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1935
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JUNE 13, 1935. FLIGHT. 655 THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS Lights Out at Pompey Following the air-raid test carried out at Chatham, Portsmouth is the next dis trict scheduled for a " black-out," which will take place in August. Another Jubilee The twenty-fifth anniversary of the first flight by a Caproni machine was very suitably commemorated in Milan recently, when a presentation was made to Signor Caproni by his staff. Business from Neu> Zealand It is rumoured that the newly formed Union Airway Company of New Zea land is to order ^100,000 worth of aircraft from British firms for thv Dominion's air mail and passenger services. Towed Tankage The latest application of Soviet Russia's gliders is aerial refuelling of air craft. The aeroplane is refuelled by a pipe line from a tank in the glider which it is towing; the glider is then cast off. Solo—lOs. a Second While flying.over Cambridge recently. Fit. Lt. Walker noticed some small white objects blowing about his ears. A few minutes later he realised that they were ten-shilling notes which had escaped from the pocket of his blazer. For Posterity to See The original gondola used in Professor Piccard's second stratosphere ascent, in • PEOPLE WHO LIVE. ... A striking aerial view of one of the glass-house areas of Guernsey, which now has a twice-daily air service, operated from Croydon via Portsmouth and Bournemouth by Cobham Air Routes. 1932, has been presented to the Science Museum, South Kensington. A formal presentation was due to be made yester day by the Belgian Ambassador. ..*'' >- *•_.', The Modern Method Aircraft are being extensively used in a geological survey of Northern Aus tralia. The survey, which has just begun, is chiefly a search for mineral deposits, and is expected to occupy three years. Twenty'five Years Ago From "Flight " of June II, 1910. " An important page in the his tory of the development of flight has once more been turned down by the splendid achievement of the Hon. C. S. Rolls on his Short- Wright type biplane with hori zontal tail, in flying over the Channel and returning to his start ing point without alighting on French soil." ! CLAIMING THEIR EIGHTS : An amusing incident at the recent rally of model aero clubs at Sywell Aerodrome. Several petrol-driven models appeared, and the realistic Percival " Gull" in the foreground made the best performance in this section. On the Air Several aviation subjects are to be dealt with in B.B.C. broadcasts in the near future. Next Saturday Mr. F. D. Bradbrooke will give a talk on giiding (6.30 p.m., National); on June 26 Pro fessor A. D. Peacock will tell Scottish schools about the differences between aeroplanes and birds; on July 1 Messrs. H. D. Wynn and W. H. Sutcliffe (chief instructor to the Midland Club) will dis cuss Midland flving clubs; and on July 13 Mr. E. C. Brown will give a running commentary on the opening of Leicester's new Airport, from 2.30 to 3.30 p.m.
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