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1931
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FLIGHT, JUNE 12, 1931 "*» IN SQUADRON VEE FORMATION: No. 600 City of London Bomber Squadronflying over Hanworth. (FLIGHT Photo.) (Bristol Jupiters) Captain Guest'ssquadron flew across repeatedly in various formations, such assquadron Vee and line abreast, and in view of the bumpyweather the station-keeping was very good indeed.One or two items having missed fire owing to non-arrival fromBrooklands, where a large meet- ing vi-as held on the same day,Mr. Cyril F. Uwins, Bristol's chief test pilot, stepped into thebreach and gave a very pretty exhibition of aerobatics on the"Bulldog." One of the most attractive features of the display-was that I"wins did his evolutions at a sale height, with the result FIRST BRITISH "AVION SANITAIRE": A Desoutter monoplane (Hermes) has been fitted up as a Red Cross machine. (FLIGHT Photo.)flying without that one could thoroughly enjoythe really "finished" fl".w that nervousness whichstunting close to the ground is apt to engender in many onlookers. Slow rolls, and part of an inverted loop, wereamong the evolutions carried out. .Mr. Campbell Orde, Armstrong Whitworth's chief testpilot, came next on the " Atlas." The machine has but recently left the shops, and still requires a little tuningup. Consequently Campbell Orde did not indulge in any of the more fanciful forms of stunting, but his slow-flyingdemonstrations were very convincing, even allowing for the fairly strong wind which was blowing at the time.The fitting of wings of CYH section seems to have resulted A 1ILITARY REPRESENTATIVE AT HANWORTH: An Armstrong Whit-*" > "Atlas" Mark II (Panther engine). This machine has wings of CYH section, ->eems to hang in the air remarkably well at low speed. Note the anti-drag engine won cowling. (FLIGHT Photo.' in quite an improvement, and even at very low speedsthere were no signs of the " Atlas " having a tendency to " fall out of the pilot's hands." On the contrary itseemed to be under perfect control. Mr. Brie came over from Brooklands on an Autogiro(Genet), and gave a really excellent demonstration of what that machine can do. The exhibition was, to our wayof thinking, just the kind that is wanted. Instead of trying to emulate orthodox types of aircraft by manoeuvresfor which, even if capable of doing them, the Autogiro was never intended, Mr. Brie " sat still " above the edge ofthe enclosure, then descended slowly and nearly vertically, land-ing quite close to the aerodrome boundary. Then, before therotor had time to slow down, he opened his engine and took offwith practically no run, climbing steeply and getting over the fenceand trees at the edge of the aero- drome in fine style. That wassomething which no other air- craft could have done, andshowed plainly to those with enough knowledge to appreciatethe demonstration, how the auto- giro can be landed in and takenoff from a very restricted space, even when trees are in the way.In the meantime M. Bleriot had been flown across to Brook-lands in a Desoutter monoplane to be introduced to LordAmulree, the Secretary of State for Air. He returned at approxi-mately the same time as Mr. 519 B2
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