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OCTOBER 11, 1928 SMSmOMT Lin i— Catapulted Air Mail SuspendedIT is now announced that the air mail service which operated in conjunction with the liner lie de France on hervoyages across the Atlantic has been temporarily suspended. It was due to recommence on October 10, after the recentforced landing off the Sciliy Isles, Airships for AmericaTHE Navy Department of America has awarded the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation a contract for the buildingof two large airships at a cost of £1,956,250. Each will hold 6,500,000 cubic ft. of gas. Thirty months will be allowedfor the construction of the first ship and fifteen for the second. A hangar will be designed in the hulls to housefive scouting machines. The Goodyear Blimp NE 7 non- rigid airship succeeded in landing safely after three attemptson the roof of a Washington building on October 5, and remained there for five minutes.Air Speed Record FLIGHT-LIEUT. D'ARCY GREIG made a second trialflight at Calshot on October 7 in the Supermarine-Xapier S 5, and his reported maximum speed was about 298 m.p.h.The test lasted 25 mins., and he flew four times up and down the course, observing the conditions to be fulfilled at theattempt on the record. High-Speed Flight FLYING OFFICER R. L. R. ATCHERLEY, of the R.A.F.,famed for his acrobatic flying at air meetings, has been attached to the new High Speed Flight at Calshot formed forthe purpose of contesting the next Schneider Trophy Race. It is reported that owing to a slight hitch involving FlyingOfficer C. S. Staniland's length of service, his inclusion in the High Speed Flight has temporarily been suspended, and hehas returned to Northolt. He won two out of five motor- cycle races at Brooklands on October 6.Rail Trucks for Aircraft THE L.N.E.R. are constructing a new type of coveredrailway truck to carry three motor-cars, aeroplanes and other goods.Australian Air Force Criticisms AIR MARSHAL SIR JOHN SALMOND, who has recentlyinspected the Australian Air Force and its general system at the request of the Commonwealth Government, has reportedthat owing to the obsolete types of service machines, the •entire absence of reserve equipment, and the low standard oftraining, he considers the Royal Australian Air Force to be totally unfit for war operation with the Navy or Army.He recognises that the defects are largely due to the immense •difficulties inseparable from the building of an Air Forcein the initial stages without the properly established organisa- tion. Within nine years additions should make the strength :—One Army co-operation squadron, two bombing recon- naissance squadrons, two coast reconnaisance boats, recuits'training section, wing headquarters, cadets training wing at the Military College at Duntroon, and a Citizen Air ForceSquadron. He estimates the capital expenditure needed for the scheme at /1,235,000 ; for equipment £748,000 ;for works services, /8,000 ; and for specialist training for officers and annual maintenance, /652.000.Zeppelin Trials DURING its recent trial flight, in which the Englishcoast was crossed, the new Graf Zeppelin, under the command of Dr. Hugo Eckener, also flew over the occupied territoriesof the Rhineland, thereby infringing a breach of the regula- tions of the Rhineland High Commission. A statement wasvolunteered from Germany explaining that through an •error in navigation, the Zeppelin thus inadvertently com-mitted the infringement. On October 8 the last test flight was made, and the flight to America was expected to beginshortly. British Attempts on Records BEFORE SQDR.-LDR. JONES-WILLIAMS attempts a long-distance record in the new Fairey monoplane on a course from Cape Town towards London, a distance of 6,000 miles,he will try to set up a new record for duration by flying round England for three days and three nights non-stop. If successful, the machine will then be shipped to Cape Town.It is expected that the machine will be ready for tests in less than a fortnight now. Sqdr.-Ldr. Jones-Williams hastaken the place of Sqdr.-Ldr. J. Noakes, who has been injured through a recent accident whilst testing.New Italian Air Lines THE programme for the development of civil aviationrecently announced by Signor Balbo is being rapidly carried out. The new air lines connecting Italy with Sardinia, Albaniaand Munich have been working for some time, while two other lines are about to be opened between Rome and Barcelona,and Rome, Syracuse and Tripoli. Signor Balbo has just completed a trial flight over the Rome, Syracuse and Tripoliline, which proved highly satisfactory. The distance of 1,200 km. (about 750 miles) was covered in 7 hours ; byrail and boat the journey from Rome to Tripoli takes two days and three nights. The machine employed on this newservice flies at 180 km. (about 112 miles) an hour, and can carry 19 passengers in two cabins.German Civil Aviation MAJOR VON TSCHUDI, the Vice-President of the GermanAero Club, Managing Chairman of the German Air Council, and German representative on the Federation AeronautiqueInternationale, died on October 7. D.H. "Moths " for Chili SOME time ago the Chilian Military Air Force gave anorder for twenty Cirrus-Moths, which were duly delivered. It was understood that if expectations were justified arepeat order would follow. Chili now wants forty Gipsy- Moths. Six will be shipped out this month, and theothers will follow between now and the end of the year. All of them will be fitted with the D.H. Safety Belts in placeof the ordinary safety belts. Twenty of them will have extra tankage for long-range work. These Gipsy-Mothswill be used for training or " refresher " work, and com- munication flying.Lady Bailey Returning ON her return flight from Cape Town to London in herD.H. " Moth " (Cirrus) Lady Bailey reached Loanda (Angola) from Leopoldville on October 5. Slight repairs there delayedthe resumption. Her visit coincided with the arrival of the Portuguese airmen, Captain Pais de Ramos and CaptainOliveira Viegas, who are flying to Mozambique from Lisbon. Both flights aroused great interest.London to Berlin by Seaplane IN a Blackburn " Bluebird " Col. The Master of Sempillleft England on October 5 for Berlin to attend the Berlin Aero Exhibition. He ascended from Ruislip reservoir, flewto Felixstowe, and set off again two hours later for the sea crossing of 100 miles to Amsterdam. His intended coursethen was via Norderney Island, north of Emden and Ham- burg. On October 10 he lectured at the request of theGerman authorities on " Civil and Commercial Aircraft." Whose ? AEROPLANE wreckage has been washed ashore at theisland of North Ronaldshay, Orkney. Mystery of Col. Fawcett THERE is comment in Brazil over Commander Dyott'sstatement that Indians in that country murdered the British explorer, Colonel Fawcett. Newspaper critics declare thatCommander Dyott has produced no proof of his assertions, and claim that Colonel Fawcett went into unexplored regions,whereas Commander Dyott followed the route used by all travellers going from Matto Grasso State down the XinguRiver to the Lower Amazon. Colonel Fawcett and his two companions have been missing for three years. Recently,Commander Dyott, who went in search of them, said he saw an Indian wearing a shirt which had belonged to ColonelFawcett, but he has since admitted that he has no sure evidence of the explorer's death.Aircraft Accidents in U.S.A. ACCORDING to the Daily Express correspondent, 390aeroplanes crashed in the United States during the first six months of this year, resulting in 153 deaths. This is anincrease of 190 as compared with the whole of 1927. 895
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