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FLIGHT, MARCH 25, 1932 Qirisms from the lour Winds Miss Sewell's Lone Flight Concluded Miss IRENE SEWELL, who left Gatwick in a Gipsy Moth " to visit friends at Amman, Transjordania, arrived there from Cairo on March 19. Lady Chaytor Continues LADY ISABEL CHAYTOR, who left Lympne on March 5 in a " Gipsy Moth " piloted by Mr. R. T. Richards for Australia, and who was held up at Sofia owing to a minor mishap, continued her journey on March 16 when she flew to Constantinople. A Finnish Flight to the Cape ON March 19 Capt. Bremer, a Finnish airman, left Helsingfors on a flight to Cape Town, via Germany, Italy, and Egypt. New York to Cork IT is learned in Cork that an English airman, whose name has not yet been divulged, is to attempt a trans- Atlantic flight from New York to Cork during the summer. The flight is in conjunction with the Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, which is to be held near Cork from May to September, and the landing is expected to be made on lands adjoining the Fair ground. Mr. John Tranum Home MR. J. TRANUM, who, together with Mr. Oscar Garden, has been creating so much interest with the Spartan Circus in South Africa, arrived back home on March 21. He tells us that the interest displayed by the larger towns out there was amazing and that he hopes to continue his tour the next winter. In the meantime he is staging a series of displays in this country, starting at Ramsgate this Easter week-end, where from Saturday to Monday he will give a daily display for Aviation Transport Sales & Service, Ltd. Mr. Tranum will, of course, be giving parachute jumps, while Mr. Cummings and others will be giving a series of displays on the " Spartans." Mr. Higgs, for A.T.S. & S., Ltd., has chartered a " Westland Wessex " in order to provide those wishing to joy-ride with a wide selection of aircraft from which to choose. We were interested to hear that, in spite of all he had been told, in South Africa Mr. John Tranum did not have the slightest difficulty in making any of his 54 parachute jumps. A great deal of trouble had been forecast for him owing to the rarified air, but although 14 of his jumps were made at aerodromes whose altitude was over 6,000 feet, he noticed very little difference between these places and the sea level. Except on one occasion, he used the 24-ft. Service Irvin parachute with the Navy-type quick- release throughout. Diesel Engines on Airships ACCORDING to an announcement by P. W. Litchfield, President of the Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co., successful tests have been made with one of the Goodyear blimps, fitted with Diesel engines. Two of these engines—we be lieve of the Packard type—were at hand, and it was thought that these could easily be adapted for use on air ships. The Defender, the largest of the fleet of six Good year non-rigid airships, was selected for the installation, following which a number of tests were carried out. A flight of 150 miles from Akron was Hie first test, and shortly after the start weather conditions developed to storm proportions. It was reported, however, that the Defender behaved splendidly. Capt. Karl Fickes, who was in command, said: "The motors behaved perfectly. While the cruising speed of the ship with petrol motors was around 42 m.p.h., the Defender, with its twin Diesels, stepped up to 55 without loss of fuel economy. Since the wind was adverse and we had carried only the amount of fuel appropriate to a comparatively short flight, we had to keep this factor in mind in directing the ship's speed, but we landed back at the Goodyear airship base with almost half of our original fuel untouched. The positive accelera tion given by the Diesel type of motor is a source of great satisfaction to the pilot. There is no spitting and splutter ing, as in the case of a petrol motor, when it is starting or is suddenly accelerated. You push the throttle for ward and the ship drives ahead. It takes off like an aero plane. Another interesting feature is that, with the absence of electrical ignition, there is no radio interference, as there is apt to be, no matter how perfectly the ignition is shielded, in a petrol-motored ship." OFFENSIVE " PUSS MOTHS " : The Government of Iraq has ordered from the de Havilland Company a batch of " Puss Moths " fitted with bomb racks. Another version of this machine is fitted up as an aerial ambulance. (FLIGHT Photos.) 264
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