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FLIGHT, FEBRUARY 27, 1931 the 3cm UMtuU The Princes Fly Again ON February 21 the Prince of Wales and Prince Georgeonce again completed by way of the air a section of their South American tour, when they flew in a Ford air liner fromAntofagasta to Santiago, taking just over seven and a-half hours for the 700-mile journey. On their arrival the Princeswere welcomed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the British Ambassador, and the full personnel of the Embassy. At theAir Force officers' mess, Major Merino presented an address of welcome, to which the Prince of Wales replied in Spanish.The Princes later attended a reception at the British Embassy, and on the following day were present at a dinner given byPresident Ibanez. The Prince has conferred the order of C.B.E. upon Maj. Merino, Chilean Under-Secretary for Air.On February 23, the Princes and their suite left Santiago at 6.30 p.m. in a Sikorsky amphibian for Valparaiso, wherethey arrived soon after 7 p.m. The Rangoon Flight to Basra THE following is the itinerary of the three " Rangoon "boats of No. 203 (F.B.) Squadron, which are flying to Basra under the command of Group Captain Welsh. They leftMount Batten on February 14, and arrived the same day at Hourtin (Bordeaux). On the 15th they flew overland toEtang de Berre (Marseilles). On the 18th they left Berre for Naples, and at midday were signalled flying over Corsica.While en route they received a warning of bad weather at Naples, so they landed at Ostia. On the 23rd they went onto Naples, The Cairo-Capetown Flight THE three Victoria troop-carriers of No. 216 BomberSquadron, which are carrying out the annual flight from Cairo to Capetown and back, left Capetown on the returnjourney on February 11 and arrived at Victoria West. On the 12th they flew on to Kimberley, on the 14th to Johannes-burg, on the 17th to Pietersburg, on the 20th to Buluwayo, and on the 23rd to Broken Hill.The Flight to the Cape FLT.-LT. TOMMY ROSE, who is carrying out an aerialdash to the Cape in an Avro " Avian " on behalf of the Anglo-American Oil Co., arrived at Juba on February 16.He proceeded next day, and reached Bulawayo and Palapye Road on February 19. Unfortunately, when taking off fromPalapye on February 20, the machine hit a lump hidden by grass, with the result that the undercarriage was damaged—" Tommy " was not, however, hurt. Anyway, bad weather at the start had prevented any chance of creating a recordtrip to the Cape—but better luck coming home ! And Another England-Australia Flight FLYING a Spartan " Arrow " (Gipsy II engine), G. P.Fairbairn, an Australian airman, left Hanworth Aerodrome on February 19 in an attempt to beat Kingsford Smith's10-day flight to Australia. He reached Nice on February 20. A Portuguese African FlightTwo Portuguese airmen, Carlos Eduardo Bleck (Secre- tary of the Aero Club of Portugal) and Humbuto Cruz, havejust completed a flight from Lisbon to Loanda, Angola, and back, a distance of about 11,800 miles. They followed theWest Coast to Bolama, then struck inland to Kayes and Bammako, striking the coast again at Grand Bassam, thenceto Loanda via Lagos, Duala, Port Gentil and Point Noire. This flight was accomplished on a D.H. Moth (" Gipsy III ")which gave no trouble whatever throughout the entire flight.Those Soviet Airships A REPORT from Riga states that the Soviet Governmenthas resolved to build three dirigibles this year. The Council of People's Commissaries has sanctioned a five-year plan fordirigible construction with the view to establishing a Soviet Zeppelin service between Moscow, North Russia, CentralAsia, and the Far East. Aeroplane v. Rhinoceros ACCORDING to the Times Nairobi correspondent, HerrErnst Udet, the well-known German airman, figured in a curious adventure recently on the Serengetti Plains, wherehe was taking part in the making of a German film. Two aeroplanes set out over little-known country to photographrhinoceros. One machine was forced down and turned turtle, dragging its two occupants 50 yards. Herr Udet, in thesecond machine, landed to give help; simultaneously a rhinoceros appeared and charged him. Before he was able to go to his companions he had to shoot the rhinocerosVat5 yards' range. The animal thereupon disappeared into the bush, enabling Herr Udet to transport his companionsone at a time to the camp. King's Cup Air Race LORD WAKEFIELD OF HYTHE has presented /500 to theRoyal Aero Club, to be devoted to Prizes for this year's King's Cup Air Race.Forthcoming Air League Functions ON April 7, there will be held at Hanworth Air Park anEaster Party and Children's Fete, beginning at 3.30 p.m. Tickets (including tea) at 5s. for adults and 2s. 6d. for childrenmay be obtained from the Air League, Astor House, London, W.C.2., or from National Flying Services Limited, Hanworth,Nr. Feltham, Middlesex (Telephone : Feltham 264). The programme will include a flying display, flights for guests,gliding, model aircraft competitions, arrival of Daedalus from the air to distribute gifts to the children, lawn tennis,dancing, etc. THE Annual Dinner of the Air League will be held onWednesday, April 22, at Dorchester House, Park Lane. His Grace The Duke of Sutherland will preside. This will be thefirst public function after the opening to be held at the magnificent new hotel. Applications for tickets may nowbe made to the Air League, Astor House, Aldwych, W.C.2. A New Aviation Company AIR Service Training, Ltd., is the name of an aviationcompany which has just been formed, and in which the Armstrong-Siddeley Development Co., Ltd., is interested.The object of this concern, as its name implies, is the establish- ment of Flying Schools, where flying in all its branches wiltbe taught. The directors include Air-Marshal Sir John Higgins, J. D. Siddeley, S. W. Hiscocks, F. P. Scott andGroup-Capt. R. J. F. Barton. It is proposed to establish a school at Hamble and elsewhere. Rustless SteelsON February 3, Dr. W. H. Hatfield read before the Institution of Automobile Engineers a paper entitled " Rust-less Steels as applied to Automobiles and Aircraft." The paper was of very considerable interest, especially in view ofthe increasing use being made of Firth's " Staybrite " steels in aircraft construction, and an abstract of the paper will bepublished in FLIGHT next week.Hire and Fly Yourself A NEW service has just been instituted whereby soloflying facilities will be provided for those who are not owner pilots but wish to fly without cumbersome restrictions. TheAir Hire Co., of 50, Fairfield Crescent, Edgware, will now supply 1931 Gipsy Moths with balloon tyres and safety slotsat an inclusive charge of £% per day. This charge includes a full tank, and hirers will be allowed to fly in or out of England.A special week-end rate is also arranged at £12 12s. inclusive from Friday night to Monday morning. The Air Hire Co.have also opened showrooms at 18-22, Dering Street, New Bond Street, London, W., where anyone who is interested inlearning to fly, hiring or purchasing an aeroplane, will be a welcome caller. A special invitation is extended to the manyvisitors now in London in connection with the British Empire Exhibition at Olympia. Cirrus Achievements CIRRUS AERO ENGINES, of Croydon, have received thefollowing telegram from Bulawayo. " Britain to Bechuana- land in eight days. Hermes has behaved magnificently.Owing to contrary winds, she has been at full throttle two-thirds of the trip and is now better than ever. Everyhorse in her is fully thoroughbred."—Signed Tommy Rose. They have also received a letter from the BrooklandsSchool of Flying, Ltd., stating :— " From March 1, 1930, to February 1, 1931, we have com-pleted 1,125 hours flying on four School ' Moths.' Thsse machines were fitted with Cirrus Mark II engines and, apartfrom minor adjustments, no trouble has been experienced- We should like to congratulate you on your service, and :hegeneral reliability of your products." Finally, an official letter from Finland says that a Cirrusengine, fitted in a machine called " Ilmatar," has, up to ine present time, completed 1,100 hours running. The Heroesengines in use by the Finnish Air Authorities are also givig satisfaction. 190
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