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OCTOBER 28, 1926 FROM THE FOUR WINDS Cairo-Karachi Airway IMPERIAL Airways announce that the first two passenger aeroplanes (D.H. " Hercules," with three Bristol " Jupiter " engines) intended for use on the 2,500-mile airway between Cairo and Karachi will leave England between December .15 and December 20. These machines are the first of a flight of five which are being built specially for the new F.mpire air route. Air Vice-Marshal Sir \V. Seiton Brancker and party will travel on one of the machines to Basra, while the other will proceed only as far as Cairo, accommodation being avail- able for passengers on both machines. The fare from London to Cairo will be /50 and from London to Basra ;£101. Sir Samuel Hoare, the Secretary for Air, and Lady Maude Hoare and party will leave on a third machine on December 27, and after proceeding along the same route to Basra will continue their flight via the Persian Gulf and Karachi to Delhi. This 6,550 miles flight will constitute the official opening of the new Egypt to India service. Italy-Brazil Flight SEN. DE BARROS, the Brazilian pilot who is attempting a seaplane flight from Italy to Santos in Brazil, left Gibraltar on October 25 and arrived that afternoon at Las Palmas (Grand Canary). Marseilles-Madagascar Flight LIEUTS. BERNARD and Guibbaud, who left Marseilles in two flying-boats (one Cams-37 G.K., and one Liore-Olivier) for Madagascar on October 12, arrived at Tangier the same day, and proceeded next morning to Casablanca. They reached Las Palmas (Grand Canary) on October 15. Australian Pacific Flight GROUP-CAPT. R. WILLIAMS, Chief of Australian Air Staff, who is carrying out a survey flight of the Pacific Islands in a D.H.50 seaplane (Siddeley " Puma ") arrived at Port Moresby on October 11. Rabaul (Bismarck Archi- pelago) was reached on October 18. Cross-Channel 'Plane Mishap TEN passengers in one of the Imperial Airways cross- Channel Handley Page air liners had an exciting adventure on October 21 when, piloted by Capt. F. Dismore, with Mr. Pearson as mechanic, the machine came down in the English Channel while flying from Croydon to Paris. When midway over the Channel the starboard engine failed, and the machine, losing speed, slowly descended towards the water. Meanwhile the pilot sent out the international wireless SOS—"Mayday"—and informed Croydon of what had happened, whilst the mechanic entered the cabin and handed out lifebelts to the passengers, who behaved splendidly with great calmness. A few minutes later Capt. Dismore made an excellent tail-up " landing " on the water, and the passengers—among them were five women—climbed out of the cabin through the emergency opening in the roof. At the time there was not a boat in sight, and gradually the machine began to sink at the nose, the rising water meanwhile forcing the occupants up along the fuselage near the tail. Then two motor fishing smacks were seen rushing to the rescue, having cut their gear adrift to do so. The first to arrive was the Invicta, which took off 10 of the occupants, all thoroughly wet but still calm. The second smack came up immediately after and rescued the remaining .two. The only loss of life was a Pomeranian dog belonging to one of the women passengers. The mails and some of the valuable cargo were also salved, but the machine sank about half an hour after the passengers were taken off. The skipper of the Invicta served tea and other comforts to the rescued, who were taken immediately into Folkestone.A Turkish Aircraft Factory THE first Turkish aeroplane factory was opened at Kaisarieh (Anatolia) on October 6. German as well as Turkish capital has been invested in this factory, Herr Junkers, the famous German aircraft constructor, being one of those interested in it. Budapest-Graz Air Line A NEW air line, connecting up with the Vienna-Venice line, was opened on October 14 between Budapest and Graz. An Aerial " Boom " SPECTATORS on the Philadelphia flying ground were recently astounded to hear a gigantic booming voice making a few remarks from behind a bank of clouds overhead. Then came some music and singing, equally loud and penetrating. .A few moment? later a twin-engined biplane came into view some 5,000 ft. up, and it was from this machine the " booming " sounds came. The explanation of this new terror is stated to be an amplifying loud speaker apparatus, of enormous power, weighing about half a ton and operated by two men, which has been developed after years of research. With this apparatus, according to the Daily Chronicle correspondent, a word spoken in an ordinary tone into a special microphone is so magnified and radiated downward from the aeroplane that it can be made audible without distortion to those below. This invention " is to be developed in connection with advertising, and an installation is being sent by the " Plane-Speaker Corporation " to Europe ! Another Form of Aerial " Boom " AN aerial boom of another kind also comes from America for, according to the figures issued by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, aeronautics has made extraordinary strides during the last few years. Last year the U.S. aircraft industry turned out products valued at 812,277,000, as against $789,872 in 1914. The establishment of the U.S. air mail service and a growing interest in aviation for other civil uses have been, it is said, factors in this advance, whilst it is stated that the aircraft industry in the U.S. may soon be free of its dependence upon War and Navy Depart- ment orders. Aerial Prospecting in Canada AN amphibian flying boat in charge of Pilot C. S. Caldwell has returned to High River after spending four months in the Northwest Territories. The 'plane travelled between six and seven thousand miles, and was used to transport a, party of three engineers who prospected for minerals. The machine alights and arises with equal ease on land or water, and the trip marks the first use of this type of machine as a mode of transport for prospecting in the Northwest Territories. Caterpillar Killing from the Air AT the request of the Forestry Department of Alsace and Lorraine, an aeroplane has been dispatched from Paris to Strasbourg to spray the forests in the neighbourhood of Hague- nau with insecticide, with the object of destroying the cater- pillars which are eating up the trees. This method has, for some time past, been used successfully on the forests, etc., in America, Canada and Russia. Guggenheim Propaganda Air Tour THROUGH the courtesy of Commander Kichard E. Byrd. and in co-operation with the Department of Commerce, the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics is sending Byrd's North Pole 'plane on an extensive tour of the United States. Floyd Bennett, the well-known American pilot, is piloting the 'plane on the tour which will cover the important air routes between the east and west coasts, visiting about forty cities. The trip is being made primarily as a demonstration of the reliability and safety of commercial flying. Commander Byrd has loaned the 'plane as his contribution toward ad- vancing the cause of aeronautics and to furthering nation-wide interest in air travel and in the use of air mail. It is hoped that as a result of the trip, towns and municipalities along the existing air routes will be encouraged to establish air ports. Assistant Secretary William P. MacCracken, Jr,, of the Department of Commerce, has given every possible aid to the officers of the Guggenheim Fund in arranging the trip. Full co-operation is also being received from the Army and Post Office air services. Through the co-operation of the latter a local pilot thoroughly familiar with local conditions will aid Floyd Bennett in piloting the 'plane between many of the landings. The flight started from Washington on October 7, making its first stop at New York and its second at Albany. It is reported that in addition to the crew, Assistant Secretaries MacCracken, Davison and Warner, of the Department of Commerce and of the Army and Navy, will accompany the 'plane on its start of the trip from Washington. Eagle v. Aeroplane ONE of the U.S. air mail 'planes recently collided with a large golden eagle near Elko (Nev.), and as a result, not only was the eagle—which flew head first into the machine — killed, but the impact broke a front wing strut, compelling the pilot to make a forced landing, which was, however, success- fully accomplished, but not without much skill on the part of the pilot. Ibero-American Air Congress THE first Ibero-American Air Congress opened at Madrid on October 25, all South American States being represented. The Congress will deal with problems of international air legislation from the Spanish, Portuguese, and South American point of view, and will also study the situation ot the different air routes for these countries. 701
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