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1056 FLIGHT. OCTOBER II, 1934. THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS Air Liner's Missing Qold Found It will be remembered that last Jul)' ^4,000 worth of gold was lost from an Imperial Airways machine whil,e at anchor on the Nile Three men arrested in connection with the theft have con- fessed, and a small part of the gold has been recovered. Qustave Lemoine Killed M. Gustave Lemoine, one of France's best-known test pilots, was killed near Amiens on October 3, when a new bomber he was testing got out of control and crashed. He jumped with his para- chute, but it failed to open. Lemoine had established several world's records. Twenty-five Years Ago From "Flight" of October 9, 1909. " Saturday last was indeed a red-letter day for Orville Wright, that day witnessing two achieve- ments of which he may justly be proud. Not only did he carry the Crown Prince of Germany as a passenger on his flyer, but he also demonstrated that the Wright machine was capable of ascending to amazing heights. . . . He flew round and round in an ever- ascending spiral until it was esti- mated that he was at a height of 1,500 ft., passengers on the Havel steamers over three miles away being able to see him gliding through space." FRANCO-ITALIAN : Rome gave the squadron of French military airmen visiting Italy an enthusiastic reception. Our illustration shows the French pilots (in foreground) being received by Italian officials and (in centre, hatin hand) Comte de Chambrum, French Ambassador in Rome. "Smithy" to Fly Pacific? It is reported from Sydney that Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith—who is now definitely out of the England-Australia Race—intends to fly the Pacific with Capt. P. G. Taylor as co-pilot and navi- gator in the Lady Southern Cross—the THE CUBIST: An unusual aerial view of a U.S. Army pilot flyingabove-Selfridge Field in a Boeing P-26 pursuit 'plane. Lockheed '' Altair '' he had entered for the race. He hopes to leave Sydney on or about October 20, and fly via Suva to Honolulu, thence to America, where he will sell the machine. Vim's Offer Apropos Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and the England-Australia Air Race, it was reported last week that C. T. Ulm— who was once a partner with Sir Charles —offered to bring an American machine to England for Sir Charles to race in. R.101 Memorial Service ' Three survivors of the airship R.101, which crashed at Beauvais on October 5, 1930—Mr. J. H. Binks, Mr. A. B. Bell, and Mr. A. J. Cook—and a large number of people attended a memorial service held at Cardington Church on October 7. A procession, headed by choir boys, afterwards went to the cemetery, where the victims are buried, and a two- minutes' silence was observed. French Squadron in Rome On October 2 a French military squadron of eighteen pursuit aeroplanes, under the command of Com.-Maj. Rene Weiser, paid a flying visit to Rome. After performing a series of aerobatics over Rome, the squadron landed on Centocelle Sud aerodrome, which was gaily decorated in their honour. On landing they were accorded an enthu- siastic welcome, being received by the I Tnder-Secretaries respectively for War, Navy, and Air, the complete garrison of the Rome area, a number of Italian flying aces, and by a personal repre- sentative of Signor Mussolini.
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