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FLIGHT, JULY 31, 1931 AIRISMS IFIRCA4 THE TOUR WINDS The Farman 190 (240 h.p. Lcrraine) on which M. D'Estailleur Chauteraine made a Flight Round Africa. Miss Amy Johnson's New VentureON July 28, at 1.27 a.m., Miss Amy Johnson left Lympne Aerodrome on the first stage of a flight to Tokio,which she hopes to reach in seven days, via Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, Siberia and Manchuria. She was flyingher " Puss Moth " Jason II, and was accompanied by Mr. C. Humphreys—formerly a Ground Engineer at StagLane aerodrome. Berlin was reached the same morning, and they then flew on, with a stop at Koenigsberg, toMoscow, which was reached at 10.35 p.m. More Atlantic Flights Two more Atlantic flights are in progress. OnJuly 28 Mr. John Polando and Mr. Russell Boardman left Floyd Bennett Field, New York, in their Bellancamonoplane, Cap Cod (300 h.p. Wright engine), intending to fly non-stop to Constantinople. They started at11 a.m. British Summer Time, and were sighted off Newfoundland 9.6 p.m. B.S.T. Twenty minutes afterthese two had left New York, Mr. Hugh Herndon and Mr. Clyde Panghorn left the same aerodrome in anotherBellanca (425 h.p. Wasp engine), hoping to fly non-stop to Moscow as a first hop of a round-the-world tripwhich they hope to accomplish in six days, thus beating the Post-Gatty record by three days. They were sightedoff Newfoundland 9.25 p.m., British Summer Time. European Pilots for U.S. National Air Races LIEUT. A. J. WILLIAMS, the American pilot, recentlyvisited Europe to secure pilots to take part in the U.S. National Air Races, which are being held at Cleveland,Ohio, August 29—September 7. He has since returned to America with the following selections: Great Britain,Flight-Lieu tenant Atcherley (who took part in the 1929 Schneider Trophy) ; Germany, Ernest Udet ; Italy, Majorde Bernardi, and Poland, Capt. Corlinski. Sir Alan Cobham's Progress SIR ALAN COBHAM, who leftRochester on July 23 in the Short " Valetta " seaplane on a surveyflight to Central Africa, reached Marseilles the same afternoon. He thenflew on to Tunis, whence he proceeded to Malta, arriving there on July 25.Next day he flew to Corfu and thence to Alexandria.The French Flight Round Africa WE have received some further particulars of the recent flight roundAfrica carried out by M. D'Estailleur Chauteraine, president of the committeeof L'Entente Francaise. He left Paris, in a Farman F.190 monoplane (240-h.p.Lorraine), piloted by M. F. Giraud, and with M. Mistrot as mechanic, on April8, and arrived back on July 17. The following is a log of the flight: — April 8, Alicante ; April 9, Rabat ;April 10, Agadir ; April 11, Port Etienne ; April 12, Dakar : April 14,Konakri ; April 15, Kankan ; April 16, Bingerville ; April 17, GrandBassam ; April 19, Accra, Kotonou , April 20, Douala ; April 23, Libreville ;April 24, Brazzaville; April 25, Leopold- ville; June 13, Loanda; June 14, Mossa-medes; June 15, Walfish Bay, Capetown; June 20, Port Elizabeth"; June 23, Durban ; June 24, Lourenco Marques, Inhambane ; June25, Qulimane ; June 26, Zanzibar ; June 28, Mogdishu ; June 29, Obbia ; July 2, Berbera ; July 3, Jibouti ; July 5,Port Sudan ; July 6,' Wadi Haifa ; July 7, Aswan, Cairo ; July 10, Dorna ; July 11, Bengazi ; July 13, Tripoli,Tunis ; July 14, Oran ; July 15, Tangier ; July 17, Paris. The whole flight, lasting'3| months, was carried out withoutincident, other than a landing accident near Leopoldvilie. " Graf Zeppelin's " Arctic Voyage THE airship Graf Zeppelin left Friedrichshafen onJuly 24 on a voyage of exploration in the Arctic. Dr. Eckener was in command, and there were on board a crewof 30 and 16 passengers, scientists and journalists. She arrived at Staaken the same day and moored. On 25thshe proceeded to Leningrad, which she left on the 26th at 11.10 a.m. (local time). By 7 p.m. that evening shesignalled that she was over Archangel. She was fighting against a strong head wind. On the 28th she met the ice-breaker Malygin and alighed on the water beside her for 15 minutes to exchange mails, etc. General Nobile wason board the icebreaker. The airship then flew on and reached Franz Joseph Land by midnight.Col. Lindbergh's Flight COL. AND MRS. LINDBERGH left New York on July 27,in a Lockheed monoplane, for Japan, via Canada, Alaska, Siberia and China.An Australia—England Attempt MR. J. A. MOLLISON, an Australian airman, leftSydney for Wyndham, Western Australia, on July 25, on an attempt to break Mr. C. W. A. Scott's record of10 days 23 hrs. for a flight from Australia to England. Mr. Mollison made an unsuccessful attempt last monthwhen, it may be remembered, his machine crashed when he was taking off for Batavia. AN AVRO " AVIAN" FOR SURVEY WORK IN TANGANYIKA Note the air filter fitted to the air intake to prevent dust and from entering the air intake. The Vickers-Potts oil cooler will be noticed. 774 A
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