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OCTOBER 21, 1926 FROM THE FOUR WINDS Prague International Aero Exhibition IT has been decided to hold a large international aero exhibition at Prague in the summer of next year. Previous exhibitions at Prague have been very successful and interest- ing, and it is anticipated that the" 1927 exhibition will be more attractive than ever. And Another in Berlin IT is also proposed to hold an international aero show in Berlin, at the Kaiserdamm Exhibition ground, either in the autumn of 1927 or spring of 1928. The New Zeppelin " L.Z. 127 " THE following particulars may be of interest concerning the proposed rigid Zeppelin airship " L.Z. 127," which, as reported in FLIGHT some little while back, is to be con- structed from funds collected through an appeal to the people of Germany. This airship, which will be employed in carrying out experiments with a view to the establishment of a Transatlantic air line, will have a capacity of 105,000 cub. m. (3,700,000 cub. ft.), and will thus be considerably larger than the " L.Z. 126 " (" Los Angeles "), which had a capacity of 70,000 cub. m. (2,470,000 cub. ft.). It will be propelled by five 420 h.p. Maybach engines, and will probably be completed by the end of 1927. According to some reports it is stated that Dr. Lempertz, the chief chemist of the Zeppelin Co., has discovered a gas, having approximatcly the same specific gravity as air, which it is claimed can be used as fuel in place of petrol, with very successful results ; this gas is said to develop 25 per cent, more calories per cub. m. than 1 kg. of petrol. Only a slight modification of the carburettor is necessary for the employment of this gas, which will be carried in special gas cells. Additional U.S. Air Mail Routes SEVERAL new air mail routes, in addition to the ten C.A.M. services already sanctioned by the U.S. Post Office, have been awarded to contractors, or put up to tender. Of these may be mentioned the Washington-Philadelphia route, operated by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Air Service, the Cheyenne-Pueblo route, operated by Colorado Airways, Inc., and the Cleveland-Pittsburg route, operated by Clifford Ball. The following air mail routes have been put up to tender :—Cleveland-Louisville ; Detroit-Grand Rapids ; Seattle-Victoria ; New Orleans-Pilottown. " Avia " Machines for Belgium ONE of the " Avia B.H. 21" single-seater fighters con- structed by the Czechoslovak firm of Milos Bondy, and fitted with a 300 h.p. Hispano Suiza engine, manufactured by the Czech Skoda Works, was recently sold to the Belgian Government. It is reported that a series of these machines will be manufactured, under licence, in Belgium.A New Italian Aero Engine A SUCCESSFUL 150 hours' flying test was carried out last summer at Sesto Calende with the new " Asso " aero engine built by the Isotta Fraschini firm. The engine, which develops 500 h.p., was fitted to a Savoia S.16 ter flying boat, and after two six-hour tests and climb and load tests, the machine was flown daily for a fortnight, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 to 7 p.m. (10 hours). As the average speed for these tests was 180 k.p.h. (112 m.p.h.) the total distance covered was about 27,000 km. (16,780 miles). The Brothers Arrachart Crash CAPT. and Adj. Arrachart, who recently made an un- successful attempt at beating the world's record for non- stop flight in a straight line, when they made a forced land- ing at Ekaterinenburg (or Sverdlovsk), crashed on October 12 when starting on the flight home. Capt. Arrachart injured his knee, whilst his brother broke a rib. Tunis-Antibes Air Service IT is hoped that as soon as the air port at Tunis is com- pleted an air service will be operated by the Compagnie Aero Navale, connecting Tunis with France. The service will be worked by seaplanes fitted with 400-h p. engines, and it is expected that the journey from Tunis to Antibes, via Ajaccio, will be completed in six hours, with another six hours to Paris. '' Los Angeles '' Out Again THE U.S. Navy rigid airship " Los Angeles " (LZ 126) made a flight on October 15 from Lakehurst, N.J., to Detroit, in 16 hrs. 23 mins. Australian Missionary's " Moth " THE Rev. C. Daniels, whose parish at Wilconnia (New South Wales) is as large as England, has found visiting his congregation by means of motor car a somewhat lengthy proceeding. During his^stay in England, therefore, he is trying to arrange for the purchase of a D.H. " Moth " which he will take back with him to Australia and thus be able to " round up " his flock in no time. Mr. Daniels wa? formerly a pilot in the R.A.F. Quebec Looks Ahead for Power THE forward policy of the Quebec Government in investi- gating its power sites in advance of requirements is drawn to public notice by the return to the base at Three Rivers of the hydroplane of Canadian Airways, Ltd., from their photo- graphic survey of the great falls on McLean River in the newer portion of the province called Ungava. The McLean falls have a sheer drop of 302 ft. and with heavy rapids give a total drop of approximately 800 ft. The estimated horse-power of the falls is 120,000," and of the total fall for a distance of 12 miles is 300,000. The airmen report that excellent photographs demonstrating the possibilities of hydro-electric developments have been forwarded to the Minister of Lands and Forests, for whose department the survey was made. Canoes by Aeroplane GOOD use is being made of the air services by prospectors journeying into the remote parts of Northern Ontario to search for gold. So much so that one of the companies operating a " gold rush " air service is providing a machine which will carry two canoes—the canoe forming an all- important item of the gold-seeker's equipment. Italy-Brazil by Seaplane ON October 17, Senhor de Barros, a Brazilian pilot, accompanied by Capt. Braga, Sen. Cunha, and a mechanic, left Genoa for Gibraltar in a seaplane, with the object of flying to Santos, in Brazil. The Bristol " Cherub " Abroad THE Bristol Aeroplane Co. have recently received a communication from Herr Eberhard von Conta from. Rome informing them that he had completed a trip of 1,600 kms. in his Messerschmitt Monoplane fitted, with the Bristol " Cherub " Series III engine in 14 hrs. 20 mins. from Bamberg to Rome, his line of route being over Brixen, Klagenfurt, Bologna and Florence. The crossing of the Alps was effected at a height of 14,000 ft. Although this brief message con- tained no mention of the fact, it was understood from Herr von Conta before the flight commenced that a passenger was to be carried in the machine. This flight is certain a remark- ably fine performance for an engine of the capacity of the " Cherub " to have carried out so satisfactorily, and it is an indication of the pilot's appreciation of the Cherub's qualities that the engine had already completed 65 hours' running without the changing of a plug before this trans-Alpine flight was commenced. Captured R.A.F. Airmen Released by Arabs FLYING-OFFICER F. M. DENNY and Aircraftsman Hirst, No. 30 (Bombing) Squadron, Royal Air Force, who were captured by Sheikh Mahmud last June, returned to the British lines on October 8 in charge of a strong escort of the Sheikh's warlike Kurds. An exchange of prisoners had been made in a remote mountain village, 40 miles south-east of Sulaimania. Both airmen looked well and said that their captor had done his best to make them comfortable, although kept under strong guard, living in a mud hut and eating Kurdish food all the time. Airship Development Work IN connection with the Airship Development Programme, it is hoped to carry out at an early date some experiments with R.33 in dropping aeroplanes. It may be remembered that last year a D.H.53 light 'plane was successfully dropped and again attached. The new experiments will be more ambitious in that two machines will be carried, and will be high-power single-seater fighters (Gloster " Grebes "). Tests are also about to be carried out on parachutes modified to suit airship conditions, in which the crew have to move about the hull and cannot constantly wear both harness and para- chute as is done on heavicr-than-air craft. Yet a third,set of experiments will consist in determining the' accuracy with which the height of an airship can be determined from a timing of the echo of small explosives fired from the airship. It will be recalled that one of our early rigid airships success- fully launched a Sopwith " Camel " as far back as 1919. Changes at Hawkers MR. T. S. SPRIGGS, director and secretary of the H. G. Hawker Engineering Co., Ltd., has been appointed Generai Manager, and Mr. H. Chandler has been promoted to Secretary. Congratulations to all concerned ! 692
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