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1934
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FLIGHT, MAY 31, 1934 C GYPT Plans have now been completed for the erection of a small modern clubhouse at Dekheila Aerodrome for the use of pupils of the Misr Airwork School and of flying visitors to Alexandria. This should be open during next month. At Cairo, 78 hours were flown during the fort- night ending on May 14th, and on the 9th over a hundred members of the Y.M.C.A. visited the aerodrome. D OMBAY *~^ The annual display of the Bombay Flying Club was held on April 22nd, and for the first time ten machines were lined up on the aerodrome in the presence of a dis- tinguished gathering, including Lord and Lady Brabourne. A programme of fourteen items was run through accord- ing to schedule. Flying time during April totalled 217 hours, including a number of cross-country trips. . THE FIRST EMPIRE AIR DAY Thousands Visit Service and Civil Aerodromes all over the Country AT BIRCHAM NEWTON : The King and Queen on the aerodrome during a tour of inspection. Lord Londonderry, Sir Philip Sassoon, Air Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, and Wing Commander R. Collishaw (Commanding Officer at Bircham Newton) may also be seen. /^T|]—4E King and Queen, visiting a Service aerodrome III ^OT *^e first time since the War, were among the JIL hundred thousand or so who took the opportunity of seeing the R.A.F. at home on Empire Day. Thousands more must have crowded to the various civil aerodromes. Notwithstanding the initial intention that the public should see aviation, so to speak, on a normal working day, at most of the aerodromes great efforts were made to give them special displays and demonstrations. Under perfect weather conditions the public saw, in fact, the best of everything, and should have learnt a great deal. What is even more important, representatives of the daily press were taken for a tour of England in one of the latest Imperial Airways' machines, the D.H.86—or better known probably as the " Double Dragon "—with four " Gipsy Sixes," which will be used on the last section of the Australian service. This machine was piloted by Capt. O. P. Jones. Another tour was made by the Vacuum Oil Co.'s " Dragon," conveying greetings from the Air League to the various aerodromes. The machine was piloted by Mr. R. H. Stocken, and Mr. Lawrence Wingfield. of the G.A.P.A.N., was one of the passengers. Both the Prince of Wales and the Prime Minister sent messages to the Air League, and Air Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham has received a message from the King expressing his warm appreciation of the manner in which the programme at Bircham Newton was carried out. PARIS TO NEW YORK The Veteran Bleriot "Joseph le Brix " adds an East to West Atlantic Crossing to its Previous Successes NTENDING to fly non-stop from Paris to San Diego, California, Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi landed at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, on Monday after- noon. They were delayed by dense fogs near New- foundland, and suffered, in addition, slight engine trouble during their flight. Actually, this is only the second direct flight from Paris to New York, the first being made by their fellow-country- men, Costes and Bellonte, in a Breguet XIX (Question Mark), during September, 1930. Wireless messages were received during the flight, though for some hours there was no precise news, and anxiety was being felt when a report was sent in from the commander of the American fleet stating that he had received a message. The machine, Joseph le Brix, a Bleriot-Zappatta 110 monoplane (Hispano-Suiza), which had originally been de- signed for long-distance record breaking, has had a markedly successful history. Last year, with the same crew, it established a new long-distance record by flying from New York to Rayak, Syria, and previously it had established world's records over closed circuits, beating our own record by a handsome margin. 540
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