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1934
1934 - 0003.PDF
FLIGHT, JANUARY 4, 1934 "B\\ WATCHING THE FINISH OF THE SPEED RACE : Mrs. Bromet, Mrs. Buss, and Miss Woodley, with Wing Com. K. C. Buss. (FLIGHT Photo.) point where Hassek Eff. made his forced landing, and onthe same escarpment, Kobson's fuel supply stopped owing to an airlock caused by changing from one tank toanother. Luckily for him he had a reasonable amount of THE DROP OF THE FLAG : Sqd. Ldr. Soden starting in the High-speed Race. His masterly flying was a feature of the tests before the Circuit. (FLIGHT Photo.) height above the ground, and by-turning back was able to reach the flat top of the plateau.Having landed he signalled to the next competitor (he had over-taken several owing to the speed of his machine) by means of thelooking glass which all com- petitors had to carry, and thatsportsman, M. Maillet, flying a Potez 43, one of those with per-manently open slots, landed alongside. He was reassured atonce that the trouble could be rectified and so took off again.It is understood that the time he lost by this chivalrous act wasallowed him by the authorities. After having spent the night atDakhla, the competitors left on Friday morning on the returnjourney. As the map shows, the course lay from Dakhla toBaharia, where fuel was taken on board, and then direct back toAlmaza. The first arrivals were expected about noon, and at11.45 a.m. Mme. Daubree's Farman 199, flown by M. Finat,hove in sight. This machine had started second, had shortly'assumed the lead and then lead throughout the Circuit. Refer-ence to the formula will, however, show that speed alone is notnecessarily a sign of a cornpetitoi standing a good chance ofwinning. Fuel consumption per passenger mile counts for asmuch. Those who had taken the trouble to ascertain their fastestand most economical cruising speed were those who did best under these headings, and ,naturally the greater number of passengers they carried the better.The actual end of the Circuit was somewhat devoid of BEFORE THE SPEED RACE : Left to right, S. Cliff, " E. J-," Sqd. Ldr. F O. Soden, and Miss Woodley. (FLIGHT Photo.) 7
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