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1935
1935 - 0291.PDF
FEBRUARY 7. 1935- FLIGHT. 145 THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS Paris-Madagascar Flight The three French airmen, M.M. G6nin, Laurent, and Robert, who recently accomplished a flight from Paris to Mada gascar in three days, arrived back in Paris last week-end, after having been reported missing after leaving Dar-es- Salaam. The Autogiro in Australia A short while back Australia saw, with considerable interest, its first Auto giro. An elderly farmer, gazing in wonderment at its evolutions, was heard to remark: "By gum, I never thought I'd live t'see a reaper an' binder up in the air I" Woman's Altitude Record Flying a Farman (Renault '' Bengali'' engine) near Paris on January 29, Mile. Madeleine Charneaux, accompanied bv Mile. Edith Clark, established a new alti tude record for women (light planes, category 1) by reaching a height of 6 150 m. (19,790 ft.). Douglases for U.S. Army Seventy-one Douglas observation monoplanes have been ordered by the U.S. Army Air Corps in addition to the large numbers of Northrop "attack" machines and Consolidated '' pursuits " which, as already recorded in Flight, are to be supplied. It is possible that the new Douglases will be powered with Pratt and Whitney two-row radials. Sharks I Hitherto sharks have had it all their own way in the Timor Sea, and of late have multiplied enormously. Now, how ever, that this stretch of water has be come an important airway, steps are being taken to reduce their numbers, and so minimise the peril to airmen fly ing to and from Australia. Timorese ruling rajahs are lending their ships and men for a great shark hunt, and prob ably aircraft will lend a hand—and a bomb or two—also. Twenty-five Years Ago From " Flight " of February 5, 1910. "The last day of January was noteworthy, for it produced re markable performances at Chalons on the part of the two Henry Far- man pupils, Van den Born and Lfimoff, both easily passing the world's passenger record standing to the credit of Orville Wright, namely, 1 h. 9 m. 45| s. Al though the temperature was six aegrees below freezing point, Van aen Born went up with a passenger ... and continued fly- vh uT I h- I8 m- 50 s., during Mw* -m' 30 s., covering 158 kll°ms. m that time." "I'LL STRING ALONG WITH YOU." An impression, seen through a hangar door at Miami, of the U.S. Army attack group from Crockett Field, Galvaston, flying Curtiss A. 12 monoplanes. Missing Qold Found AH the gold which fell from a Hillman machine en route from Paris to London has been recovered. It was found by the wife of an unemployed labourer, and was buried deep in the ground near Inval-Boiron, in the Somme Depart ment. The lucky finder will receive as a reward ^2,300. The gold was brought to London last Thursday. A PORTUGUESE VENTURE. Lt. Carlos Costa Macedo (left) and Carlos Eduando Bleck (right), who are plan ning to fly from Heston to Rio de Janeiro, via Cape Verde Is. and Port Natal, in the D.H. "Comet," Black Magic. (Flight photograph.) The Segrave Trophy Mr. Kenneth Waller has been awarded the Segrave Trophy for 1934 for his flights to and from Australia and the Belgian Congo. A Royal " Audax " One of the " Pegasus "-engined Hawker " Audax " two-seaters recently supplied to the Royal Iraq Air Force is used to transport the King of Iraq about his country. Blown from Qlider M. Paul Mechenet, while flying a glider near Marseilles last Sunday, was struck by a violent gust of wind and thrown out of the machine. He fell 500 feet and was instantly killed. Irish Swoop Out Again Shortly According to its manufacturers, the Bellanca long-distance racing monoplane, Irish Swoop (now at the Bellanca works for minor modifications), is expected to " achieve something big " in the near future. Two American Awards Rex. B. Beisel, of the Chance Vought Corporation, and A. Lewis MacLain, of the Pratt and Whitney Company, have been presented with the Wright Brothers' medal and the Manley Memorial medal in recognition of their paper (produced in co-operation with F. M. Thomas, of the United Aircraft Corporation) on " Cowling and Cooling of Aircraft."
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