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1934
1934 - 1110.PDF
1112 FLIGHT. OCTOBER 25, 1934. Oil temperature, carburetter temperature, mixture, the control - surface "tabs," petrol dumping, the throttles and the pitch of the Hamilton air- screws are all controlled from this compact assembly in tha Douglas. (Above) The installation of one of the landing lights in the Boeing 247 -D, showing the neat method of screening. (Below) A case of maps and charts, complete with pencils, protractors and compasses in the Panderjager. Evidently one engine had failed to pick up, but everybody wondered whether things were quite right after the late mishap and the repairs. But Cathcart Jones taxied back and opened out again after losing nearly two minutes. After the Pander S.4 had gone, the crowd wondered again, for Stack's "Viceroy" turned back after taxying a few yards. He had made a start according to the rules and was returning to pick up films of the start, delaying some thir- teen minutes. Not much in 11,000 odd miles, but, perhaps, enough to make a difference in the final placings. The big Douglas was tucking its v» heels up before it had flown over OIL COOLLR the boundary of the aerodrome. Then came that mystery machine —the Granville monoplane. No- body was quite sure whether Wesley Smith and Miss Cochran were trying for Baghdad non-stop, but as the machine bounced and bounced again with the big engine making the most satisfactory bellow, it was obvious that it was heavily loaded. However, all was well. The Fairey III F went away, but where was Baines' " Fox "? Evi- dently the engine could not be started. Woods' " Vega," com- paratively lightly loaded, turned on to its course right off the ground in a steep climb, and was obviously fast. Brook's Miles "Falcon," In the Airspeed "Viceroy," or A.S.8, manned by Stackand Tuner, the oil coolers for the Siddeley "Cheetah" VI engines form the leading edge of the cowlings. There are between forty and fifty dials onthe Panderjagers' instrument panel.
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