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1933 - 0827.PDF
FLIGHT, OCTOBER 19, 1933 machines, 182 are of British or Australian construction, and of the remainder 7 are of American construction, 7 of German and 1 of Dutch. There is one civil aeroplane to every 32,000 persons, and the different types number 45. The British machines comprise Avro-504K, Avian (14), X (4); Beardmore Wee Bee; Blackburn Bluebird (2); Bristol Monoplane; Desoutter (3); de Havilland, 4, 9 (3), 50 (3), 50A (14), 60 (9), 60X (15), 60G (45), 60M (28), 61 (5), 66 (2), 75 (2), 80 (6), 83 (5); Percival Gull; Saro 17B; Simmonds Spartan (2); Spartan Arrow; Sopwith-Dove, Gnu; Vickers Viastra (2); Westland Widgeon (2), and Windover Amphibian. Australian machines comprisjb Genairco (4); Lascoter; Lasconder. The foreign machines are made up of; American Alexander Eaglerock; American Eagle; Curtiss Robin; Fokker Universal; Evan Monoplane, and Waco 10. German. Junker, F.13L., G.34, G.31 (3), W.33/34; Klemm, V.L.25. Dutch Fokker, F.7 (2). Lord Wakefield's Offer AT a banquet held at Hull on Wednesday, October 11, in connection with the Hull Civic Week, a telegram was received from Lord Wakefield offering £15,000 towards the establishment of a Chair of Aeronautical Engineering. The Three-Seater Klemm with ** Gipsy III " Engine FURTHER details of the performance of the new " Gipsy III " engined three-seater Klemm have now come to hand. In FLIGHT for October 5 we illustrated a machine of this type which Mr. A. B. Gibbons has recently bought from Herr Fretz, who had it built for the Kundflug two years ago. As will be seen, the wing surface has been decreased considerably when compared with that of the standard Klemm, but the landing speed has been, despite this, kept down to a low figure by the use of trailing edge wing flaps. The front two seats are slightly staggered side by side, without dual control, and the third seat is behind them. Differential wheel brakes are fitted worked by a hand lever and the rudder bar. The wing folding arrangement is such that the wings can be folded by one man. The wing is released by withdrawal of the main hinge pins, rotated, leading edge .downwards, and then folded on an auxiliary hinge. Span (approx.) 36'ft. 8 in. (\\,\1 m.). Wing area (approx.), 160 sq. ft. (14,86 sq. m.). Cruising speed, 128*m.p.h. (206 km./hr.j. Top speed, 142 m.p.h. (228,5 km.lhr.). Landing speed (with flaps), 32 m.p.h. (51,5 km./hr.). Take-off run (full load), 90 yd. (82,3 m.). Weight, empty, 1 058 lb. (480 kg.). Weight, fully loaded, 1 896 76. (860 kg.). Range, 600 miles (965,6 km.). First Swedish Aircraft Carrier Launched THE Gotland, the first aircraft-carrying cruiser of the Swedish Navy, has just been launched at the Lindholmen shipyards in Gothenburg. The Gotland has a displacement of 4,600 standard tons, a length of about 400 ft, and space for eight seaplanes with a catapult arrangement. It is equipped with six 15-cm. guns, four 75-mm. anti-aircraft guns, four 25-mm. machine guns and two triple torpedo tubes. It is propelled by two de Laval turbines, each of 33,000 h.p., and has a speed of 27-28 knots. It carries a complement of 467 men, and its technical installations include a number of interesting innovations. British Engines in New Guinea NEWS comes from New Guinea that engines of British make have been doing sterling work in conditions which are far from favourable, the temperature being exception ally high, and the humidity of the air quite extraordinary, also machines have to be taken off with full load from high aerodromes. The Bristol engines htted in a Fokker VII have been giving remarkable service, and the Pacific Aerial Transport, Ltd., reports that one engine, on being removed for. overhaul after 520 hr. running, was found to be in such a good condition that it could easily have done another 150 hr. During the whole of the 520 hr. four cylinders were removed for grinding and internal in spection, and the oil, which was changed only twice, seemed in good condition each time. Help Yourself for Half-a-Crown WHEN hospitals and charities have benefited to the extent of over £402,000 there must be something very attractive in the bait which provides such a harvest— irrespective of the satisfaction which accrues from giving support to so good a cause. The foregoing refers to the record to date of the " Help Yourself " Society's contri bution in aid of their Christmas Charity Fund, inaugurated by the Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society. All can help forward this splendid effort for the modest sum of 2s. 6d., the price of the delightful "Help Yourself" Annual which has just been again issued for 1933. There are stories and illustrations by John Buchan, " Sapper," and Denis Mackail, to mention only some of the numerous well-known contributors. An art gravure section, pages in colours and a wireless constructional article help to make this a very attractive publication. But perhaps the most interesting part of the Annual is the list of over 2,000 gifts, including £1,000 worth of goods at Harrods, which are valued at over £20,000. These gifts are available for free distribution among members of the " Help Yourself " Society. Membership is obtained by buying a copy of the Annual, for the purchase of which a numbered receipt is given. Quite apart from the list of gifts, every member who sells 20 or more copies of the Annual receives absolutely free a Christmas box valued at well over 5s., and for whom there is, in addition, a special list of gifts. Send 2s. lOd. for a >ost free copy of the Annual, to include membership, to F. Preston, " Help Yourself " Society, 3, Copthall Buildings, E.G.2, and, as we have said, help yourselves and the hospitals—but before November 24. 591 M.P.H. : The Macchi seaplane (Fiat engine) on which the Italian pilot Cassinelli established a new world's speed record over a 100-km. closed circuit by averaging 629.37 km. per hr. (391 m.p.h.). 1059
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