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1260 FLIGHT. NOVEMBER 22, 1934. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS The Flying Cabinet A 14-seater air-liner has been bought by the Austrian Government to transport members of the Austrian Cabinet when they visit foreign countries. Across Pacific in Formation A squadron of U.S. NavyiaiSphibianswill, it is reported, shortly^ undertake a formation flight across the Pacific fromSan Francisco to the Philippines, via Hawaii and Guam. New U.S. Airships < Proposals have been placed before theaviation commission by Mr. Vinson for the construction of two large airships toreplace the Akron and Los Angeles, and for a new type of cruiser with a " flyingdeck." Twenty-five Years Ago From "Flight" of November 20, 1909."In the-cwjrse of a paper by Mr. H. Inigo Triggs, read beforethe Royal Institute of British Architects on Monday night, onthe " Panning and Laying Out of Public Places," the author saidthat in view ol the rapid strides which were being made in aviation,the necessity for trial grounds and alighting places would soon makeitself felt. He hoped that he might not be considered too vision-ary in suggesting that the day might not be far distant when,perhaps, Hyde Park itself would furnish the site for a new formof place, the aviation place, with gigantic sheds able to accom-modate a fleet of dirigibles." AT HAWAII: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith's Lockheed " Altair," Lady Southern Cross, arrives at Wheeler Field, Hawaii, after its flight from Suva, Fiji. Australia-New Zealand Flight Messrs. J. D. Hewett and C. E. Kay,who finished ninth in the England-Aus- tralia air race, flew in their D.H."Dragon" from Sydney across the Tasman Sea to Palmerston, North fsland,New Zealand, in 12J hours on November 14. On landing the machine was slightlydamaged by a collision with a fence. Death of Qyroscope Expert The death occurred at Glasgow last week of Prof. James Gordon Gray, who was responsible for many inventions re- lating to aerial and marine navigation— especially as regards the gyroscope. Amongst the most important of these in- ventions were the inductor compass, gyroscopic helms and stabilisers, the arti- ficial horizon and the cloud levelling nppaiatus ... . . • ...'• OFF TO THE ANTARCTIC : The Northrop machine. Polar Star, whichwfll lie used by the Lincoln Ellswc. Exp* ditim *»c flights over the South Pole, being shipped at Dunediri* tu -*e ft***'deception Island. "V- The Byrd Expedition Admiral Byrd, leader of the American Antarctic Expedition, and four others of the party, have flown over 100 miles to- wards the South Pole from Little America, and have, it is reported, made important geographical discoveries. After Australia—South Africa? Proposals have been put forward in Cape Town for a big air race next year between England and South Africa to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the King's accession and the 25th anniver- sary of the Union. The race would be on the lines of the McRobertson Eng- land-Australia race, and the Mayor of Cape Town has sent a cable to Sir Abe Bailey suggesting that he should be the sponsor of the race. Publicity ! Interesting experiments were carriedout at Hauworth during three nights of last week by Messrs. Addinsell. Batsonand Speller. Mr. Addinsell was flying a Bristol Fighter, fitted with a banner,110 feet in length, hanging vertically, and the experiments were in the natureof illuminating the banner by a search- light fitted on the aircraft. These ex-periments so far have been ver ' success- ful, and at night time the letters on thebanner can clearly be seen. Lisbon-Timor Flight Lt. Humberto da Cruz, of the Portu-guese Air Force, flying his new D.H. "Leopard Moth" ("Gipsy Major"),with Sen. Carlos Bleck (De Havilland agent in Portugal), left Amadora, Lis-bon, on October 25 on his flight to Timor (Portuguese E. Indies)—to whichreference has already been made in Flight. Gaza was reached three dayslater, and on November 2 he arrived at Akyab, and at Bangkok next day, hav-ing then completed 8,500 miles in t^n days, through indifferent weather, ***"November 4 he set out ^igT^ was forced down at £ and eventually reached u*>e' eS> ™«ber 7. He is now flvin'lal quotation t^n A
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