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1935
1935 - 0193.PDF
JANUARY 24, 1935- FLIGHT. 101 AN ALTITUDE RECORD ? These three much-photographed ladies from Bermuda— who are appearing at Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia—made their first flight last Sunday, in a Hillman " Dragon." Qyroplanes in the North It is possible that, should the experi ments now in progress with the Gyro plane invented by Mr. David Kay— reference to which has already been made in Flight—prove successful, a fac tory for their manufacture may be estab lished in Perth. It is reported that negotiations are proceeding between the Perth Town Council and Mr. Kay with this end in view. The Air Ministry have shown interest in the machine. American Items According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, 775 American civil aircraft have wireless equipment. Of this num ber only 326 sets are of the "two-way " pattern. The Cunningham-Kail Aircraft Corp. of Rochester, New York, which entered a machine for the Guggenheim Safe Air craft Competition, has produced a new two-seater low-wing monoplane with a special high-lift wing and a unique lateral control S5'Stem. Flying a new Grumman amphibian, with Wright "Cyclone " engine, Lt. Cdr. E. F. Stone, of the U.S. Coast Guard, averaged 191.796 m.p.h. over a course at Chesapeake Bay. The former record for this class of machine was 177 m.p.h. A Douglas Flies High Although the makers claim for the D.C.2 a veiling of 25,400 feet, one of these machines, belonging to Pan- American Airways, and, doubtless, fly ing at less than its maximum weight, has reached 29,800 feet over Lima, Peru. Prof. Serge Korff, of the Californian Institute of Technology, was on board, and made a study of cosmic rays, and some useful data was obtained. A Latecoeire Conversion The big four-ehgined Latecoere 550 seaplane described in Flight of February 1, 1934, has recently been converted into a landplane. There are two pairs of landing wheels. Lorraine "Petrel" in "Fury" A 720 h.p. Lorraine " Petrel" twelve- cylinder liquid-cooled engine has been installed in a Hawker '' Fury '' single- seater fighter belonging to Yugoslavia. A Foolproof Machine A British designer is, according to Dame Rumour, hard at work preparing the plans for the construction of an aero plane embodying features of a motor car (such as foot accelerator and brakes) and "robot" controls—in other words, a foolproof machine. His main idea is to simplify flying and to enable thou sands to learn to handle aeroplanes with absolute safety after a few hours of in struction. Well, there is certainly a market for such a machine ! Speed Record Broken? According to an unconfirmed report from America, the American pilot Chester has broken the world's speed record for machines under 450 kg over a course of 100 km, which was estab lished by the French pilot Delmotte last May, with a speed of 214.66 m.p.h. (34.5622 km(h). Chester, flying a machine of his own construction at Miami, is said to have covered the 100 km at a speed of 237 m.p.h. (381 460 knijh). Details of his machine are not available, but it is understood that it is the "Chester Special" he has flown at the Cleveland Races. A JAPANESE FLEET FIGHTER ; The Nakajima type 90 shipboard fighter, fitted with a 450 h.p. Nakajima "Jupiter." Feb Feb. Diary of Forthcoming Events Club Secretaries and others are invited to send particulars of important fixtures for inclusion in this list. Jan. 29. Feb. 7. Newcastle-on-Tyne Aero Club Annual Dinner and Dance, Barras Bridge Assembly Rooms, Newcastle- on-Tyne. Jubilee Celebration of the Foundation of the City and Guilds College. Imperial College of Science' and Technology. Mr. "The Hngland- Australia Air Race." Lecture by C. W. A. Scott, at the Queen's Hall, London. "Ice Formation in Carouretters. R.Ac.-. Lecture av Mr. L P. Coombes. Feb. 15 Annual Aviation Ball, Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club, Grand Spar Hotel, Clifton. Mar- t. Annual Dance. Leicestershire Aero Club Danse, Leicester. Mar 1 .. p ue,s fQr A|rcraf Mr. E. L. Bass ft Engines.' R.Ae.S Palais de Lecture by Mar Mar. 15. Mar. 29 Mar. 29. Apr. 12. Problems ol Cold Presswork." Joint R.Ae.S. and Inst. A.E. Lecture by Dr. H. Cough and Dr. Desch. 1 New Developments of the Autogiro. by Senor Juan de la Cierva. R.Ae.S. Lecture Piloting Commercial Aircraft.' Sqn Ldr. H. G. Brackley. Annual Dinner. Norfolk Mousehold Aerodrome. 'Commercial Aircraft. G. de Havilland. R.Ae.S Lecture by and Norwich Aero Club, R.Ae.S Lecture by Capt. Mav (Date not vet fixed). Wilbur Wright Lecture, R.Ae.S., by Mr. W. D. Douglas. June 1. Brooklands "At Home.'
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