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1934
1934 - 0197.PDF
FLIGHT, MARCH 1, 19S4 ••' *' \'' FOR EASY HANDLING : A good view which shows the lever for withdrawing the front wingjoint pins and also the catch in the leading edge making wing folding a one-man job. (FLIGHT Photo.) pioneer, Mr. George Handasyde, who is in charge of the works, with Mr. H. B. Boultbee under him as designer. There we saw several more " Swallows " ready for ship- ment to Mombasa, Australia, and other parts of the world, besides which there was the very interesting air frame of the " Eagle " (described in FLIGHT for November 9, 1933) in a fairly advanced state, and we hope to have more to say about this machine next month. When we left, Lordand Lady Willoughby de Broke were getting ready to fly back to their place at Kineton, Warwickshire, where theyhave their own aerodrome, and incidentally Lady Willoughby de Broke has now learned to fly the machineherself ; in it she accompanies her husband to Meets, as he is a joint M.F.H. f fi THOSE RESPONSIBLE: (1. to r.) Mr. J. H. Musker (Director), Lady Willoughby de Broke, LordWilloughby de Broke (Chairman), Maj. E. F. Stephens (Managing Director), Mr. E. G. Hordern (Test Pilot), Mrs. Musker, Maj. H. Musker (Director), Mr. C. Best (Manager). The new French air minister GENERAL DENAIN, Chief of Staff of the French AirForce, has been appointed Minister for Air in place of M. Pierre Cot. During his period of office M. Cot hasdone much towards reorganising French aviation. General Denain, who was born in 1888, is from the Military Schoolof St. Cyr, near Versailles, which has produced many famous soldiers, including Napoleon. Gyroscope lectures WITH reference to the Thomas Gray Lectures for thesession 1933-34, the Royal Society of Arts, John Street. Adelphi, have arranged for Professor J. G. Gray, D.Sc.,F.R.S.E., M.I.E.E., of the Department of Applied Physics, University of Glasgow, to give three lectures on Gyroscopes. They will be held on Monday evenings, April 16, 23, and 30. Many happy returns ON the fourteenth anniversary of the formation of theSoviet Army, the Ossoaviakhim, the controlling organisa- tion of Soviet aviation, will present the Red Army with44 bombing aircraft. Carnets for air touring MAJ. C. J. W. DARWIN, D.S.C.and MR. H. E. PERRIN,representing the Royal Aero Club, attended a special Con- ference of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale inParis on February 5 and 6, to deal with the new form of Carnet for air touring and to draw up recommendations tobe submitted to the Commission on International Customs. 197
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