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AUGUST 4, 1927 A Princely Nose: The Handley Page "Hamlet " has now been fitted with two Armstrong - Sid - deley " Lynx " engines. A false " nose " rounds off the fuselage where formerly a third engine was placed. In the cockpit is seen Squadron-Leader England, who has now joined the Handley Page staff. Still Going Strong. MR. DENN-IS ROOKE left Allahabad for Asanor, in Bengal, on his way to Calcutta, on July 28. He is having many adventures on his long flight in his " Moth " to Australia, but both he and his machine are patiently persevering. At Calcutta, repairs will be necessary before he can reach Ran- goon. A Healthy Sign THE increase in passengers on the Cairo-Baghdad-Basra line has now brought about a reduction in fares on all sections on this route. These will come into force at once, and will be as follows :—Cairo to Baghdad, from £41 to £32 ; Cairo to Basra, £51 to £41 ; Gaza to Baghdad," £34 to £25 ; and Gaza to Basra, from £44 to £34. There are~also considerable reductions in the rates for excess luggage. The air line now runs weekly instead of fortnightly. A Dignified Trio ON August 12, three of our latest types of flying boats will leave Felixstowe for a cruise to Scandinavia. Sir Samuel Hoare will be a passenger on one of them as far as Copen- hagen. He is visiting the Danish Aero Show, which opens on August 20. The boats will be the Blackburn " Iris," the Saunders "Valkyrie," and the Short " Singapore." After cross- ing the North Sea, they will fly to Oslo via Esbjerg, then on to Copenhagen, Danzig, Helsingfors, Stockholm, and back to Copenhagen. On the return flight to Felixstowe they will come via the Helder, reaching home about the first week in September. The officer in command will probably be Wing-Commander R. B. Maycock, O.C. Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, Felixstowe. A Long Fall M. VAN LAERE, a French air pilot, fell from a height of 22,000 ft. recently, when attempting an altitude record. Apparently his oxygen apparatus became displaced, and with such physical effect on him that he lost complete control of the machine, which nose-dived towards the earth. After a desperate struggle he managed to clamber out of his cockpit at 1,500 ft. and descend by parachute, falling into a tree, where he was found in an exhausted condition. It •was a remarkable escape. To Africa in Seventeen Hours FLIGHT-LIEUT. R. L. RAGG is to attempt a record long- distance flight on a light aeroplane about the middle of this week. The start will be made from Manston Aerodrome, near Margate, and the course will be across France and Spain to Tangier on the North African coast. He will fly the R. A.E. Club's Hawker " Cygnet," which is fitted with a 32-36 h.p. Bristol " Cherub III." engine. This machine won the second prize in the Daily Mail light aeroplane contests at Lympne in September last year. Additional petrol tanks have been fitted. The attempt is expected to take 17 hours. After the Channel crossing the exact places followed will be Boulogne, Biarritz, Madrid, Gibraltar, and then across the Mediterranean to Tangier. Slotted Wing for Air Force Machines THE Bristol Fighters used by the R.A.F. are to be fitted with the Handley Page " slot and aileron control." This is the decision of the Air Ministry following official tests that have been made at Martlesham Heath. A Yorkshire Product IRIS II," the latest Blackburn production in flying boats, was launched at Brough, on the Humber. on August 2. The test pilot was Flight-Lieut. Sawyer. The designer of the boat was Maj. Rennie. who is responsible for flying-boat design in the Blackburn Aeroplane Co. On completion of the preliminary tests at Brough the " Iris II " will be flown to Felixstowe for official tests. London-Teheran in Five Days IT IS now possible to get through from London to Teheran by air for a fare of £50, taking five days to complete the trip. The Junkers firm are making this possible, and the stages will be Teheran-Baku (Junkers), Baku-Moscow (Dernluft), and Moscow-London (Lufthansa). At Last ON August 7 the Brazilian seaplane " Jahu " landed at Santo Amaro, in the State of Sao Paulo, amidst great enthu- siasm. It recently reached Brazil after a flight across the Atlantic, having stopped at the Azores for a sojourn of six months ! Accident at Leuchars SIR HUGH TRENCHARD, Marshal of the R.A.F., was present at Leuchars Aerodrome, Fife, when a machine flown by Flying-Officer Winkler and Pilot-Officer Jack fouled the telegraph wires and nose-dived into the accountant's offices, injuring themselves and Flight-Lieut. Money and Flight-Lieut. Brownlee. The accident happened during bombing tests. Caught in the Act by a Seaplane ONE of the seaplanes from the cruiser Vigilant caught a steam trawler using an illegal method of fishing known as otter trawling," and the master was summoned. Flying at 90. AT the age of 90, Mrs. Hannah Smith, of Harrow, has made her first flight in an aeroplane, over that district. She has thereby gratified a long wish. Carr Tries Again JUST as we are about to go to press it is learned that Fl.-Lt. C. R. Carr has made yet another unsuccessful attempt to beat the world's distance record on a Hawker •• Horsley' with Rolls-Royce " Condor " engine. On the third attempt Carr was accompanied by F/O. E. C. Dearth. The machine alighted in the Danube, the crew being shaken but not seriously hurt. 554
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