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1932
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FLIGHT, JANUARY 1, 1932 6\\r\fY^\f frorw \he fbcir Or\df R.A.F. East African Tour No. 14 (BOMBER) SQUADRON, stationed at Amman, will send four Fairey III F aircraft on a tour through Kenya and Tanganyika in January and February, starting from Heliopolis on January 11. The aircraft will take part in various military exercises by units of the King's African Rifles in both territories. Nairobi, Mombasa, Dodoma and Dar-es-Salaam will be visited. Among the personnel on the flight will be Fit. Lt. R. L. R. Atcherley (late of the High- Speed Flight), F/O. L. E. Jarman and F/O. R. J. Cooper. The last named is a specialist in air pilotage, and has recently been on the staff of the F.T.S. at Abu Sueir. The Middle East Command will be represented by Wing Com. A. T. Harris, O.B.E., A.F.C., q.s., who served in 1914 with the Rhodesian Regiment, and in 1927 com manded No. 58 (Bomber) Squadron at Worthy Down. He is the inventor of an electric truck for moving heavy aircraft, which enables two men to do the work of 12. This flight through East Africa is to take the place of the flight to the Cape, which has been an annual event for some years past, but which will not take place this year, possibly for reasons of economy. Spanish Flight Across the Sahara Two Spanish military airmen, Capt. Rodriguez Diaz and Lt. Carlos de Haya Gonzales, have just completed a fine non-stop flight of 2,500 miles from Seville to Bata, in Spanish Guinea. Flying a Breguet 19 (600 h.p. Hispano- Suiza) they left Seville on Christmas Eve, and, taking the direct route across the Sahara, arrived at Bata on Christmas Day, having taken 27 hr. 10 min. Shell spirit was used throughout. Lady Bailey Obtains Blind Flying Certificate LADY BAILEY has just obtained a certificate for blind flying, after a course of instruction at the Air Services Training School at Hamble. Lady Bailey hopes to obtain a full commercial air pilot's licence. Mrs. Cleaver's Flight to Morocco MRS. CLEAVER, who has been held up at Lyons by bad weather since December 23, has decided to abandon her trip to Morocco, and is returning to England. Indian Woman Delegate Flying to India MRS. SUBBARAYAN, who was one of the two women delegates to the India Round-Table Conference, left Croy don on December 26 by the Karachi air mail en route for Bombay. Fraulein Beinhorn's Adventure FRAULEIN BEINHORN, the German airwoman, who left Berlin on December 4 for the Dutch East Indies, had to make a forced landing, owing to engine trouble, at Bandai- Dilam, north of Bushire, on December 17. Her machine being damaged she had to walk across desert land to Bushire, taking about ten hours for the journey—some anxiety meanwhile having been felt for her safety. The Master of Sempill's Air Greetings to the Premier FLYING from Han worth to Lossiemouth, Col. the Master of Sempill dropped a Christmas card inscribed " From one flying Scot to another " on the Premier's Lossiemouth home. The Master of Sempill had intended dropping his message on Christmas Day, but heavy gales delayed his arrival at Lossiemouth. During a part of the journey the Master of Sempill was accompanied by his mother, Lady Sempill. Mr. Mollison's Troubles MR. J. A. MOLLISON, who is returning from Egypt, where he crashed on November 14 last while attempting to beat the England-Australian record, left Konia—where he had been detained by the Turkish authorities—on December 21, and was forced by bad weather to land near Bourgas, in Bulgaria. Continuing after some delay there, he lost his way in a fog while crossing Bavaria on Decem ber 27, and made a forced landing at Mallersdorf. He was unhurt, but his machine was slightly damaged. Spanish Pilot's " Puss Moth " CAPT. IGNACIO JIMENEZ, the Spanish pilot who flew the South Atlantic, is planning a new world flight of about 40,250 miles, for which he will use a D.H. " Puss Moth." He proposes to fly from Madrid down the West Coast of Africa to Cape Town, thence up the East Coast to Egypt, India, and on to Australia. From here he will return by way of Japan, China, Berlin and Paris. Our Cover WE think our readers will agree that Mr. Charles Dickson has succeeded admirably in his pictorial concep tion of " Memories of 21 Years' Progress," which forms the subject of our front cover this week. Apart from the general artistic effect—pleasing both in colour and execu tion—the past history of aviation, and likewise that of the famous Cellon Dope, is well told in the limited space at the artist's disposal. Cody's prize-winning machine flying over Salisbury Plain in 1911, the Schneider Contest and Hendon Happenings from 1914 onwards, Brooklands, Lympne, and many other events to date, can be discovered upon a close inspection of the design. It may be of interest to note here that 1932 celebrates the 21st anni versary of the commencement of Cellon manufacture. Belgian Anti-aircraft Defence THE Belgian Government has placed an order with Vickers, Ltd., for eight sets of anti-aircraft equipment, after having conducted completely successful experiments with this equipment last September on the coast, near Middlekerke. The Vickers' anti aircraft gun has a range of about five miles and can fire 25 shells a minute. It is controlled by an electric predictor, which works out the angles of elevation and deflection, allowing for the time of the shell's flight. The Belgian Army, equipped with Fairey Firefly fighters and Fox bombers, and Vickers' anti-aircraft ground units, will be equipped for air defence on a scale of efficiency far above its numerical importance. AN AMERICAN SPEEDSTER: A fine flying view of the Travel Air model R which shows the cleanliness of the under-carriage with its wire bracing.. 16
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