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FLIGHT, JUNE 19, 1931 BLIND FLYING A Cabin Aircraft which has been adapted for instruction in flying by instruments A view from the pupils' positionof the instrument board lowered. The instruments include clock,revolution indicator, air speed indicator, turn and bank indicator,altimeter, artifical horizon compass and course and drift indicator. factory natural has already been mentioned in FLIGHT, theRoyal Canadian Air Force has purchased several D.H. PUSS Moths specially fitted for instructionin blind flying. These have proved very satis- for the purpose, and the spacious cabin withlight on the instrument board has been found infinitely preferable to an open machine with a hood overthe cockpit, since the mental effect of being confined in a small spaceis entirely eliminated. Moreover, since light is admitted to therear part of the cabin by ground glass windows, the effect of flyingin a fog is very accurately re- produced. The Puss Moth itself is a1931 model fitted with low-pres- sure wheels and brakes, or the ski undercarriage when required.The instructor occupies the front seat, while the pupil works fromthe rear. The special equipment consists of a dashboard withall necessary instruments, which is hinged and balanced by springs so that it can be raisedor lowered in front of the pupil with ease. In the raised position, the machine then becomes the normal Puss Mothwith full dual control, while in the lowered position the pupil has to fly entirely blind, due to the frosted glass sidewindows already mentioned. The dual controls include, of course, a tail actuating lever and throttle lever. Another view with the instrumentboard raised. It will be seen that the forward view is now notinterfered within in any way at all. Col. Sempill and London Chamber of Commerce COL. THE MASTER OF SEMPILL has been elected deputy-chairman of the council of the London Chamber of Commerce. The new chairman is Sir Geoffrey Clarke. Royal Aero Club's New Home THE premises of the Cavendish Club, 118 and 119, Piccadilly, have been acquired by the Royal Aero Club. First British Ambulance AeroplaneMR. H. THOMAS, a director of the Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., writes in connection with our reference lastweek to the Desoutter Ambulance aeroplane, to point out that this was not the first British ambulance machine, andthat the Bristol Company produced such a machine, fitted with " Jupiter " engine, some seven or eight years ago. We stand corrected. We remember the Bristol Red Cro*smachine quite well, and also others, including a latLje Vickers ambulance. However, what we really had in mind.although it was not made clear, was a low-power am- bulance aircraft such as those produced in France •'many years past. These have usually been of s(^e 100-150 h.p., and what we meant was that the Desouaerwas the first of this class. : R.A.F. Revolver Championship THE R.A.F. Revolver Championship was won, •»" June 4, by Flight-Lieut. George Stainforth, of the H'-n Speed Flight, who flew over from Calshot to Bisley vo. ^ private Spartan, and returned in the same way m tJ afternoon. 554
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