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1936
1936 - 1216.PDF
MAY 14, 1936. jk^asSBP^ CCASION ich Demonstrations of the Latest Civil men Party graphs) & A Ik Reading contingent : (left to right) Mr. C. 0. Powis, Mrs. Stent, Mrs. Powis, Mrs. F. G. Miles, Mr. Miles ally furnished Heinkel He 70, used as a flying test bed by fne Rolls-Royce Company (and capable of about 240 m.p.h. with a Kestrel); a high-wing cabin monoplane (two Gipsy Majors) specially built in Austria to the design of the Arch duke Anton of Hapsburg; and even an old but sturdy little " cstland Widgeon, guarded by wire terrier which, from his place in the cockpit, said rude things to anyone who approached. After the reception of the guests by the President of the society, Lt. Col. Moore-Brabazon, Mr. E. G. Hordern opened tne flying programme with the Heston Phoenix (200 h.p. Gipsy lx), giving a demonstration thoroughly characteristic of vhe t?' w"16— 's to say' one wnicn showed how admirably «• Heston Aircraft Co. have combined a useful turn of speed U1« m.p.h. top) with real silence ; it was a pity that the mtort and quietness of the five-seater cabin could not ave been equally well demonstrated to those unacquainted sist lt- The actuai flyin8 in"this demonstration, though con- ing of little more than beautifully executed steep turns Government investigation of the Pou question ! Lt. Col. Sir Francis Shelmerdine (Director-General of Civil Aviation) and Lady Shelmerdine inspect the Abbott-Baynes cantilever machine. .and hesitating stalled turns, was as effective as any. Aero planes are, after all, means of transport in the concrete rather than the ecstatic sense. Capt. E. W. Percival followed, displaying the speed (170 m.p.h.) of the four-seater Vega Gull by low-altitude passages at full throttle, and then proceeding to various senii-aerobatic evolutions, concluding with some impressive flaps-down dawdling. The light green monoplane, sunlit against a dark storm-cloud, made an attractive picture. Two engines next took the air, Mr. Macphail performing in the new De Luxe Monospar (90 h.p. Pobjoy Niagara II's). In the interests of improved fore and aft and directional stability, twin rudders (with a greater elevator surface made possible thereby) have been experimentally fitted to this machine, and it is likely that on later models"this layout will be standardised. Inter alia, Mr. Macphail gave a con vincing safety demonstration, flying with one engine idling and, in fact, making gentle turns against the one useful motor. Next, Mr. F. G. Miles took up the new "Whitney Straight Special," which is a side-by-side two-seater with very ample luggage accommodation, designed either for touring or train ing. A note on this machine appears on page 516 and a photo graph will be found on p. 503 Those who were not aware of its presence, and who noticed it for the first time in the air, might have been mildly puzzled- by., its appearance, for a typically Milesian rudder goes with wheel spats more suggestive of a Gull's, instead of the familiar trousers of the Major.and Falcon—all of which sounds like an essay in some new science of sartorial ornithology. It. is doubtful if Mr. Miles! demonstration would have been fully appreciated by everyone, though the full control while with the flaps down was most .impressive. Eve,n more so was the deliberately careless take-off—turning
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