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1936
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59& FLIGHT. JUNE 4, 1936. THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS A COMMERCIAL machine developed irom Mister Mulligan. "Benny" Howard's racer, is now flying. Next Monday the Graf Zeppelin i-; to fly to South America, carrying only merchandise and samples. Mrs. Amy Mol-ison was entertained to tea by women M.P.s at the House of Commons last week. She has been presented with the gold medal of the Royal Aero Club, and a silver casket from the Corporation of Gravesend. The revised version of the Hammond Model Y light pusher monoplane doe? 123 m.p.h. Its minimum speed is 39 m.p.h. " The big Loire flying boat built for Air France's transatlantic service is flying. It has four Hispano-Suiza " X" class engines. A company with a capital of t?n million rupees has been formed in Calcutta to manufacture motor cars and aeroplanes. Part of the B.B.C.'s commentary of the Queen Mary's arrival in New York was broadcast from a Douglas. Capt. " Eddie " Rickenbacker took his turn a.- a commentator. Forty R.A.F. officers lunched with Herr von Ribbehtrop, Herr Hitler's Ambassador-at-Large, at Mount Stewart, Newtownards, the seat of Lord London derry, last Sunday. J OPTIMISTIC NOMENCLATURE. This is what Mr. Gerard P. Herrick, its American inventor, terms a Vertiplane. The upper rotating wing is 20ft. in span and the lower one measures 25ft. The engine is a 125 h.p. Kinner. It seems that the machine has done extensive test-flying. Txventy-five Years Ago (From " Flight " of June 4, 1910.) " . . Just then his motor stepped for some reason, and he fell into the sea, from which he was rescued by a motor boat. To compensate, the aviator gave the crowd a series of thrills bv flying in the form of a figure eight." Wedding of Air Minister's Son The marriage of the Hon. John Yar- burgh Cunliffe-Lister, elder son of Viscount Swinton (Secretary of State for Air), to Miss Anne Irvine Medlicott took place last Thursday at St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square. A New Fairey The Fairey Company has produced for the Air Ministry a light reconnaissance seaplane with a Napier Rapier sixteen- cvlinder "H" type engine. Doubtless the tvpe is intended for operation from cruisers. ' Home on the Range A swan has raised a brood of ten cygnets close by the stop-butts at Gos- port aerodrome. The family is not im pressed bv a Nimrod with both its Vickers guns at full blast. Incidentally, a brood of this size is quite uncommon even en tranquil marshlands. POU FOR TWO. This photograph, shows a new two-seater cabin version of M. Henri Mignet. The en reproduced by courtesy of Less Ailes, the Pou-du-Ciel which has been built by gine is a 45 h.p. Salmson. By "Twin" from the Cape Lord Nuffield's Airspeed Envoy is be ing flown up from the Cape in fast time by Sqd. Ldr. E. E. Hilton. Leaving Cape Town at 7.45 a.m. local time on Saturday, the Envoy arrived at Nairobi at 8 a.m. on Monday. The present record is held by Mrs. Amy Mollison (Percival Gull) with 4 days 16 hrs. 17 min. High Octane Rating At the Old Bailey, Mr. St. John Hutchinson, K.C., said to an ex-R.A.F. officer who was giving evidence: "Do you drink a mixture of gin, whisky, brandy, lime-juice, and soda? The officer: "Is that a cocktail?" Mr. St. John Hutchinson: "It is known as a R.A.F. cocktail—probably because it makes one want to fly." A Sikorsky Project Plans have been completed by the Sikorsky Company for a 55-ton flying boat with sleeping accommodation for 48 passengers. The wing span will be about 180ft., and the beam of the hull 15ft. The wing will be placed on the hull proper, as in our Short Empire boats. Six r,ooo h.p. engines will be installed and the cruising speed should be 170 m.p.h. Empire Air Day Figures The nnal figures show that on Empire Day 214,503 people were admitted to R.A:F. stations and that a total of ^8,000 was taken; the major part of this sum will go to the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund. Hornchurch had the biggest attendance (14,500) and took £53° At - Aldergrove, Ulster, the number was 11,800; Ternhill, Shropshire, had 10,50°' and Hendon's return showed 9,500.
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