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JANUARY 12, 1928 NEW LIGHT 'PLANE RECORDS BY CZECHOSLOVAKIA FOLLOWING the attacks on light 'plane records made last October by the French pilots Finat and Knipping—both on Caudron 109 monoplanes—Czechoslovakia, on December 8 last, put up two very fine efforts to beat all previous records for distance. Czechoslovakia, it will be remembered, had already established a distance record for two-seater light 'planes over a closed circuit, when Capt. V. Vlcek and V. Charouseck accomplished a distance of 600 kms. (372-8 miles) on an Avia B.H. 9 machine at Praha, July 26, 1927. a standard service type B.H. 9, fitted with a normal 60 h.p.Walter engine. They carried less fuel than Cerny— 200 kg. (441 lbs.) of petrol and 15 kgs. (33 lbs.)—althoughthe total weight of the machine was nearly as much. Both machines got away well, and proceeded to fly overa closed circuit of 39-562 km. (24-5 miles) until dark. Round and round they went, improving their average speedfor each lap until the gathering darkness and consequent poor visibility called for a slight slowing down. CZECHOSLOVAKIA ATTACKS WORLD'S LIGHT PLANE RECORDS : (1) Capt. Cerny who accomplisheda flight, on December 8, over a closed circuit covering a total of 1740 728 km. (1,080 miles), thus creating a record for single seaters. (2) Capt. Cerny's Avia B.H.ll single-seater monoplane, with 60 h.p. Walterengine. (3) The Avia B.H.9 two-seater (60 h.p. Walter) on which (4) Capt. Vlcek and Lieut. Chrastina also established a record, on the same day, for the two-seater class, with 1305-546 km. (809-5 miles). On December 8, at 8.34 a.m., Capt. Cerny, who is chiefpilot of the Skoda Works, set out from Praha with the object of beating the record for single-seater machines over a closedcircuit. He was flying a single-seater Avia B.H. 11 low-wing rnonoplane, fitted with a boosted 60 h.p. Walter engine.The total weight of the machine was approximately 760 kgs. (1,675-8 lbs.), which included 304 kgs. (670 lbs.)" of petroland 22 kgs. (48-5 lbs.) of oil. About the same time a second Czech pilot, Capt. Vlcek—who established the record referred to above—with Lieut. Chrastina as passenger, ascended in another Avia machine, Eventually, at 7 p.m., Capt. Vlcek completed his 33rdlap, and landed, having accomplished a total distance of 1,305-546 km. (809-5 miles)—thus beating the previousrecord for two-seaters by some 160 km. His average speed for this distance was 128 k.p.h. (79-36 m.p.h.). Cerny continued flying for another two hours, and landedafter completing his 44th lap—his distance being 1,740-728 km. (1,080 miles), and average speed 140 k.p.h. (86 m.p.h.).This also beat the previous world's record for this class. Both machines, on landing, still had sufficient fuel left foranother two hours' flying. The "Inflexible " goes for a WalkTHE Beardmore " Inflexible," with three Rolls-Royce " Condor " engines, the large monoplane built by Beard-mores, is now at Martlesham, and last week did some taxying tests over the aerodrome. These are reported to have beenentirely satisfactory. Flying tests are to be carried out as soon as weather conditions permit. As the machine has thelargest span of any ever built in this country (about 160 ft.), the tests are looked forward to with considerable interest. Next week we hope to be able to record that the " Incredible," as the machine has been nicknamed, has been in the air. Croydon THE new air station at Croydon will now be openedon January 30, the original date, January 9, having been cancelled. 21
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