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NOVEMBER 29, 1928 owing to the contrariety of winds, exceeding 8,000 or 9,000air miles. The airship, he added, also possessed the advantage of beingable to carry a relatively large paying load in proportion to its gross displacement. In the opinion of many, all thatwas required to make the airship a success was an increase of speed to approximately 100 miles per hour and the provisionof some safe, reliable, and economical means of propulsion. Mr. Wallis proceeded to describe in some detail the stepswhich had been taken in the design and construction of H.M.A. R.100 now approaching completion at Howden,Yorkshire, to attain the desired attributes, and particulars were given of the estimated speed and performance of that ship, together with her general sizes. The length of theairship is 709 ft., and her diameter is 133 ft. Her estimated full speed is 83 m.p.h., and cruising speed 75 m.p.h. Therewas passenger accommodation for 100 persons, and crew accommodation for 45 persons. The normal radius of actionat 75 m.p.h. with extra tankage miles, and the extreme radius of action at 75 m.p.h. with extra tankage in place of payingload was 5,200 miles. Slides were shown illustrating the various point? of thelecture and showing the advances which have been made in the structure of this ship.A brief discussion followed and Mr. Wallis was heartily thanked for his lecture. AIRISMST Australia-England FlightTHE Ryan monoplane " Spirit of Australia " crashed at Athens on November 26, when taking off for France in thecourse of its flight from Australia to England, manned by Capt. F. Hurley and Flying Officers Owen and Moir. Themachine was almost destroyed and two of the airmen, including Capt. Hurley, were injured. This accident impliesthe end of the venture started on October 29 at Sydney, Australia, which had as the objective a record return flightbetween Australia and England within 28 days. There had, obviously, been various delays on the outward route and themonth had nearly been absorbed at the time of the crash. There was a delay at Bander Abbas and a slight one at Cairo.New York-Bogota Flight LIEUT. B. MENDEZ, a Colombian army pilot, who is flyingfrom New York to Bogota, the Colombian capital, reached Havana, Cuba, from Jacksonville on November 26, havingaveraged a speed of 110 m.p.h. The next stage of the flight was to Puerto Barrios, Guatemala.Aeroplane Search AN aeroplane left Winnipeg, Canada, recently to searchfor six fishermen who were adrift on icefloes which had broken loose in Lake Manitoba during a gale. A group of men weresighted on a small island six miles off shore, and attempts were to be made to drop food to them until the condition of theice makes a rescue possible. Lady Bailey's Progress ON November 23 Lady Bailey was reported to havearrived at Kano, Nigeria, on her D.H. " Moth " (Cirrus) in the course of her flight from S. Africa to England. LadyBailey left Kano for Sokoto, via Zaria, on November 27 escorted by Mr. Carpenter, a Nigerian pilot, in his lightaeroplane. The flight was resumed on November 17 at Leopoldsville (Belgian Congo) after her slight indisposition.Wilkins Polar Expedition A MESSAGE received at the end of last week from Sir HubertWilkins at Deception Island stated that the first flights, apparently tests, had been made successfully with the twoLockheed " Vega ' monoplanes, which are fitted with Wright "Whirlwind" 220-h.p. engines. The objective of theexpedition is to explore by air unknown land extending from Ross Sea to Graham Land round the South Pole." Italia " Survivor Returns MAJOR MARIANO, one of the three members of the Italiaairship crew who tried to walk to the mainland on North East Island after the airship crashed on May 25, left Stockholm,where he has been in hospital since last August, for Italy on November 24. He had one foot amputated.Flight-Lieut. P. Murdoch's Flight FLIGHT-LIEUT P. MURDOCH, of the S.A.A.F., who flewsolo from London to S. Africa in an Avro " Avian " and met with an accident on his return flight, hopes to resume when hehas recovered from his injuries. The mishap occurred after he had left Elizabethville and passed over the Congo border.Apparently the machine was badly bumped in an air pocket. Murdoch threw himself out at 50 ft. and the fall was luckilybroken by a tree. On gaining consciousness he crawled on his OURWINDS knees for about 10 miles, although seriously hurt, and metnatives who sent a message to the nearest white man, Mr. Renaud, at Kasenga, Belgian Congo, who rescued the airmanin a canoe. A " Short " Story LAST week-end we learned from the daily press how thegale swept triumphantly across the country, razing hoardings, buildings and trees to the ground with consummate ease.It roared round our coasts, washed sea fronts clear of inhabi- tants and tossed ships about like corks. But the story of howthe gale met its Waterloo is a secret left to us to tell. It turned its destructive bent on the River Itchen and therecame across a serene wide-spread seacraft riding a stormy surface without fear or tremor, and scorning to run for safetvbefore its devastating march. The gale tossed its mane with derision at this upstart then lowered its head and charged.It met a shocking repulse. Again and again it charged, lifting the long silver craft with spreading wings clean off thewater many times, but like a faithful servant it refused to leave without orders, although cruelly buffeted by a force thathad demolished houses. Even its top wing was ducked once. Finally, the gale declared an armistice and the Imperial Air-ways Short " Calcutta " flying-boat rode unscathed and victorious on the River Itchen at Southampton, whilst itsenemy scuttled away to seek less formidable foes like a house or two or a few thousand-ton ships !New Canadian Air Extensions BRINGING Toronto and Windsor into line with Torontoand Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec in the east and Winnipeg. Regina and Calgary in the west, an air packet express servicebetween the two cities was inaugurated November 13. under the auspices of the Canadian Pacific Express Co.Where Aviation Pays THE air mail and passenger service between Montreal andNew York, via Albany, run jointly by the Canadian Colonial Airways Inc. and Canadian Colonial Airways Ltd., showeda net profit of $3,000 for October. During the month 35 pas- sengers were carried together with 10,885 lb. of mail, or about34,200 pieces. A total of 21,877 miles were flown and the gross receipts amounted to about $17,000.Canadian Air Survey THE aerial surveying in New Brunswick which was carrit-nout during the autumn by planes of the Royal Canadian Air Force, was completed for the season recently, when photo-graphic work was done at Grand Falls and Edmundston for the Provincial Department of Land and Mines. The workat Grand Lake was completed also and the three aircraft which has been engaged left for Ottawa via the waterwayof the St. John River and Lake Temiscouata. Captain Harris was in command of the party.Air Lines In British Columbia THE British Columbia Airways, Ltd., has announced itsdecision to purchase a 16-passenger tri-motored Amphibian plane and two eight-passenger tri-motored seaplanes for aVancouver-Victoria-Seattle service, to start not later than February 1, and for a Vancouver-Nanaimo-Victoria servicelater. 1020
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