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1928
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SEPTEMBER 20, 1928 The Portuguese Flight to Africa THE Portuguese airmen, Capts. Pais Ramos and Oliveira Vieges, accompanied by Lieut. Esteves and Serg. Antonio, who are flying in two Vickers " Valparaiso " biplanes (Napier " Lion ") from Lisbon to Portuguese East Africa, are making good progress so far. On the day of their departure from Lisbon they accomplished, in two stages, 826 miles in 7 hrs. 50 mins. Their first stage was to Casa- blanca, thence via the coast as far as the I'mm er River, through the desert and plain of Akermut to Mogador, and Agadir—taking 2 hrs. 30 mins. for this stage. Owing to a breakdown of the Morocco postal service, news of their arrival at Agadir was not received until the following day. On September 6 they completed the third stage to Cape juby, a distance of 267 miles in 3 hrs. 15 mins. This particular stage was an exceedingly dangerous one, for no landing places exist between Agadir and Cape Juby, apart from the danger in the event of a forced landing of the airmen being made captive by Moorish brigands—who are somewhat active in this locality. The fourth stage, to Villa Cisneros (404 miles), was scheduled to be made on September 7. Great Flying Boat Cruise Completed THE four R.A.F. Supermarine Napier " Southampton flying-boats reached Singapore from Java on September 15, and thereby completed the great cruise of 25,000 miles which started from Plymouth, England, last October under the command of Group-Capt. H. M. Cave-Browne-Cave, D.S.O. They went through India to Singapore on the outward cruise, and then flew round Australia, returning to Singapore. After a short stay they will possibly undertake a further cruise in Far Eastern waters. Pretoria-Cape Town in 1\ hours COL. SIR PIERRE VAN RYNEVELD, of the Union Air Force, accompanied by General Brink, chief of the General Staff, flew non-stop from Pretoria to Cape Town in 7 hrs. 27 mins. The distance is 1,000 miles. This beat the record made by Lieut. Meintje by 28 mins. American Air Derby MR. " ART " GOEBEL was the only competitor out of the nine starters to complete the non-stop air race from New York to Los Angeles, where he arrived in his Lockheed " Vega " monoplane at 3.22 p.m. on September 13. He was disqualified, however, for making a landing on the way. Air Mail Machine Saved THE French amphibian flying-boat which has been experimenting with an air mail service from incoming liners in the Atlantic made a forced landing on September 13, only a short time after being catapulted from the liner He de France, when off the Scilly Isles. On board were Lieut. Demougeot (pilot), Lieut. Domergue and M. Mourlon Marcel (wireless operator). It was adrift for 10 hours before being salved by a trawler. Children's Friend. The crew were none the worse for their experience. Their wireless had failed to function. Later the machine was picked up by a French boat and towed to the coast. The mails were landed at Newlyn, Cornwall. German Zeppelin Ready THE new German Zeppelin is now completed at Fried- richshafen and made a successful test flight lasting three hours on September 18. It was to have flown on September 15, but the necessary permit had not been forthcoming. It has cost over £250,000 to build. There is accommodation for 20 passengers, and there are 10 cabins, each having two bunks. The engines, five in number, are Maybach 530 h.p. air-cooled types. On its maiden flight it attained an average speed of 126 k.p.h. (78 m.p.h.). Round the World by Air MR. G. H. STORCK, a retired American business man, left Southampton Water on September 15 in an Avro " Avian " seaplane, proposing to circle the globe. He hopes to fly 27,000 miles at the rate of 800 miles a stage. From Europe he will steer towards India and then to China and Japan. The Pacific Ocean will be crossed via the Aleutian Islands, after which the intended course lies over the Behring Sea to Alaska. Publicity by Air Two large monoplanes appeared over New York on September 17 circling low, then by means of powerful ampli- fiers a particular brand of cigarettes was announced in deafening tones to the gaping crowds below. French Air Minister Appointed M. LAURENT EYNAC has been appointed French Minister for Air, an independent position created as a sequel to the death of M. Bokanowski in an air accident, who combined the office with that of the Minister of Commerce. M. Eynac was Under-Secretary for Air in all the Governments between 1921 and 1926. French Air War Practice THE French Air Force has engaged in air manoeuvres recently, in the course of which 350 machines flew in forma- tion over Paris, whilst above, at an altitude of 10,500 ft., M. Painleve, the Minister of War, reviewed them from a two- seater machine. German Altitude Record ON September 14 the German pilot Schinzinger, on a Junkers W 34 aircraft with " Bristol " Jupiter engine, achieved a new world's record for altitude with 1,000 kilos, useful load, reaching 6,805 m. (22,320 ft.), and beating the previous record by about 3,000 ft. The F.A.I, has been notified of the flight. Berlin-Tokio BARON VON HUENEFELD, the hero of the first east to west Atlantic flight, has started on a new venture—a flight from Berlin to Tokio, and probably farther. The Baron, piloting a Junkers W34 monoplane " Europa "—the same machine which made the first unsuccessful German attempt to cross the Atlantic, and sister ship to the " Bremen "—left Tempelhofer Aerodrome, on September 18, for the East. He is actually acting as second pilot, having only just learnt to fly, and M. Lindner, a Swede, is acting as chief pilot. The " Europa " reached Sofia at noon the same day. " Bert " Hinkler Returning MR. " BERT " HINKLER, who flew to Australia in a fortnight in an Avro " Avian " (Cirrus), is returning to England by boat with his wife. He hopes to return to Aus- tralia by air in even shorter time than before. Cape Town-England Flight FLYING-OFFICER P. MURDOCH, who is flying to England from South Africa, left Pretoria on September 13 and reached Bulawayo. On September 17 he left Elizabethville for Tabora. Australia—England CAPT. FRANK HURLEY, of Sydney (who was with the 1914-17 Shackleton expedition in the Antarctic), will start shortly, accompanied by Flying Officer Moir, on a flight to England and back, following closely the route taken by Capt. Ross Smith in 1919 and Sir Alan Cobham in 1925. The round trip, which will be about 24,000 miles, is expected to last a month, including a stay in England. Aircraft in the Cotton Fields SIR WILLIAM HEMBURY, Managing Director of the British Cotton Growing Association, leaves England at the end of this year on his tour of the Cotton Fields. During this tour, he intends to test the value of air transport as a means of assisting him in his work. We feel certain he will find aircraft of considerable value. Autogiro Crosses Channel SENOR DE LA CIERVA flew his Autogiro (Lynx 180 h.p.) machine across the Channel for the first time on September 18. He left Croydon about 10 a.m., and first landed at St. Ingle- vert, near Boulogne, about an hour later. He then flew on to Paris via Abbeville. On the flight he was escorted by a Goliath aircraft engaged on the Channel services. The Channel itself was flown in 15 minutes. A French journalist was the passenger. Senor de la Cierva intends to tour his machine on the Continent for propaganda purposes, following the recent tour in England. The landing at Paris attracted considerable notice. 826
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