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1932
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FLIGHT, AUGUST 5, 1932 WINNER OF THE RACE FOR TWO-SEATER MILITARY AIRCRAFT : The Fairey " Fox " (Rolls-Royce " Kestrel ") of the Belgian Air Force, which did the " Circuit of the Alps " at an average speed of 160 m.p.h. The Zurich Meeting THE aviation meeting held at Zurich, Switzerland, from July 22 to July 31 was partly national and partly international in character. It was organised by the Aero Club of Switzerland. Last week we recorded that the speed contests for military air craft over a triangular course, Zurich-Thun-Bellinzona- Zurich, were won by a Hawker " Fury " (Rolls-Royce " Kestrel ") in the single-seater class and by a Fairey " Fox " (Rolls-Royce " Kestrel ") in the two-seater class. In the private owner's or " touring aircraft " class there was an international rally and a subsequent competition. The rally was flown to the following formula, machines being limited to a tare weight of 600 kg. : N = 200 r v I P \ R+V + L + ^+f- The various letters have the following significance: N = Vm, the total number of marks gained by a competitor, r = -^ l where Vm = -r = mean speed over distance / without deducting time of stops from total time r. t = total time elapsed between time of starting and time of crossing the arrival line at Diibendorf. W is the / ^SStL, u THE PILOT OF THE " FOX " : Capt. Van der Linden, of the Belgian Air Force, and His Passenger. engine power per person carried in the machine. R is the highest value of r attained by any one of the competitors. All competitors had to approach Zurich via Basle, and in the formula v is the average speed of a competitor between these two towns. V = greatest speed of any between Basle and Zurich. I = the distance flown by the competitor, this distance being counted as the sum of the straight-line distances A WINNER IN THE COMMERCIAL CLASS : The Junkers Ju. 52 3-m., with three engines of 525 h.p. each, manufactured by the B.M.W. Company. 723 Hornet
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