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FLIGHT, DECEMBER 29, 1932 BarQBraAg Mr. Mollison to Attempt South Atlantic Flight IT is reported that Mr. Mollison hopes to leave Portmarnock, near Dublin, at the beginning of February, on a flight to Rio de Janeiro ; he may fly non-stop to Dakar in French West Africa and from there across the Southern Atlantic to Brazil, the " Puss Moth " Heart's Content, fitted with a new " Gipsy Major " engine, will probably be used. Mr. and Mrs. Mollison left London on December 22 by air for Switzerland ; they had apparently booked two seats on an. Imperial Airways machine, but, arriv ing seven minutes late, found that Imperial Airways, like time and tide, wait for no man—punctuality is the soul of business. Mr. and Mrs. Mollison then chartered a French machine and flew to Paris. (There is a popular supposition that British machines can also be chartered at Croydon.) R.A.F. Flight over Himalayas FIVE Service machines, standard " Harts " with Rolls-Royce " Kes trel " engines, under the command of Fit. Lt. F. H. Isaac of No. 39 Bomber Squadron, Risalpur, recently made a flight over hitherto inaccessible country in the Himalayas during which many fine photographs were taken. During this exceptionally fine flight, Mount Rakaposhi, 25,550 ft. high, was flown over, and it is interesting to note that Mount Everest is only 3,400 ft. higher. For a formation of five machines of service type to fly at such a height for several hours, and over countrv of such a rugged nature, is no mean achievement, and the pilots concerned are to be congratulated on the successful termination of the venture. If service pilots in service machines can reach a height of over 25,000 ft., the specially prepared machines of the Everest Expedition should have no difficulty in flying up to 29,000 ft. No. 39 Squadron might well add to their motto of "by day and by night " the words " over all mountains and plains." Leader of Air Everest Expedition AIR COMMODORE P. F. M. FELLOWES, D.S.O., has been appointed leader of the Everest expedition, which will leave England early next year. Air Commodore Fellowes has had a long and distinguished flying career, and since the war has done much service abroad, including ALTITUDE RECORD HOLDERS AT THE PARIS AERO SHOW : Prof. Piccard, the holder of the world balloon altitude record, and the Bristol " Pegasus " engine, which was fitted in the Vickers " Vespa " on which Fit. Lt. Uwins attained the world aeroplane altitude record. a tour in Persia, during which he was engaged in setting up aerodromes in mountainous country ; he has also in the past flown low over mountains in South Africa and in Persia to test the air currents. As was reported in FLIGHT on December 8, the machines to be used are Westland aircraft—the " P.V.3 " fitted with a " Pegasus " engine, and one of a type used by the R.A.F. (" Wapiti "?). It may be of interest to note that the " Ground " Everest Expedition of the Royal Geographical Society has invited Mr. T. Brocklebank, the Cambridge rowing blue, and Mr. Wager, who was a member of the Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930-31, to join in the new assault on Mount Everest. The Prince Flies to School THE PRINCE OF WALES flew, on December 20, in his " Puss Moth," from Sunningdale to Longford Castle, Salisbury, where he visited the Odstock School and spoke to the boys. FOR 1933 ? Mr. W. Rigby (whose paper flying models will be much in the air this Christmas) has visualised the commercial machine of the future as shown above. Among the special features are : tandem engines arranged either side of the fuselage and shielded from the latter by the " arched " wing roots ; a " fresh-air " promenade on top of fuselage ; water propellers under tail to enable machine (wings having been discarded) to taxi in event of forced landing on water. 1238
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