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SEPTEMBER 16, 1926 Squadron-Leader Longton put up a fine performance during the day on the eliminated Blackburn " Bluebird." Flying over the 12£ miles' Lympne course, he covered 32 laps (400 miles) in six hours' flying time, with one landing for refuelling. At the end of the day's flying Lieut. Bulman was still lead- ing on the Hawker " Cygnet," with Hinkler second on the Avro " Avian." The miles per gallon and ton-miles per gallon accomplished by the various competitors are as follows :—Hawker "Cygnet " 37-5 m.p.g. ; 7-2 ton-m.p.g. Avro "Avian," 17-86 m.p.g. ; 6-6 ton-m.p.g. Farnborough Hawker " Cygnet," 35-9 m.p.g.; 5-8 ton-m.p.g. Bristol " Brownie," 34-7 m.p.g. ; 5-26 ton- m.p.g. De Havilland " Moth," 16-5 m.p.g. ; 5-15 ton-m.p.g. Parnall " Pixie " 32-55 m.p.g. ; 4-94 ton-mp.g. In the following table are given official particularsup to the end of the third day's flying, the figures being for a total distance flown of 1,074 miles :— Petrol Figure. Machine. Total Flying Average Con- of Time. Speed, sumed. Merit, h. m. s. Hawker " Cygnet' Avro " Avian " R.A.E. " Cygnet " Bristol " Brownie ' D.H. " Moth " Parnall " Pixie " 16 21 3 14 49 16 18 53 21 18 5 54 14 41 9 18 30 59 m.p.h. lbs. 65-68 72-46 56-86 59-34 73-13 58-00 200 421 209 217 456 231 2-147 1-962 1-736 1-564 1-537 1-470 THE RACE FOR THE GROSVENOR CHALLENGE CUP 26 Machines Entered AN extremely good entries list has resulted from the'announce- ment of the race to be held at Lympne aerodrome on Saturday next for the Challenge Cup presented by Lord Edward Grosvenor, and prizes of /75 and /25 presented by Sir Charles Wakefield, Bart. The course for this race, which is open to any aeroplane the weight of the engine of which docs not exceed 275 lbs., is the triangular one at Lympne of 12 \ miles, with turning points at Lympne, Postling and Hastingleigh, and which has to be covered six times, giving a total distance of 75 miles. The race, which is to be held under the Compe- tition Rules of the Royal Aero Club, will be a handicap one, and no less than 26 machines have been entered. Brief particulars of each entry will be found below, where particulars are given in the following order : Number or identification mark, aeroplane and engine, entrant, and pilot. The machines carrying number? are those also participating in the light 'plane competition. 1, Blackburn " Bluebird," Armstrong-Siddeley " Genet " : R. Blackburn ; Sq.-Ldr. W. H. Longton. D.F.C, A.F.C. 2, De Havilland "Moth," Armstrong-Siddeley "Genet": A. S. Butler ; Capt. H. S. Broad. 3, Bristol " Brownie," Bristol " Cherub " : Sir G. Stanley White, Bart. ; C. F. Uwins. 4, R.A.E. Aero Club Hawker " Cygnet," Bristol " Cherub " : M. Harris ; Flight-Lieut. J. A. Gray, D.F.C., or Flying Officer R. L. Ragg. 5, " Sirocco " monoplane, Bristol " Cherub " : S. O. Smith ; Flying Officer Mackenzie Richards, or Flying Officer R. L. Ragg. P6, Hawker " Cygnet," Bristol " Cherub " : T. O. M. Sop- with, O.B.E. ; Flight-Lieut. P. W. S. Bulman. 7, Supermarine " Sparrow II," Bristol " Cherub " : Com- mander James Bird ; Capt. H. C. Biard. 8, Halton Biplane H.A.C. 1, Bristol " Cherub " : Wing- Commander C. D. Breese, A.F.C. ; Flight-Lieut. F. le P. Trench, or Flight-Lieut. C. G. Halliday. Genet Sir9, Avro " Avian," Armstrong-SiddeleyWilliam Letts, K.B.E. ; Bert Hinkler. 10, Avro " Avis," Blackburne " Thrush " : A. V. Roe ; Wing-Commander W. Sholto Douglas, M.C., D.F.C. 12, Cranwell C.L.A. 4, Bristol " Cherub " : Flight-Lieut. N. Comper ; Flight-Lieut. H. S. P. Walmsley. 13, A.N.E.C. " Missel-Thrush," Blackburne " Thrush " : H. W. Martin ; Lieut.-Col. G. L. P. Henderson. 14, Parnall " Pixie III," Bristol " Cherub " : George G. Parnall ; Frank T. Courtney. 15, Short " Satellite," A.B.C. " Scorpion " : Flying Officer G. E. F. Boyes ; Flying Officer G. E. F. Boyes. 16, Westland " Woodpigeon," A.B.C. " Scorpion " : Flight- Lieut. A. P. Ritchie ; Flight-Lieut. A. P. Ritchie. G-EBHS, R.A.F. " Hurricane," Bristol " Cherub " : P. N. G. Peters ; Flight-Lieut. J. S. Chick, M.C., A.F.C. G-EBHZ, De Havilland 53, A.B.C. " Scorpion " : Flight- Lieut. A. L. A. Perry-Keene ; Flight-Lieut. A. L. A. Perry- Keene. G-EBJT, Westland " Widgeon," Armstrong-Siddeley " Genet " : R. A. Bruce ; L. P. Openshaw. G-EBKT, De Havilland " Moth," 60 h.p. " Cirrus " : Mrs. S. C. Eliott-Lynn ; Mrs. S. C. Eliott-Lynn. G-EBMC, Cranwell C.L.A. 3, Bristol " Cherub " : F. H. Cashmore ; Flight-Lieut. N. Comper. G-EBME, De Havilland " Moth," 60 " Cirrus " : W. L. Hope; W. L. Hope. G-EBMJ, Short low-wing monoplane, 60 " Cirrus " : H. O. Short ; J. Lankester Parker. G-EBMO, De Havilland " Moth," " Cirrus, Mark II " : Col. the Master of Sempill ; Col. the Master of Sempill. G-EBNO, De Havilland " Moth," " Cirrus, Mark II " : Capt. G. de Havilland ; Capt. G. de Havilland. , De Havilland " Moth," 60 " Cirrus " : Maj. H. de Havilland ; Maj. H. de Havilland. G-EBJO, A.N.E.C. II, British Anzani : N. H. Jones ; N. H. Jones. Appointments to Department of Scientific and In dustria 1Research PROFESSOR VERNON HERBERT BI.ACKMAN, SC.D., F.R.S., Professor Frederick George Donnan, C.B.E., D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S., and Professor Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Ph.D., F.R.S., have been appointed by Order of Council dated August 20, 1926, to be members of the Advisory Council to the Committee of the Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, in the place of members who have retired on the completion of their terms of office. Philadelphia-Washington Air Service THE Philadelphia-Washington airline, which was opened on July 6, and on which Fokker trimotors, type F.VIII-3m, are exclusively used, has proved a complete success. During the first month over one thousand passengers have been carried, which means that each 'plane started with a full complement of passengers. For the moment the P.R.T. cannot satisfy all the demands owing to lack of 'planes. As soon as the first series of 10 machines are delivered, the service, which is now being made twice a day in each direction, will be con- siderably extended, whereas also communications with other towns will be established after completion of the second series of 10 machines. The American Fokker factory is working day and night in order to carry out the orders for commercial planes which pour in from all parts of the States. New Continental Air Service Schemes A NEW company, the Italian Aero Lloyd, is being formed in Italy, the aims of which will be the operation of an air service between Rome and Munich, via Bologna and Milan, a distance of nearly 500 miles. Probably other services will also be considered. Another scheme is that planned by the Aero Club of Norway—the establishment of a regular service between Norway and England. Arrangements have been made for a trial flight next month, when a Domier Wai or Fokker seaplane will fly between Oslo and Harwich. British Standard Specification for Brazing Solder (Grades A and B) THE British Engineering Standards Association has now issued a Specification (No. 263-1926) covering two grades of brazing solder. The copper contents for the two grades range from 53 to 55 per cent, and from 49 to 51 per cent, respectively, maximum limits being specified for the tin, antimony, arsenic, bismuth, iron and lead permitted in the alloy. A table is included as an appendix to the Specification giving a range of grain sizes of granular solder to which it is recommended that the material be ordered. Copies of this publication may be obtained from the B.E.S.A. Publications Department, 28, Victoria Street, London, S.W.I, price Is. Id., post free. 603
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