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1935
1935 - 1115.PDF
MAY 16, 1935. FLIGHT. 529 before this becomes necessary is approximately one hundred hours. All auxiliary drives are lubricated by a bleed from the oil jacket round the induction chamber. Provision has been made for the fitting of an Amal duplex diaphragm petrol pump and B.T.H. air compressor when specially ordered. These components are bolted directly to the rear cover, the petrol pump on the lower port side and the air compressor on the starboard side. The drive of the latter incorporates a shear pin. % At the rear of the engine a circular flange is provided for the attachment of the starting gear. Either the Wolseley hand-turning gear or an Eclipse inertia starter can be fitted. Starting under extreme conditions of cold can be facilitated by the use of a priming system comprising a ring pipe formed at the rear of the engine, and having connections to each spray nozzle on the cylinder heads, the ring pipe being coupled to the priming pump. NEWS of stirring displays and instructional exhibitions to Ije staged on Empire Air Day, May 25, continues to arrive. At the Royal Air Force Armament School, East- church, Kent, "Harts," "Bulldogs," "Wapitis" and "Gordons" will be paraded for public inspection, after which they will take part in demonstrations of the bombing of targets represented by camera obscura and Hill's mirrors, supply dropping, and the bombing, from a high altitude, of a target on the aerodrome. The exhibition of flying training will in clude camera gun exercises by machines flying over the aero drome and a mock attack by aircraft using camera guns against similar weapons on gun rings manned in the centre of the aerodrome. As a finale there will be a low bombing and front gun attack which will end with an incendiary bomb attack on a ground target. Visitors will also be permitted to inspect bomb loading equipment, Vickers and Lewis guns, dummy bombs ranging from 5 oz. to 3,000 lb., a impounder quick- firing aircraft gun, a "bombing teacher," a camera obscura, and other items of a similar nature. Northolt will present a continuous flying programme illus trating various stages of training. At this station are Nos. 111 and 41 (Fighter) Squadrons, equipped, respectively', with Bristol " Bulldog" single-seaters and Hawker " Demon " two- seater fighters. One of each of these types w-ill be available for public inspection, and other aeroplanes on exhibition will include a Westland "Wallace," a "Hart (Communication)," an Avro training machine, a "Moth," and a Hawker "Tom tit." Various forms of aircraft equipment will be on view, and in the workshops there is to be a demonstration of aircraft and engine overhaul. Photographic " Qround Strafing " Normal service flying training will be done in the neighbour hood of Castletown, Sunderland (Durham), by No. 607 (County of Durham) Bomber Squadron. Individual flying training and flight formation training will also take place. Wireless communication between the air and the ground is to be demonstrated, and there will be a mock battle between aircraft and an attack from the air on a ground target by "Wapitis" equipped with camera guns. The most interesting parts of the station will be on view, and the types of aircraft available for inspection will include " Wapitis," Avro training machines and "Moths" equipped for night Hying. There will be a formation flight by three "Wapitis" over Cramlington civil aerodrome, near Newcastle, at about 4 p.m. At Abbotsinch, Paisley, No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Bomber Squadron will perform" aerobatics, mock air fights, and bomb ing practice 011 the aerodrome. Visitors will be allowed to watch inside the camera obscura hut to see how the results of mock bombing attacks are assessed. A demonstration of blind 'lying instruction will be given, and " Harts " will be seen test ing their front guns on the machine gun stop butts. While visitors "listen in" in a hangar, a flight of aircraft will com municate with the wireless telephony section. A "Hart," an Avro and a "Moth " will be on view, equipment will be avail able for inspection, and most of the interesting aerodrome buildings will be open to the public. Installation diagram of the "Aquarius." At Boscombe Down, the home of Nos. 9 and 10 Bomber Squadrons, the programme will include demonstrations of fly ing training and, weather permitting, camera obscura practice, camera gun practice, air navigation and photography. Hand- ley Page '' Heyf ords '' and Vickers '' Virginias '' will be on view, and many sections of the aerodrome buildings will be open, including a "crew room" with navigation instruments and maps. A feature of the display to be given by No. 5 Flying Training School at Queen's Ferry, Sealand, Chester, will be a formation flight of twenty-four aircraft composed of "Atlas," "Tutor" and " Bulldog" machines, which will pass over Speke Airport, Liverpool, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., and over Hooton Park aero drome, Cheshire, a few minutes later. During the afternoon the station, at which ab initio pupils are taught to fly, will carry out its normal routine. Various parts of the aerodrome buildings will be open, and " Bulldogs," "Atlases" and " Tutors " are to be available for public inspection. The two Fighter Squadrons, Nos. 23 and 32, stationed at Biggin Hill, Kent, will give a demonstration of air drill. Two aircraft of No. 32 Squadron will give an aerobatic display and "A" flight of the same Squadron will make an attack on a towed target. One flight will fly over the airports at Maid stone, Rochester and Gravesend. During the afternoon No. 23 (Fighter) Squadron, which flies Hawker "Demons," will demonstrate air drill, aerobatics, message dropping, attacks and forced landing practice. Guides will conduct visitors through several of the aerodrome buildings. An item of particular interest at the R.A.F. Cadet College, and the Electrical and Wireless School, Cranwell, Lincolnshire, will be a demonstration of a Vickers " Valentia," equipped as a flying classroom, in which apprentices will undergo wireless training. A "Hart" will give an aerobatic display, and a '' Tutor '' will pick up messages from the ground with a hand grapnel. Two other aircraft of this latter type will perform the well-known "instructor and pupil" act. In addition, a flight of "Harts" will do formation flying, a "Bulldog" will give an aerobatic display, and there will be a formation of seven or nine "Tutors." Wireless communication between the air and the ground and vice versa will be explained and demonstrated, and a yellow "Tutor" will lay a screen of "gas" provided by electrically fired smoke bombs, while air men in the vicinity will be seen taking anti-gas precautions. One "Hart," equipped with apparatus for dropping supplies, will deposit a case of one dozen bottles of beer, which will afterwards be sold in aid of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. Each type of aircraft in the display or stationed at Cranwell will be on exhibition in the aircraft park. Military and aircraft equipment, the hangars, the Command church, and the College grounds will be open for inspection, but the College itself will not be on view. Touring to Sxvitzerland From the Swiss Aero Club we have received a most useful guide for the air tourist who might be attracted towards the country. Details of the club and full particulars, with plans, of the various aerodromes are given with a complete air map showing their position. MORE ATTRACTIONS on EMPIRE AIR DAY What the Various R.A.F. Units are Planning
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