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FLIGHT, MAY 24, 1934 CAPT. KEEP'S NEW POST "THE Westland Aircraft Works announce that Capt. A. S. Keep, M.C., B.Sc., who has been a director of the company for the past four years, has been appointed General Manager. Congratulations, Keep ! " GIPSY MAJOR " ENGINED D.H.86 A SECOND model of the D.H.86, the Express Air Liner •**• at present fitted with four 200 h.p. " Gipsy Six " engines, will shortly be available with four " Gipsy Major " engines of 130 h.p. each. The top speed in this form will be 150 m.p.h., but the pay load will remain about the same as in the higher powered type. " LEOPARD MOTH " FOR WRIGHTSON AIR HIRE THE hire and drive yourself scheme which Wrightson* Air Hire, Ltd., have been running at Heston for some time has proved so successful that they have recentlyaugmented the fleet of aeroplanes they keep for this pur- pose by the addition of a new " Leopard Moth " (" GipsyMajor "). This machine will be available for qualified pilots at £4 per day, the hirer paying the cost of petrol,oil and insurance himself. ACCUMULATORS FOR AIRCRAFT PJAGENITE accumulators of various types suitable for*-^ use in aircraft are described in a catalogue which we have received from the manufacturers, Peto & Radford,SO, Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.I. These accumu- lators have been specially designed to give very high dis-charge currents, such as are taken by electrical engine starters, and are suitable for use with navigation lights,wireless, etc. THE " GERM TRIANGLE " pVERY issue of the Germ Triangle, a publication circu-'-' lated by Germ Lubricants, Ltd., contains a technical article on some subject connected with lubrication. Thesecond, and latest, issue which we have received contains the report of a lecture given by Mr. J. E. Southcombe,M.Sc, on " Recent Researches in Lubrication." A copy of the Germ Triangle will be sent to any reader whoapplies, on business notepaper, to 741, Salisbury House, London, E.C.2. L. A. Rumbold, Ltd., of Kilburn, N.W.6, do the majority of the upholstery work in our civil aeroplanes. They also manufacture a wide range of chairs made from light alloy tubing, and this illustration is of one of their latest types. A FAIREY AIRSCREW TESTIMONIAL I N the course of a letter to Mr. C. R. Fairey, Sir Malcolm Campbell pays tribute to the Fairey metal airscrew which was fitted to the machine in which he carried out his aerial survey. After making a landing on a promising surface in the Nahib Desert the machine tufned over and embedded its nose in the soft sand. " We were," continued Sir Malcolm, " then 140 miles away from the nearest civilisation, and had no possible means of making contact with our friends. Digging out the machine, which in itself was a difficult matter, we found the propellor was 5J inches out of truth, but, notwithstanding that, the pilot, succeeded in flying back to our base. . . . " We had the propellor straightened out in a press, and it continued to do useful work, which speaks wonders for the construction and for the material which you employ in the making of these airscrews. . . ." SIMMONDS AEROCESSORIES, LTD. CIMMONDS-CORSEY controls, manufactured by Sim- ^ monds Aerocessories, Ltd., are now fitted by some fifty aircraft manufacturers in well over 100 different types of machines. They are used by the Air Forces of Great Britain, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Norway, Russia and the U.S.A. In commercial aviation they are used by almost all British air lines and such foreign services as Air-France, K.L.M. and American Air- ways. In some of the larger countries the controls are manufactured in their entirety, but in smaller countries assembly agents have been appointed who make up the units to suit local requirements from components made at the Birmingham works of Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd. Among recent interesting uses to which the control system has been applied are depth gear indicators for torpedo aircraft, retractable radiators, adjustable pitch airscrews and retractable undercarriages. Quite a number of well-known aircraft manufacturers utilise the system in their flying controls. K.L.M. has tried out the Sim- monds-Corsey system in service and has decided to remove the old-type engine controls on the annual overhaul of its aircraft and to fit Simmonds-Corsey units. In the Klemm " Eagle " Simmonds-Corsey controls are utilised as engine controls, flying controls and for retract- able undercarriage. The raising gear for the undercarriage has been designed mutually by the Klemm Aeroplane Co. and Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd. • •:• • • PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Wind Tunnel Interference on Wings, Bodies and Airscrews. 1933. ByH. Glauert. Price 4s. 6d. net. London : H.M. Stationery Office, W.C.2. •:• * •:• •:• NEW COMPANY REGISTERED AVIATION SOCIETY.—The Aviation Society, Ltd., was registered onMay 17, as a company limited by guarantee, without share capital, with 500 member?, each liable for £1 in the event of winding up. To establish,carry on and subsidise a society, association or club for the encouragement and development of aviation in all its branches ; to protect the interests ofpersons, firms or bodies engaged in, concerned or interested in aviation throughout the British Empire. The subscribers are :—Herbert S. Murray-Tosh, 8, Campden Hill Gate, W.8, company director. Lt.-Com. Hon. Robert A. W. J. Southwell, R.N. (retired), 44, Gloucester Gardens, W.2.Arthur P. Bolland, The Heights, Wooburn Common, Bucks. John S. Pritchard, 58, Hilltop, K'.W.ll, company director. Brig.-Genl. WallaceWright, 180, New Bond Street, W.I. Richard Powell, 34, Harcourt Terrace, S.W.I, company director. J. A. Mollison, Grosvenor House, W.I, aviator.Solicitors: Joynson-Hicks & Co., Lennox House, Norfolk Street, W.C.21 The file number is 288.212. ^ ;; ki INCREASE OF CAPITAL ARROW AIRCRAFT (LEEDS), LTD., 4, Little Russell Street, Whitehal.Road, Leeds.—The nominal capital has been increased by the addition of £1,000 in £1 ordinary shares beyond the registered capital of £10,000. PATENT AERONAUTICAL SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : Cyl. = cylinder; i.e. •= internal combustion ; m. = motors(The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specification will be printed and abridged, etc.) APPLIED FOR IN 1933 Published May 24, 1934 .. . 261. INDIA RUBBER, GUTTA PERCHA & TELEGRAPH WORKS CO., LTD.,and F. J. TABRIS. Control systems for brakes for the wheels of aircraft. (409,456.) 5,681. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION. Power-transmission mechanism.(409,484.) ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Flight" Queries Dept. is at the service of readers. Questionsshould bt numbered and written on one side of the paper only, typewritten for preference, and accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope forthe reply. 528
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