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1936
1936 - 0017.PDF
JANUARY 2, 1936. FLIGHT. HOME FROM RIO: Miss Batten welcomed by the Mayor and Mayoress of Southampton. THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS NEW Diesel engines which are pre sumably intended for the L.Z.129 are described in this issue. Waterloo 3333 is Flight's new- telephone number. At a conservative estimate, Royal Air Force machines flew fifty million miles during 1934. , , In spite of this greatly increased total over previous years, the number of serious accidents has been smaller. Tapered wings and their characteris tics at the stall is the subject of a notable article in this issue. In reply to aerial bombing intended to divert its lava stream, Mauna Loa, the Hawaiian volcano, erupted far more fiercely. The winding-up meeting of the Airship Guarantee Company, which was respon sible for the R.ioo and R.101, will be held on January 20. A D.H. Dragon left Croydon on Mon day for the use of the Ethiopian Red Cross. Air Commodore P. F. M. Fellowes is accompanying it and Capt. F. C. E. Hayter is the pilot. Breguet 27-3 bombing and reconnais sance sesquiplanes are being delivered to the Chinese and Venezuelan Govern ments. With a 690 h.p. Hispano the type does over 180 m.p.h. To Saigon Swiftly M. Andre Japy, using a Caudron Aiglon monoplane with 100 h.p. Renault engine, has flown from Paris to Saigon, French Indo-China, in 3 days 15 hr. 30 min., which beats by a substantial margin the time set up by Lalouette and Goulette of 5 days 7 hr. "299V on Order? A report from Washington states that the U.S. War Department has decided to order thirteen Boeing 299 bombers. An additional order has been placed for ninety bombers of unspecified type, but which are probably Martins or Douglases, costing £14.440 each. Each Boeing will come out at rather more than £50,000. Wapiti and Moth to the Rescue The Royal Research Ship Discovery 11, which is to assist in the search for Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth and his companion, who were forced down on their flight across Antarctica on November 23, is carrying a Westland Wapiti and a D.H. Moth provided by the Australian Govern ment. Twenty-jive Years Ago (From " Flight " of December 31, 1910.) Experiments are being carried out at Buc, by Mr. Maurice Far- man, with a wireless telegraphy apparatus fitted to one of his aero planes. It was stated that, on Monday week, Mr. Farman was successful in transmitting messages for over a distance of about b\ miles." COLLAPSIBLE—ON THE GROUND. This is the new inflatable glider invented by the head of the Experimental Institute of the Commisariat of Heavy Industry (sic). It has amphibious properties and weighs only 931b. Although measuring 31 ft. in span it can be compressed into a bag which can be carried by two people. Already it has made a number of seemingly successful test flights.
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