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1936
1936 - 0754.PDF
MARCH 26, 1936. FLIGHT. 323 ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS LOST : ONE BEDSTEAD ? Mr. Tom Proctor, builder of Blackburn's first Pou, being convoyed to the local Pen-proving ground. The engine is by British Anzani and the undercarriage, apparently, by Mr. Drage ; but it may be lighter than it looks. A GLOSTER Gauntlet has been fitted experimentally with split trailing- edge flaps on all four wings. An aeroplane has been smuggling monarchist refugees from Spain. The Rev. C. D. Boulton, of Warbling- ton, Hants, plans to carry out a "mission-tour" this summer, using his own aeroplane. The Empire flying boats now under construction at the Short works were in spected last week by members of the Parliamentary Air Committee. It is planned to turn Cobbs Camp, a railway siding forty miles from Grand Falls, St. John's, Newfoundland, into an aerodrome to be used in the experimental Atlantic flights. According to a new regulation in Ger many, commercial air pilots will hence forth be taken only from the ranks of army pilots. Private schools for the training of pilots for commercial aviation will no longer exist. Mr. S. V. Appleby, managing director of Garden Aero Engines, Ltd., and builder of England's most successful Pou-du-Ciel, is to be married on April 15 to Miss Zoe Pearson, daughter of Lady Pearson. ZEPPELIN POST : One of the special German stamps issued in connection with the forthcoming flight of L.Z.129 to the U.S.A. Luxury Cigarettes For smoking in Heracles, Rupert Belleville has been fined £10, with £2 3s. costs. "A. Viator," in Flight of January 23, commented on the rights of commanders in such circumstances. Air Ministry's Future Home The Air Ministry will be the first of four Government departments to occupy the great new block of offices to be erected in Whitehall. The section which it will occupy is expected to be finished in 1940 or 1941. Qermany's Hendon About 250,000 Germans saw a display by the German air force at Staaken aerodrome last Sunday. General Goering and the former Crown Prince were there, and Group-Captain Don, representing Great Britain, was among the air attaches. A Nightmare Landing Flying in a blinding snowstorm from Vienna to Venice, the pilot of a Ju.52 made a forced landing in ten feet of snow on the summit of the 7,000-foot Saualpe. One passenger was badly injured, but the four other occupants were but slightly hurt. The Zeppelin's Tests L.Z.i29 started an endurance test last Tuesday week and landed at Friedrich- shafen after being in the air for 22^ hours. A quarter of an hour later she left again and returned after bringing up the figure to 30 hours. The ship is now in condition for her long-distance flight. Half and Half It is reported that, of 20,000 military aeroplanes which Germany intends to build, half will be fighters and half bombers. The former will have three 20 mm. canons and six machine guns, while the bombers will each be allotted one canon, one machine gun and about half-a-ton of bombs. Max A.S.I Dr. George W. Lewis, Director of Research, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, U.S.A., is of the opinion that unless some unforeseen mechanical discovery is made, the speed of an aeroplane will be limited to about 575 miles an hour. The present world speed record of 440.68 miles per hour was made in 1934. A MAJOR IN UNI FORM : A Miles Hawk Major (130 h.p. Gipsy Major) has been delivered to the Service and >s the first of its type to bear the familiar targets.
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