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Flight, November 16, 1933 AIRCRAFTTNGINEER AND AIRSHIPS First Aeronautical Weekly in the World. Founded January, 1909 Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. i^oo i"Vo1' XXV^ 1299. ^ No, 4ft. ) 25th Year. NOVEMBER 16, 1933 Weekly, Price 6d. Post Free, 7Jd. Abroad, 8d. Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET. KINGSWAY, W.C.2 Telephone: (2 lines), Holborn 3211 and 1884. Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London Subscription Rates, Post Free. UNITED KINGDOM s. d. 3 Months .. 8 3 6 „ .. 16 6 UNITED STATES 3 Months .. $2-20 6 „ .. 14-40 12 „ .. 33 0 12 „ $8-75 OTHER COUNTRIES s. d. 3 Months .. 8 9 6 „ .. 17 6 12 „ .. 35 0 CONTENTS Editorial Comment: Thoughts over the Timor Putting Melbourffe on the Map The Lord Mayor's Show Avro 637 From the Clubs Airport News Air Transport The Log of the " Astraea " (Continued). By Hudson Fast American Amphibians Capt. Bremer's World Tour An Autogiro Demonstration Airisms from the Four Winds Economical Flying Royal Air Force Briefly Fysh PAGE 1139 1140 1141 1142 1144 1146 1147 1148 1154 1155 1157 1158 1160 1161 1162 DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list :— 1933. Nov. 16. "Stiffness of Aeroplane Wings." Lecture by H. Roxbee Cox before R.Ae.S. Nov. 16. Lord Wakefield Boxing Competition, R.A.F., Hon low. Nov. 21. No. 605 County of Warwick Sqdn., A.A.F., Dance at Castle Bromwich Aerodrome. Nov. 22. College of Aeronautical Engineering Annual Dinner and Dance, Grosvenor House, Park Lane, W. Nov. 22. Irvin Parachute Flare Demonstration, Heston Air port. Nov. 23. Lincolnshire Ae.C. Annual Dance, "The Gaiety," Crtmsbv. Nov, 24. Central Flying School " Coming Of Age " Dinner, at May Fair Hotel. Nov. 24. Yorkshire Ae.C. Annual Dance, Hotel Majestic, Harrogate. Nov. 25. Comrades of the R.A.F. Reunion Dinner, at Thames House Restaurant, Millbank, S.W.I. Nov. 25. Elec. and Wireless School Officers' Reunion Dinner, at R.A.F. Club, Piccadilly. Nov. 27. Cinque Ports Winter Dance, Leas Pavilion, Folkestone. Nov. 30. "Tail Buffeting." Lecture by Dr. W. J. Duncan _ before R.Ac.S. _ Dec. 1. No. 3 Sqdn. R.F.C. and R.A.F. Reunion Dinner, at _ May Fair Hotel. , ._ Dec. 1. No.70 Sqdn., R.A.F., Reunion Dinner, at R.A.F. Club, Piccadilly. Dec. 1. MarUesham Annual Dinner. ., „ ^ , Dec. 1. Lancashire Ae.C. Annual Ball, Midland Hotel, \I a n c h os t cr D ec 1. Hampshire Ae.C. Annual Dinner and Dance, South _. Western Hotel, Southampton. Dec. 1. Leicestershire Ae.C. Dance, at Palais de Danse, Leicester. EDITORIAL COMMENT ANT AS, LTD., flies over the level plains of northern Queensland and the Northern Territory of Australia, where an aeroplane can be landed safely almost anywhere, and therefore the managing director of that company, Mr. Hudson Fysh, has always stuck to single-engined aeroplanes for his excellent service. The reason is quite adequate One of the secrets of success in running any air line is always to use the type of machine which gives Thoughts the best results on the route in question. over There should always be a definite the Timor reason for using a particular type on a particular route. It is very rarely good policy to use a type just because it is the easiest sort of machine to acquire. The first cross-Channel services started with D.H. 4 machines, in which a 360-h.p. " Eagle " engine was used to carry one pilot and two passengers. The founders of that service after wards admitted that the equipment was not ideal, but excused themselves by saying that those machines were the only ones available. That pioneer effort did not last more than a year, but mistakes were excusable at that time when there were no true civil aircraft in existence. Other air lines also have failed largely through using a type of machine which was not the most suitable for the particular route. There are men who get prejudiced in favour of a particular class of machine, whether motor car or aero plane or something else. If Mr. Hudson Fysh had been that sort of man, he might have been expected to show a bias in favour of the single-engined aero plane. Fortunately, he is of different mould. He believes in choosing the right class of aeroplane for each route. We are now publishing his Log of the Astraea serially in FLIGHT, and we feel confident that it will be read with intense interest by all our readers. In the section which we published last week Mr. Fysh described the crossing of the Timor Sea from Darwin to Koepang. As he sat in his comfortable lounge chair in the saloon of the Astraea he did some useful thinking during the three hours forty minutes while the machine was flying over 520 miles of
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