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1932
1932 - 0615.PDF
FLIGHT, JUNE 24, 1932 seater fighter, and would make a fine training machine if fitted with a camera gun. An " Autogiro " carrying the somewhat inelegant but presumably necessary registration letters G-ABUG, and piloted by Mr. Brie, next gave a demonstration of slow flying, vertical descent and similar feats in which this type excels. We noticed that Lord Weir of Eastwood was highly amused at the antics of the machine, with the de velopment of which his brother, Air Commodore J. G. Weir, has had so much to do. While the " Autogiro " was being demonstrated, the Rolls-Royce " Kestrel " of the Hawker " Hart " was being warmed up, preparatory to being flown by Mr. P. E. G. Sayer. Mr. Sayer gave a fine show on this machine, his climbs with the fuselage absolutely vertical being particularly impressive. The machine seems to be able to continue this vertical climb for hundreds of feet. Mr. C. F. Uwins had flown over from Bristol a " Bulldog " fitted with a French supercharged " Jupiter " engine, and specialised in slow rolls, in which the smooth controls of the " Bulldog " were well illustrated. Mr. Penrose, who had brought over from • Yeovil Mr. Bruce and members of his family, showed what a really fine little three-engined civil machine the " Wessex " is. His slow-flying demonstration indicated that controlla bility extends right down to stalling speed. For sheer impressivenes there was nothing during the day to beat Fit. Lt. Staniland's exhibition on the Fairey '' Firefly ,111 '' (Rolls Royce '' Kestrel "). His zooms end ing in vertical upward rolls were simply amazing, while a tight circle of the aerodrome, in a vertical bank, was of such small diameter that one wondered if Staniland got into his own slipstream! By way of showing an American commercial machine, Mr. Cathcart Jones flew the Lockheed " Vega." The machine is certainly fast, and when flying light at any rate seems capable of flying quite slowly as well. WATCHING THE HANWORTH DEMONSTRATIONS : Sir John D. Siddeley and Air Marshal Sir Robert Brooke- Popham, Commandant of Imperial Defence College. (FLIGHT Photo.) DILOTING IN COMFORT * It is difficult to imagine any type of aircraft which would give the pilot a better outlook forward than the latest " Monospar." So open is this that our photograph provides what might almost be termed a flying portrait of Fit. Lt. H. M. Schofield when he was over Croydon recently. This machine with its two Pobjoy engines gives its occupants a security, performance and comfort not hitherto available in an aircraft of this size. During a short flight we ourselves found the " Monospar " admir able to handle either with both engines running or with one throttled right back. The position of the controls and the general layout from the pilot's point of view is all that could be desired, and the provision of trans parent windows behind the pilot and above the passengers eradicates that bugbear of so many cabin aircraft, namely, the inability to see behind when taking off. General Air craft, Ltd., have in this machine produced one of the most pleasing cabin aircraft it has been our lnck to try. (FLIGHT Photo.) 567
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