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1934
1934 - 0901.PDF
AUGUST 30, 1934. FLIGHT. 903 IN ENGLAND NOW : The 10,000-ton U.S. cruiser Minneapolis arrivedat Gravesend last Friday for a ten days' visit. Here are her four Vought " Corsair " seaplanes. Compare this photograph with that of the catapult on H.M.S- Sussex, which is going to the Melbourne celebrations. Qrierson's Northern Flight Mr. John Grierson, who is making a flight from Britain to Canada, left Reyk- javik, Iceland, for Greenland, on August 22. He later sent an S.O.S. which was picked up both in Copenhagen and by the trawler Dervish. This was followed by a request for a search to be made for him. Rescue parties set out, but Mr. Grierson managed to reach Angmagssalik unaided. On August 26 Mr. Grierson reported that he had flown across Green- land to Godthaab, and that he expected to leave for Lake Harbour or Povung- netuk. He left Godthaab on the after- noon of August 27, it is thought to fly to Resolution Island in the Hudson Strait, a distance of about 600 miles. More Stratosphere Ascents M. Max Cosyns is unable, at present, to give detailed information about his observations made in the stratosphere during his recent ascent. The calcula- tions involved will take about a month. M. Cosyns states that he believes Prof. Piccard plans to ascend about twenty miles. A report from America states that on September 3 Prof, and Mme. Jean Piccard will leave Ford Airport, near Detroit, with the intention of rising about seven miles, for experimental purposes. Roosevelt's Adviser Here Mr. Clark Howell, who investigatesaviation problems for President Roose- velt, arrived in this country by air onAugust 22 to study some aspects of fly- ing. While Mr. Howell is in Europefour other members of the Federal Avia- tion Commission are making a 12,000-miles tour from the Atlantic to the Pacific, studying other phases of theaviation industry. They plan to meet in Washington on September 15. Mr. Percival's Fast Flight Mr. E. W. Percival, flying in a"Gull" to visit the International Air- craft Exhibition at Copenhagen, madethe trip from Gravesend to Copenhagen, a distance of G40 miles, in four flyinghours—an average speed of 160 m.p.h Mr. Percival landed at Amsterdam enroute. While in Denmark the "Gull" made a flight of 343 miles at an averagespeed of 159 m.p.h. A 267 m.p.h. Fighter At the Dewoitine factory severalsingle-seater fighters, developments of the D.500 type whicli was described inFlight for March 15, 1934, are appearing. These machines are variously equippedwith Hispano - Suiza Xbrs, Ycrs "canon," Lorraine "Petrel" Farmanand Gnome Rhone K.14 (" Mistral Major ") engines. With the Hispano-Suiza Ycrs engine of 860 h.p., the D.500 attains 252 m.p.h. A modified version ofthe D.500 is reported to have a top speed of 267 m.p.h. Wireless in the Antarctic An expedition to the Antarctic underthe leadership of Mr. J. R. Rymill is leaving London in September to explorethe region round Graham Land. The members are sailing in a small vessel,and will establish a base station on Hearst Land or Graham Land fromwhich they will pursue their investiga- tions. A D.H. "Fox Moth " fitted withfloats will be used to explore the ice formations in Marguerite Bay prepara-tory to the advance of the ship. The ship and base station will be in wirelesstelegraph communication with each other, and with the Falkland Islandsand Portishead by means of short-wave transmitting equipment supplied by thePlessey Company. Mr. F. J. Meiklejohn will be in command of the communica-tion system FOR THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION : The Plessey short-wave transmitter and generators. Diary of Forthcoming Events Club Secretaries and others are invited to send particulars of important fixtures for inclusion in this list Aug. 28-Sept. 16. International Touring Competition, Poland. Aug. 31. Opening of Newtownards Aerodrome, Belfast. Sept. 1-2. Cinque Ports Flying Club International Rally, Lympne. Sept. 1-9. National Soaring Competition, Sutton Bank. Sept. 8. Midland Aero Club " At Home." Sept. 15. Herts and Essex " AeroMte " at Broxbourne. Sept. 16. Reading Aero Club "At Home." Sept. 29. Leicestershire Aero Club "At Home." ~~ . " '. Oct. 6. London to Cardiff Air Race and Cardiff Ae.C. Garden Party. Oct. 7. Aviation Golf Meeting, Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Porthcawl. Oct. 20. England-Australia Race for MacRobertson Prize.
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