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FLIGHT, JULY 25, 1930 INTERNATIONAL TOURING COMPETITION (Concluded from page 841) was heaTd to say as he ran towards the machine even before it hit : " Oh, we can repair that alright ! " A smaller edition of the same machine the RWD2 also arrived. This is fitted with a neatly cowled-in 40 h.p. Salm- son, and has an undercarriage reminiscent of the Wee Bee. Both this and its larger sister have the fuselage hung from the cantilever wing by two fittings which are a very few inches apart, so that the wing appears to sway about on top of the fuselage in a rather terrifying manner. Taken all round, the Polish machines seemed to show the greatest originality of anyone and were certainly very interesting in most cases. 02 a PZL 5 was a very solid looking edition of a cross between the Avian and a Moth. It had a Gipsy engine and medium thick biplane wings. 07 a PWS 5~1 was not at all unlike the Westland Inter- ceptor Fighter. Its Genet engine looked much too small for such a large machine. Being a low-wing monoplane, the view must have been good and the cockpits were simply colossal. The 06 was a PWS 50 with a Cirrus III. This was a mid-wing monoplane with the two passengers seated side-by- side between the spars. The view appeared very good and the construction sound. O5 was a largish rigidly-braced biplane looking rather like the Gugnunc. It was a PWrS 8 with a Walter 85 h.p. engine. The view of the pilot in the upward direction did not look good. The majority of the German entries, such as Klemm's and BFW's, have been fitted with cabin tops of some kind. That on the BFW appeared neat and comfortable, having flat sides and fairly larger openings where the pilots could look out clear of the windows, but that on the Klemm was a kind of concertina arrangement of half-hoops covered in celluloid and the pilot's head just about fitted the opening when he wished to look clear of the celluloid, so what happened in rough weather one hardly likes to think. It seems somewhat astonishing that no points were given for silence. Most of the machines had stub exhausts and that with their long thin airscrews made them very noisy indeed. The new inverted Argus engine was used very extensively and in all cases arrived without the slightest drop of oil on the outside. It is really the cleanest engine, from that point of view, that we have seen. A Klemm (Salmson) looked very neat with a form of Town- end ring on as also did Mr. Carberry's Mono Special. The evening of Tuesday was marred by the tragic death of Herr Oertzen's passenger, Dr. von Reders, who stepped into the airscrew and was killed as he was leaving the machine. . .--.•" •_ --..-.••ap;.-. - m m m MODELS THE LORD WAKEFIELD INTERNATIONAL CUP COMPETITION THE above competition was held at Halton Aerodrome, by kind permission of Air Commodore I. M. Bonham-Carter, C.B., O.B.E., on Saturday, July 19. Three countries were represented, Great Britain, Canada and America. Results as follows :— Name. Country. Time. 1st, Ehrhardt .. U.S.A. . . .. 2 min. 35 sec. 2nd, W. J. Plater Great Britain . . 1 min. 23 sec. (H.M.A.S.) 3rd, T. Newell . . Great Britain . . 1 min. 3 sec. (T.M.A.C.) Full particulars of meeting will be given in next week's " FLIGHT." M m m m R.A.F. SPORT " - Lawn TennisThe results of the R.A.F. Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, up to July 22, were as follow:—Singles Championship 2nd Rd. (concld.) : Sq.-Ldr. N. F. D. Buckeridge beat F/O. J. C. Cunning-ham, 6—3, 6—3 ; Flt.-Lt. N. P. Dixon beat F/O. F. G. Powning, 6—3, 6—2 ; F/O. J. W. Hale beat Wing-Cdr. J. C. P. Wood, 6—0, 6—2.3rd Rd. : Wing-Cdr. R. E. Saul beat Sq.-Ldr. C. St. Noble, 6—2, 6—4 ; P/O. H. D. Nicholson beat Buckeridge, 6—3, 9—7 ; Wing-Cdr. H. J. F.Hunter (holder) beat Dixon, 6—2, 6—0 ; Hale beat F/O. A. W. Rule, 6—4, 6—4. Doubles Championship 1st Rd.: Wing-Cdr. L. T. N. Gould and Air Comdre. F. V. Holt beatFlt.-Lt. N. P. Nixon and F/O. L. V. Hirst, 6—2, 6—2 ; Air Comdre. A. I). Warrington-Morris and Wing-Cdr. A. G. N. Bellneld beat Wing-Cdr. K. R.Park and Sq.-Ldr. T. C. Thomson, 6—1, 6—2 ; P/O. H. D. Nicholson and P/O. E. C. Hudleston beat P/O. D. P. LasceUes and P/O. S. H. Bell, 6—4,6—2 ; Wing-Cdr. H. J. F. Hunter and Wing-Cdr. R. E. Saul (holders) beat F/O. F. G. Downing and WiDg-Cdr. F. L. Robinson, 6—3, 6—2.2nd Rd.: Sq.-Ldr. A. J. Capel and Flt.-Lt. R. H. Hanmer beat Gould and Holt, 6—2, 6—3 ; F/O. A. W. Rule and F/O. J. C. Cunningham beatFlt.-Lt. I. E. Brodie and Wing-Cdr. J. C. P. Wood, 6—1, 6—3. Lady Bailey in Birmingham AN interesting function of air interest took place ' Birmingham on Friday, July 11. This was a lectur '" "Civil Aviation" given by the Hon. Lady Bailey, D B F" who arrived at Castle Bromwich aerodrome shortly b'ef hand on the Imperial Airways liner " City of Washingto^' Lady Bailey, who was welcomed with enthusiasm by reas of her plucky aerial ventures, was introduced by Mr p °.n Hannon, the popular M.P., for one of the Birmingham con stituencies, in a happily-phrased little speech. In v, remarks to the audience the lecturer herself recounted interesting experiences on the airways (including an promptu landing in the middle of a country pond, when— as she pointed out—there was any amount of surrounding countryside which would have served the purpose better) and stressed the need for increased public support for the many civil flying enterprises of nowadays. Lady Bailey modestly made no mention of the different noteworthy aerial feats by which her name has become almost as well-known as is that of Sir Abe Bailey, her distinguished husband, but these were referred to by later speakers—Sir Charles Grant Robertson the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, and Sir Charles Rafter, the Chief Constable of the City—who ultimately proposed and seconded a vote of thanks to the Lecturer for coming to Birmingham in the cause of fostering private flying. The second part of the programme was occupied by the showing by Capt. C. D. Barnard (the pilot to the Duchess of Bedford), of lantern slides made from snapshots taken during their epoch-making flight to the Cape and back in 20 days not long ago. These were of special interest as showing what can be done by way of hand camera photography by an air pilot engaged upon an important flight. The scenes shown evinced laughter, as well as interest, particularly when the lantern operator caused one aeroplane to perform involuntary aerobatics before (at the fourth attempt) insert- ing the slide the right way up. Altogether, those who were not present at this particular flying function missed something. m m m m PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED The Broad Skyway : A Manual of Private Flying. By M. Steuart. The " Aeroplane " Publishing Co., 175, Picca- dilly, London, W.I. Price 2s. 6d. net. Pilots' Luck. Drawings by Clayton Knight. George G. Harrap and Co., Ltd., Parker Street, Kingsway, W.C.2. Price 10s. 6rf. net. Notiziario Tecnico di Aeronautica. Vol. VI. No. 5. Mav, 1930. Ministero dell'Aeronautica. Instituto Poli- grafico dello Stato, Rome. Price L.10. Stunt Flying. By Capt. R. Duncan. London : Crosby Lock- wood & Son. Price 7s. 6d. net. m m m m AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS (Abbreviations : Cyl. = cylinder ; i.e. = internal combustion ; m. = motors. The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specification will be printed and abridged, etc.) APPLIED FOR IN 1929 Published July 24, 1930 10,701. A. P. THURSTON. Aircraft. (331,283.) 18.482. BLACKBURN AEROPLANE AND MOTOR CO., LTD., and H. BLACKBIR • Carburettors. (331,366.) _ 18.483. BLACKBURN AEROPLANE AND MOTOR CO., LTD., and H. BLALKBI. Carburettors. (331,367.)19,732. J. S. SAVONA. I.e. rotary engines. (331,385.)23,533. J. B. and H. B. LOBB. Model flying machines. (331.4U., 23,987. G. PEGNA and PIAGGIO and Co. Soc. ANON. Seaplanes. (317,784) FLIGHT, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.« Telephone: Editorial, Holborn 1884;Advertising, Holborn 3211. Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. SUBSCRIPTION RATES POST FREE UNITED KINGDOM. s. d. 3 Months 8 3 6 „ 16 6 12 .. 33 0 UNITED STATES. 3 Months $2-20 6 „ $4-40 12 „ $8-75 OTHER COUNTRIES^ 3 Months 6 " 12 „ 35_. - 12 $ * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. 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