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SEPTEMBER 8, 1927 R.A.F. Baltic Cruise THREE of the K. A.F. flying-boats left Danzig on August 31,at 10 a.m. and two arrived in the evening at Helsingfors'. The " Southampton " did not leave Danzig with them owingto the necessity of making slight repairs. At 11.30 a.m. the three machines alighted on the Frischenhaaf, near Pillau,for twenty minutes—and then ascended again. Then the " Valkyrie " was forced to alight at Neukurren owing toengine trouble and was towed into port, by a motor boat from Konigsberg. The " Iris " and " Singapore " reachedStockholm from Hekingfors about 2 p.m. on September 5 and were welcomed by the Commander of the air port and SwedishAir Force officers. The officer commanding the flying-boats called upon the British Legation and was received by theMinister, Sir Arthur Grant-Duff. The cruise will be continued about September 8 towards the south.Fine Mexican Flight LIEUT. CARRANZA, of the Mexican Federal Army, leftMexico City at 4 a.m., on September 2, on a non-stop flight to Juarez, and landed at Fort Blissi, across the Rio Grande,in the afternoon. He had flown 1,222 miles in 11 hrs. 28 mins. It was a flight under very adventurous circumstances, cover-ing vast areas of desert and montainous country, isolated from outer-world communications. The pilot narrated hisexperiences at a dinner given in his honour, mentioning that one of his wings caught fire, and, with so much petrol onboard, he got his parachute ready. Then he ran into a storm very conveniently, and the fire was instantly quenched.U.S.A. a Schneider Competitor IT is gratifying to know that America will probablyenter the Schneider Trophy Race after all. President Coolidge lias authorised the use of the cruiser Trenton to conveyLieut. Alford J Williams, U.S.N., with his machine to Venice. The tests of this racer have ln'en considerably heldup through stormy weather, and less than four hours' flying have l>een done in four flights. It is stated that the pilothas yet to prove what speed is possible before he regards himself as a creditable entrant for the Trophy. In Venice SQUADRON-LEADER SLATTER and Flight-Lieut. Worsley,of the English Schneider Trophy Team, accompanied by Commander Fletcher, British Air Attache to the Embassyat Rome, visited the aviation authorities at Venice on Sep- tember 3, and were heartily welcomed by Colonel Coppola,Colonel Atcchini and Major de Bernardi, last year's winner of the Trophy and captain of Italy's team this year.In a discussion it was mentioned that if the sea remained choppy the race might possibly be held in the lagoon. Australian Tour of the Interior WITH Group-Captain Williams in command, threemilitary machines left Adelaide for the interioron anAustralian Air Tour for the purpose of inspecting landing grounds,air routes and aerodromes throughout Australia. Fach air- man carried a parachute, in accordance with the rules madesince the Melbourne air fatality at the Duke of York's visit. Considerable data had been gathered from a recent flight roundthe Australian coast, and it is now essential to study the interior as well where landing grounds have been surveyed.Group-Capt. Williams will fly via Oodnadatta, Alice Springs, and Camooweal, then through the back country of Queens-land and New South Wales to Point Cook. Second Central Australia Tour AUSTRALIAN Aerial Services report that following thesuccessful aerial tour of Central Australia, undertaken by Mr. W. Oliver and party recently, another machinehas now been chartered for a similar flight. On this occasion the " Lyre Bird," a four-seater machine, has been engaged,and the' party, which comprises Messrs. L. M. Macpherson, E. Cjuirk, H. Syme and K. Field, left Melbourne onSaturday, August 6, proceeding to Alice Springs via Kchuca, Mildura, Broken Hill. Marree and Oodnadatta. At AlicesPrings, short exploratory flights will be made over the surrounding district for the'benefit of members of the VictorianRailway's " Reso " party, who will l>e at Alice Springs at the time. Caudron " Avionette " Claims Record RECENTLY the Caudron 109 with 40-h.p. Salmson,piloted by Delmotte, and which secured first place in the Zurich meeting, put up a performance which is claimed asconstituting a record. Flying over the Villacoublay-Orleans- Villacoublay circuit, the machine remained in the air for15 hours 40 minutes and covered a distances of about 1,500 km. (964 miles). The duration is greater than Hinkler's in hisflight from London to Riga in his " Avian," but Hinkler's distance in a straight line was about 1,200 miles. Some " Record "THE French Aero Club has caused a sensation in aero- nautical circles in France by rejecting the claim of the Frenchpilot, Jean Callizo, to having made a new altitude record of approximately 41,000 ft. recently. The pilot is accusedof reprehensible conduct. It is suggested that he tampered with his instruments, and actually did not reach more than15,000 ft. It is stated that the alleged fraud was detected by the record registered on another instrument which wassecretly placed in the tail of the machine by a representative of the Aero Club. Suspicions are also said to have beenaroused by the peculiar method in which Callizo landed at Le Bourget after starting from Buc Aerodrome. The landingwas so bad that the wheels and one of the wings were broken. Callizo staggered out, apparently exhausted, but seemed alertwhen an attempt was made to remove his instruments. He has expressed himself willing to make another attempt atthe record under every official supervision. Lucky! MEXICO has released the two American Army airmen,Capt. Reynolds and Staff-Sergeant Newlands, who were detained at Ouinaga, which is on the Mexican side of theRio Grande, for flying their machine over Mexican territory without permission.Paris-Riga Non-Stop CAPT. LABACRIE and Adjutant Sahuc, two French airmen,flew from Paris to Riga non-stop on August 31 in a Potez military machine. Moscow-Tokyo FlightTHE Soviet pilot, Shestakoft, left Moscow on August 20 and landed at Tachikawa, on the outskirts of Tokyo, onSeptember 1. Upside-down Flying RecordsIN last week's account of the Zurich meeting, the upside- down flying record of 10 mins. 56| sees, was mentioned.P O. F. H. L. Searl of No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand, Chester, points out that although he is not familiar with whatconstitutes " official observation," F/O. Stainforth, at Abu- Sueir, Egypt, flew a " Y " type Mono-Avro on its back for11 mins. 42 sees, this year. The time was recorded by four independent stop-watches. Round-the-World Flight Progress CONTINUING their triumphant round-the-world flight,the American airmen. Mr. Schlee and Mr. W. Brock reached Constantinople from Belgrade on August 31, at 11.45 a.m.The next day they left for Aleppo, and reached Baghdad on September 2. When over Asia Minor they encountered badweather and a stretch of 600 miles formed the most difficult stage since they had left Newfoundland. They crossed theTaurus mountains at 9.000 ft. with 200 ft. to spare. On September 3 they landed at Bundar Abbas after ten hours'flying, and left for Karachi the next morning at 7.30, arriving at the R.A.F. aerodrome there at 2.53 p.m. On September 6they reached Calcutta from Allahabad and leave next for Rangoon. Their machine is a Stinson monoplane fitted with aWright " Whirlwind " engine of 220 h.p. It is called the '• Pride of Detroit."Visiting Venice by Air THE Royal Aero Club points out that for those wishing tovisit Venice by air in connection with the Schneider Trophy Race, Garnets for passing aeroplanes through the Customsmust be obtained. These will be issued by the Royal Aero Club, to whom application should be made. The aerodromeat Venice is San Nicolo on the Lido, west of Venice, while seaplanes should alight at St. Andrea, just north of the Lido. 635
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