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1935
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MAY 16, 1935. FLIGHT. 525 THE FOUR WINDS ITENS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS Oriental Multiplication Japan's Air Force is to be doubled and reorganised. Antipodean Celebration Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is flying from Australia to New Zealand and back on a special journey carrying Jubilee mails. Painless Extraction Eight thousand German dentists have contributed ^3,000 to the Air Sport Association for the purchase of two light aeroplanes. For Coastal Reconnaissance A D.H.89 (two "Gipsy Sixes") and an Avro 652 (two "Cheetahs") have been converted into coastal reconnais sance types for the Air Ministry. Qlohe Qalloping The New York Office of Imperial Air ways has issued a ticket to Mr. Fred A. Emerson, an American business man, for a 30,000-mile flight over Empire air routes. A Soviet Competition Entrants in the All-Union competition for light training and sports machines, to start from Moscow on July 15, will be required to make a 3,417-mile flight within five days. Half-way to Midway The forty-six American naval flying boats which left Honolulu to fly to the Midway Islands, 1,300 miles away, are believed to have landed, owing to bad weather, about half way to their destina tion. Wings in the Dark Seven machines from Croydon (includ ing an Imperial Airways liner with 38 passengers) and a number of privately- owned and Service aircraft were over London one night last week; the civi lians, of course, were watching the flood lighting. A Parnall "Q.P." A '' Pegasus '' engined general-purpose machine is being built for the Air Ministry by George Parnall and Co., a firm which, it will he remembered, was responsible for several noteworthy light aeroplanes some years ago. They have since built some unorthodox experi mental machines for the use of the Air Ministry. Cleaner Autogiros A C.30 Autogiro at Hanworth has been fitted experimentally with an ex tremely neat undercarriage embodying only two main members on each side of the fuselage. The Pitcairn Autogiro Company, in America, has developed something similar for its latest two- seater, which, incidentally, does 141 m.p.h. with a 420 h.p. "Whirlwind." Dr. Eckener 111 Dr. Hugo Eckener is lying ill with pleurisy. British-built Bellancas? Rumour has it that the Bellanca Air craft Corporation is seeking a site for works on Tyneside. More Take-off Poiver A moderately supercharged version of the 24-cylinder Napier " Dagger," known as the "III M.S.," has been produced. The Modern Missionary Capt. Koehl, of Transatlantic fame, is going to Africa to improve transport facilities for the Catholic flying mission, which already has six aeroplanes. Formidable Fairey Fighter . A single-seater fighter with a startling performance and very powerful arma ment is being produced by the Fairey Company for a foreign competition. Aiding the Engineer By compiling maps from aerial photo graphs engineers are studying the accu mulation of silt which threatens to shorten the life of the great Boulder Dam Reservoir. Tragic Trove The German Government's Junkers, which was missing for some days after leaving Stuttgart, was ultimately found wrecked in the Fichtel mountains. All seven passengers were dead. Precautionary The Legion of Frontiersmen will give a display of " air defence and protec tion against chemical warfare" at Han worth next Sunday. No 1 Air Com munication Squadron of the Legion will drill and flv past after being inspected by Maj.-Gen. Lord Loch, the President. Black's New "Comet" The truth behind the rumours of a "Super Comet" for Campbell Black's record attempts, mentioned in Flight of Mav 2, is that the machine will be basically similar to the '' Comets already built, but will embody all the modifications suggested during their em ployment. THE FLYING TRAPEZE : M Rene Courtin, the French parachutist, with the equipment which he uses for low- altitude drops from a balloon. His record is 50 metres (164 ft.). Twenty-five Years Ago From "Flight" of May 14, 1910. " A novel scheme has been drawn up by the German War Office with the object of providing the nation with a large aerial fleet at a minimum expense. It pro vides that where private owners build airships which fulfil military requirements and will undertake to place them at the Army's disposal in case of war, the government will pay substantial subsidies."
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