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1934
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FLIGHT, APRIL 19, 1934 secure valuable information on the geology. Mr. „»,. ^ „ ^^w* ^ ..JNorman Roberts, who has done a large amount of air the expedition in Moscow, photography in South Africa, will carry out the air surveyoperations, which, it is anticipated, will be complet«d by the middle of July. While H. Hemming & Partners, Ltd.,are making the air survey for their own purposes, the air photographs will be available to the mining industry, andthe topographical data secured from them should be use- ful to the South African Government Department of Topo-graphical Surveys for mapping purposes. The whole area will be covered by lines of overlapping vertical photo-graphs taken at about 7,000 feet above the ground, that is to say, at an average height of about 13,000 feet abovesea level. pay. It is proposed to erect a memorial commemorating Lord Londonderrry's stormy flight The King's Cup race AGAIN this year the race for the King's Cup will startand finish at Hatfield aerodrome. The race will be flown on two consecutive days, July 13 and 14, and will be ahandicap, the minimum at which machines will be handi- capped being 110 m.p.h. The race will be flown in fourrounds, two rounds each day. The length of the course for first and second rounds will be approximately 250 mileseach, the third round 200 miles, and the final 100 miles. There will probably be eight heats in the first round,four heats in the second round, two heats in the third round or semi-final, and a final. The first four machinesplaced in each heat will pass into the next round. The T ,, T - —=— . placed in each heat will pass into the next round. The THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY, Secretary of State for entry fee is £10, and must reach the offices of the RoyalAir, and Lady Mary Stuart his 13 year old daughter. Aero Club not later than 5 p.m. on May IS. Late entries flew on Thursday, April 12, from Romford to Aldergrove at double fee will be received up till 5 p.m. on May 30.aerodrome, near Belfast, in the new Avro 642 Marchioness For the King's Cup SIR CHARLES ROSE has placed an order with Phillips& Powis, Ltd., of Reading, for a Miles " Hawk " with a " Gipsy Six " engine. We imagine that a single-seaterresulting from this combination should make a most ex- cellent machine for this class of race. of Londonderry, flown by Sqd. Ldr. Mallet. The trip wasmade in 3 hours 35 minutes, one hour less than the scheduled time, in fog, snow and sleet. Staniland and Coupe Mondiale contestAT present it is not certain that Fit. Lt. C. S. Staniland will represent Great Britain in the CoupeMondiale aerobatics contest which is to be held at Vincennes aerodrome on June 9 and 10. If he shouldcompete, however, he will use a Fairey "Firefly" Ilm single-seater fighter fitted with Rolls Royce " KestrelUs " engine. A steam driven aircraft A REPORT has been received from Germany of a steam driven aeroplane which is under construction at the Klingenberg works, near Berlin. The designer of the machine, which is intended for economical long distance flying, is Herr Huettner, chief engineer of the Klingenberg Electricity Works. Herr Huettner claims that he has succeeded in solving the problem of obtaining a satis- factory power/weight ratio by using a revolving boiler combined with a steam turbine. The fuel used will be oil gas. Two airscrews will be employed. The following are the main theoretical data applying to the aircraft: range 60 to 70 hours non-stop, speed 230 m.p.h. at ground level, 260 m.p.h. at 29,000 ft., ceiling 43,000 ft., climb to 29,000 ft. 30 min., disposable load 2,240 lb., power 2,500 h.p., length 66 ft., span 108 ft. Up to the present very little information regarding the machine has been released, and only the mechanics engaged in the construction of the aircraft, and General Goering, the Minister for Air, know the full details. Curious visitors to the Klingenberg work- shops have been charged with espionage. In March last year an article in the Czechoslavakian newspaper, Prager Tagblatt, which gave some details of the aircraft, led to the arrest of the Berlin correspondent of that journal. Last of Chelyuskin survivors rescued THE last six survivors of the wreck of the icebreaker, Chelyuskin, who were marooned on an ice floe off the Siberian coast, were rescued, together with their sledge dogs, by three aircraft on Friday, April 13. We will recall briefly the story of the Chelyuskin disaster and the subsequent rescue of those on board. On September 17, 1933, she took off by her aeroplane a party of scientists from Wrangel Island. After sailing for about 500 miles she became trapped in the ice. Professor Schmidt, who was in command of the expedition, sent wireless messages to the mainland stating that there was constant danger of the Chelyuskin breaking up. On February 14 the vessel was crushed by the ice and foundered, everyone on board taking to an ice floe. Ten women and two children, one of which was born on the Chelyuskin, were rescued by air on March 5. Two days later the hut, which the castaways had built on the ice floe, was torn in two through the cracking of the floe. Constantly fighting against arctic storms which were raging along the Siberian coast, some Soviet airmen, Lapidiefsky, Levaniefsky, Molokoff, Kamanin, Slipniefi, Vodopianofi and Doronin, managed to rescue the remainder of the survivors and flew them back to the mainland. The Soviet Government has fully realised the daring of the airmen, and is conferring upon them a new Order, " Hero of the Soviet Union." They will also be awarded the " Order of Lenin " and given a bonus of a year's pay. The " Order of the Red Col. Fitzmaurice to fly in MacRobertson race COL. JAMES C. FITZMAURICE, who was a member of the crew of the Bremen when she made the first east to west Atlantic crossing by air, is to be chief pilot of a machine which Mr. Joseph McGrath, Managing Director of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes, is to enter for the MacRobertson England-Australia Race. Col. Fitzmaurice is at present in London considering the selection of a suitable aircraft for use in the race. Before making a final decision, it is probable that he will go to the U.S.A. to study high-speed aircraft with long range which are being built. The National Aeronautic Association of theU.S.A. and the Australia Race WE have received from the National AeronauticAssociation of U.S.A. a circular which states at some length that a recent ruling from London bars American aero-planes which bear the "R" licence of the Dept. of Commerce from entering for the MacRobertson race. TheN.A.A., which is the representative of the F.A.I, in the United States, remarks that it believes " that this tighten-ing up of the entrance requirements for the speed contest five months after the supposedly final regulations wereissued might be construed by many pilots in this country to mean that the British were endeavouring to bar themfrom this contest, fearing that they would be able to out- perform British pilots in British-built aircraft." The factsare that no machines have been barred. Regulation 5 of the contest rules says that " each aircraft shall bear acertificate from its country of registration that it conforms substantially to the minimum airworthiness requirements-of the I.C.A.N. normal category, etc." If the U.S. Dept. of Commerce issues such a certificate to any aircraft, itwill be accepted without question by the Royal Aero Club. The responsibility lies with that Department. There is noquestion whatever of the Royal Aero Club " barring " any category of entrant. There may be some explanation ofthe action of the N.A.A. in issuing this circular (which has not been received officially by the R.Ae.C), but, onthe face of it, it looks like a publicity attempt to make the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom look un-sporting in the eyes of the world. % • New Zealand and MacRobertson race MOST of the aero clubs in New Zealand have rejectedproposals to enter officially for the England-Australia race. They feel that funds would be better used for thedevelopment of local aviation. Individual New Zealanders may, however, enter for the race. A situation vacant M. MAX COSYNS, who was formerly an assistant to Professor Piccard, is preparing for a stratosphere flight and requires, to assist him, a young man " with first-class scientific knowledge and no fear." M. Cosyns is at present preparing for an ascent into the stratosphere to be made in May. The flight will start from the banks of the Meuse, in the Ardennes. The gondola of the balloon to be used is of aluminium, is 7 ft. 2 in. in diameter and has walls about 0.13 in. thick. M. Cosyns claims that he has dis-Star " will "be awarded to the members of the scientific expedition in addition to a bonus equal to six months' covered new methods of examining the cosmic rays. ••••...•• 391
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