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1935 - 0440.PDF
122 FLIGHT. FEBRUARY 28, 193= THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS THE NEW "WINNIE MAE" : Wiley Post's Lockheed "Vega," Winnie Mae, as modified for his trans-continental strato sphere flight. The undercarriage is dropped immediately on taking off, and landing is accomplished on a skid on the bottom of the fuselage. As reported on this page, Post's first attempt at this flight failed. "Madagascar-Rhodesia Non-stop On Friday last the Italian pilot, Cdr. Carlo Adamoil, flew non-stop from An tananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, a dis tance of over 1,000 miles. Air-minded Moscow Moscow now possesses ten aero clubs, the combined membership of which ex ceeds several thousands; the members study flying, gliding, and models. Neiv Trans-American Record Piloting a Vultee ViA of American Air Lines, Mr. Leland Andrews flew last Thursday from Los Angeles to Lloyd Bennett Field, N.Y., in n hr. 21 min. 1 sec, so beating Maj. Doolittle's pre vious trip in the same machine over the same route by nearly 38 minutes. Higher Still Recently, Flight reported that a Russian automatic recording balloon had attained an altitude of ioJ miles, and now comes the news that another balloon, sent up by the Slutsk Institute of Aerology, has attained a height of nearly 15 miles, while a balloon sent up a few months ago from Moscow has just been located; its instruments registered an altitude of 19 miles. Wiley Post Fails Wiley Post, the American-Indian pilot, failed in an attempt to make a strato sphere flight, with mails, from Los An geles to New York. He started in his Lockheed "Vega," Winnie Mae, on Fri day, shedding his undercarriage imme diately after taking off, but after com pleting 125 miles, when at an altitude of 25,000 ft., he experienced oil trouble and was forced to descend near Muroc Lake, in the Mojave Desert. The Winnie Mae was only slightly damaged. Twenty-five Years Ago From " Flight " of February 26, 1910 " Presiding at a meeting of the Bristol Tramways Company last week. Sir George White, Bart., said that for some time he and his brother had been giving their at tention to aviation, which seemed to offer promise of development at no distant date, and they had de termined to endeavour to develop the science both from the spec tacular and the manufacturing point of view. They had already ordered three aeroplanes with a view to testing them, and when they have decided which is best they hoped to start a factory at Bristol." South African Achievement Capt. Stanley Halse and Mr. F. T. Neal flew last week from Johannesburg to Capetown and back, a distance of 1,580 miles, in the one day, the double flight taking 14J hours. VS. " Air Derby " Postponed 1 It is reported from Washington that the proposed " Air Derby " from Wash ington to South America and back has been postponed until April next year. It is, however, hoped that the rules will be formally announced and entries accepted in about two months' time. Wrecked in the Arctic A Russian aeroplane, with pilot, mechanic and two passengers made a forced landing near Archangel on or about February 1. The occupants were marooned on marshland for nineteen days; three of them, including the pilot, after tramping overland, were located and taken half starved to Archangel Hospital. One of the passengers re mained in the machine, and relief machines were sent out to his rescue. Australian Rocket Post The " rocket post racket" seems tot* spreading all over the British Empire-' Following the abortive experiments carried out in various parts of the British Isles and in India comes news of an attempt made at Brisbane on De cember 4, 1934, under the auspices 01 the Queensland Air Mail Society, <n c0'' of H.R.H. tbe A FAMOUS TRIO : The Hon. " Freddie" Guest (centre) photographed with the Duchess of Bedford and Lord Trenchard on the occasion of his election as Master of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators. nection with the visit Duke of Gloucester to that city. mail rocket, charged with '• letters, was The the discharged from S.S. Canonbar in the vicinity of l" a enba, on the Brisbane R™er. ana special vignette printed in dark p ^ with a picture of a rocket soaring a river was affixed to each letter.
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