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Flight, February 4, 1926 AIRCRAFTENGINEER^ First Aero Weekly in the World Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 893. (No. 5, Vol. XVIII.) FEBRUARY 4, 1926 rWeekly, Prica 6d.L Post free, 7d. Flight The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2 . Telegrams: Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone: Gerrard 1828. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free. United Kingdom .. 30s. 4d. Abroad .. .. 33s. 0d.* These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormalconditions and to increases in postage rates. * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE A Very Gallant Effort 57 Economy and Security ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 58 Spanish Trans-Atlantic Flight 9 The " Travel Air Special " 60 Royal Aero Club Official Notices 1 Light'Plane Club Doings 1 The Airship Club 1 Sir Harry Brittain's Flight in Australia 62 How to Become a Service Pilot 63 Regulations for Citizen Air Forces 4 Vacancies for Aircraft Apprentices (K.A.F.) 65 Sir Charles Wakefield Hands Over " Moth " 6 A Remarkable Reliability Trial 67 Personals 67 Macready's Altitude 'Plane 8 Royal Air Force 9 R.A.F. Intelligence 69 Royal Aeronautical Society Official Xi'tices 69 Air Post Stan-ps 70 Air Ministrv Notices 0 DIARY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important <fiitures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in the following list :— 1926 Feb. 25 .... Mr. A. J. Cobham. "Long-Distance Aero- plane Flights," before R.Ae.S. Mar. 4 .... Mai. G. H. Scott. " Development of Airship Mooring," before R.Ae.S. Mar. 9 .... Mr. 0. E. Simmonds, M.A., A.F.R.Ae.S., M.I.Ae.S. " The Development of Civil Marine Aircraft," before Inst.Ae.E. Mar. 18 .... Flight-Lieut. H. Cooch. "Landing Aero- planes in FOP," before R.Ae.S. April 13 .... Mr. S. H. Evans, B.Sc. " The Performance of Modern Aircraft—with special reference to the Variable Win?," before Inst.Ae.E. April 15 .... Capt. G. T. R. Hill. " The Tailless Aeroplane," before R.Ae.S. April 21 .... Inst.Ae.E. visit to Messrs. D. Napier and Son, Acton. EDITORIAL COMMENT. ]NCE more it becomes our pleasant duty to place on record the successful accomplishment of a very fine flight. We refer, of course, to the flight from Spain to South America by the Spanish aviators Comandante Franco (pilot), and Capt. Ruiz de Alda (navi- gator), Lieut. Duran, and Sen. Rada. A brief account of the adventurous undertaking is given elsewhere in this issue of FLIGHT, from which it will be seen that the aviators left Palos (the point of departure of Christopher Columbus Gallant in 1492^ on Januar>' 22> and arrived at Effort Pernambuco on January 28, having covered the distance of about 3,500 miles in a lapsed time of one week, and in a flying time of about 35 hours, or at an average speed of close upon 100 m.p.h. The longest " jump" was from the Cape Verde islands to Fernando Noronha, a distance of roughly 1,500 miles, which was accom- plished in a little more than 14 hours. It is a testimony to the reliability, airworthiness and seaworthiness of the modern flying boat that the Spanish crossing of the South Atlantic was accom- plished during a period when an extremely severe gale raged in the North Atlantic, resulting in delay and damage to shipping, and in more than one actual shipwreck. It may be, of course, that the prevailing winds over the route followed by the Spanish aviators were in their favour and helped them to make such excellent time, but for all that, there was an oppor- tunity for the machine to show its quality when it came down off Fernando da Noronha and the avia- tors had to spend the night on board, as the sea was too rough for them to be transferred to the destroyer standing by. Obviously the days have gone when seaplanes were fair-weather craft, and the Spanish flight has provided one more proof that in time we may reasonably hope to evolve seaplanes which will do as a normal part of their routine work flights which as yet are to be regarded mainly as isolated " dashes." For having furnished that proof the aviation world owes a debt of gratitude to the four intrepid Spaniards whose daring attempt has just been crowned with success. B 2
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