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1928
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NOVEMBER 1, 1928 Armament The armament consists of two Vicker's guns (0-303-inch), with twin C.C. gears, Aldis sight (interchangeable with ring and bead), and four 20-lb. bombs. In addition,-the machine also carries a wireless transmitting and receiving set. Main Dimensions and Weights Length overall . . . . 26 ft. 10 ins. (8-20 m.) Wing span .. .. 39 ft. 6 ins. (12-05 m.) Wing chord .. .. 6 ft. 5 ins. (1 -95 m.) . -- . " Height overall . . . . 9 ft. 4 ins. (2-83 m.) : Wheel track .. .. 5 ft. 6 ins. (1 -68 m.) Total wing area Tare weight (including fixed equipment and water) Gross weight Petrol capacity Oil capacity Duration Speed at 10,000 ft. (3,050 m.) Rate of climb at 10,000 ft. 238 sq. ft. (22-1 sq. m.) 2,467 lbs. (1,120 kgs.) 3,326 lbs. (1,510 kgs.) 68 gallons (310 litres) 5 gallons (22 • 7 litres) J hr. at ground level plus 2| hrs. at 15,000 ft. (4,570 m.) with supercharged engine 188m.p.h. (303kms./h.) 1,945 ft./min. (9-88 m. per sec.) H HE H AIR MAIL TO DUTCH EAST INDIES FOR many years Holland has been striving to establish an air service to the East Indies. When Captain Koppen took off in a three-engined Fokker F. VII, on October 1, 1927, to arrive at Batavia on the 10th of the same month, then left there on the 17th, and arrived back in Holland on October 28, thereby completing the first official mail flight with a considerable quantity of letters, etc., the time was ripe to consider regular experimental flights. In the East Indies, a committee had meanwhile been of the five in the Indies, where they will be used on the new- airways. The fifth machine is to fly back to Holland, thereby making the first link in the new chain which is to connect the Colonies with the Motherland when the regular air mail service is established in January. On September 13, Captain Koppen left Amsterdam with the first machine. On September 18, he reached Karachi in India, and on September 23 was at Medan in the East Indies, from where he proceeded in short stages in order to deliver m m m The five Fokker monoplanes fitted with Armstrong- Siddeley " Lynx " engines lined up at Amsterdam before inaugura- ting the air mail service from Hol- land to the Dutch East Indies m m i m m m formed to make preparation? for founding an Indian Airways Company, and Koppen's successful flight contributed more than a little to making a success of the visit of the manager of the K.L.M. On September 12 last, five Fokker F. VII-3m Armstrong- Siddeley " Lynx," specially built for airways to and in the tropics, lined up at Amsterdam for departure to the East Indies. It was proposed to fly them from Holland to the Dutch East Indies as an experimental service, and to leave four mails. On September 24, he reached Palembang, on September 25 touched Batavia and finished his flight at Bandoeng the same day. This machine carried 608 lbs. (ca. 276 kg.) of mails, a crew of three and also a passenger The second machine left on September 20, carrying about 400 lbs. (ca. 180 kg.) of mails and reached Akyab on Sep- tember 27, from whence it continued its flight eastwards. The third machine started on September 27, and reached Budapest on the same day. A fourth machine, piloted by M. Schott, is delayed at Rangoon. n Air Commodore Samson As from October 1 last, Air Commodore C. R. Samson has been restored to full pay. Last September he was placed on half-pay pending, it was thought, a suitable Air Force vacancy for him to fill. A Good Present To commemorate the first flight over the Tasman Sea by Capt. Kingsford Smith and Mr. Ulm in the " Southern Cross " monoplane, the New Zealand Herald has presented to the new Auckland Aero Club a D.H. " Moth." Coach and Air Combined Services IMPERIAL AIRWAYS have now arranged through bookings to Paris with their air lines and motor-coach services from the North of England. Review AMONGST private magazines, the Cranwell Cadet College Magazine maintains a very high standard of production. Issued quarterly, it covers the periods accordingly with interest to all at Cranwell, and all those who have passed through to active service. An affectionate watch is kept on the careers of Cranwell men wherever they may be. But any follower of aviation can peruse the magazine with interest. In the autumn issue, recently published, there is an account of Capt. Hinchliffe's preparation at Cranwell for his attempt on the Atlantic early this year. Humour finds ready favour with the editors, and it hits the mark in a skit on Atlantic nights, and also in the excellent illustra- tions of the Roman Theatre at Amman. 950
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