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1928 - 0933.PDF
OCTOBER 11, 1928 THE BERLIN INTERNATIONAL AERO SHOW OWING to the necessity of going to press at the usual time with this week's issue of FLIGHT, it is not possible to do more than give in the present issue a very brief resume of the aircraft exhibited at the Berlin Aero Show. The British exhibits are dealt with at some length in a special section (see pages 869 and 890), and it is not, therefore, necessary to refer to them here, other than to mention that, generally speaking, the British stands, although small, do not show up at all badly compared with the various other foreign sections of the exhibition. The Bristol and Imperial Airways stands are very badly placed, in one end of Hall I, under the gallery, and separated from the main hall by tall partitions ; but the remaining British stands are as good as could be expected. Apart from the aircraft stands, the combined exhibits of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Air Ministry are worthy of every praise. Historical in character, the evolution of British aircraft is traced in models and pictures, and the Air Ministry models are shown very effectively, suspended by thin wires against a background of blue and illuminated by concealed lights, the long row of models looking most realistic. The I.L.A. is housed in no less than four separate halls, of which Hall I contains the German aircraft and engines, Hall II the foreign exhibits, and Halls III and IV various, equipment such as aerodrome lights, wireless equipment, etc. Hall I has no gallery, but the balcony of Hall II contains a vastly interesting collection of historical material, photo- grammetrical and cartographical instruments, etc., and is well worth a visit. It is in this balcony, occupying the middle portion of one side, that the Royal Aeronautical Society exhibits are displayed. Suspended from the roof close to the gallery in one end of Hall II are three old-timers in the form of an early Wright biplane skeleton, a tiny Grade monoplane of the 1914 vintage, and one of the once-famous Rumpler Tauben. These three machines may be said to form the only decoration of the Hall. Apart from them, everything is strictly utilitarian and very, very bare ! In the following" brief notes dealing'with the aircraft (other than British) exhibited, it is proposed to group the machines under the different nationalities, but it should be remembered that quite a number of countries are exhibiting material other than aircraft and engines, so that the Berlin Show is indeed of a very international character. GERMANY *~ About 30 aircraft of different types represent Germany's contribution to the I.L.A. show, and fill Hall I comfortably but without crowding. The hall is dominated by the Junkers, Rohrbach and Dornier stands, but many of the smaller machines are at least as interesting in their own way as the three giants which fill one end of the hall. Below we give a list of the machines shown in the German section, arranged alphabetically as regards the titles of the firms. Albatros.—Three machines are exhibited by this old- established German firm. Owing to the necessity of writing these notes before the official opening of the Show, and the absence of t-ype indications on the machines, we cannot here give their official designations, but one is the twin-engined machine previously illustrated and described in FLIGHT, fitted with seats which can be tilted to form bunks for short / I •" n^jfi'"""*""^^-'' THE " FOREIGNERS " : A view of Hall II, showing the British section (in foreground) and, in mid air, a 1914 Grade monoplane and a Rumpler Taube. night flights. The power plants of this machine are Siemens- built Bristol " Jupiters." The machine bears the letters LUFT HANSA on its sides and is, presumably, destined for use by that company after the Show. The second machine is identical with that shown recently in Paris, when we illustrated it in our pages. It is a two-seater training machine with water-cooled engine, and is exhibited m m m The Berlin Aero Show : General view of Hall I, in the foreground are the Heinkel machines, on the right the Folke- Wulf, and on the left the B.F.W. S m m m m m m m ffi s 863
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