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1936
1936 - 0597.PDF
FLIGHT. MARCH 5, 1936. During the daytime the berths and bedding are stored in the " loft " above one of the main cabins. How the berths are arranged in the small cabins between the spar frames is shown on the right. (Flight photographs.) indication of the care taken to keep down drag, the loop aerial is withdrawn into the wireless compartrrent when not actually in use. On the same level as the wireless operator, but on the starboard side, is a compartment which will serve as a chart room for the navigator. One interesting feature which might be mentioned here is the placing of the drift sight in the wing root. A door in the compartment permits the navigator to put his head inside the wing root and to look straight down through the drift sight. Until the first machine has been tested it is not possible to publish actual performance figures, but it may be stated that the cruising speed is expected to be in the neighbour hood of 150 m.p.h. The range will, of course, vary according to the stages to be flown, but fuel tankage for 1,500 miles is provided. With this, however, the full pay Air Leaguers' Free Insurance A SCHEME of free insurance for its members travelling on British air lines is announced by the Air League. Air Comdre. J. A. Chamier, Secretary of the League, states that the scheme operates from the moment the journey begins, by bus or otherwise, from the recognised airway terminus and remains in force until the terminus at the other end is reached. Only those members of the Air League who book their pas sages through the League, are eligible. No forms need be filled up. The scheme provides for ^1,000 at death or in the event of certain major injuries, with a year's benefit at £5 per week for total disablement. Full details are obtainable from the Air League of the British Empire, 19, Berkeley Street, London, W.i. A Junkers History J UST over twenty years ago, on December 12, the first all- metal Junkers military monoplane took off from Doberitz, near Berlin, on its first flight. The Tin Donkey they called it. but it was destined to be the precursor of hundreds of metal machines which were to penetrate to all quarters of the globe. load will not be carried. The pay-load, by the way, ranges from 3^ to 5 tons, according to the amount of fuel carried. As twenty-four passengers with their luggage would account for less than 3 tons, it will be seen that for most stages likely to be flown there is a considerable margin for mails. It is important to bear this in mind, since other wise the relatively small number of passengers is likely to cause surprise. Four Bristol engines are mounted in the leading edge of the wing, and all the petrol tanks are carried inside the wing so that there is no fuel in the hull, even when the boat is used for maximum range. Three-bladed controllabk- pitch airscrews (De Havilland) will be fitted, and as the trailing edge flap is of a special type which can be used during the take-off, the run of the Empire boats should be relatively short, even when they carry full load. This and subsequent machines and engines of the Junkers range are dealt with in Junkers and World Aviation, which has recently been translated into English by Edward Morley and is obtainable from W. H. Smith and Son, Ltd., Strand House, Portugal Street, London, W.C.2. Actually its record of the Junkers fortunes starts with 1909, and the development of the products bearing the name is traced up to the end of 1935- "CP." Honoured THE aeronautical correspondents of the majority of the lead ing newspapers as well as representatives of the technical Press were present at a dinner given by them to Mr. C. t • Robertson, of the Air Ministry's Press Section, last Friday at the Cafe Royal. , Major C. C. Turner, of the Daily Telegraph, presided, an< Mr. Robertson was duly presented with a silver inkstand an cigarette case, " in token of the affectionate regard of h:s t<>- leagues in aeronautical journalism." .1 " C.P." has been head of the Press Section since 1919. an has been largely responsible for the good relations w.mcl? naVj generally speaking, been apparent between the Air Ministry the Press.
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