. (Italy), Capt. TeijiroToyoda, D.S.O. (Japan), Ma].-Gen. Ren-ichiroOkamoto (Japan), Col. Jon Antonesco, C.M.G., C.V.O. (Roumania), Col. de l'Etat Major Georges Ostoic, K.C.V.O., C.B. (Jugo slavia), Col. Don. Fernando Rich (Spain), Col. E. Mossberg, wings. In the Tampier, however, they are part of the main wing structure. Apart from his avians automobiles M. Tampier also exhibited two types of auxiliary engines for use as starter engines and also for generating the current for the wireless outfit. In the automobile type of machine the auxiliary engine is used for driving along the road. One of these small engines is a four-cylinder water-cooled unit, while the other is a two- cylinder engine of very neat and compact appearance. The Tampier T. 3 is provided with the four-cylinder type, placed transversely in the fuselage, immediately aft of the main engine, and is used for road transport as well as for starting and generating purposes. In the T. 4 a two-cylinder unit is fitted, and is used for starting and generating only, this machine not being of the automobile type. M. Tampier also exhibited a petrol level indicator which he has given the name " Look." This is fitted normally in place of the usual filler cap, the float mechanism not being in the way for filling when the indicator portion is swung out of the way. Several other interesting machines were exhibited at the Paris Show, but as we desire to finish the series of articles dealing with the Paris Show in the present volume of FLIGHT, we have had to omit reference to a number of the types exhibited. Next week an article will be published dealing briefly with some of the more interesting aero engines ex hibited, and this will conclude our report on the Paris Exhibition. <s> <*» O.B.E. (Sweden), Comdr. A. de Bahr, C.V.O. (Sweden), Capt. Luke McNamee (United States), Lieut.-Col. Kenyon A. Joyce (United States), and Major Howard C. Davidson (United States). From the Air Ministry there were present: Sir Philip Sassoon, M.P., Air Chief Marshal Sir H. M. Trenchard, Air Marshal Sir John Salmond, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond, Sir Walter Nicholson, Air Commodore J. M. Steel, Sir S. Dannreuther, Mr. H. W. W. McAnally, Air Commodore D. le G. Pitcher, Air Commodore T. C. R. Higgins, Mr. C. LI. Bullock, Sir Geoffrey Butler, M.P., Sqdn.-Ldr. A. R. Boyle, Sqdn.-Ldr. C. R. Cox, and Flight-Lieut. A. Gambier-Parry. An Australian Air Force Pageant THE first Australian Air Force pageant in aid of charities was held at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, on Saturday, December 13. Officers for Fleet Air Arm As a result of experience gained during the recent course at Netheravon for naval officers attached to the Fleet Air Arm, it has been found desirable to divide future courses into two parts, a senior and a junior section, each lasting three months. The courses for 1925 will consequently be :— Junior section, January 12 to April 15, May to July, August to November, and November to February, 1926*; Senior section, May to July 30, August to November, November to February, 1926, and March to May, 1926. Thirty officers will be appointed to each course. 804
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