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1935
1935 - 0999.PDF
MAY 2, 1935. FLIGHT. 47i PLUCKY-but UNLUCKY Miss Jean Batten's Return from Australia : A Fine Effort in a Four-year-old " Gipsy Moth " " M ISS JEAN BATTEN (now the only woman to have flown solo from Australia to Great Britain, the only woman to have made the double journey alone, and the woman who has made the fastest flight from England to Aus tralia) unluckily failed, while making the Australia-England trip, to beat her time of 14 days 23 hr. 25 min. for the outward journey. Flying her veteran "Gipsy Moth " G-AARB, Miss Batten took off from Sydney for Port Darwin on April 8, and left the latter town at 6.40 a.m. four days later. When 250 miles from land, over the Timor Sea, the engine stopped at 6,000 ft. and started only after a 4,000-ft. glide. On her first day Miss Batten flew 1,100 miles and reached the Dutch East Indies The next day she encountered a terrific thunderstorm, the day after that she ran into very heavy rain, and on the following day she met head winds which reduced her ground speed to less than 60 m.p.h. Across India the heat, says Miss Batten, was unbearable, and her hand was badly blistered through pumping petrol. She flew on via Karachi across Persia to Baghdad, and thence to Damascus, Cyprus and Rome. At Marseilles, with the record in sight, she had engine trouble. This was remedied, but during the subsequent take off a tyre was burst by pieces of glass on the aerodrome. On Sunday Miss Batten pressed on, via Lyons, to Dijon. She flew ill fog over mountains with her blind-flying instruments out of order, and on landing at Dijon her " Moth " needed repairs. Miss Jean Batten During the last stage of the journey Miss Batten made an unscheduled landing at Abbeville, but reached Croydon on Monday. Her time for the homeward trip was 17 days 15 hr. 15 min HALF-PRICE FLYING INSTRUCTION How to Take Advantage of the Young Pilots' Fund Scheme of the Air League SO much interest is being shown by youthful enthusiasts in the Young Pilots' Fund scheme for flying instruction inaugurated by the Duke of Sutherland and organised by the Air League of the British Empire, that a full exposition of the rules will doubtless prove of value to many readers of Flight. Briefly,, every donation to the Fund is doubled by the in tending pupils, while the Air Ministry, through its subsidy plan, adds a sum equal to the original donation. By this means, flying instruction becomes available at approximately half the ordinary cost, i.e., at about £14 or ^15. In the case of schools at which instruction is available at unusually low fees, the sum payable by the Young Pilots' Fund pupil is proportionately smaller, since it is always charged at the rate of 50 per cent, of the normal fees. Flight has recently presented the Fund with a scholarship of the value of /15 The regulations which must be observed by those intending to take advantage of the scheme are as follows :— (1) Applicants for financial assistance from the Young Pilots' Fund shall be British subjects who have reached the age of 17 years but have not reached the age of 26 years on the date of their application. (In special circumstances con sideration will be given to those whose ages are 26 years and over.) . (2) Applicants will-sign the application form and forward it, with a reference as to character from someone of standing (such as a Minister of Religion, Magistrate, Officer of H.M. Forces, or Director of a Company) to the Air League of the British Empire, 10 Berkeley Street, Loudon, W.I. i'S) Applicants may be required to attend, at their own expense, at some con venient centre, e.g., the Air League's offices, or a local flying club, for interview before acceptance. Every effort will be made to keep travelling expenses as low as possible. (4) Applicants will undertake to save, if selected, such sums as are within their means and forward them monthly to the Air League of the British Empire, to be credited to the Flying Account which will be opened in their names by the Air League. (5) Applicants, when selected, wiil join the Air League of the British Empire as members, if they are not already members, and the first £1 subscribed will be regarded as their membership fee, and will not be credited to their Flying Account. (This contribution will help to relieve the fund of organisation and administrative expenses.) (0) Thereafter the Flying Account of each member will be credited from the Young Pilots' Fund with a sum equal to that subscribed by him from time to time ; the sum standing to the credit of each member will be exchanged for vouchers for flying instruction as necessary. (Flying instruction taken during the week will be easier to arrange than at week-ends, and congestion during the week-end avoided.) (7) The issue of flying instruction vouchers will not begin until the sum standing to the credit of the member reaches £14 (of which £7 will have been contributed by th Fund). (This ensuros that flying lessons can be taken at a rate that will be of the greatest benefit to members). The first lesson will be considered as a trial lesson to ascertain the suitability of the member for flying instruction. If successful, the member will obtain from a medical practitioner, a medical certificate on the form required by the Air Ministry (Form C.A.61) which will be supplied by the Club. When advised by the Air Ministry that he is medically fit to hold an "A" Licence, the member will continue flying training. If a mrmber is found unsuitable in either examination, the unexpended balance of his contributions will be returned to him in full. (8) Members, in accepting benefits from the Fund, arc understood to be desirous of qualifying for an " A " Licence ; or qualifying for an " A " Licence members will cease to benefit from the Young Pilots' Fund, and any unexpended balance of their contributions will be returned to them in full. (9) If, for any reason, the member wishes to discontinue flying training, the un expended portion of his contribution will be returned to him in full on demand. (10) Should any member move from one part of the country to another, he may continue his training at the club most convenient to him, after due notification has been made to the Air League of the British Empire. (11) In signing his acceptance of these regulations the member (or, it under 21 years of age, his parept or guardian), indemnifies the Air League of the British Empire against all claims, demands and liability whatsoever arising from flying undertaken ir pursuance of these regulations and otherwise in connection therewith. (12) Each member will be required to sign the usual indemnity form required by the Club concerned, which, in the case of a member under 2i years of age must be countersigned by his parent or guardian ; and to observe all the rules and regulations of the Club. Application forms may be obtained from the Secretary- General of the Air League, Air-Comdre, J. A. Chamier, 19, Berkeley Street, London, VV.i. New De Havilland Directors Mr. F. E. N. St. Barbe and Mr. A. E. Hagg. it has just been announced, have been made directors of the De Havil land Aircraft Co., Ltd. The announcement does not come as a surprise, both having been prominently associated with the success of the company throughout its career. Mr. St. Barbe has, as many Flight readers will know, been business and sales manager of the company since its inception, and was before that connected with the old Aircraft Manufacturing Company under the late Mr. G. Holt Thomas, at the time when Capt. G. De Havilland was chief designer of that firm. Mr. Hagg, also, was associated with Capt. De Havil land at the old " Airco," having been his assistant designer. The team work among those associated with Capt. De Havil land and Mr C. C. Walker has always been good, and the new appointments are likely to make it even better.
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