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1928
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APRIL 26, 1928 THE GUGGENHEIM SAFE AIRCRAFT COMPETITION IN our issue of March 15 last, we published some rulingsmade by the Trustees of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund regard ing certain questions that had been raised in connection withthe Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. In view of further questions which have been raised inregard to the Competition, the following additional rulings have been made by the Trustees of the Fund : 5. Question.—Is it permissible for the aircraft to taxy roundthe field before starting on the actual test of take-off ; (Test No. 4.) Ruling.—The purpose of this test is to demonstrate the take-off from a small field of the average kind, not specially prepared for flying purposes. Taxying is not a disqualifi- cation, and if resorted to must meet the following limitations • 1. The taxying must be reasonable and safe in character. 2. The area used must not be more than 300 ft. by 300 ft.and considered as lying on that side of the starting point in which the take-off is to be made. 3. The speed of taxying must be limited to that whichfairly rough ground permits before taking off. 4. The actual take-off must be made from a standingstart. 6. Question.—May the competitor continue the tests after failing definitely in one test : Ruling.—The competitor may continue the tests only withthe approval of the Fund In general, the Fund desires that each entrant presenting himself for the Competitionshall undertake all the tests. A King's Flight THE King of Denmark and the King of Belgium visitedthe aerodrome on the Island of Amager on April 18, and watched an exhibition by Danish airmen. King Albert ofthe Belgians was then taken for a flight of 35 minutes over Copenhagen by Lieut. Bjaskow. High Commissioner's Air Tour SIR HENRY DOBBS, the High Commissioner, recentlymade a rapid air tour over the greater part of the Iraq desert towards the Nedj frontier. He landed first at Bir Lussuf,seventy miles from Nafaj, where he breakfasted in the tent of a sheikh of the Aneiza tribe. In the course of the day, SirHenry Dobbs flew 700 miles. Speed Flight Disaster Verdict AT the resumed inquest at Calshot, April 20, on Flight- Lieut. Kinkead, who was killed when his machine crashed intothe Solent, Maj. J. P. C. Cooper, of the Air Ministry, stated as his opinion that the machine stalled at a height of about50 ft. when the pilot was attempting to land, and that Kinkead misjudged his height above the water. He thought lie hadabandoned the idea of flying the speed course because of the weather conditions. He was also definitely of the opinionthat Kinkead did not do or omit to do anything as a result of being affected in the slightest degree by fumes. Thecoroner said that Kinkead's denth was due to misadventure caused by hremorrhage, shock, and extensive injuries. Good Performance CAFT. \Y. ATTWOOD, an Imperial Airways pilot on the Cairo Baghdad service, has just made his fiftieth flight between those two cities. THE AFRICAN SURVEY FLIGHT : Three " snaps " taken e>i route to the Cape : At the top will be seen Sir Alan (centre, right) and Capt. Worral (centre, left), the second pilot, coming ashore at Entebbe, Uganda, with Mr. Maitland Warne (extreme left), private sec- retary to the Governor, and Mr. Raymond Lambert (extreme righti, O.C. Motor Launch Flotilla, at Entebbe. The other pictures show —right, an "attack " by native war canoes on the Short " Singapore " on Lake Victoria, taken while a film was being "shot" by Mr. Bonnett, the cinematographer of the ex- pedition. On the left is the Short " Singapore " (Rolls-Royce " Condor ") refuelling with Shell.
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