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FLIGHT, APRIL 19, 1934 fOTTV tf\G TrJVJT' To our readersAs this week's issue of FLIGHT is being prepared, weare laced with a few hectic days during which the staff has to pack up all the reference works, stock, current materialand equipment of FLIGHT'S Editorial and AdvertisingOffices. This task is, of course, additional to the work of bringing the journal out as usual,, and will impose a con-siderable strain on everyone. We would therefore ask the indulgence of our readers if there should, during the nextweek or so, be some slight delay in replying by letter to the many- who may be writing to us for information andadvice. The move to our new offices at Dorset House. Stamford Street, London, S.E.I, will begin to-morrow, andby Monday morning of next week we should be installed and in full1 working order again. Capt. Stack home CAPT. T. N. STACK, who, as previously reported, leftthis country on March 14 with Mr. Clifford for a trip to Africa in a " Leopard Moth," returned early last week.Capt. Stack tells us that the journey through Spain and down the west coast of Africa, both going out and comingback, involved flying through a very great deal of bad weather. Stays of a few days were made at Bathurstboth on the way out and on the way back, and a trip of several days was taken to Senegal. The " Dictaphone,"whereby both occupants of the machine recorded their impressions, functioned very satisfactorily indeed, andsome 35 cylinders were filled with " talk." These impres- sions, when finally published in book form, should proveof exceptional interest. Double Tasman crossing by Ulm MR. CHARLES ULM, accompanied by Mr. Allen (co-pilot) and Mr. Boulton (engineer), left Sydney, N.S.W.. on Wednesday, April 11, in his Avro X monoplane Faith inAustralia, carrying the first air mail from Australia to New Zealand. The mail consisted of 39,000 letters. Themachine reached New Plymouth, New Zealand, at 11.36 a.m. on the same day. About 22,000 letters werecarried on the return flight, which was made on Saturday, April 14. " Pegasus " get world's recordIT is good news to learn that in the new world's alti- tude record, established by the Italian pilot, Fit. Com.Renato Donati, on April 11, in a Caproni type 114 biplane, a British-built Bristol " Pegasus " engine wasused. This is thus the second time that this famous British engine has held the world's altitude record, the first beingthat established by Mr. C. F. Uwins, the Bristol test pilot, on a Vickers " Vespa " biplane. Uwins' record heightwas 13,404 m. (43,976 ft.). Signor Donati is reported by the Royal Aero Club of Italy to have attained a correctedheight of 14,433 m. (47,353 ft.). The necessary data have been forwarded to the F.A.I, for homologation. SignorDonati suffered considerably from cold during his flight. THE ALTITUDE RECORD : Renato Donati, who hasjust captured the world's altitude record for Italy. THE NEW HOME OF " FLIGHT " : Dorset House,Stamford Street, S.E.I, to which address the Editorial, Advertising and Publishing Depts. of this journal havebeen transferred. Duchess of Bedford flying to Senegal HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF BEDFORD, D.B.E., accom-panied by Capt. R. C. Preston, ner personal pilot, left Lympne on April 7 in a D.H. " Puss Moth " for a flightto Senegal and back. The following is the schedule of the flight, for which we are indebted to Shell AviationNews:—April 7, Lympne, Orleans; 8, Perpignan, Barce- lona; 9, Alicante, Granada; 10, Tangier; 11, Casablanca,Mogador; 12, Agadir, Cape Juby; 14, Villa Cisneros, Port Etienne; 15, St. Louis; 16, Dakar; 17, Bathurst; 19, PortEtienne; 20, Cape Juby; 21, Las Palmas; 24, Mogador; 25, Tangier; 26s. Alicante; 27, Perpignan; 28, Geneva;30, Paris, Lympne. A report from Tangier states that on April 12 the Duchess left Agadir ior Cape Juby on her wayto Dakar. The Prince to fly to Southampton?ON Monday next the Prince of Wales may fly to Southampton to welcome Prince George when he arrivesin the Windsor Castle from his South African tour. Macon to fly to Panama PREPARATIONS are being made by the U.S. War Depart-ment for a flight by the airship Macon from Sunnyvale, California, to Panama, this summer, H.M.S. "Worcester" as:"air college" THE INCORPORATED THAMES NAUTICAL TRAINING COLLEGE, H.M.S. Worcester, is seeking permission to trainboys who intend to adopt civil aviation as a career. On completing a minimum course of two years in theWorcester, and on reaching the age of 18, a cadet would qualify for the Worcester Air Certificate and would proceedto Air Service Training, Ltd., at Hamble. The scheme has received the approval of the D.C.A., the Air Ministry,the Board of Trade, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the Air League of the British Empire. A South African survey AERIAL photography is proving to be an ever-increas-ing and important factor in surveying and economic de- velopment. Geologists are developing their own techniquefor interpreting the geology from aerial photographs, which, although final prospecting must be made on the ground,greatly simplify and reduce the work. H. Hemming & Partners, Ltd., of 22, Queen Anne's Gate, S.W.I, throughtheir associated company, Geological Air Surveys, Ltd., have decided to make an air survey of the Rand forgeological purposes. A minimum area of 2,000 square miles of the Witwatersrand Reef will be covered by linesof vertical photographs taken in such a manner as to enable geological indications, where apparent on the sur-face, to be studied in the stereoscope. By this method the ground is seen standing out in perspective and appears tothe examiner as a perfect scale model. Already a great deal of valuable information has been obtained in theRand and other mining areas from air photographs, and it is expected that the air survey of the 'entire main reef 390
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