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1934
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FLIGHT, APRIL 5, 1934 AIRISMS FROM THE FOUR WINDS Rubin and Waller at Jodhpur MR. BERNARD RUBIN and Mr. K. Waller, who are surveying a possible route to Australia for the MacRobertson Kace, have reached Jodhpur after being delayed for two days at Basra, where they had difficulties Concerning permits to fly over Persian territory. Another England-Australia attempt MR. H. L. BROOKE, a member of the York County Aviation Club, left Lympne at dawn on the morning of Wednesday, March 28, on an attempt to break the record for the England-Australia trip held by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith with the time of 7 days 3 hours. Mr. Brooke was flying the " Puss Moth " (" Gipsy III ") Heart's Content, in which Mr. J. A. Mollison made an Atlantic crossing. A few hours after leaving Lympne, while flying through fog, he crashed in deep snow near Genholac, in the Cevennes. The machine was completely wrecked, but Mr. Brooke escaped with nothing worse than some bad bruises. For five hours he wandered about in the mountains, and eventually found a small village, where he was given every attention. Later he returned to the wreck of his machine, and removed the instruments and other articles of value. Campbell unsuccessful SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL has returned to Capetown after having failed to find the gold for which he was searching. Although he will sail for England on Friday, Sir Malcolm may return to continue his treasure hunt. An Antwerp-Leopoldville trip WE have received from a Belgian correspondent de- tails of the flight made by M. and Mde. Guy Hansez from Antwerp to Leopoldville. Leaving Antwerp at 5.40 a.m. on Saturday, March 24, in a D.H. " Fox Moth " (" Gipsy Major ") (not a " Dragon " as recorded last week), M. and Mde. Hansez arrived at Leopoldville at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, thus taking five days for the trip. Their itinerary was as follows: Saturday, Antwerp- Toulouse-Alicante. Sunday, Alicante-Oran-Colomb Bechar- Reggan. Monday, Reggan-Bidon 5-Gao-Niamey. Tues- day, Niamey-Lagos-Douala. Wednesday, Douala-Pointe Noire-Leopoldville. It was not the intention of the couple to establish any records, but to show that such a flight was a feasible proposition. The postal authorities allowed them to carry mails, which were safely delivered according to schedule. It is hoped that the Belgian Government and S.A.B.E.N.A. will be sufficiently impressed that they will make some definite decision regarding the " proposed " air line to the Congo. It is now two years since an agreement with the French Government was signed, and Sabena have had on hand for about two years at least five machines, bought specially for the service. However, nothing has been done finally to get the service working. Messages of congratulation have been received by M. and Mde. Hansez from the Minister for Transport and the Minister for the Colonies. Large plane for Soviet propaganda THE construction of what is claimed to be the largest land plane in the world, named the Maxim Gorki, has been com- pleted near Moscow. It is expected that the maiden flight will be made over the Red Square in Moscow during a big parade on May 1. The new air- craft is an eight-engined mono- plane with a span of 210 ft. A broadcasting station and a print- ing shop with a power plant worked by two petrol motors are provided for in the design. No accurate performance figures are yet available, but it is expected that the speed of the machine will be between 135 and 150 m.p.h. Twelve teams of horses, ten lorries, four tractors and 150 men will be needed to drag the sections of the machine from the Zagi Works to the aerodrome where the machine will be assembled. Fences, newspaper kiosks, tramcar signs and similar obstacles will have to be removed to allow for the passage of the wings. Dirigibles to attempt rescue of"Chelyuskin " COM. PROKOFIEV, of " Stratostat " U.S.S.R. fame,,in an interview with representatives of the Soviet press maintains that the great advantage of using dirigibles inthe attempted rescue of the crew of the ill-fated research ship Chelyuskin, is that no special landing ground is-needed, and, as has been proved many times, a dirigible can easily be landed on water. The Soviet dirigible B.2,says Com. Prokofiev, can be used for direct flights to the Schmidt camp from the mainland. The dirigible B.4 canbe used for carrying provisions and spares and for storing, gas for the B.2. Small balloons will accompany thedirigibles, and these may be used at a height of over 3,000 ft. for signalling purposes. A gas-producing unitand a large quantity of chemicals from which hydrogen may be produced will last the expedition several months.Birnbaum, who has done much valuable work in connec- tion with the stratosphere attempts, will be in command.All the other members of the expedition will be experienced pilots.Dr. Eckener's visit AT a meeting of the All People's Association, held atthe Scala Theatre on Tuesday, March 27, Dr. Hugo Eckener, who is president of the group of the Association'sbranches in Germany, made some very interesting fore- casts regarding future Trans-atlantic Zeppelin services.One service would be an improved version of the existing service between Friedrichshafen and Rio de Janeiro, an-other from Rio. to Washington and thence to Europe, and one from a point in North America, perhaps Washington,to a junction near the Pyrenees, and on to the Dutch East Indies. Four airships, each carrying 50 passengers,half a ton of mail, and 15 to 20 tons of high-grade freight, would be required for the efficient operation of this service.Discussing economic considerations connected with the operation of Zeppelins, Dr. Eckener said that the conclu-sion had been reached that an airship similar to those A FLYING AMBASSADOR : His Excellency Sir Francis Humphrys, the British Ambassador at Baghdad, is a flying ambassador, for he owns and flies his own machine. The latter, a D.H. " Leopard Moth," was flown out to him from England recently, and here we see him starting up the engine prior to a 200-mile flight to Mosul, in Northern Iraq, with his son and daughter—who may be seen in the background on the right. 338
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