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APRIL 26, 192$ African Survey Flight SIR ALAN COBHAM, who was forced down at Fresco Bay, on the Ivory Coast, on April 17, on his way from Bingerville to Sierra Leone, is awaiting spare parts from England. He is likely to be delayed for two weeks. Great Flying-Boat Cruise THE four R.A.F. Supermarine-Napier " Southampton " flying-boats, which have been at Singapore for some time, since arriving there after the successful flight from England, were expected to resume the cruise to Australia on April 21. African Service Flight THE three R.A.F. Fairey IIIF machines engaged on the annual Service flight through Africa, arrived at Nairobi on April 19 with four South African Air Service machines. Going Home Again MR. " BERT " HINKLER left Adelaide for Nhill, Victoria, on April 18, on the return flight to his home at Bundaberg. He stated that he would endeavour to speed up the Australian Governments in connection with the establishment of an air service with England. Light 'Plane Flight to England LADY HEATH has been detained at Sollum, Egypt, whilst repairs have been done to her Avro " Avian," which had the tail-skid damaged whilst Lady Heath was taking off. Lady Bailey Proceeds LAST week Maj. Meintjes, of the South African Air Force, arrived at Tabora from Pretoria, in a D.H. " Moth," in which Lady Bailey could resume her flight to the Cape. Lady Bailey, therefore, resumed her journey in this machine on, we believe, April 20, and flew to Broken Hill. In spite of an attack of influenza, she continued her flight on April 24 and reached Livingstone. Capt. Wilkins' Next Venture IT has been stated by Mr. A. Lockheed, who designed the Lockheed monoplane which took Capt. Wilkins across the Arctic, that the latter will next attempt to fly over the South Pole. This has provoked speculation as to whether there will be a race between him and Commander Byrd. Capt. Wilkins' plans are well advanced and his speedy return to America is expected. He hopes to leave Green Harbour shortly for Oslo. South Pole Expedition COMMANDER R. E. BYRD, the well-known American pilot who crossed the Atlantic last year and' landed on the coast of France, and also carried out a flight to the North Pole and back, is preparing for an Antarctic expedition. He will use three aeroplanes. One of them will be a Bellanca monoplane fitted with the Wright " Whirlwind " engine, and the other machines will probably be a three-engined Ford and a low-powered machine. The expedition will leave New York in September next in the ship Samson. A Novel Dirigible A NOVEL type of dirigible is, it is stated, nearing comple- tion in America. This is an all-metal ship being developed at the Glendale Airport, California, by Thomas B. Slate. It is constructed of corrugated duralumin sheets riveted to cir- cular ribs within the envelope, and has no internal bracing, keel, nor built-up framework. This construction is claimed to be more than half as light as the orthodox truss- framework-fabric type airships, yet is expected to possess- equal strength characteristics. The airship, which will be propelled by a steam turbine driven air blower mounted in the nose, measures 150 ft. in length, 40 ft. in diameter, and accommodates 40 passengers. U.S.A. Airship Programme THE Navy Department, U.S.A., has invited tenders lor the construction of the two dirigibles which were authorised some time ago by Congress. The tenders have to be submitted by July 26. About ^1,600,000 will be spent on the ships They will be 787 ft. long, capable of carrying five aeroplanes, and have a cruising radius of 11,200 miles.Afghan-Soviet Air Agreement CONCERNING the Afghan-Soviet air agreement for an air service between Kabul and Tashkent, both Governments agree to employ only their own nationals. Machines will leave Kabul on the 1st and 15th of each month, and Tashkent on the 18th and 28th. The fare will be £27 10s. Luggage up to 8 kg. (roughly 17 lb.) will be carried free, but there will be a charge of 8s. for each additional kilogram. Twenty Years Ago ! Extract from " The Auto." (Precursor of " Flight "), April 25, 1904. " ' Zeppelin IV.'—The mammoth airship which Count Zeppelin is having constructed on Lake Constance is nearing completion, and may be expected to make its trial trip towards the end of next month. On the score of size alone it will be one of the most interesting machines of its class ever built, for its total length is no less than 146 yards and it is over 16 yards in diameter." A RECENT AMERICAN BOMBER : The Keystone (Huff-Daland) XLB-6, fitted with two 500 h.p. Wr-ght "Cyclone" air-cooled radial engines. It is similar to the "Pirate" (400 "Liberty") produced some while back by the Keystone firm, and is a development of the "Pegasus" (described in "Flight "for February 3, 1927) and the " Cyclops " (described in " Flight " for March 17, 1927). 292
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