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1934
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FLIGHT, MARCH 15, 1934 line between Luitpold Land and Charcot Land will be explored, and the expedition will carry an aeroplane which will be used for reconnoitring for a lane through the pack ice, and for other reconnaissance work Fast flights on a "Gull" ONE of the Percival " Gulls " (Napier " Javelin " engine) gave a demonstration of its high cruising speed recently. On March 7 Mr. Lacayo flew from Gravesend aerodrome to the Kastrup aerodrome, Copenhagen, Denmark, in a flying time of 4 hours 40 minutes. Alter leaving Gravesend Mr. Lacayo circled Lympne in the usual way to be reported, and after circling Calais he set off along the coast to Amsterdam, where a landing was made. The next landing^ was at Travemunde for fuel. This was a little out of the direct route from Hamburg, but Mr. Lacayo met foul weather in the neighbourhood of Oldenburg, and decided to call at Travemunde before setting out across the Baltic to Denmark. On Friday, March 9, the return flight was made in exactly 5 hours. The " Gull " belongs to Baron von Schinkel, of the Royal Swedish Air Force, who was flying it to Cannes, and decided that it would not take him long to call in England and drop Mr. Lacayo.Air mail boxes in Cape Town SEVERAL blue air mail pillar boxes are being erected in Cape Town. The first of these has been placed outside the General Post Office, and others will be located at advantageous points in the near future. Autogiro deck landing trials MR. DE LA CIERVA, who at present is touring Spain with the latest type of C.30 direct-control " Autogiro," recently landed on the deck of the Spanish ship Dedalo off Valencia. The machine made a perfect landing with plenty of space to spare, and took off again with equal ease. Mr. de la Cierva, who is giving lectures and demonstrations in all the places he visits, is being feted everywhere.Latest bomber for Japanese army THE Japanese Army Air Force has recently given orders for large numbers of Kawasaki " 93 " two-seater high-performance day bombers for re-equipment purposes. The maximum speed reported is 167.7 m.p.h. (270 km/hr) and the engine is a Kawasaki B.M.W. 600 h.p."Cyclones," not "Hornets" IN our issue of January 18, 1934, in referring to the splendid flight of six Consolidated flying boats of the U.S. Navy from San Francisco to Honolulu, we stated that these machines were fitted with Pratt & Whitney "Hornet"engines. Mr. H. Caldwell, of the Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation, informs us that this was incorrect, and thateach of the six flying boats was powered by two Wright " Cyclones," which functioned perfectly throughout the24-25 hours which it took the machines to cover the dis- tance of 2,408 miles non-stop.A. V. Roe to build autogiros WE are informed that Messrs. A. V. Roe & Co., Ltd.,of Newton Heath, Manchester, have acquired a licence for the manufacture, use and sale of the Autogiro. They aretaking immediate steps to put the latest type of machine, the " Direct Control " C.30.P, into production. The AirMinistry has placed an order with Messrs. A. V. Roe & Co., Ltd., for ten of these machines, and a number of ordershave already been taken from other quarters in England and abroad. The price of the C.30.P is £1,250 ex-works,and delivery can be effected towards the end of June. The Nieuport "Tailless" THE Nieuport tailless machine exhibited at the lastParis Aero Show is now being developed, and the flying tests are being made under the supervision of the famousSadi Lecointe, Nieuport's chief test pilot. The machine, it may be recollected, is a pusher, and the engine is a 120-h.p.5-cyl. radial air-cooled Lorraine. A wheel under the nose minimises the risk of turning over on the ground.Telling Europe about Mt. Everest COL. ETHERTON left recently on a lecturing tour toPrague, Vienna, Budapesth and Rome, where he will lec- ture on the Houston-Everest Flight Expedition. Col.Blacker is also lecturing on the flight, his audiences being at Amsterdam and The Hague.Our modern deserts AN amusing story comes from Cairo. On a recentwestbound flight of one of Imperial Airways machines, the pilot Capt. Spafford landed Hannibal in the desert about80 miles west of Rutbah to make some minor adjustments. As soon as the machine came to a standstill the pilotassured his passengers that there was nothing serious the matter, and many of them de-aeroplaned to have a glanceat the boundless waste of " the real desert." Within a very short time, however, there arrived five R.A.F.machines, who gave an impromptu display of flying, an Avro " X " piloted by Capt. Wheeler, engaged in workfor Iraq Petroleum Co., and two cars, driven by natives who did not even deign to stop. FAIREYS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN : This photograph, taken on board the aircraft carrier Courageousduring the Spring Cruise in the Mediterranean, is of interest not only on account of the large number of Fairey machines ranged on the flying deck, but also because at the back, over the extreme stern, may be seen theSupermarine " Seagull Mark V " with Bristol " Pegasus " engine. The presence of the latest type of amphibian flying boat on board the carrier may be significant. 255
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