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1927
1927 - 0523.PDF
JULY 14, 1927 R.A.F. Cairo-Cape Flight an Annual ? IT is reported that the Service Flight of R.A.F. machines from Cairo to Cape Town and back, which has already been successfully carried out on two occasions, is to become an annual service event, in which the South African Air Force will co-operate. Medical Air Patrol in Australia A proposal has been made for the patrolling, by means of aircraft, by a doctor of a large area in the interior of Queensland, in the neighbourhood of Longreach. Camooweal and the Queensland border. The aeroplane has already been put to good use regarding the sick in Australia and other countries, and this new venture will be watched with interest. A Brussels-Kinshasa Non-Stop Attempt IT has been proposed to attempt a non-stop flight from Brussels to Kinshasa, in Belgian Congo, next August, the pilots being Lieutenants Medaeto and Verhaegen, who flew from Brussels to Leopoldvillc and back last year. Gen. Balbo Returns GEN. BALBO, Italian Under-Secretary of State for Air, who has been on a visit to this country, left Croydon in his Fiat machine on July 6, and reached Rome on July 10, when he was received by Sig. Mussolini. De Beires' World Flight WITH various pilots darting across the Atlantic, the Pacific, to India, to the East Indies, etc., it has been some- what difficult of late to keep count of certain other long- distance flights that have been in progress the meanwhile. One such case is the world flight of the Portuguese pilot, Sarmento de Beires, about whom, we are afraid, nothing has been published in FLIGHT for some time. Maj. de Beires, it will be remembered, set "out from Lisbon on March 3 in a Dornier Wai flying boat (450 h.p. Lorraine Dietrich), accom- panied by Comm. Cabrai, officer-mechanic Goaveya, and navigator Contero. They reached Bolama on March 6, and made the Atlantic crossing to Fernando Noronha on March 16-17, later proceeding to Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It was at first intended that the airmen should fly back, but matters of finance prevented this. In- stead, they proceeded to fly to North America, and got as far as Para, when, early last month, they made a forced descent in the sea when flying to Georgetown (British Guiana). They were rescued by a fishing vessel, which attempted to tow the machine into port, but without success, for the seaplane sank and was lost. Southamptons for Australis Two Supermarine " Southampton " flying-boats have been ordered for the R.A.A.F. and are to be delivered about the middle of September. As two machines could not be completed in time if started now, the British Air Ministry very kindly agreed to transfer to the Australian Government two boats now under construction for our own service, and to wait the necessary time for replacements to be built. In this manner Australia will be able to take delivery much earlier. It seems likely that the two " Southamptons " will be heard of again in connection with the proposed English flying-boat flight to Australia. AN UNLUCKY PORTUGUESE FLIGHT : Maj. Sarmento de Beires left Lisbon on March 3, in a Dornier Wai flying boat, " Argus," intending to make a flight across the Atlantic and back. He succeeded in crossing from Baloma to Brazil, but last month the seaplane was lost whilst flying from Para to Georgetown (B.G.). Our pictures show (top, left) the "Argus " arriving at Rio de Janeiro (note Sugar Loaf Mt.), and Dr. Washington Luiz, the Brazilian President, and Maj. de Beires (right) when the President and party (bottom) were taken for a joy-ride. 481
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