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1934
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FLIGHT, MAY 24, 1934 sises the fact that, according to French regulations, the minimum total width of a fuselage for a machine with conventional seating arrangements is 5 ft. 7 in. The width of the fuselage of the " Electra " at the position of the last two chairs is 4 ft. 5 in. Similarly, the height of the Wibault fuselage, measured between the floor and the ceiling at the position of the door, is 6 ft., while the corresponding figure for the " Electra " is 4 ft. 5.5 in. The distance between the backs of the seats, and the general ease of entry and movement, are considerably greater in the Wibault than in the " Lockheed." From these remarks one must not jump to the conclusion that all fast American machines are cramped and uncom- fortable. The improved Curtiss Wright " Condor " (two Wright " Cyclones "), with N.A.C.A. cowlings and lengthened nacelles, is claimed to have a top speed of 190 m.p.h. and a cruising speed of 160 m.p.h. Readers may judge from the photograph already published in FLIGHT of the interior of the " Condor " that this machine is exceptionally roomy. For night travelling the sleeping berths are actually 1 in. longer than those of the American sleeping cars, and each is high enough to permit sitting up. W.e very much doubt, however, if there are any machines in the world quite as comfortable as our own H.P. 42 and Short " Scipio " type. M. Wibault points out how popular the H.P. 42's have become because they are comfortable, iind Mr. Anthony Fokker, although not greatly impressed with the aerodynamic design of large British aircraft, " hands it " to us for the comfort and silence provided in these machines. There still remains in this country an idea that a very large aircraft is, of necessity, a slow aircraft. If one can believe 1he reports which state that the top speed of the Sikorsky S.42 (four Pratt & Whitney " Hornets "), which has a span of 114 ft., is 182 m.p.h., it seems that this theory has been struck a serious blow. It is ex- pected that the big Martin boat under construction for Pan-American Airways, when fitted with four 800-h.p. Pratt & Whitney " Twin Wasp " engines and carrying 48 passengers and a crew of five, with fuel capacity for a range of 3,200 miles, will cruise at about 145 m.p.h. The Martin Company have prepared plans for a cantilever monoplane flying boat of 100,000 lb. gross weight, with a span of about 180 ft., which should cruise at between 150 and 180 m.p.h. on 7,000 h.p. obtained from four engines. The range should be 5,000 miles. PROGRESS AT HOME AND ABROAD A ROYAL AIR MAIL PENNANT THE Postmaster-General has instituted a Royal Air Mail pennant, which may be flown by aircraft carrying mails and will be analogous to the Royal Mail pendant carried by mail boats. The Royal Air Mail pennant is blue, with a yellow device consisting of the Royal Crown over a post-horn. The device is surrounded by the words " Royal Air Mail " in white. The length of the " fly " is twice the length of the head. Only aircraft of companies having a contract with the Postmaster-General to carry mails will be permitted to fly the pennant, and it may be flown only while such aircraft are actually employed on the carriage ot mails. The pennant may also be flown on or in proximity to buildings belonging to Air Mail contractors at which air mails are embarked or disembarked. The Postmaster- General will present the first Royal Air Mail pennant to Imperial Airways at a ceremony to be held next Saturday at Croydon Aerodrome, and Sir Kingsley Wood will hoist the flag on the air liner leaving Croydon on that date with the Indian air mail. PAN-AMERICAN IN MEXICO A THRICE-WEEKLY air service between Los Angeles and Mexico City is to be operated from April 25 by Pan- American Airways. SCADTA AND UMCA CO OPERATE A FAST air service has been inaugurated between Panama and Colombia by the SCADTA Company and the Uraba Medellin & Central Airways (UMCA). The latter company carries mails and " express " from Medellin to Bogata and Cali, while the Meclellin-Panama service is operated by SCADTA. NEW JUNKERS FOR OLD SEVEN single-engine Junkers F.13's and three three- engined Junkers G-24's, all equipped with Junkers L-5 engines, which have been used on the Adriatic and Albanian service of the Societe Aerea Mediterranea, have been taken over by Deutsche Luft Hansa. In exchange, S.A.M. will receive three triple-engined Junkers JU 52/3 m's. The company has decided to use only multi-engined machines on its services, and with the exception of the three JU-52's already mentioned no more foreign aircraft will be ordered. AIR TRAFFIC IN THE U.S.S.R. ACCORDING to a report from a reliable source, 41,000 passengers, 3,745,000 lb. of mail and 1,938,000 lb. of freight have been carried by air in the U.S.S.R. during 1933. It is hoped this summer to increase the airway mile- age by 20 per cent., which will make a total of 27,950 miles. This extension should result in an increase of traffic to 60,000 passengers and of air mail to 6,610,000 lb., during 1934. A number of improvements in the passenger air lines between Berlin and the Soviet Union, including a considerable reduction of fares, has been announced by " Dereluft." On May 1 regular flights were started between Moscow and Berlin, taking 11 hours, and Berlin- Leningrad, via Esthonia, taking 10 hours. _. . . A LARGE VISITOR AT JERSEY: Last week we illustrated the British Air Navigation ^o. s in-motor Ford,1 oyager, at Heston prior to its departure for Jersey. The above picture was taken on the sands at Jersey after its arrival. 518 -
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