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1935 - 0127.PDF
JANUARY 17. *935- FLIGHT. 65 THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS AN UNPLEASANT LANDING GROUND : The wrecked American air liner which recently crashed in a mountain wood of the Adirondacks, New York State. It was located by aircraft which first dropped food and medical aids, and then directed relief parties on foot to the scene of the crash ; the parties rescued the four occupants, who had escaped with minor injuries, two days after the accident Kingsford'Smith Returning Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, who re cently flew the Pacific, left San Francisco for Australia by liner last week. Valuable Cargoes A Bellanca "Cargo Aircruiser" with a 710 h.p. geared "Cyclone F" engine has been ordered by the El Dorado Min ing Company of Toronto to transport radium and gold ore from mines near Great Bear Lake to the refinery at Toronto. A Trans-Canada Air Race Backed by the Vancouver junior Chamber of Commerce, a trans-Canada air race is proposed for this summer. The event, for which, it is understood, the necessary tunds have already been raised, would be from Vancouver to Hali fax, with Regina and Ottawa as stop ping points. S.O.S. Pigeons? Arising out of recent accidents to passenger aircraft in Australia comes a suggestion that three or more homing pigeons should be carried on all long distance machines; the birds would be liberated automatically in the event of a forced landing with the wireless out of action. Simms Qold Medal Award The Institution of Automobile En gineers have announced that on the recommendation of the judges, the Council have unanimously awarded the Simms Gold Medal of the Institution to Mr. A. H. R. Fedden, Chief Engineer of the Aero Engine Department of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, for his recent paper on the '' Development of Air-cooled Aero Engines." This Gold Medal was presented and endowed by Mr. F. R. Simms in 1930 to be awarded, annually if possible, to a British subject for an invention, improvement, design, lecture, or research of outstanding merit on internal combustion engines. Miss Earhart Flies Pacific Miss Amelia Earhart (Mrs. George Putnam), in spite of strong official oppo sition and criticism, has succeeded in fly ing across the Pacific from Honolulu to Oakland, California, a distance of 2,400, miles, in i8£ hours. This is the first time the Pacific has been flown solo and by a woman. Miss Earhart—who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and across the United States— f-3w a Lockheed "Vega" monoplane, and left Honolulu at 4.45 p.m. (local time) on Saturday, January 12. She had good weather on the whole, although she encountered much cloud and ran through several rain squalls; she flew at an average of 8,000ft. Her "Vega" was not only equipped with wireless, but she also carried flotation gear in case of descent into the sea. Needless to say, she received a tremendous reception on her arrival at Oakland. Duke of Qloucester's Flight On Sunday last the Duke of Gloucester made his first flight in New Zealand, when, piloted by an Air Force officer, he flew over the lakes and moun tains of Southland Province. International Qliding Contest An International Gliding Contest, at which, it is hoped, champion gliders from all parts of the world will be present, will be held on the Jungfraujoch, above some famous Swiss glaciers, from September 4 to 18 next. Twenty-five Years Ago From "Flight" of January 15. 1QIO. "If on January 13th, 1908, when Farman first succeeded in fly ing for more than a kilometre, any one had dared to suggest that within two years it would be pos sible to fly at a height of a kilo metre, they would have received little sympathy for their optimism. Yet on Friday of last week, with the consummate ease so character istic of himself, Mr. Hubert Latham rose from Chalons Camp on his Antoinette monoplane and gradually climbed up into space until the barometer he had hung round his neck registered 1,100 metres. Then he gradually de scended in wide sweeping circles, and came to rest 42 mins. nf sees, after the start." Viceroy of India's Air Trip The Viceroy and Lady Willingdon, accompanied by Sir John Anderson, Governor of Bengal, flew from Calcutta to Dacca last week. Still " Functioning " Mr. C. VV. A. Scott and Mr. T, Camp bell Black, winners of the England-Aus tralian Air Race, were the guests of honour of the Royal Empire Society at a luncheon at the Hotel Victoria last Thursday. Lt. Col. Sir John Chancellor, Acting Chairman ol Council of the Society, presided. Kellet Direct Control Autogiro A two-seater direct-control autogiro known as the KD-i, evidently con structed in the light of experience gained with the C.30 P type in this country, has just been completed by the Kellet Autogiro Corporation of Philadelphia, U.S.A. Powered with a special Jacobs engine, it has a cruising speed of 103 m.p.h. The minimum speed is said to be 16 m.p.h. Japan's Pacific Aerodromes Mr. Hayashi, Governor of the man dated Pacific Islands, denies the rumours that Japan is establishing naval bases there. An aerodrome, he states, has been established for the use of an aero plane to locate schools of fish for the information of the fishing fleets, and other aerodromes wjll be built to enable commercial air services to be operated between the islands—all which services are essential to the successful conduct of business affairs.
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