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§ Final Touches in the London-Cape Town Flight: Mr. Elliott (engineer) replenishes the tanks with " B.P." spirit at Croydon, while Mr. Emmott (cinematographer) looks to see if his supply of films is in order. who have managed the organization of the expedition,have to record the whole-hearted assistance and enterprising co-operation which they have received from the followingfirms, who have assisted with their products, their services, and finance:— Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.Imperial Airways, Ltd. The British Petroleum Co., Ltd. C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd.The British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd. The Palmer Tyre Co., Ltd. The Robinhood Engineering Works, Ltd. (K.L.G. Spark-ing Plugs.) The Hoffman Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Win. Mallinson and Sons, Ltd. Titanine-Emaillite, Ltd. J. Stone and Co., Ltd. S. S. Smith and Sons (M.A.), Ltd. NOVEMBER 19, 1925 Pinchin, Johnson and Co., Ltd. Earle, Bourne and Co., Ltd. Brunton and Son. Accles and Pollock, Ltd. Brown Brothers, Ltd. Henry Hughes and Son, Ltd. The Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd. (Compasses). Pickford's and Hay's Wharf Shipping and Forwarding Co. Ltd. Sir Sefton Brancker discusses Cobham's chances in the London—Cape Town flight with Mr. J. D. Siddeley and Capt. Procter, on the occasion of the "Private view" at Stag Lane last week. The following isroute, together with Lyons. . Pisa BrindisiAthens Sollum Cairo . . .. Assuan . . ~. .WTadi Haifa KhartoumMalakal Mongalla . . Jinja a list of the principal placesthe distances from Stag Lane Miles. 475 925 1,4001,765 2,215 2,605 3,0853,275 3,7554,185 4,545 4,890 Kisumu Tabora Abercorn . .N. Bola Broken Hill . . Livingstone . . BulawayoPalapye Road PretoriaBloemfontein . . Beaufort West Cape Town along the:— Miles. .. 5,000 . . 5,400 . . 5,685. . 6,030 .. 6,140 . . 6,430 . . 6,670. . 6.870 . . 7,100.. 7,400 .. 7,720 . . 8,020 The R.A.F. Kano-Cairo Flight ON November 12 the three D.H.9A (400 h.p. "Liberty ")biplanes under Sqdn.-Ldr. Arthur Conningham, which recently flew from Cairo to Kano, Nigeria, started off on the returnjourney to Cairo at 6.30 a.m. By the evening of November 14 they reached Geneina, having refuelled at Abeshir, con-tinuing their journey on November 15 for El Fasher, in the Soudan, arriving there at 1 p.m. The following morningthey proceeded to El Obeid. On November 17 they cut across country from El Obeidto Khartoum, instead of following the usual route, thereby reducing the distance (normally 300 miles) to 200 miles. The Italian Transatlantic Flight THE Italian airman Sig. Casagrande, who is attempting a flight from Italy to Buenos Aires in a Savoia S.55 (twin-float twin-engined) mono-seaplane, left Sesto Calende (Lake Maggiore) at 12.30 p.m. on November 3, arriving an hour later atGenoa. The next morning the seaplane, named " Halcyon," left the Victor Emanuel III Dock at 11 a.m. on its official start for the Atlantic flight. In addition to the pilot, the following were on board : Commandante Ramicci, a mechanicand two wireless operators. They arrived safely at Barcelona at 3.40 p.m. that afternoon. On November 11 the flight wascontinued, and Gibraltar was reached on November 15. Honour for Marquis de Pinedo ON November 12 the Governor of Rome conferred upon Marquis de Pinedo—in recognition of his magnificent Rome- Tokyo-Rome flight—the Freedom of the City of Rome, which carries with it the title of " Civis Roman us." The Royal Air Force Memorial Fund THE usual Meeting of the Grants Sub-Committee of the above Fund was held at Iddesleigh House, on November 12. Lieut.-Commander H. E. Perrin was in the Chair, and the other Members of the Committee present were :—Mrs. L. M. K. Pratt-Barlow, O.B.E., Mr. W. S. Field, Squadron Leader E. B. Beauman. The Committee considered in all 12 cases, and made grants to the amount of ,-£277. The next Meeting was fixed for Thursday, November 26, 1925, at 2.30 p.m. 772
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