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1934 - 0387.PDF
FLIGHT, APRIL 19 1984 equipment made by General Electric, using C.A.V. batteries and Osram valves. The aero engines must havp reliable ignition apparatus for this work and so K.L.G. plugs are used by the whole fleet. Work of this nature is very hard on the covered surfaces of the aero- planes, but Titanine dope allows them to be kept out in the open during the whole season without fear of harm. A word must be added about the excellent manner in which the motor cars and vans are painted. This work was done by Multiplex Van Displays, Ltd., and a very fine job they made of it .... and now, finally, to wind up this recital of the trade interests in Sir Alan's display, we will go and have a cup of tea with Mr. R. West, who is the official caterer, and he does it really well. \ ..— THROUGH THE HOOP : Mr. Tyson diving a " Tiger Moth " underneath a cord preparatory to looping up over it. (FLIGHT Photo.) SS British Hospitals Air Pageant KY DEVILS AIR CIRCUS " is the name given by Air Pageants, Ltd., to this year's British Hospi- tals Air Pageants which they are managing. Their first display was given at Stag Lane—that aerodrome not yet being in the hands of the builders—on Sunday, April 15. A glorious day, almost like summer, which we hope was a good omen for their success. This year they are working on a somewhat different plan. They propose, instead of giving a number of free tickets to each hospital, to donate 10 per cent, of the gross takings to a selected hospital in each district. By this means there should be no question of the hospitals benefiting except to a considerable degree. Stag Lane hardly seems, at first thought, to be a good place for getting money out of people for joyriding, but we imagine that the population around there must after all feel that they want to fly in the aeroplanes of which they see so much, because the crowds on Sunday were really large, and what is more important they queued up for flights. They had quite a wide range of aeroplanes from which to choose. First there was the " Argosy " which Mr. E. B. Fielden, of Air Tours, Ltd., has chartered from Imperial Airways, Ltd. It has been modified to carry 28 passengers, and its size was evidently an attraction, because it did a roaring trade. We gladly accepted the offer of Mr. Fielden to go with him for the first trip, which was to be a long one over London. What an education it isto fly over a city like that! It seems surprising that there is not a steady trade done, all the year round, fromCroydon if from nowhere else. It was rather smoky, so we could not see details very well, but nevertheless thegeneral visibility was good. We hope that there were several borough surveyors on board. If so, the-y ought tohave realised then, if not before, just how ghastly their rows of so-called Council Houses can be. Apart from this " giant air liner," as the announcercalls it, there were three Avro 504 's (Siddeley " Lynx ") and one Miles " Hawk," the latter proving a most popu-lar machine. Other machines, which will be used for aero- batics, were a D.H. " Moth " (" Gipsy ") and an Avro" Tutor " (" Lynx "). The pilots flying these machine were Messrs. R. Robinson, E. W. Bonar, R. E. Watts,M. E. Hearn, G. Williams, and B. Bulmore. It is planned to visit over 170 towns during this season,and the tour will finish about the end of September. Apart from joyriding, a programme of events has beenarranged which should more than serve to maintain the interest of the public throughout the whole afternoon.Of the " turns " we saw on Sunday, there is no doubt that the aerobatics of Mr. Bonar stood apart. Heperformed smoothly and skilfully, but it was a pity that he elected to do all his stuff behind the public, so thatthey had to turn round. Probably he did so that he FOR BRITISH HOSPITALS : On the left is Mr. McEwan King and Mr. Leigh Mossley (dark suit) examining the ,at«st three-seater « Haw,,' The vie^ on the ngh^hows one j+'W^ *"~ °< **+ ~«- *»^ (" Lynx 387
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