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NOVEMBER 4, 1926 FROM THE FOUR WINDS Eastward Ho ! by Light 'PlaneTwo members of the go-ahead Lancashire Light Aeroplane Club—Mr. T. N. Stack, club instructor, and Capt. B. S.Leete—hope to set out from Stag Lane one day this week in two D.H. " Moth " aeroplanes for a destination at presentunknown, but probably India. The venture is somewhat in the nature of a holiday tour, combined with the intention ofestablishing a long-distance record for light aeroplanes. Both their " Moths " have been converted into single-seaters, andextra petrol tanks installed. FLIGHT wishes them both everysuccess in their undertaking;. U.S. " Schneider Cup " Pilot Killed LIEUT. FRANK CON ANT, one of the American pilotsentered for the forthcoming Schneider Cup race, was killed whilst making a practice flight on a Curtiss seaplane at WinterHarbour (near Norfolk, Va.) on October 30. Lieut. Conant had previously, on October 26, attained a speed on thismachine reported to be well over 250 m.p.h. Flying in Burma MR. VINCENT, who has been engaged in aerial survey workin Borneo, has experienced similar worries to those which befell Sir Alan Cobham in that troublesome monsoon area in Burma.Whilst flying from Singapore to Rangoon he was forced to descend at Victoria Point by torrential rain. He proceeded onhis way last week, but engine trouble brought him down near Kobin village. For some days there was no further news ofhis whereabouts, until on November 2 he arrived safely at Rangoon.SuiXijj Record FLYING a specially equipped Sopwitli " Snipe " at Henlowon November 1,. Flight-Lieut. H. C. Calvey, R.A.F., established a remarkable record for upside-down flight. From an altitudeof about 3,00(1 ft. he circled the aerodrome, upside-down, for 7 mins. 4 sees.Australian Pacific Flight GROUP-CAPT. WILLIAMS, who is engaged in a survey flightof the South Pacific Islands in a D.H.50 seaplane, reached Kieta, Solomon Islands, on October 30, and proceeded nextday to Gizo, via Shortland Island. New World's Record A NEW world's record for distance in a straight linewithout landing was established on October 29 by the two French aviators Coste and Rignot. Starting from Le Bourgetat 6.14 a.m. on the Breguet 19. with 500 h.p. Hispano-Suiza, the aviators landed at Djack, roughly half-way betweenBandar Abbas and Charbar on the coast of the Persian Gulf, at 2.15 p.m., 32 hours later, having covered a distance which,pending official homologation, is estimated at 5,370 km. (3,340 miles). It had been intended to attempt to reachCharbar, but the coming of darkness prevented the French aviators from reaching their goal. The average speed,reckoned on a straight-line course, was just over 100 m.p.h., although the actual speed, owing to the route followed, wasa good deal higher. , Sir Alan Cobham at the Albert Hall ON Saturday, November 13, Sir Alan Cobham is givingtwo lectures on his recent flight to Australia and back, one at 2.30 p.m. and one at 8.30 p.m. The lecture will be illustratedby lantern slides from photographs obtained during the flight, and promises to be of quite unusual interest. In viewof the fact that the lectures are being given on a Saturday it is advisable to book seats early.A Featherweight Revs. Indicator THE saving of weight is one of the shrines at which all air-craft engineers worship, and in the field of aircraft instruments this saving is one of some considerable importance, especiallyin view of the rate at which the number of instruments on modern aircraft continues to increase. In pursuance of adetermined policy S. Smith and Sons of Cricklewood have just recently brought out a revolution indicator in whichnot only weight but also dashboard space is saved. The . new revs, indicator measures but 3$ in. square, has a dial of3^ in. diameter, and weighs but 28 ozs. If Smith's con- tinue at this rate with their other instruments this part of theequipment will soon be a negligible quantity as regards weight. Royal Air Force Chaplain-in-Chief THE Air Ministry announces :—The Reverend R. F.Vernon Hanson, O.B.E., M.A., has been appointed Chaplain- . in-Chief to the Royal Air Force, with effect from the 25th from 1901 until May, 1918, when his services were lent to theAir Ministry in connection with the organisation of the Chaplaincy Services of the then newly-formed Royal AirForce. He was appointed Chaplain-in-Chief in November, 1918. The Reverend R. E. V. Hanson, O.B.E., M.A., was educatedat King's College, London, and Emmanual College, Cambridge He entered the Royal Army Chaplain's Department in 1900,and transferred to the Royal Air Force in November, 191N. During the past two years, he was been officiating as R.A.1\Chaplain at Manston. Air Mail Suspension THE Postmaster-General announces that the Konigsberg-Moscow Air Mail service (shown under Route 9A, on page 2 of the current Air Mail Leaflet, July, 1926 edition) will liesyspended for the winter as from October 30. The last despatch of letters for onward transmission to Russia bythis service was accordingly that closed at the General Post Office, London, at 6 p.m., on October 28.Royal Air Force Flying Accident THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the resultof an accident at sea, 5J miles north of Valletta, Malta, to an Avro "Bison" of No. 423 Flight, on October 21,Hugh Nelson Lay, Lieut., Royal Navy, Flying Officer, Royal Air Force, the pilot of the aircraft, Lieut. JosephEnnis Sclater Anderson, Royal Navy, Lieut. Henry Leigh Carslake, Royal Navy, and No. J.81144 Telegraphist RobertWilliam Gibbs, Royal Navy, were drowned. K m m m PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Aeronautical Research Committee. Reports and Memo- randa : No. 1019 (Ae. 220)—Note on a Hot-Wire Speed and Direction Meter. By L. F. G. Simmons and A. Bailey. February, 1926. Price 9d. net. No. 1027 (Ae. 225)—Test of Two Aerofoils, R.A.F. 27 and R.A.F. 28. By A. S. Hart- shorn and H. Davies. April, 1926. Price 9^. net. No. 1038 (M. 47)—Report on the Accelerated Ageing of " Y " Alloy. By S. L. Archbutt and J. D. Grogan. April, 1926. Price 9d. net. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London. W.C.2. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS (Abbreviations: Cyl. = cylinder: i.e. = internal combustion : m. — molni. Tilt uumtwrg in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc.) APPLIED FOR IN 1925 Published November 4, 1926 AIRSHIP GUARANTEE CO.. LTD., B. N. WALLIS and C. 1). Hi'ustv. Lighter-than-air aircraft. (259,264.) LORD INVERNAIRN (W. BEARDMORE) and A. E. L. CIIOKITON. Structural casings of i.e. engines. (259,313,)O. GEISLER. Mooring devices for lighter-than-air craft. (25H,.)24.) M. A. SZYMANSKI. Airships. (259,371.)F. W. PEPPER. Screw propellers. (259,408.) APPLIED FOR IN 1926Published November 4, 1926 ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY MOTORS, LTD. and S. M. VIALE. Air-cooled cylinders for i.e. engines. (259,462.) Soc. ANON, DES AVIONS M. WIBAULT. Hub caps for aircraft propellers. (257,227.) FLIGHT The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2 Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828. 12,159. 17,675. 18,295.23,751. 28,794. 7,386. 14,167. SUBSCRIPTION RATES " FLIGHT " will be forwarded, post free, at the following rates :— UNITED KINGDOM s. 3 Months, Post Free.. 7 6 „ ,, ..15 12 „ ..30 • Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. d. ': 7 2 4 , 3 6 12 ABROAD* Months, Post Free s. . 8 .16 .33 d. 3 6 0 Cheques and Post Office Orders-should be made payable to the Proprietors of " FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, October, vice the Reverend H. D. L. Viener, C.B.E., M.A., W-C-2- and crossed Westminster Bank. placed on the retired list. Should any difficulty be experienced in procuring " FLIGHT " The Reverend H. 1). L. Viener, C.B.E., M.A., Honorary from local newsvendors, intending readers can obtain each issueChaplain to the King, was educated at Malvern and St. John's direct from the Publishing Office, by forwarding remittance as College, Oxford. He served as a Chaplain in the Royal Navy above. 724
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