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1934
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7io FLIGHT. JULY 12, 1934. THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS Lindbergh Flies Big Sikorsky A report states that when Colonel Lindbergh flew the Sikorsky S.42 flying boat recently he reached a speed oi 190 m.p.h. Banquet to Bleriot A dinner to M. Louis Bleriot is to be given by the Royal Aero Club on July 25. M. Bleriot will be. present. Applications for tickets should be made to the House Secretary of the Royal Aero Club. New Soviet Air Chief Ex-Tsarist Col. Sergei Sergeievich Kamenieff has been appointed '' Chief of the Red Army Air Defences" by the Soviet Commissar for War, M. Voros- hiloff. Two deputies, MM. Medvedieff and Blazhevich, have also been appointed. Fast Fiat Under Construction At the works of the Societa Fiat a fast low-wing monoplane for civic pur- poses is being built. It is to be fitted with two Fiat A. 59 engines giving 675 h.p. at 2,100 r.p.m. at 6,560 feet. The wing area is 9.47 sq. ft. and the useful load 5,842 lb. Estimated maxi- mum speed and cruising speed are 210 m.p.h. and 186 m.p.h. respectively. A Teapot Tempest We quote the following from our con- temporary Western Flying:— " ' Just a monsoon in an egg cup, or if you prefer it, a tempest in a teapot.' This is the opinion of Jim Ray, ambassador pleni- potentiary of American speed kings to the ' good sportsmen ' of the British Isles, to iron out the difficulties oi American participation in the Mac- Robertson England to Australia race next fall . . . He believes the English never had any intention of excluding the Americans and that all difficulties can and will be ironed out." r - FOR THE ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA RACE : Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith with the Lockheed •> Altair" low-wing monoplane (supercharged " Wasp ") which he will fly in the England-Australia race. Long'Distance Reception Mr. D. E. St. Ledger Grimes, of Torquay, reports that he picked a wire- less telephone message from a Marconi transmitter on the Olley Air Service "Dragon," which was flying over Campbeltown, 360 miles away. Fire at Heinkel Factory According to a report from Berlin a large number of arrests of employees has been made following the recent fire which broke out at the Heinkel aeroplane fac- tory at Warnemunde. The court of enquiry investigating the outbreak de- cided it was caused by incendiarism.- Another lengthy " Fire Trial " ? Air Mail IS Used Approximately twelve million lettersand more than a million and a half pounds of urgent freight were carried by*Imperial Airways during the past twelve months. Imperial Airways Exhibition Last Monday an exhibition of photo- graphs was opened by Imperial Airways at Gieves Gallery, 21, Old Bond Street, W.i. The collection includes many special infra-red photographs, and the exhibition will be open until July 21st. Twenty-five Years Ago From " Flight " of July 10, 7909. '' That youngest of successful aviators, M. Gobron, has made yet another sensational performance at Chalons. On the 2nd hist., after making a trial flight of about eight ..minutes, he landed and took on board Madam Colliex and M. d'Almeida. With these two he flew for five minutes at a height of about 5 metres." . \,•--•:' ._*. ~ •'• I AN AERIAL OUTING : Members of the Production Drawing Office of the Bristol Aeroplane Co., who recently held their annual outing by flying from Bristol to Bournemouth. Three machines were chartered from Norman Edgar (Western Airways), a " Dragon " and two " Puss Moths." Photo. " Bristol Evening Post." They Know What They Want Bids for twenty-five inexpensive two- seater machines, with side-by-side seat- ing, metal fuselage, closed or convertible cockpit, maximum power 100 h.p., a. speed range of 35 m.p.h.—no m.p.h. and fuel consumption of twenty-five miles per gallon have been called for "by the Director of Aeronautics of the Ameri- can Department of Commerce. These requirements cannot be met by any machine at present in production'. The new machines are intended for the use of Aeronautical Inspectors.
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