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1934
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FLIGHT, MARCH 29, 1934 guilders. Board and lodging along the route, first-class hotel accommodation in Australia and the Dutch Indies and the cost of various trips in both countries are included in this total. Already applications for seats have been received, but it depends largely on the amount of support received from the public whether the machines will be entered. It is possible that mail will be carried on the Douglas in the Speed Race, which should be good news to stamp collectors."Postjager" for England-Australia Race? IT IS rumoured in Holland that the Pander " Post- jager " may be entered for the MacRobertson England- Australia Race. This aircraft, it may be remembered made a very fast flight to Batavia some months back.' It is fitted with three 420 h.p. Wright " Whirlwind " engines, has a maximum speed of 223.5 m.p.h., and cruises at about 186 m.p.h. The American airwoman, Laura Ingals, has announced her intention of entering the race. She is at present in the Argentine.Rubens and Waller at Rome MR. BERNARD RUBENS and Mr. Kenneth Waller, who are flying to Australia to survey a route for the Mac- Robertson Race, in which Mr. Rubens intends to enter a machine, arrived at Rome on Friday, March 23. Mr. Rubens will visit property which he owns near Melbourne, but will return in time to miss the Indian monsoons of late April. Mr. Waller is an instructor at the Cinque Ports Flying Club, of which Mr. Rubens is a member. Sir Malcolm Campbell's treasure hunt SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL, who is understood to be searching for treasure which was lost when an east Indiaman went ashore on the African coast some centuries ago, has moved his base from Luderitzbucht to Spencer Bay, about 80 miles to the north. Mr. Fulford, the chief pilot to the expedition, Dr. Bleek, a geologist, and one native are accompanying Sir Malcolm.An " Avian •' in Antarctica CONSUL LARS CHRISTENSEN, a Norwegian explorer and ship owner, has completed his third voyage in the Antarctic. In an interview with a representative of The Times, Consul Christensen gave some interesting examples of the employment of an Avro " Avian " with a " Cirrus " engine which was carried on board his ship. With two officers on board the " Avian " made a flight of about 45 min. from a point 65.22 S., and on landing *he occupants reported that they had seen, beyond the Barrier Ice, land stretching for a distance of about 150 miles. Consul Christensen gave to this the name Princess Astrid Land, after the two year old daughter of the Crown Prince of Norway. On another flight, from a point 72.08 S., the officers reported that they could not see beyond the Barrier Ice, but Consul Christensen believes that new land lies beyond. More " Tiger Moths " for the R.A.F. AN order has been placed by the Air Ministry with the de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., for a number of " Tiger Moth " training aircraft fitted with " Gipsy Major " engines. For several months past the " Tiger Moth " (" Gipsy III ") has been used for training in the R.A.F. The new machines, which will probably be issued one to each Home Defence squadron, will have full blind-flying equipment. With "Gipsy Major" engine the "Tiger Moth " has a maximum speed of 109 m.p.h., a cruising speed of 93 m.p.h., and an absolute ceiling of 16,000 ft.Air sport in Soviet Russia IN MOSCOW, recently, the first conference of flying clubs from all over the Union was held. The proceedings have shown the development of sporting flying in the Soviet Union. A year ago there were only 18 flying clubs in the country, but to-day there are 54 clubs attached to factories and "collective" farms. A club formed at the Frunze works in Moscow has a membership of 600. Over 14,000 persons were taught to glide last year, and this year it is hoped to train about 60,000. Children are encouraged to make flying models and every year " All Union " competitions are held. An Antwerp-Leopoldville trip M. GUY HANSEZ, a well-known member of the Antwerp Aviation Club, will attempt, before the end of this month, a fast flight from Antwerp to Leopoldville. He will be accompanied by Mde. Hansez. The machine will be a D.H. " Dragon " (two " Gipsy Majors "). M. Hansez has been authorised to carry mail in both directions of his flight. It is improbable that the flight has any connection with a regular service to Leopoldville, for, it may be remembered, an agreement has been made between the Sabena Company and the Belgian Government whereby Sabena will take over the operation of the route and will have the exclusive right for the transport of mails. Aircraft v. Locusts A MESSAGE from Johannesburg states that military aircraft went into action on March 24 against locusts. An extensive campaign has been planned in all details by the S.A.A.F. The following is the method employed. A machine working in conjunction with parties on the ground flies in front of swarms of locusts which are just reaching the flying stage. This aircraft selects spraying places. Other aircraft fly over in formation and discharge clouds of sodium arsenate about 40 ft. above the ground. This- settles on the locusts and kills them in flight, and as it gradually settles earthwards exterminates those still testing their wings. Up to the present the results of the tests have not been made known, but the South African Government is prepared to employ, if necessary, the whole of the Air Force to combat the locust menace. Another mystery of the Air solved ON July 16, 1932, a Pan-American Grace air Hner, the San Jose, left Santiago, Chile, for Argentina. The machine did not reach her destination, and despite an extensive search by aeroplanes and mountaineers, was never heard of again. A message from Mendoza, which was to have been the first stop of the machine on her journey, reports that the wreckage of the aircraft has been discovered half buried in snow, with the bodies of four passengers in the cabin. Four other bodies of passengers were beneath the wreckage, and it is believed that they attempted to- jump from the machine before it struck the ground. Death of Dr. Hope IT is with the very greatest regret that we have to record the death, at the age of 67, of Dr. T- L. A. Hope, M.R.C.S., of Addlestone, Surrey. Dr. Hope acted as honorary surgeon at a number of the light plane meetings at Lympne, where his charming ways and cheerful outlook endeared him to everyone who had the good fortune to- become acquainted with him. To the last he followed closely the work of his son-in-law, Mr. W. S. Shackleton, and during the latter's stay in a nursing home, although suffering great pain himself, he made a point of visiting Mr. Shackleton several times. From an operation on Tuesday of last week Dr. Hope never recovered conscious- ness. To Mr. and Mrs. Shackleton, as well as to their two young sons, we offer our sincere sympathy.Col. Etherton's lecture tour AT the Officers' Casino at Budapest on Monday, March 19, Col. P. T. Etherton, of the Houston Mount Everest Expedition, gave a lecture on the experiences of the expedition. Admiral Horthy, the Regent of Hungary, and Sir Patrick Ramsay were among those present. On the following Thursday Col. Etherton lectured in Rome. His audience included many prominent Italians, officers of the Regia Aeronautica, and Sir Eric Drummond, the British Ambassador in Rome. Col. Etherton is to be received by the Pope, who was himself a keen mountaineer, and who- has shown great interest in the expedition. A real gold rush MR. J. ROLAND ROBINSON, M.P., and Mr. E. G. H. Forsyth, directors of a company interested in gold, sailed on Wednesday in the Olympic for New Yoik with their wives. The voyage is one stage of a dash by sea and air to British Guiana, where rich alluvial gold deposits are reported. From New York the party will travel in four aerial " hops " of a day each to Georgetown, the capital of British Guiana, by air. New Indian Air Force THE addition of a clause to the Army and Air Force (Annual) Bill, which was introduced in the House of Commons this week, has been necessitated by the forma- tion of the new Indian Air Force. The personnel of the new force will be Indian. Parliament will be asked to regulate the relations between members of the force and members of other military forces when units are on duty at the same station or are otherwise serving together. This point will be dealt with on lines similar to those which govern the relations between military, naval and air forces when acting together. Englishman killed in South American crash: WHILE taking off at Las Palmas aerodrome, Lima, the engines of a Pan-American Grace machine failed, and the machine crashed. Three employees, including Mr. Frank Large, of Liverpool, were killed, and the Chilean Ambassador of Washington, Senor Manuel Trucco, was severely injured. ,-.. .. .7" -; v | ', .-'•'.-•'.- 309
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