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FLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 21, 1933 Croydon-Hungary Non-Stop ANTHONY BANHIDI, whose " Gerle 13 " we were able to illustrate and describe in FLIGHT for September 14, has now returned to his own country, and in doing so has made a very excellent non-stop flight, not an official record, of course, but certainly something which no one else has done. In the same aeroplane he left Croydon, at 6.10 a.m. on Friday, September 15, and arrived at Debreczen, some hundred miles west of Budapest, near the Roumanian border, at 5 p.m. This flight of 1,025 miles (1,650 km.) was accomplished with a S.S.W. wind, which helped the pilot to a certain extent, but over Austria he had the misfortune to run into bad weather; nevertheless his " Genet " engine must have done good work to get the " Gerle 13 " there in only 10 hr. 50 min. A Celebration at Rheims ON Sunday, September 17, an assembly of light aero planes was held at Rheims to celebrate what was called the 25th anniversary of the first notable cross-country flight made in Europe, or in fact in the world. This flight was made by Henry Farman from Chalons-sur-mer to Rheims, 27 kilometres in 20 min. He landed in a field near the Pommery House, and the great champagne firm have been much interested in the celebration. What is strange is that Farman's flight was made on October 30, 1908, so that September 17 could not strictly be called an anniversary of the event. " Smithy " in England AIR COM. SIR CHARLES KINGSFORD-SMITH, who, as reported in our Croydon Notes, has arrived in this country, is proposing to return to Australia about the first week in October in a Percival " Gull." It will be remembered that we reported some weeks > ago the fact that he was taking up the Australian agency for this machine. While in England, or at any rate for the present, letters should be addressed to him, c/o Henly's, Ltd., Heston Airport. More Landing Grounds Six more aerodromes have recently been added to those already listed in the A.A. Register of Landing Grounds. These are:—Hatherley, Gloucester; controlled by the Westgate Motor House, 211, Westgate Street, Gloucester. Otterburn Hall, Northumberland, which is adjacent to the Otterburn Hall Hotel, and was illustrated in FLIGHT for August 17. Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, the property of Mr. G. Rae, Mains-of-Greenlaw, Castle Douglas. Ronaldshay, Isle of Man, this is used for traffic to Castletown and is controlled by Mr. W. Faragher, of Ronaldshay. Chalvey, Slough, a private field for the use of which, however, no permit is required, belonging to Mr. A. C. M. Jackaman, Highfield, Slough. Douglas, Isle of Man, a one-way field close to the town, controlled by the Cunningham Holiday Camp, Douglas. Polish Airmen Crash COL. FILIPOWICZ and CAPT. LEWONIEWSKI, who left Warsaw on Monday, September 11, flying eastward in an attempt to gain the long-distance record, crashed in Russia. Col. Filipowicz, who is the Director of Civil Aviation in Poland, escaped by parachute, but his companion was killed. An Irish-Owned Stinson LADY CATHLEEN NELSON, of Athboy, County Meath, has just purchased a four-seater Stinson monoplane, fitted with a 215-h.p. " Lycoming " engine, which she is to fly to Ireland. Last year Lady Nelson learned to fly at Han- worth, and since that time she has put in a good many hours of solo flying. On the formation of the National Aero Club (Irish Free State) she was elected as its first President, and her new machine will be kept at the head quarters of the Club, Kildonan aerodrome, Dublin. A Silent Machine-Gun A REPORT comes from Tokio that a Japanese citizen, by the name of Mr. Shimizu, of Nihombashi, has invented a silent machine-gun which works without gunpowder. Apparently the projecting force of this new gun is the centrifugal energy of a revolving disc set in motion at a great speed by a small petrol engine. Flying to Hungary PILOTS flying to Hungary should note the special Travellers' Cheques instituted by the Magyar Touring Club at Budapest in conjunction with the Hungarian National Bank and the Automobile Association. A more favourable rate of exchange is now to be obtained by purchasing cheques of the face value of £4 8s. through the Automobile Association, and when tourists arrive in Hungary they obtain cash in pengos for the equivalent of £5 10s.—a free gift of £1 2s. The scheme has been made possible by utilising " frozen credits " in a way that the accumulation of foreign capital in Hungary finds an internal outlet without any detriment to national trade. For Flying to Mexico THE NAVAL AIR PILOT OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO is the official title of the American Hydrographic office publication No. 193. It is designed to furnish, in a convenient form to pilots, information of assistance in the navigation of aircraft, especially when on extended flights. The section to hand covers Mexico and is divided into two parts. The first deals with routes, distances, regulations, etc., and the second with information about the seaplane anchorages and landing fields. Large and small scale maps are given of each anchorage or landing ground, and frequently there are aerial photo graphs as well. Altogether an admirable publication which should be of great value to those flying in that part of the world. THE ANTONI VARIABLE CAMBER WING : As reported in our last issue a successful test was made at Brockworth on September 8 with a Breda fitted with this wing. Our picture shows the machine in flight. 951
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