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1935 - 1503.PDF
JUNE 20, 1935. FLIGHT. 675 WASHOUT (Above) Not "behind the scenes " at the R.A.F. Display, but a panorama showing the machines lined up at Hatfield. [Flight photograph.) red by Rain : The New Secretary of State ial Visit to a Flying Event The rest of the afternoon was spent dodging the rain and catching glimpses of individual demonstrations from some sheltered corner. One of the Granger brothers flew the " Archaeoptryx," the semi-tailless machine which was described in Flight of October 31, 1930, then followed the B.A. " Swallow"—slower and safer looking than ever; the B.A. " Eagle "—fast and clean with its legs tucked in; the Saro "Cutty Sark "—old and trusty; the Airspeed " Envoy "—cruising at over 150 m.p.b. with its two engines; a Beechcraft—very fast, although Mrs. Mollison appeared to forget that it had a retractable undercarriage; and, finally, a demonstration of fast and slow flying as well as aerobatic manoeuvrability by F/O. J Lawn on the Miles "Hawk Major"—his aerobatics were as convincing as his slow flying, thereby showing good reason for the " Hawk " having been chosen as the first low-wing training machine for R.A.F. ab initio training. Thereafter Capt. A. G. Lamplugh, as aerodrome control officer, permitted visitors to depart while the Band of the Royal Air Force from Henlow, which had been deterred throughout most of the afternoon by the rain, cheered the ears with martial music. F/O. G. King's machine snapped during the hectic display which he gave in company with F/O. V. Moon ; both flew "Tiger Moths." (Flight photograph.) 1 m tj ~~** ^^iife < i L3 - ^s -...;..;.,. W"*i~','. Side and head-on views of the " Archaeoptryx "—an unconventional semi-tailless machine which first appeared in 1930—in which Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister and Lord Trenchard showed great interest. Flight photograph.)
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