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OCTOBER 25, 1934. FLIGHT. 1123 THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS A Knight Flight Mr. and Mrs. R. W. H. Knight, who left Heston on October 9 on a flight across Europe and the Sahara to West Africa, reached Laghouat on October 16, and Ghardaia (S. Algeria) on October 19. They are flying a Blackburn '' Bluebird '' ("Gipsy I"). Pond and Sabelli Returning Lt. Sabelli, who, with Capt. Pond, flew the Atlantic last May and crashed in Wales, has stated that when his machine has been repaired he hopes to fly back across the Atlantic to New- York. Air Ambulance for Kenya The Nyeri Aviation Service has ar- ranged for the purchase of a " Waco '' aeroplane which will be equipped to carry either four persons or else an ambulance stretcher, doctor and attendant. It will also be fitted for blind flying. Twenty-five Years Ago From " Flight," of October 23, 1909. " Just a glimpse of future possi- bilities of flight was accorded to Parisians on Monday, when Count Lambert demonstrated his com- plete confidence in his Wright flyer by leaving the Juvisy aerodrome and flying over Paris, and round, or rather circling above, the Eiffel Tower. . . . This reached, he turned round at an estimated height of about 100 metres above the tower, which itself is 300 metres high. . . . His time for the round trip of about thirty miles was 59 min. 39 sec, and, needless to say, on his return he was ac- corded a tremendous reception, in which Orville Wright, who hap- pened to be present, joined." AT MILDENHALL : Mr. Roscoe Turner, one of the favourites in the Great Race and third to reach Australia, exhibits a model of his Boeing 247 airliner. The Hindenburg Cup The Hindenburg Cup—which is given each year for the best amateur perform- ance in German sporting aviation— has been awarded for 1933 to Herr Karl Schwab for his flights to Africa. S. Q. White Held Up Mr. S. G. White, the New Zealand pilot, who left Heston for Sydney on September 18 in a D.H. " Gipsy Moth," has been held up in the Dutch East Indies owing to an attack of malaria. He hopes to be able to proceed in a few days. " WINDS " : This is not the result of a bad landing, but an idea of the serious damage caused to aircraft and hangar at the Asia Aviation School, Tokio, by the typhoon that swept Japan recently. It may be noticed that the disintegrated machine is (or was) apparently an Avro type 504. .:.•;.•.,.-. VH;«::,:.. *.--.,'-V Lithuanian Flight Tour Ended The three Anbo IV (600 h.p. Bristol " Pegasus ") observer aircraft of the Lithuanian Army Air Force, which started last July on a tour of European countries, have successfully completed their tour, which covered 6,524 miles, and included visits to the following places :—Stockholm, Copenhagen, Am- sterdam, Brussels, London, Paris, Mar- seilles, Rome, Udine, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Bucharest, Kieve and Moscow. Across the Pacific Again On October 21 Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith left Brisbane on his flight across the Pacific to Oakland, San Francisco. He was flying the Lockheed " Altair " (Pratt and Whitney " Wasp ") ma- chine originally entered for the England- Australia race, and was accompanied by Capt. T. Taylor. He landed the same night at Suva, Fiji, having flown 1,521 miles in very bad weather. After over- hauling his machine he proposed pro- ceeding to Honolulu on Tuesday. International Air Congress Some fifty delegates, representing thirty-three nations, attended the thirty- fourth International Air Congress which opened at Washington on October 6—the first time a conference of the F.A.I, has been held on American soil. Prince Bibesco, president of the F.A.I., pre- sided, and the object of the Congress was to draft uniform international regula- tions for the control of great aerial sport- ing events, and to suggest improvements in the conditions of international air travel. •.•.•,• . :r: ••'. r
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