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1935 - 0105.PDF
JANUARY 10, I935. FLIGHT. •Si Commercial Aviation Newspapers to the Saar Since B.A.N.Co. opened their daily service to the Saar, Messageries Hachette have arranged for the conveyance thereby of all the London dailies, which are received at midday. D/F Equipment for Egyptian Aerodrome The Egyptian Ministry of Communications has ordered Marconi-Adcock direction-finding equipment for installation at Mersa Matruh aerodrome near Alexandria. The new equip ment will provide additional guidance for Imperial Airways and others over the Mediterranean and Northern Africa. It is claimed that the Marconi-Adcock is not materially subject to the "night effect," so that a twenty-four-hour service will be possible. From Prague to Moscow The possibility of an air service linking Prague and Moscow is under consideration for this year. There are two alternative routes: One is a continuation of the existing service between Prague and Warsaw, and the other a prolongation of the Prague to Uzhorod service. The latter, though longer, necessitates little flying over territory other than that of Czechoslovakia or Russia. The service between Prague and Uzhorod is conducted by the Czechoslovak State Air Lines, and the suggestion is to continue to Kieff and Moscow via Cernauti in Rumania. The flight between Prague and Moscow would be made in a day. To Meet Canadian Requirements What is claimed to be the first aeroplane designed and con structed entirely in Canada and expressly to meet Canadian conditions has been produced by Fairchild Aircraft, Ltd., of Longueuil, Quebec. The machine, which may be operated as a landplane, seaplane, or on skis, is a strut-braced high-wintr monoplane with a Pratt and Whitney "Wasp" T1D1 engine of 520 h.p. enclosed in an N.A.C.A. cowling and driving a Hamilton Standard controllable pitch airscrew. The pilot sits well behind the wing in a cockpit with a sliding roof, and nine passengers, or the equivalent amount of freight, are carried in a cabin forward of this cockpit, and this is fitted with a wide door to facilitate the loading of balky articles. At present the machine uses a wing of similar sec tion to that employed on the old Fairchild 71, which has given such excellent service in Canada. The fuselage is an advanced tvpe of metal monocoque structure. Tests have not yet been completed but, at an all-up weight of 7,000 lb., the maximum speed is about 140 m.p.h. and the landing speed in the neighbourhood of 60 m.p.h. A Central Airport for Assam Preparations are being made to build, at Soneivill, a central station for the air mail service for the whole of Assam. The site is nine miles from Tejpu and borders on the Chardnar, at the foot of the Bhutan Hills. A vast area of land has been apportioned out of the Government's reserve land for the purpose. The site has been surveyed by certain officials of Indian National Airways. The Channel Accident The Air Ministry has now published a report on the accident to the Hillman "Dragon Six," which occurred on October 2, 1934, and from which there were no survivors. There appears to be little doubt that, in spite of his general experience, the accident was due to the pilot's lack of skill in matters of navigation and blind flying. The visibility near the ground was extremely poor, though there was little cloud between 3,000 and 8,000 feet, and the pilot had chosen to follow a coastal route rather than to proceed on a direct com pass course in or above the clouds. The machine flew into the sea while making a gradual descent, the pilot having failed to distinguish the glassy surface of the water in time to avert the disaster. He had been given a bearing by Croydon on request, but there was no response when Croydon attempted to give his full position. There was no question of the air worthiness of the machine. The Dewoitine 620 In last week's issue of Flight it was suggested that the Dewoitine Co. were building a series of new thirty-passenger transport monoplanes for use on the 1935 Air France Paris- London service. These new Dewoitine 620s will have retractile under carriages, and will be equipped with three geared Gnome and Rhone 800 h.p. double-row, air-cooled radial engines, type 14 Krsd, slightly supercharged, and will have an estimated speed of 194 m.p.h. (310 km/1) at ground level and 217 m.p.h. (350 km/1) at an altitude of 6,560ft. (2,000 m.). The machines will be constructed of duralumin throughout. The wings will be fitted with split trailing edge flaps, and, together with the fuselage, will be covered with smooth vedal sheet, similar to the construction employed in the " Antares " type. The fuselage, again, is of monocoque construction, and is divided into two sections. The first comprises a baggage hold, pilots' cabin, radio compartment, and a cabin with accommo dation for nine passengers. The rear part contains another and larger cabin to accommodate twenty-one passengers. A bar, a lavatory, and a second hold for baggage are located i:i the after portion. WHAT OF 1935 ? Last year Jersey Airways carried more than 20,000 passengers, using, as mentioned in the review on page 34, eight " Dragons." Here are seven on the beach at St. Helier ; the charabanc "waiting room " in the middle fore ground was lost at sea soon after this picture was taken ! The cause was a high tide.
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