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1927 - 0868.PDF
NOVEMBER 10, 1927 Great Flying-Boat Cruise CONTINUING their long cruise to Australia, the R.A.F." Southampton " flying-boats left Abukir on November 3 and arrived at Alexandretta the same day. Two days later,November 5, they vent on towards Baghdad but were forced to spend the night at Ramadi owing to bad weather, andeventually reached Baghdad the next morning. R.A.F. African Flight THE Fairey machines engaged on this new R.A.F. flightfrom Cairo down to Nigeria, reached Fort Lamy on No- vember 4. Only two of the three machines arrived, however,and it is presumed that the other was left behind to repair some damage. This pair then went on to Kano on No-vember 5 and the next day they reached Kaduna. The " Red Rose " Starts Again THIS Avro " Avian " reached Baghdad safely on No-vember 3, after a four days' flight from Cairo, during which it alighted in the desert at Rutba. Capt. Lancaster and Mrs.Keith Miller are on their way to Australia in this machine. German Far-East Attempt AFTER beginning his flight in a Caspar biplane to theFar East with great promise, Herr Konnecke, the German pilot, now seems to have become the victim of relentlessmisfortune. Following his recent long delay at Bander Abbas he flew to Karachi, which he left again on November 2, andsubsequently gave cause for anxiety by his non-appearance for three days. Then, on November 5, news came through thathe had reached Etawah, 175 miles from Allahabad, and that in this forced landing the tail of his machine was damaged.He started this flight to the East by a fine non-stop trip from Cologne to Angora, which naturally focussed much attentionon him and his Caspar biplane. It is reported that he is suffering from fever in the jungle where his machine is beingrepaired with tools and material bought from native bazaars. French Far-East Return Flight ON his return flight to Paris from Bankok and Saigon,the French pilot, Capt. Challes, reached Karachi on No- vember 5 in the evening and went on to Bander Abbas thenext day. He is accompanied by a mechanic, M. Rapin, and is flying a Potez 25, fitted with a 450 h.p. Lorraine engine.Italy's Speed Record MAJOR DE BERNARDI, the Italian pilot, who needs nointroduction to our readers, has helped to restore Italy's prestige in aviation by creating the record speed of 296-82m.p.h. on the Macchi 52 seaplane, the machine which he flew in the Schneider Trophy Race. The record was made at theLido on November 5 in the presence of the British, American and French Air Attaches, and under the auspices of the ItalianAero Club. On Oct. 22 last Major de Bernardi made a similar attempt and was reported to have reached 298 m.p.h., butthe foreign Air Attaches did not witness this and Italy did not send the result to the International Aeronautical Federa-tion ; preferring that their attacks should be seen by impartial witnesses. Flight-Lieut. Webster's average speed which gaveus the speed record in the great race was 281 -54 m.p.h. Thus the Italian has beaten this by 15^ m.p.h. in his official attemptAmerican Speed Claim LIEUT. A. J. WILLIAMS, L.S.N., is reported to have reacheda speed of 322-6 m.p.h. in the machine he had intended flying for the Schneider Trophy. He had changed the landingchassis for floats and timed himself in the flight with the aid of a stop watch which was hung round his neck. This eventtook place on November 6 at Mitchell Field, Long Island, and was merely a test of the speed capacity of the machine. Anofficial attempt on the record will now be made. The engine, a Packard X 1,250 h.p., is to be replaced by a 1,400 h.p. engine.German Atlantic Flights THE second German seaplane (the Heinkel D.I220)reached the Azores at Horta from Lisbon on Novemt>er 4, so that now both machines are together and waiting for fineweather to carry on to Newfoundland. The first machine has been held up for some time now. These German attemptsat this time of the year are remarkable, and the methodical preparations and consequent success seems to be receivingvery little attention as compared with the publicity awarded the recent American spectacular and abortive flights.American Balloon Fatality THE American balloon aeronaut, Capt. Hawthorne C.Gray, was found dead in the basket of his wrecked balloon on November 5 at Sparta, Tennessee. He had left ScottField, Illinois, U.S., with the object of establishing an altitude record, and the place where his body was discovered was 31 <•miles away. In his diary, the last entry was made at 3.15 p.m. Friday. It ran, ""40,000 ft. Sand all gone." (Thecause of his death is at present a mystery. 100-Passenger Air LinerIT is reported that an aeroplane capable of carrying 10*> passengers, and having a lifting capacity of 50-ft. tons, hasbeen built in America. The wing span is 200 ft., and length of machine 90 ft. Sixteen Liberty engines, developing7,200 h.p., and weighing seven tons, are installed, being grouped in pairs on each side of the fuselage and also in thenose. The cabin is apparently designed in two tiers, one alwve the other. The constructor is Mr. A. \V. Lawson.Paris-New York Air Service THE Times Paris correspondent states that it is reportedthat M. Louis Bleriot is considering the proposal of bridging the Atlantic from Paris to New York with an experimental airservice next year. Taking a course via the Azores, the machines will carry mails first, until such reliability has beenproved as to make passenger carrying safe. New Italian Air Attache GENERAL GUIDONI, the Italian Air Attache in London.is returning to Italy to take up the post of General Director of Air Construction. A private luncheon at the Savoy Hotelon November 4, was given in his honour. Mr. T. O. M. Sop- with presided, and the gathering included representatives ofthe Royal Aero Club, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and British aviation generally. General Guidoni's successor willbe General K. Yerduzio. Mrs. Grayson's New Pilot MRS. F. GRAYSON, the American woman who ha.-- madeseveral futile attempts to cross the Atlantic recently, ha> offered the position of pilot to Mr. Bert Bale hen. who accom-panied Commander Byrd on his Atlantic flight this year Mr. Bale hen has tentatively accepted the offer, and will makehis final decision after testing her machine, the " Dawn. ' Mr. Clarence Chamberlin tested this machine recently, andreported favourably upon it. Still They Come": COL. A. C. GOEBEL, who won the Hawaii Air Derbythis year with Lieut. W. Y. Davis, is going to fly the Atlantii in a multi-engined amphibian machine of his own design,and will be directed by wireless beacons erected both sides ot the ocean.Death of French Aircraft Designer IT is with regret that we have to record this week thedeath, as a result of an automobile accident, of M. Jean Hubert, chief designer of the S.I.M.B. Company. M. Hubert.it may IK- recollected, was the designer of the Bornard- " Ferbois " monoplane, which, for more than throe years,held the world's speed record of 278-4 m.p.h.. established by Adjutant Bonnet, and which was first ix-aten by LieutWebster in the Schneider race on a Supermarine-Napii-r S.5. and, more recently, by Major de Bernardi on a Macchi.Carrying Coals to Newcastle WITH such famous radial air-cooled engines <i~ tin-Wright " Whirlwind " to her credit, it might have Xrevu thought that America was in no need of foreign talent inthis branch of aero engine design. However, Mr. T. Claude Ryan, who recently severed his connection with RyanAirlines, the firm that built Col. Lindbergh's monoplane, has entered into an agreement with the German Siemens-Halske firm for the exclusive American rights to build and sell the Siemens-Halskc engines. These engines will beknown in America as the Ryan-Siemens engines, and the company formed by Mr. Ryan for the purpose of exploitingthe German engines will be known as the Ryan Aeronautical Corporation, with headquarters at 413-416, I'nion Building.San Diego, California. The new company will concentrate on three models, i.e., the 70, 100 and 125 h.p. types.A New Air Mall Leaflet WITH the arrival of Winter and the consequent alterationsto the various air mail services, it should be noted that a new Air Mail Leaflet has just been issued by the G.P.O..in which particulars of alterations and suspensions are given. Copies may be obtained, free, from any head or branchpost office, or from the Secretary (Air Mails), G.P.O. 784
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