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1148 FLIGHT. NOVEMBER I, 1934. THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS An Australian Flight Mishap Mr. S. P. Jackson, who left Croydon on October 18 in his Avro "Avian" ("Hermes II") with the object of beating Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith's England-Australia record crashed in Italy last week, but was unhurt. Natural Flight Exhibition Some interesting exhibits relating to natural flight have been added to the National Aeronautical Collection at the Science Museum, South Kensington. Bird flight is represented by specimens of the Albatross and the Gannet, while flight by mammals is illustrated by a specimen of the fox-bat, and by fishes with the flying-fish and flying-gurnand. Specimens of Nature's gliders are shown by the flying-frog and flying-lizard. This section is dealt with from the stand- point of aerodynamics. Twenty'five Years Ago From Flight of October 30, igog. " Yet another sphere which some had thought man would, for some time, at any rate, retain for his own has been invaded by the gentle sex. Baroness La Roche has been successfully piloting a Voisin biplane, and has thereby earned the right to be known as the first lady flier or " aviatress." For some time the Baroness has been taking lessons from M. Chitem, the Voisin instructor, at Chalons, and on Friday of last week she was able to take the wheel for the first time. This initial voyage into the air was only a very short one, and terra firma was regained after 300 yards; but on the following day the parade ground at Chalons was encircled twice, the turnings being made with consummate ease." VICTORY ! To celebrate the winning of the England-Australia air race byScott and Black in the D.H. " Comet," De Havilland Aircraft Co. gave the staff at Stag Lane a half-holiday last week. Here are the " Comet " makersleaving the works. Iraqi Aircraft in Turkey Four aeroplanes have flown from Iraq to Angora to take part in the celebra- tions of the tenth anniversary of the Turkish Republic. New President of the R.Ae.S. At the first meeting of the 1934-35 ses- sion of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Mr. C. R. Fairey, the retiring President, took the chair at the opening. In intro- ducing the new President, Lt. Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, Mr. Fairey said he thought they should place on record the fact that the R.Ae.S. had elected as its new President the first Englishman to fly. Lt. Col. Moore- Brabazon said it was a peculiarity of the Royal Aeronautical Society that the older it became, the more vigorous it became. Unhappily, human nature did not show the same trait. He recalled that the R.Ae.S. had reached its high-water mark during Mr. Fairey's period of office. In a fortnight [i.e., last Tuesday] he would be celebrating the 25th anniversary of his winning the Daily Mail Prize. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: Last Tuesday, October 30, was the twenty-fifth anniversary of Lt. Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon's historic flight at Shellbeach, where, on October 30, 1909, he accomplished a ~" -^ circular flight of one mile on the all-British Short biplane, thereby winning the Daily Mail prize of £1,000 for ~*.' the first Briton to fly a circuit of one mile in a British-made machine. Our illustration shows the actual flight in progress. (Flight Photo.) :.;"•.:'•;..' :•'•'-s-^-.-'.. - • • . - -. :\,_'
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