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.FEBRUARY 21, 1935- FLIGHT. *95 THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS NEW ZEALAND'S ROYAL VISITOR : The Duke of Gloucester, when he was in New Zealand, made a long flight over some of the famous valleys and lakes in South Island. He is seen here about to embark in the New Zealand Air Force "Fuss Moth," which was piloted by Fit. Lt. M. Buckley, at Invercargill Aerodrome. Made in China Shaokvvan, a town in Northern Kwan- tung, which is connected with Canton by the Canton-Hankow Railway, has been selected as the site for the establishment of a new Chinese aircraft factory, where military aeroplanes will be constructed. "Some" Speed Range! A French contemporary, in estimating the performance of the Makhonine "variable wing" monoplane (now equipped with a "Mistral Major"), computes that if a 3,300 h.p. Fiat engine of the type installed in the record-break ing Macchi seaplane were fitted, the maximum speed would be about 404 m.p.h. and the landing speed 68 m.p.h., provided the total weight could be kept within the present figure. Twenty-five Years Ago From Flight of February 19, 1910 As we go to press we have re ceived from the Secretaries of the Aero Club the following copy of we official communication . . conveying the order of H.M the fl t,hat *** Aero Club be hence-'01 tn known as the Royal Aero Uuboi the United Kingdom: — • • • Sir,— I am directed by the tw^ry of State to inform vou «at he has had the honour to "lay wtnre the King your application 1 t"e iota November last, on be-35* ? ^the Aero Clnb of the tn Kltlgdom, for permission mm* *he prefix ' Royal' in the jj*» of the Club, and that His hi« 1 graciously signified sonJ'€afre that a« privilege aX !™ should be g^nted. and that the Club be henceforth known as the Royal Aero Club of j_he United Kingd om Scott Back at School On Monday of last week Mr. C. \V. A. Scott visited his old school, Westminster, and gave a much-appreciated lecture to the Westminster Aeronautical Society and the school. A World Flight Completed Dr. Richard U. Light, who, with Mr. R. Wilson, set out from New Haven, Conn., on August 20 last in a Bellanca seaplane to "see the world," has com pleted his flight, having arrived back at College Point, N.Y., on January 24. In the course of his 29,000-mile trip he visited Labrador, Greenland, Iceland, Orkney Is., Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Itaty, Greece, Cyprus, Iraq, Persia, India, Siam, Malaya, Java, Borneo, and the Philippines. Thence they took steamship to Vancouver and then proceeded in the Bellanca to Mexico and Cuba, and then up the east coast to New York. During the flight Dr. Light took over 600 photographs with his Fair- child F-8 camera. These he will give to the American Geographical Society. Well Tried! Codos and Rossi left Istres on Satur day last for Buenos Aires on an attempt to beat their own long distance record. They were flying the veteran Ble'riot monoplane, Joseph Le Brix, and their route was via Cape Verde Is. and Rio de Janeiro. Unhappily, when about 500 miles south of the Cape Verde Islands the oil pressure of their Hispano engine was seen to fall and they were forced to turn back. At one -time a British steamer was standing by in case the airmen needed help. It was about 5^ hours after they had sent out their first SOS message (they were in constant communication with land throughout) that they landed at Porto Praia in the Cape Verde Islands. An Autogiro in Belgium On Monday Mr. R. A. C. Brie flew an autogiro from London to Brussels for demonstration there. A Long-distance Flight The Hall XP2H-1, described in Flight of January 24, recently flew non-stop from Norfolk, Virginia, to Coco Solo, Canal Zone, covering the 2,000 miles in 25 hrs. 15 mins., flying against strong head winds. Eventually, owing to its size, the flying boat will be commissioned as a ship of the U.S. Navy. ** Scimitars " for Nortvay An important contract for the supply of a number of Armstrong Whitworth '' Scimitar '' single-seater fighters with '' Panther '' engines has been placed by the Royal Norwegian Air Force. In the course of selection trials several contem porary types of Continental and Ameri can aircraft were tried, but finally eliminated in favour of the "Scimitar." Fitted with the 640 h.p. " Panther VII " supercharged engine, the 'Scimitar" has a maximum speed of 225 m.p.h. at 13,000 ft. A Russian "Blimp" Two Soviet engineers' named Garf and Katanski, of Dirigablestroi (the Dirigible-Building Trust), have worked out a design for a tiny dirigible for use by the Russian aero clubs. It is of the non-rigid type, 700 cubic metres in volume, and the open gondola is designed to carry the pilot and a pas senger. It will be fitted with a motor of 30 h.p., and the maximum speed will be 46 m.p.h. ; it will carry a supply of fuel sufficient for eight hours, which will enable it to complete a non-stop flight of about 310 miles. It is expected that this small dirigible will be ready to take part in the All-Union Aeronautical Con tests to be held in the autumn.
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