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228 FLIGHT. FEBRUARY 28, x935- HERE and THERE 200M.P.H.TRAINERS- The widespread adoo' twn of high - speed monoplanes in the U.S.A. has, it wouij appear, necessitatedtbe provision of special training equipment. Accordingly, the U.S. Army Air Corps has ordered 35 SEV-3XAR monoplanes of the type shown here. Fitted with a 400 h.p. Wright "Whirlwind," the machine has a maxi. mum speed of 2oom.p.h. and the climb to 12,000 ft. occupies ten minutes. At St. James's Palace His Majesty the King held a levee on February 22 at St. James's Palace, when the following were amongst those present:—Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, A.D.C., Group Capt. T. E. B. Howe, Wing Cdr. Sir Louis Greig, and Lord Londonderry, Secretary of State for Air. Amongst those presented to His Majesty were: Gen. Putna, Military and Air Attache, Soviet Union; F/O. Ivor Bird; Sqn. Ldr John Breckey. D.F.C.; Sqn. Ldr. Raymond Brownell, M C, M.M., R.A.A.F. ; Fit. Lt. Wilfred Burke; F/O. Donald Cameron; F/O John Cherry, A.A.F.; Air Vice- Marshal Christopher Courtney, C.B.. C.B.E., D.S.O. ; Sqn. Ldr. George Daly, D.F.C.; Wing Cdr. Wilfred Dunn, D.S.C.; Sqn. Ldr. Robert Foster, D.F.C.; Fit. Lt. Harold Gilbert; Group Capt. Andrew Grant. M.B.E. M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H. ; Fit. Lt S. W. Hill, Fit. Lt. Leonard Horwood, M.C., F/O. A. H. Houghton, Fit Lt. Humphrey Humphreys, L.D.S., Fit. Lt. Richard Kearv, Group Capt. R B. Maycock, O.B.E., Wing Cdr. Athol Mylne. Air Vice-Marshal C. L. N. Newall, C.B., CMC, Sqn. Mr. J. T. Paine, Fit. Lt. M. G. Philpott, Fit. Lt. O. R. Pigott, Fit. Lt. J. A. Powell, Fit. Lt. H. J. G. Proud, Sqn. Ldr. A. A. Townsend, M.B., B.Ch., Sqn. Ldr. R. W. White, M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P., Sqn. Ldr. C. G. Wiggles- worth, A.F.C., Fit. Lt J. V. Wood, A.A.F., Sqn. Ldr. F. R. Wynne. M.B.E. Another Barrier Down The A.A. has been informed that, in view of the fact that the Spanish Government has adhered to the International Air Convention, no further permits will be required for British pilots flying over Spain. In the past permits for Spain have not been obtainable in less than a week from the time of application, and, conse quently, urgent flights there have been impossible. The Aviation Section of the London Chamber of Commerce, with the active co-operation of the A.A. and the R.Ae.C, has long been urging upon the Government the necessity for inter national action to remove the many " barriers to aircraft," and the Government announced recently that the question would be brought up for consideration at the next I.C.A. meeting. Lord Sempill's Flight On two occasions since leaving Melbourne Lord Sempill has found it necessary to land between stages, and some sections of the Press have cited his extreme experience as indicating the unreliability of aircraft for world-wide travel. On a flight involving nearly 30,000 miles, it is not surprising that a pilot of a light aeroplane should occasionally land in an uncharted spot. The first forced landing referred to occurred at South Roe- bourne, on the West Coast of Australia, near Port Hedland, where Lord Sempill ran into a sudden storm and landed on a sheltered beach, continuing the next morning. On the second occasion he landed near Tandjong Merak, be tween Rambang and Sourabaya, through shortage of petrol. He made his way through the jungle and struck a highway, where a passing motorist gave him a lift to the next township. Here he obtained sufficient petrol to enable him to continue. The South Atlantic "Comet" After waiting for good weather reports, the Portuguese air- men, Lt Carlos Macedo and Mr. Carlos Bleck, left Hatfield for Lisbon in their " Comet," Salazar, on Tuesday morning at 10.20 a.m. As soon as possible, Salazar is to be flown across the South Atlantic to convey greetings to the thousands of Portuguese who live in Latin America and to demonstrate the advantages of Lisbon as a European terminus for Atlantic flights. Macedo and Bleck propose to fly the 1,925 miles by day to the Cape Verde Islands, where Air France have a verv large, and more or less natural, aerodrome which is used by the mail machines, arid to leave there at midnight for Natal. This stage is 1,860 miles long. Thereafter the "Comet"will be flown down the Brazilian coast for 1,428 miles to Rio de Janeiro and the pilots expect to cover the whole distance in less than forty-eight hours. The pilots say that they will not fly at the " Comet's" best operating height during the crossing, owing to the strong adverse trade winds to be found at 15,000ft., but will fly at a reduced air speed with favourable winds at a lower altitude. Salazar, of course, was originally Black Magic, the "Comet with which Mr. and Mrs. Mollison flew in record time from Mildenhall to Baghdad and Karachi during the Australia race in October. The machine has been purchased by the Portu guese Government. Expansion at Filton To anyone who has watched air developments closely dunns the last few months it has been obvious that Bristol aero engines are used in increasing numbers both at home a abroad. During the la?t months of 1934 the Bristol engHB shops were working night shifts, but even this failed to cope with the demand. To increase output by slightly loweT1"° the standards of workmanship and finish has never been t Bristol way, and when the demand for engines continued increase there was no other way of meeting it than t° engine works extensions. . n This has now been done, and the new building has £,v™inv increased floor space of 28,000 sq. ft., which means, ^P1?' ately, a 25 per cent, increase in machining capacity. D\ ^ ferring certain equipment from existing buildings to others for different purposes, the equivalent of still greater »°°\T£I has been provided, combined with a more convenientloc jnej so that from now onwards purchasers of Bristol aero e s may expect a considerable speeding-up of deliveries. Recent Appointments Recent technical appointments oMnterest in the a^. iation industry include those of Mr. Frank Radcliffe as chiei u^6 ^ of Airspeed. Ltd., at Portsmouth, and Mr. H. A. Me ^ A. V. Roe & Co., Ltd., of Manchester, for design aiw - work in connection with Autogiros. Malio" Mr. D. C. Adkins, who has been editor of Shell ^ News since the inception of that excellent publication, ^ up a position on the sales staff of the De HaviHana ^ Co., Ltd. His place will be taken by Mr. R- Snodgra- has had considerable experience with Shell Avtatio ass, New-
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