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1936
1936 - 1542.PDF
JUNE II, 1936. FLIGHT. §31 HANWORTH ENTERTAINS And an Air Ambulance is Presented HANWORTH, last Sunday, held its annual Garden Party, the London Air Park Club, Aircraft Exchange and Mart, General Aircraft, and other concerns whose activities centre on this pleasant aerodrome, inviting a number of friends to an informal and entertaining little show. The main feature of the proceedings was the christening of the Monospar S.T.25 ambulance, Florence Nightingale, by Mrs. Amy Mollison, in the presence of Col. E. M. Cowell, D.S.O., F.R.C.S., D.L., R.A.M.C, T.A. (county director of the British Red Cross Society, Surrey branch), and members of the Red Cross organisation. Mr. S. J. Noel-Brown, of General Air craft, Ltd., who is Assistant County Director for Air to the Red Cross Society, was master of ceremonies. The first aero plane to be built in this country specially for ambulance work, Florence Nightingale is a really beautiful machine, finished in dazzling white and bearing red crosses, and it looked at its best on Hanworth's green and pleasant lawns. The cere mony officially placed it at the complete disposal of the British Red Cross Society, who will use it for any urgent cases. Its employment is also expected to provide valuable data on the use of aircraft for ambulance work in the unhappy event of a national emergency. A flying display followed, under the control of Mr. Pooley, of Aircraft Ex change and Mart. Mr. R. S. Munday started the ball rolling by floating round the sky with the B.A. Swallow in the characteristic manner of that machine, and F/O. Kirwan followed with the Aeronca, while F/O. Wilson gave a brilliant show with the Blackburn B.2 Trainer. Mr. S. L. Turner demon strated the speed capabilities of the Cessna C.34, and F/O. J. H. Hill flew the Parnall Heck to good effect. Mr. Brie gave his now well-known exposi tion of the C.30 Autogiro's unique quali ties, and Mr. Hordern aroused general admiration by a low-altitude display with the quiet-mannered Heston Phoenix. Fit. Lt. Schofield flew the big Monospar S.T.18, and Mr. Kronfeld gave his usual entertaining show with the Drone; he concluded by a hands-off landing. To do this, he has the Drone nicely trimmed and flies it on to the ground on a whiff of throttle, holding the stick between his Mrs. Mollison christens the Monospar ambulance for the British Red Cross Society. knees. On this occasion, the fact—unknown to him—that he had punctured a tyre while crazy flying along the ground on one wheel did not seem to handicap his hands-off landing in the least. The final item was a set piece, an "enemy aerodrome " being attacked with gas bombs by a Monospar. The victims, after having made certain that the gas bombs were well alight, lay down to die, while the aerodrome ambulance with gas- masked crew raced across to demonstrate the old way of handling this sort of thing. The new way was apparent when the Monospar ambulance made a most dashing arrival and was pulled up beautifully by Mr. Seth-Smith alongside the scene of carnage, Mr. Noel-Brown and a nurse alighting to administer oxygen and take the casualties aboard. Mean while, Mr. E. C. Gordon England sat up in the Monospar S.T.18 7,000 ft. or so above the battlefield, presumably as a League of Nations' referee to deal with the knotty problem of two opposing countries employing the same make of aircraft. Another Multi-engine Mystery? THIRST reports of the accident to the A./B. Aerotransport •*- Fokker F.22 Lappland at Malmo last Tuesday state that all four engines stopped shortly after taking oft. If this was the case, it seems surprising, as the fuel system of these machines was specially modified after the Schiphol accident last year. Air Survey Conference of Empire Survey Officers, T035 : Report of Pro ceedings. (His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, price £1.) A NUMBER of the most important papers at last year's "** Conference of Empire Survey Officers dealt with air survey in its various a.-pects, with air photographs and with dying maps. T!"C contributions included "Surveying Half a Continent—Canada," " Air Surveys and Instruments," " An Automatic Plotting Machine for Use with Air Photographs," 'Aeronautical Maps, "Aviation Map of Malaya," and "Air Survey Technique in Canada." The volume should be a tn-asure for the student of surveying and should open the eyes oi those who are not aware of the inestimable importance °f the aeroplane in Empire development. For Long-distance Navigation AN interesting measuring chart, known as the Navicard, has been introduced into this country >iy Brown, Son and FVrguson, Ltd., of 52-58, Darnley St., Glasgow, S.i. This chart has been designed by a Hungarian, Mr. D. E. de Krausz, and is primarily intended for use in long-distance navigation over the sea, when only astronomical indications of position are available for obtaining latitude and longitude. The instrument is ingenious in the way in which problems are solved, and certainly fulfils the claims of the designer up to a point. It is, however, difficult to work to fine limits with the chart in its present form, since the graticule is rather small. It is suggested that if the dimensions were increased by half the reading would be facilitated and the instrument would not be too cumbersome for its work. The magnifying glass, too, could be improved. It is difficult to read with the one at present supplied, even with very good light directly overhead, and the conditions in the navigating compartment of an aero plane are not usually ideal. With such modifications the Navicard would be useful for providing a quick check on logarithmic or slide rule calcula tions. Although, at the moment, the demand for such an instrument is limited, this demand will undoubtedly grow within the next year or two.
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