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1934 - 0946.PDF
948 FLIGHT. SEPTEMBER 13, 1934. THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS Melbourne-Hobart Race Sir Macpherson Robertson has agreed to provide a sum of money as a prize for the proposed Melbourne-Hobart race to be held during the Melbourne Centenary Celebrations. The Revelation A reader vouches for the truth of thisremark, overheard in an express electric train between London and Brighton; itwas made by a woman passenger who was watching a throttled-back "Moth"keeping station with the train : '' Fancy that! I had no idea those little onescould go as fast as this! '' "Stop Thief!" The other week the Polish authorities at Warsaw asked officials of foreign aero- dromes to watch for a stolen Polish aeroplane. It appears that a former N.C.O of the Polish Flying Corps took off in the aeroplane from Warsaw with- out authority. . Twenty-five Years Ago From "Flight" of September n, IQ09. "By way of adding to theattractions of their Exhibition, the authorities of Nancy made a lucra-tive offer to M. Sommer to carry out some flights. This heaccepted, and has magnanim- ously decided to devote the sur-plus of his salary, after paying ex- penses, to the poor of Nancy andof his birthplace. . . . On Mon- day the weather was against fly-ing, but a large number of people were, nevertheless, admitted tothe grounds. Considerable com- motion ensued upon the announce-ment that M. Sommer would not fly. The situation began to lookserious, as some of the crowd threatened to break down thesheds and fences, but M. Sommer generously came to the rescue ofthe authorities. A lull in the wind provided a chance of a flight, ofwhich he took instant advantage, flying once round the ground, andthus the spectators were appeased and retired in orderly fashion." NOT A DEEP-SEA DIVER! We have already referred to the specialflying suit which Wiley Post will wear for flights into the stratosphere. Above are two such suits, that on the right containing, in addition toair from the supercharger, Wiley Post himself. Non-stop Across Australia Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, with his co-pilot, Capt. P G. Taylor, accom- plished a record trans-Australian flight on September 9, when he flew non-ston> from Melbourne to Perth in his Lock- heed " Altair " in 10 hr. 22 min. His previous time for this flight (in 1928) was 22 hr. Passenger Qlider Trains The Moscow Glider Works have re-cently produced a large passenger- carrying glider for use with '' aerialtrains"—a series of gliders towed by an aeroplane. It is a five-seater cabinglider, designed by the Soviet pilot Gro- shev, and has a wing span of iS m (59ft.) and weighs about 450 kg (992 lb.). It is intended to be towed, with similaror smaller gliders, by a P.5 type aero- plane at a calculated speed of 150-170km/h (93-105 m.p.h.). Under suitable wind conditions it can be flown withoutthe aid of an aeroplane. , A Non-stop Flight to India On September 21 Sir Alan Cobhain and Sqd Ldr. Helmore propose to at- tempt a non-stop flight, refuelling in the air, from Portsmouth to Karachi. They will fly an Airspeed "Courier" (Arm- strong Siddeley "Lynx "), and the first refuelling will take place immediately after leaving Portsmouth (at dawn), the second at Malta (in the evening), the third (at dawn the next day) at Alex- andria (Aboukir), and the fourth (in the evening) at Basra (Shaibah). These last refuellings will be carried out by personnel of the Royal Air Force. Wireless will not be carried, and the flight must, therefore, be run strictly to schedule in order that contact may be made with the refuelling aircraft. One of Sir Alan's Handley Page W 10s has left for Malta to act as tanker. Karachi should be reached at dawn on the third day. Financial assistance for preliminary experiments in refuelling in the air has been given by Lord Wake- field. A GLIDER PASSENGER COACH: The latest Soviet GN-4 glider designed for use with " aerial trains.' It has a cabin seating five passengers.
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