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1935
1935 - 0517.PDF
RIARCII 7. x935- FLIGHT. 253 Th" Air Estimates.— Ti order to improve the supply of meteorological mforma- / to air services operating in Great Britain, a number of liarv weather reporting stations will be established during in northern England, Scotland and the Isle of Man. These will involve increased expenditure, totalling £3,500. The provision of meteorological information for night flying Empire air routes will also necessitate additional ex- ^VVork is in progress in the Climatological Division of the Meteorological Office on the preparation of Meteorological Handbooks for use in ships of the Fleet operating on the various oversea stations. Five hundred pounds is included in Vote 9 for additional clerical assistance for this work, the results of which will also be available for civil and service pilots preparing for long-distance flights. The final instalment (£2,000) of the grant-in-aid of £10,000 for Polar Year Research was paid in 1934. Now that this srecial expenditure is completed, the allowance for incidental items of research in meteorology, which had been temporarily reduced to £1,000, is restored to its normal figure of £2,000. The cost of gale warning telegrams for coastal shipping, which amounts on an average to £800 per annum, has been transferred to the Votes of the Board of Trade. Air Ministry- Vote 10 (Air Ministry), at a net total of £752,000, shows an increase of £95,000. This increase is due mainly to the additional work falling to all departments of the Ministry as a result of the decision to expand the first-line strength of the Royal Air Force by 50 per cent, within a period of four years. The Air Council has been enlarged by the appointment of an additional Air Member for Supply and Organisation. The new Member will be responsible for the Directorates of Organisation and of Works and Buildings, previously under the Chief of the Air Staff, and for the Directorate of Equipment, hitherto under the Air Member for Supply and Research. The latter, who will in future be, designated Air Member for Research and Develop ment, remains responsible for the administration of research and technical development, for repair and maintenance and for inspection services. The continued development of commercial and private flying, and the projected extensions of air services, both in this country and throughout the Empire, have necessitated in creases in staff for civil aviation duties ; and the status of the head of the department of Civil Aviation has been raised to that of Director-General. LONDONDERRY. February 27, 1935. THE BLACKBURN T.S.R. SEAPLANE Interesting Features in Design of Floatplane Version of " Shark " WHEN Flight described the Blackburn " Shark '' in the issue of December 13, 1934, ^ was mentioned that this machine can be supplied as a seaplane. Our photograph shows the machine as it appears with float undercarriage, and the sketches indi cate some unusual features. The floats are not "handed," that is to say, the same float can be used on port and starboard sides, this being made possible by the adoption of a special joint, shown in one of the sketches. Water rudders are fitted to the heels of the floats, and are so arranged that they are kept in the "down " posi tion by springs, but if any obstacle is struck by a rudder, me rudder immediately springs up into a raised position. rudders, incidentally, are hvdraulicallv operated. The Blackburn T.S.R. Seaplane. The engine is a Siddeley "Tiger" of 700 h.p. Flight photograph.) a oat details : On the left is shown the spring-loaded water rudder and the hydraulic mechanism for operating the rudders. On the right is the special joint which has been designed to avoid "handing" the floats.
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