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FLIGHT, JUNE 21, 1934 THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS -• A Bleriot Anniversary In honour of the 25th anniversary of M. Bleriot's flight across the Channel, a " comfort and elegance " competi- tion for tourist aeroplanes will be held at the Bleriot Aerodrome at Buc on Saturday, June 23. . Lord Londonderry Flying Again The Secretary of State for Air has suffered no ill-effects from his recent landing mishap, and was flying solo again within two days of the accident, lie is keeping his hand in on Airwork School " Cadets " until his own aero- plane is repaired. An Exhibition in Milan Between June and October anExhibition of Italian Aeronautics is being held in the Palace of Arts,Milan, with aerial " manifestations," meetings, and entertainments. Visitorsfrom abroad will be encouraged by fare reductions on air lines and on railways. Wireless Masts Again Near Watchet, on the North Devon coast, there are two tall wireless masts. They are right in the line of flight between London (Heston) and Barn- staple, and due to their dull colour extremely hard to see. Surely it would not cost the authorities responsible a very great deal to paint a few sec- tions of the length of these masts some distinctive colour, say white or yellow ? A comparatively small matter, but vitally important. Smugglers Caught by Seaplane One of the Finnish Naval Guard sea- planes, after a violent contest on the open sea, has succeeded recently in capturing a smuggling motor-boat and arresting the crew of three men. The capture was effected with great risk, as the smugglers endeavoured to ram and sink the machine when it had alighted on the water. Not even the gun-fire of the machine induced the smuggler* to assume a reasonable atti- tude, but finally the boat was shattered and the three men, well- known smugglers, were arrested and conveyed to Helsingfors. <3 LIFE IN THE OLD DOG YET : Hans Grade flying his 25-year-old Grade monoplane during the " Flying Day " celebrations in Be rlin. Twenty-five Years Ago From FLIGHT of June 19, 1909. " M. Bleriot has once again placed a milestone on the rapidly- growing road of aeronautical pro- gress by being the first to achieve free flight on a heavier-than-air machine with two passengers beside himself on board." British Successes Abroad At the Panslav Aeronautical Meet- ing at Brno, Czechoslovakia, held on June 10 last, Capt. Ivan Mrak (Aero Club Zagreb, Yugoslavia) won the race over a triangular course of 63 km. oa a "Puss Moth" ("Gipsy III") in 18 min. 28 sec, and M. Adamovitch (Aero Club Belgrade) on a metal " Moth " (" Gipsy I ") was second. Other competing machines were Czechoslovak and Polish makes. FOR ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA RACE : The Bleriot 111 monoplane fitted, it is believed, with a Gnome- Rhone K.14 (" Mistral ") engine, entered for the MacRobertson England-Australia Race. 610
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