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1936 - 0075.PDF
JANUARY 9, 1936- FLIGHT. T -m- ~~ '^\ ~~~~ ^^^»W^^^0t —•—^1*—- •*—Jk .. .V-:--; Kestrel engine, and an airscrew- in various stages of construction. Mr. Fokker To Advise An official committee favours the erection of a new aircraft factory near Amsterdam. It is proposed that the Dutch Government and Mr. Antony Fokker shall each contribute ^135,000 to cover the cost, and that Mr. Fokker will not be a director, but an advisor. Twentj'five Years Ago (From " Flight " of January 7, 1911.) "While flying his Farman bi plane along the sea shore at Genoa on Monday week, the Italian aviator, Cirri, was caught by a sudden gust of wind and blown out to sea for a distance of about a mile and a half. Stop ping the motor, the aviator brought the machine down sud denly to the surface of the water from a height of 150 feet, and he was picked up by a torpedo boat little the worse for his thrilling adventure." THREE DAYS TO CHILE. Air France inaugu rated its South Atlantic mail ser vice last Satur day. In the left- hand photo graph, taken at a party held in Lon don to mark the occasion, Miss Jean Batten is seen handing a letter to M. Bou- derie (Air France Superintendent of Flying). On the right is a scene at Croydon on Sat urday, with the mail being loaded into a Wibault- Penhoet for the first stage. Fast Amphibian Douglas A new Douglas coastal patrol amphibian of the U.S. Army, fitted with two Wright Cyclone engines, has flown the 919 miles between San Juan, Porto Kico, and Chapman Field, Florida, in 7 h. 12 min., averaging about 146 m.p.h. Of the 1,120 gallons of fuel carried at the start, 475 gallons remained when the machine landed. More Human Propulsion The Berliner Tageblatt reports that a man named Kaiser in Bohemia is the second person successfully to have flown in a machine propelled by human strength. He flew twice round the town of Plauschnitz, and had set off over a wood when the fabric of one of the wings split and he fell to the ground. The pilot escaped injury.
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