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FLIGHT, JUNE 28, 1934 THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS Pirate Hunting Up to Date Machines from H.M. Aircraft Carrier Eagle played an important part in the release of the British subjects who were captured by pirates at the mouth of the Yellow River, and in the rounding-up of the pirates themselves. More handing Grounds Recent additions to the A. A. Register of Landing Grounds are grounds at Dotterel, in Yorkshire, which is roughly 4| miles south of Filey ; at Dunsley, about two miles north-west of Whitby, also in York- shire ; at Lossiemouth, the home of our Prime Minister, in Morayshire ; at Combermere, which is roughly north- east of Whitchurch, Salop ; at Rhos Ucha, near Wrexham, and at Strat- ford-on-Avon, in Warwickshire. The grounds at Banbury, Bourne End and Yarmouth have temporarily been with- drawn from the register. - • • A "Puss Moth" in Sweden A well-known Swedish civilian aviator, Mr. Kurt Bjorkvall, recently returned from Northern Sweden, where with his " Puss Moth " he has spent the winter, having his headquarters at the famous Swedish ski centre of Are. His aeroplane was in great demand to take skiers up to the mount Areskutan, either as a starting place for long ski excursions or just to make the swift descent down to the valley. The " Puss Moth " also had other uses. A Lapp, owner of large herds of rein- deers, found it a great convenience to fly over the country and in a few minutes assure himself of the where- abouts of his beasts, a task which would have taken him several days if he had had to rely on his traditional skis. DROPPING THE PILOT : Capt. A. B. H. Youcll leaves the good ship Scylla via the new pilot's gangway. New Portuguese Air Services Air lines, it is reported, will presently be opened between Lisbon and both the Portuguese African Colonies and the South American Republics. The American Air Increase More than a hundred of the 1,184 aeroplanes, called for in the U.S. Navy's five-year programme, are to be built in the Navy Department's factory at Philadelphia, which is being rebuilt at a cost of £540,000. Famous French Pilot Killed M. Andre Salel, who has made several important long-distance flights,, was killed last week while testing a new machine. Twenty'five Years Ago From FLIGHT of June 26, 1909. " Winds seem to have no terrors for Mr. Latham and his Antoinette IV. Last Saturday he flew for about 34 minutes, and on the pre- vious day he went up although there was a very high wind blow- ing. Mr. Latham had an exciting struggle with the elements, but he maintained his equilibrium, although in making one turn the wind caused him to make a wider sweep than he intended." DEUTSCHLANDFLUG, 1934 : Some of the machines in the German tour at Tempelhof. The new Feiseler monoplane can be seen in the foreground. 648 Fast Italian Flight -^ An average speed of 230 m.ph was* maintained by Artigiani in a flight- from Milan to Rome. Round Germany Flight This year the Rundflug was a purely national event in Germany, and more "" than a hundred light aeroplanes of different types have been taking part. The* competitors were not single pilots but formations representing branches or clubs of the German Air Sport Fede- ration, and the whole was a test of navigation and ground organisation. Unfortunately, two tragedies marred the event, one machine crashing in Pomerania and another near Bielefeld.
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