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1934
1934 - 0982.PDF
984 FLIGHT. SEPTEMBER 20, 1934. MORE AVROS FOR EGYPT Ten 626s to supplement those already in service with the Egyptian Army Air Force IN November last year a batch of ten Avro 626 biplaneswith 277 h.p. Siddeley "Cheetah" V engines was flownto Egypt, where the machines have since been used for co- operation with infantry battalions at Assuit, Assuan, Mex, Soluum, and El Arish, and for patrol work in connection with the prevention of drug smuggling in the Sinai desert. They have also been employed for normal flying training and in the making of a British film called '' The Camels Are Coming," which is soon due for release in this country. Last Friday ten more identical machines were inspected at Lympne by the Egyptian Charge d'Afiaires in London, H. E. Hakki Bey. They started on their journey to Egypt on Mon- day, September 17, and are flying to Cairo by way of Paris, Marseilles, Naples, Catania (Sicily), Tunis, Tripoli, Benghazi, and Mersa Matruh. Their duties in Egypt will include co- operation in anti-contraband measures, aerial survey of the south-western desert regions, and the establishment there of a network of landing grounds. The machines put up quite an impressive display of forma- tion flying at Lympne. A flight of five of them performed a kind of " Prince of Wales's feathers '' wherein the rearmost two machines of the "V" simultaneously zoomed upwards and outwards from the diving formation, followed two or three seconds later by the next two men, while the leader continued his dive to within about 200ft. of the ground and pulled his 626 up into a steep zoom. H. E. Hakki Bey seemed pleased. One was told that the Avros have stood up to the hard work in Egypt remarkably well. Maintenance troubles have been practically nil. No one seemed to know why 626s were chosen for the work when Avros produce the 637, which was built specially as a light military general purpose machine. Perhaps it is because the armament of the machines is but rarely used and a normal cockpit is more comfortable on long desert patrols than one carrying a gun ring. In the 626, of course, an Avro gun mounting may be installed over a third and specially designed cockpit behind the second seat. The following are the names of the officers and men who will man the machines on their flight to Egypt: — Kaimakam (Colonel) V. H. Tait Bey, Bimbashi (Major) S. N. Webster, A.F.C., Mulazim Awal (Lieutenant) Abdel Halim Mohammed Deghedi, Mulazim Awal (Lieutenant) Abdel Monim el Midati, Mulazim Awal (Lieutenant) Mohammed Abdel Monim Ahmed, Mulazim Tami (2nd Lieutenant) Mohammed Abdel Halim Khalifa, Mulazim Tami (2nd Lieu- tenant) Ismail Hakki Haroun, Mulazim Tami (2nd Lieutenant) Hassan Akif, Mulazim Tami (2nd Lieutenant) Saleh Mohammed Saleh, Mulazim Tami (2nd Lieutenant) Noman Abdel Raouf Nada, Mulazim Tami (2nd Lieutenant) Hassan Mahmoud, Warrant Officer H. Dingwall, Warrant Officer A. T. Martin, Warrant Officer H. L. Whitlock, Warrant Officer H. R. Walker, Shawish (Sergeant) Ali Shihata Adan, Onbashi (Cor- poral) Sayed Sharawi, Nafar (Private) Ahmed Abdel Razek Salim, Nafar (Private) Ahmed Ibrahim Mustafa, Nafar (Pri- vate) Mohammed Mahmoud el Kasabg. THE CRITICS : Mr. Oobson, Husein Bey (an Egyptian Member of Parliament), Sir John Higgins, andH. E. Hakki Bey watch the evolutions of the Egyptian Avros. Right, the Egyptian party, with Kaimakam Tait Bey and Bimbashi Webster, inspects the personnel. (Flight Photos.)
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