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1936
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42& FLIGHT. APRIL 23, 1935, THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS THE ONCE-OVER : Colonel Lindbergh inspects the B.A. Eagle prior to msking his first flight since he came to England. A paragraph on this page tells of his vif.it to Hanworth. The Danish Qauntlets Since last year, when the Danish air force acquired the licence to build the Gloster Gauntlet, the drawings and a sample machine have been leceived from England. The first production model is now ready and seventeen simi lar 'machines will be forthcoming at short intervals. The Way of an Eagle Colonel Lindbergh last week used fer tile first time the pilot's licence recently granted to him. During a private visit to the works of the British Aircraft Manufacturing Co. at Hanworth he was taken up in an Eagle by Mr. Ralph Mun- dav, the company's sales manager. Subsequently he went solo. To Try Again Mrs. Amy Mollison left Gravesend for Colomb Bechar on Sunday in a Dragon. The machine is carrying Mrs. Mollbon's sister. Mr. P. Cj. Reiss, and a mechanic, in addition t'o a new undercarriage lor her Gull, which was damaged during her recent Cape record attempt. Mrs. Molli son hopes to bring back the Gull to Eng land and try again early in May. PRINCE CHARLES, Count of Flanders, and brother of King Leopold, is a major in the Belgian military air service. On taking up his duties recently he flew in a Fairey Fox, a standard mili tary reconnaissance-bomber. Two Bristol Mercuries are specified lor the new Koolhoven 200 m.p.h. bomber. Mr. Gordon Armstrong has built Ceylon's first Pou. The structure is of Ceylonese wood. United Air Lines employ more than a hundred stewardesses. One has flown over 400,000 miles. The Zeppelin Hindenberg will leave for her first North Atlantic voyage (to Lakehurst) on May 6. The catapult ship Ostmark for Luft- hansas' South Atlantic service has just been launched. She is 290ft. long, is of 2,000 tons dis placement, and carries a Heinkel cata pult. Mr. J. Melrose reached Singapore in his Heston Phoenix at 9.30 on Monday and expected to reach Batavia by the evening. The world's altitude record for amphi bians has been broken by the Sikorsky S.43 (two 750 h.p. Hornets), which reached 27,950 feet. A squad of twenty doctors and nurses equipped with parachutes has been formed by the Moscow Red Cross to render aid in isolated areas. An air rally is to be held at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, in August. It is expected that contingents from the Royal Air Force and* South African Air Force vv'U attend. Indoor Archies The Royal Tournament opens at Olympia on May 7. It will include an "air raid" during which Territorial anti-aircraft guns and searchlights will be brought into action. Aviation at Levant Fair Palestine is getting air-minded. At the forthcoming Levant Fair in Tel Aviv aviation will be given much greater attention. Manufacturers of gliders par ticularly are advised to study the Near Eastern market. Twenty-five Years Ago (From "Flight" of April 22, 1911.) " Truly it can be said that avia tion history is being made at a marvellous rate. . . . 1911 is likely to be remembered as the year in which Pierre Prier im- proved on the records by flying non-stop from London to Paris . that it should be possible for an aviator to set off at practi cally a moment's notice on a jour ney of 250 miles is an extra ordinary commentary on to-day's progress." JAPANESE—WITH A TWANG: This mail between Tokyo and Osaka. Its Nakajima biplane carries the cruising speed is about 120 m.p-"- nigW
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