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1932
1932 - 0530.PDF
FLIGHT, JUNE 3, 1932 ON THE TOP : (Left to right) Mr. A. P. Bradley, manager of Brooklands ; Capt. Duncan Davis, responsible for everything, (for this display he was nobly aided by Mr. R. C. Preston as organising secretary) ; Mr. E. C. Brown, whose excellent announcing played such an important part in the display ; and F/O. S. A. Thorn, a popular instructor. (FLIGHT Photo.) Deputy Master of the G.A.P.A.N., went to the microphone and expressed the regrets of everyone connected with the management for the absence of Lord Londonderry, the Secretary of State for Air. He also read messages from the D.C.A., India, and welcomed to Brooklands Col. and Mrs. Shelmerdine, the Director of Civil Aviation, and, among others, Miss Amelia Earhart, whom he announced had been made an Hon. Member of the Guild. Mr. C. R. Fairey then made a short speech, introducing Mr. J. D. Siddeley, the Chairman of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, who declared the meeting open in a succinct speech wherein he gave some interesting details of the growth of the Guild. After Mr. R. A. C. Brie had demonstrated the Autogiro Fit. Lt. P. W. S. Bulman showed off the paces of the Hawker " Fury." " George " Bulman is, of course, one of the finest pilots for this sort of work there is; as witness AT THE MICRO PHONE : Mr. C. R. Fairey supporting Mr. Siddeley at the official opening of the Display, which it can be seen started punctually at the advertised time of 3 p.m. (FLIGHT Photo.) of this our readers have the invariable excellence of all our photographs of Hawker aircraft, an ex cellence which is in no small measure due to the unerring exactitude with which " George " puts the machine just where our photographer wants it. A manoeuvre of his which was outstanding was a dive followed by two complete upward rolls, finishing off with a loop straight off the continued climb which followed the rolls. Few manoeuvres could demonstrate the high power reserve as well as the cleanliness of the aircraft like this did. Everything in the aero- batic reportoire was shown, including aileron turns on a vertical dive and a prolonged inverted gliding climb after a dive. Fit. Lt. C. S. Staniland was the next in the air with a Fairey " Firefly " Mk. III. This aircraft, being strengthened for catapult launching and built for deck landing, is somewhat heavier than the stan dard " Firefly," and Staniland was therefore handicapped to a certain extent, but nevertheless he showed very con clusively that there is little or nothing to choose between the " Fury " and the " Firefly " when handled by such equally expert pilots, The " Firefly " roars more, and therefore gives the uninitiated an impression of greater speed, but it would have to be a very critical and highly- trained observer who would presume to point out the differences in performance of the two. Staniland's display was marred by the " butting-in " of a fleet of Air Union aircraft, composed of two " Golden Ray " machines together with one of their commercial, " Rapid Azur " Breguets such as are used on the Paris-Lyons route, and also one of the Breguet " Tout Acier " long-range bomhing type, a civil version of which was flown by Paul Codos and Henri Robida from Hanoi to Paris in 3 days 5 hr. 40 min. early this year. These same pilots were flying this aircraft on Saturday. Staniland's zoom up underneath this latter THE NEW ITEM: F/O. Thorn's wireless-controlled flying was a feature of the meeting. His Standard wireless receiver is here seen in the cockpit, while above, the arrangement of the hood is shown. On the right Air Commodore Guest stands in the midst of the French visitors, including MM. Codos and Robida ; with Mr. Lawrence Wingheld, clerk to the G.A.P.A.N., on the right. (FLIGHT Photos.) 490
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