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1936
1936 - 0818.PDF
APRIL 2, 1936- FLIGHT. -347 THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS a BACK TO THE LAND : The Boeing 299 makes a finely judged aerodrome approach over a maize field. LAST week Fit. Lt. "Tommy" Rose talked to the boys of King's College School, of which he is an old boy. The French Navy has officially ac cepted the aircraft canon. A special "Executive" model Lock heed Electra with two 550 h.p. "H" Wasps does 215 m.p.h. Mr. James' Frazer, the New Zealand parachutist, was killed on Sunday when his parachute failed to open. The special Potez biplane with which Maryse Hilz will attempt to break the altitude record is nearly finished. Bredas are building a 250 m.p.h. twin-engined bomber to have a range of 1,240 miles with a 6,600 lb. military load. During operations in Abyssinia the Italian air force has flown 20,000 hours, dropped 2,000 tons of explosives and fired 300,000 bullets. M. Drouhillet, aeronautical adviser to Haile Selassie, has been refused permis sion by the French to deliver an Ameri can Beechcraft to Abyssinia. The U.S. Navy has ordered 114 tor pedo-bomber monoplanes with Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp engines for carrier operation. > Heil Storm According to Doctor Eckener, Com mander of the Zeppelin L.Z.129, all pas sengers on board that airship and her sister ship the Graf Zeppelin recorded their votes for last Sunday's election while in the air. A "Worcester" Scholarship A member of the Air League of the British Empire has presented a scholar ship of £50 a year for two years to the Thames Nautical Training College, H.M.S. Worcester, to assist a cadet to become an officer in the Royal Air Force. Applications for the scholarship should be forwarded to the Secretary, Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent, before June 15, 1936- Twenty-five Years Ago From " Flight " of April 1, 1911) "... the disappearing axle on the Sanders biplane. By releas ing a catch the axle and wheels are drawn above the level of the skids, on which latter members the machine can therefore land direct." The Mollisons Mr. James Mollison plans to make a 21-day solo flight round the world this summer. Mrs. Mollison has denied the report that she has designs on the Cape record. She was said to have intended to use her Beechcraft, now at Croydon Airport. The Qarbo Touch For the benefit of those who want to be alone, the Douglas company has made an alternative arrangement of the D.S.T.'s cabin. A private compartment providing sleeping accommodation for two and seating for four replaces the first two sections in the standard sixteen-berth machine. The D.S.T., incidentally, is being offered with Wright Cyclone Gs or Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasps. Who Said Wheel Brakes? A novel method of dealing with a snow-covered airport has been carried out with great success at Bradport, America. Instead of laboriously clear ing runways, the snow is thoroughly rolled, with the result that the smooth, hard surface affords a good landing ground. " ERRORS CREEPING IN— Two situations just as familiar to aircraft designers as to the car folk who, in " More Sketches by Casque" (Iliffe, 2S.), provide further targets for the droll pen S. C. H. Davis The Autocar, — AND SNAGS CROPPING UP"
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