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1929
1929 - 0147.PDF
JANUARY 24, 1929 SEAWORTHINESS TESTS OF THE ROHRBACH " ROMAR " : 1, Taxying in a rough sea. 2, collapse of starboard wing float strut. 3, machine swinging around, with starboard wing partly submerged. As the wing is watertight, the machine did not capsize. All these tests were carried out after the ijmachine had dragged her moorings in a gale and drifted on to the beach, as shown in 4. opinion, and I quote from his reply the following : " During the manoeuvres on the water, and during the figures-of-eight carried out, when the boat was lying broadside on to the waves, the seaworthiness was good, and the boat rolled very little and never gave any cause for anxiety." During the seaworthiness tests of the " Romar" the seas were especially short and choppy, as they are in the Baltic and North Sea much more than on the coasts of the Atlantic, where the distance between the waves is twice as great. French Air Ministry Changes A NATIONAL air stafi will be included in the new French Air Ministry, also directorates of personnel, material, civil aviation, finance and pensions. The National Meteorological Office will come under its jurisdiction. More Amalgamation .. . . • . THE Caproni Aviation Company of Italy has amalgamated with the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company of New York. The new concern will control the exclusive manu- facture and sale of Caproni machines in America. 61
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