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SEPTEMBER 20, 1928 of fuel carried will be about 100 gallons, which will allow for a flight of 3,500 miles at an average cruising speed of 100 m.p.h., that is, a duration of 35 hours. For the purpose of making a very limited comparison it might be recalled that Capt. H. Broad remained in the air for 24 hours on the Gipsy- Moth in his recent duration flight and had sufficient fuel for another 4 hours, but of course he was throttled back to the minimum cruising speed. He took off for that flight easilv with a load of 80 gallons of fuel. Commander MacDonald, D.S.C., is on the Emergency List of the Royal Navy, to which he was gazetted on his resignation in August, 1925. He saw service in submarines during the war and also served on the battleship Warspitc, which was in the thick of the fighting at Jutland. The late Sir John Alcock and Sir Arthur YVhitten Brown crossed the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland in 16 hrs. 12 mins. in June 14-15, 1919, in the Yickers-Vimy (twin Rolls-Royce engines). The Luxury Air Cruise We are getting glimpses lately of private flying on a more sumptuous scale than the light aeroplane offers. In the near future there will be the millionaires who want to fly, and naturally they will want to fly in proportionate luxury. When they go to sea they have luxurious yachts, and when thev take to the air they will want luxurious aircraft. We have an example in the air cruise of Sir Eric Geddes over last week-end. He chartered a Short" Calcutta " flying- boat from Imperial Airways, from whom he recently resigned his directorship, to cruise with a party of guests numbering 10 along the west coast of Scotland. Amongst them were Sir Eric's three sons, Sir Auckland Geddes, Miss I. Goring, Miss J. Wray and Col. and Mrs. F. R. Browning. He also had his butler on board. In the cabin a collapsible card table was installed for bridge, and oil cookers for the supply of hot meals. The cruise started from Southampton on September 14, and at noon a landing was made at Tenby, where the Mayor, Mrs. M. J. Jenkins, and members of the Council welcomed the tourists. Later the flight was resumed to Stranraer. After covering 1,000 miles over England and Scotland, Liverpool was reached on September 17. Visibility was poor, rain was falling, and a strong head wind was blowing then. AERIAL YACHT CRUISE The Hon. A. E. Guiness chartered a Supermarine " Solent " flying-boat (three Armstrong-Siddeley " Jaguar " engines) for an air cruise over the Irish Lakes. The machine was specially fitted out for the cruise, which started from Cowes on September 10, piloted by Capt. H. C. Baird, the Super- marine Aviation Works test pilot. They reached Kingston Harbour in 4 hours 20 minutes It was proposed to fly to Lough Corrib, in the west of Ireland, but the machine was forced to return owing to strong head winds. The Hon. Ernest Guiness is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron and has recently been staying at Cowes on his auxiliary barque, Fantome II, in which he made a world cruise five years ago. He is taking to flying seriously now and has a machine being constructed. There was a rumour that he contem- plated an Atlantic flight, but this has been officially denied. f" FLIGHT " Photographs The Gipsy-Moth in which Vicomte de Sibour and his wife are now attempting a world's flight. On the right it is seen over Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, leaving for the first stage to Paris on September 14. British Light 'Plane Records THE Royal Aero Club announces that a World's Record for Altitude for Light Aeroplanes has been granted to Capt. G. dc Havilland, who, on July 27 last, attained a height of 6,054 metres (approximately 20,000 ft.) on a D.H. 60 " G " Moth fitted with a l)e Havilland " Gipsy " engine It has also granted a British Record (for seaplanes) to Lady Heath, who, on the Short " Mussel," " Cirrus," Mark II, on July 10 last, attained a height of 3,889 metres. Berlin-Tokio by Light 'Plane Two German pilots, Herren Eichler and vonWinterfeld, left the Tempelhofer aerodrome on September l.->, in a light aeroplane with a 35 h.p. engine on an attempt to fly from Berlin to Tokio, and landed at Konigsberg later in the day. The machine they are using is a Klemm-Daimler monoplane, one of the most attractive types of light aeroplane now manufactured in Germany. The Air Tourist MR. IVOR MCCLURE, the private owner, has recently concluded another long air tour in his D.H. " Moth " (Cirrus), and we hope to publish his own story shortly. Our readers will recall his accounts of previous tours in our columns. Another Flight to South Africa CAFT. G. A. HALSE, of the South African Air Force, left Stag Lane aerodrome,Edgware, with his wife in a " Gipsy " Moth aeroplane for Oueenstown, South Africa, on September 9. Their luggage consisted of one suit-case, and the only people to see them off were the mechanics and Lieut. McCrea, also of the South African Air Force. 823
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