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JANUARY IO, 1935. FLIGHT. Si SCOTT and BLACK in the CITY A London Luncheon to the Melbourne Race Winners : Interesting Speeches at City Livery Club Gathering THE Melbourne Race winners, Messrs. C. W. A. Scott and T. Campbell Black, were again entertained last week, this time by the City Livery Club, which body arranged a luncheon in the Grocers' Hall, Princes Street, London, on Friday. The President, Mr. H. Holson Sturges, F.C.A., presided, and among the 385 present were the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Stephen Killik), the Lady Mayoress, and the Sheriffs and Aldermen of the City. Once agafflf a big audience was regaled with absorbingly in teresting talks by Scott and Black on their experiences during the Mildenhall-Melbourne flight. Scott, who was enthusiastic ally received, opened by saying that the race started long before October 24. Much preparatory work, financial ques tions and general organisation were crammed into the period which followed the decision to enter the race. He stressed that it was about nine months from the date the regulations were issued to the date of the race, and in that period Britain produced an aeroplane capable of winning, for, as he said, prior to 1934 n0 British aeroplane existed which stood a chance in the event. The machine was handed over on October 13 and they therefore had but sixteen days in which to test it. They did not even know its petrol consumption, and had no chance to carry out a long-distance flight test. For that reason, in order to save every atom of fuel for the first stage of the flight, they even pushed the machine along the tarmac to the starting point. Nor had they had a chance of a full- load take-off with the machine until the starting flag dropped. This Scott described as the most exciting moment of his life. By flying at 12,000 feet they were able to cut down their petrol consumption enormously. It averaged, he said, 15.9 AIR Ministry Notice to Airmen No. 1 of the year 1935 deals f with examinations for Civil Air Navigators' licences. It states that, provided a sufficient number of applications is received, a full examination for First Class Air Navigators' Licences will be held, in London only, on Monday to Friday, March 25-29, 1935, inclusive. Facilities will also be given at centres abroad for candidates to sit, for the written papers only, on Monday to Wednesday, March 25-27, 1935, inclusive, in the case of those candidates who can satisfy the Air Ministry that they can present themselves in London prior to March I, 1936, for practical tests. The failure of any candidate to present himself in London for the practical tests within the period stated will unconditionally render him liable to sit again for the whole examination. An examination for Second Class Air Navigators' Licences will also be held on Monday to Thursday, March 25-28, inclu sive, at the following centres: —(a) London (the offices of H.M. Civil Service Commissioners, G, Burlington Gardens, W.i); (£>) Heliopolis (the office of the British Aviation Direc torate Representative in Egypt, Heliopolis Aerodrome); (c) Baghdad (Hinaidi Aerodrome); (d) Singapore (Seletar Aero drome) ; (e) India (Karachi Aerodrome). Particulars as to the conditions of examination may be obtained on application in writing to (a) the Secretary, Air Ministry (C.A.2), Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2; (b) the British Civil Aviation Directorate Representative in Egypt, Heliopolis Aerodrome, Heliopolis, Egypt; (c) the Air Officer Commanding, Iraq Command, Air Headquarters, Hinaidi, Iraq; (d) the British Civil Aviation Directorate Re presentative at Singapore, Royal Air Force Headquarters, Singapore, Straits Settlements;'or (e) the Director of Civil Aviation in India, Department of Industries and Labour, New Delhi, India. Formal applications for permission to attend these examina tions must be made on form C.A.2.C, and together with the prescribed fees must be received at the appropriate address not later than Monday, February n, 1935. Before a licence can be issued, candidates must pass the prescribed medical examination, for which special arrange ments will be made where necessary. Copies of the papers set at previous examinations for Second Class Air Navigators' Licences may be obtained at a small fee gallons an hour. Again, to save petrol and time, they cut off 200 miles by flying 400 miles over the Bay of Bengal. He repeated the story of the uncomfortable thrill they both felt when the second engine cut out over the Timor Sea, 200 miles from Darwin. Scott emphasised that the aeronautical position of this coun try was not comparable with that of any other; the distances were not the same, nor were our requirements identical with those of other countries. He urged that demand created the type and that this country was well capable of meeting any demand. He objected to the way in which some reports had tended to decry the British achievement. Campbell Black described the event as the greatest race of any sort in history, and spoke feelingly of the sporting and friendly attitude of the foreigners with whom they competed. There were no excuses, for they all considered that the " Comet " was the best machine in the race. He went on to say that if only the pilots of other countries would get together as they did in the England-Australia race, there would be little need of huge air forces, for the friendly feeling created would definitely stop war. His sally that they had been told that air mails would be conveyed to Australia in seven days, not as a result of the race, but as a result of prior preparation, was received with much amusement. Black concluded by saying that if we were to apply ourselves in eight months to speeding up the air mails, our Dominions would be pleased. Australia felt deeply that she was not getting a good enough air mail service, and that was a message he was asked to impress upon everyone concerned—that there should be tremendous speed-up. from His Majesty's Stationery Office, Adastral House, Kings- way, London, W.C.2, or through any bookseller. Copies of the papers set at previous examinations for First Class Air Navigators' Licences may be obtained free of charge on application to the Secretary, Air Ministry (C.A.4.), Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. A further examination for Second Class Air Navigators' Licences will be held during October, 1935. An examination for First Class Licences will also be held in March, 1936, if a sufficient number of applications is received. Developments in Air Survey WE recently reported an alliance between H. Hemming and Partners and Swedish interests representing the Swedish Prospecting Co. and the Swedish Diamond Drilling Co. whereb ' an organisation would be set up capable of undertaking surveys combining aerial and geo-physical methods. The second step has now been taken in the formation of a company, Air and Geo-Physical Surveys, Ltd. Another inter esting fact is that Geological Air Surveys, Ltd., a subsidiary company of H. Hemming and Partners, Ltd., has obtained control of the African Air Surveying Co. (P.T.Y.), Ltd. Addi tional capital, mainly of British origin, has been subscribed for Geological Air Surveys, Ltd., and the African company is at the present completing a survey of the Witwatersrand Reef in Africa. The linking up of the Swedish interests and the air survey ing side will enable work of this nature to be carried out most economically, as an air survey by photographic methods will be made of any selected area, and those that appear to be worth more detailed examination will be dealt with by the Geo-Physical and Diamond Drilling Branch, so that accurate and precise reports of the mineral deposits may be obtained. Other surveys which have been undertaken in South Africa are one of 25,000 acres of sugar plantation; a survey in Natal for re-organisation of country and main roads, particularly those in hilly districts; a survey for geological purposes in the Lydenburg district; and proposals have been invited for cer tain geological surveys in association with various Government departments in the Union. EXAMINATIONS FOR CIVIL AIR NAVIGATORS' LICENCES
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