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1935 - 1011.PDF
MAY 2, 1935- FLIGHT. 479 Also Verboten! The German protest reported on the opposite page lends a whimsical touch to last Tuesday night's news of the Ger man pilot who was intercepted by fighters over Italy and arrested. The Douglasus A mounting to take the Bristol " Pegasus '' is being developed by the Douglas company for their DC.2 machine. Shall we see home-powered " Douglii " at Croydon this year? Stepping Them Up The loo-h.p.-per-cylinder engine is close ahead. the latest production model Wright " Cyclone " is giving 775 h.p., whereas in 1931 it was develop ing only 575 h.p., and a new moderately supercharged Bristol " Pegasus," the M >rk X, delivers 820 h.p. at 3,500 ft. The Intercepter Plying from Los Angeles to Mexico City in an endeavour to make a non-stop trip, Miss Amelia Earhart was forced down only sixty miles from her goal through an insect flying into her eye. She was unable, as a result, to read her maps, and so lost her bearings. B.Q.A. and the Qliding Subsidy At a meeting of the British Gliding Association last Friday sub-committees were appointed to deal with the matter of the much-discussed Government sub sidy. Professor David Brunt was elected chairman and Mr. H. D. Hiscocks was a anointed treasurer. Black Intentions It is said that Mr. T. C. Campbell Black will attempt four record-breaking trips this year. One, in July, will be to Capetown and back, the second, a return flight to Canada, another to the Far East, and the fourth to an unknown destination. But the De Havilland com pany knows nothing of the "Super Comet " reported to be under construc tion for him. REVOLUTIONARY. An impressive view of a flight of Autogiros or, as the R.A.F. prefers to call them, " Rotas," from Old Sarum, where they are being adopted for Army Co-operation work. CUP - CONFIDENT ? M. Delmotte, seated in the Caudron C.460 which he is to fly in the Coupe Deutsch, makes certain that there are no obstructions at the forward end of his throttle quadrant. Little 'Plane, What Now? According to its manufacturers, the Bellanca Irish Swoop, late of Mildenhall. will do 256 m.p.h. *nd cruises at 224 m.p.h A cruising range of 3,085 miles is claimed. Fourteen Happy Returns Herr Hitler spent part of his forty-sixth birthday inspecting fourteen military aeroplanes presented to him by the Storm Troops. Re-engining the " Heyford " Two supercharged " Pegasus " radials are fitted in a new version of the Hand- ley-Page " Heyford," which is known as the Mk. la. Yet another variation, the Mk. II, is powered with a pair oi " Kestrel VI's " giving a maximum of 640 h.p. each at 14,000 feet. Another Jubilee Twenty-five years ago—on April 23, 1910—Claude Grahame-White and Louis Paulhan, both on Henry Farmans, fought a stirring battle for ^10,000 offered by theDaily Mail for a London-Manchester flight. The winner, Paulhan, took roughly twelve hours for the flight. To day the regular commercial schedule calls for a 1 § hr. trip, including one stop. South American Race Postponed The proposed international air race round South America has been post poned until the spring of 1936. It was to have taken place this year during the spring, but there was insufficient time to make full arrangements and to permit foreign pilots to enter. A Hush'hush Rolls Enthusiasts in two widely separated districts, Weybridge and Tollerton, may have noticed an uncommon-looking "Hart" with a four-bladed airscrew and a radiator somewhere beneath the back seat. Actually, it is fitted with a brand-new type of Rolls-Royce engine designated title P V 12. Of that, more later! Ex Cathedra Notice to Airmen No. 43 points out that nobody may fly within a five-mile radius of St. Paul's Cathedral during the period commencing at 24.00 hours on May 5 and ending at 24.00 hours on May 6. The regulation will doubtless have come as a blow to any who intended to enhance the illuminations on Jubilee night -by flying neon signs over the Metropolis.
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