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1936
1936 - 2042.PDF
JULY 23, 193& FLIGHT. TTI THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS THE first entry for the London-Johan nesburg race on September 15 has been received by the Royal Aero Club from Mr. Len Oates. The machine is a Percival Mew Gull. Another interesting entry will be that of the Airspeed Viceroy (two Cheetahs), to be flown by Capt. Max Findlay and Mr. Ken Waller. The second batch of six of the twelve Miles Hawk Trainers ordered by the Roumanian Government left Reading on Wednesday of last week and arrived safely in Bucarest. Demonstrations of mid-air refuelling, conducted before officials of Imperial Airways by Sir Alan Cobham at Ford Aerodrome, near Arundel, are under stood to have been successful. Imperial Airways have been notified by the India Office that, for reasons of quarantine, from July 2t) air liners will not he allowed to enter India unless a nine- day elapse has occurred from the time they leave Khartoum. The crack " Richthofen," " Hinden- burg" and " Immelman" fighter squadrons of the German Air Force de fended Hamburg against raiding forces of light and heavy bombers during manoeuvres last week. At one time nearly ioo machines were in the air. Lord Willingdon has presented a challenge trophy to the Aero Club of India and Burma, for the most meri torious flying performance during each year put up in any part of the world by an Indian national, or any person trained in India and holding "a current Indian licence. PLAN FORM : One of the new Fokker C.X light general purpose biplanes (Rolls Royce Kestrel V) for the Dutch Army Air Service on a quiet, comfortable test flight above typical Netherlands country. These machines do jilst on 200 m.p.h. and climb to 16,400 ft. in about 10 minutes. One of the most prominent features of the Empire Exhibition (South Africa) to be held in Johannesburg from Sep tember 15 to January 15, will be an exhibit of models illustrating the evolu tion of the aeroplane. The actual Percival Gull Six in which Mrs. Mollison broke the out-and-home records will also be displayed. In ad dition there will be a list, in chronologi cal order, of the pilots, machines, and times concerned with the various Eng land-Africa and Africa-England flights. A demonstration was given last week of the new civilian gas masks, of which it is intended to manufacture 40,000,000—at a cost of about two shillings each—within the next two or three years. It is claimed that the masks will give full protection of lungs and eyes against any existing or probable form of gas for five or six hours. Private owners are invited to make use of the Duke of Richmond and Gor don's private landing ground, South Lodge, Goodwood Park, during the race week, July 28-31. In order to save time, Canopus, the first of the new Short Empire flying boats, is to be returned to the works for furnishing and soundproofing, while the second machine of the series will be submitted for official Felixstowe tests. andoth-r worker * ? : Designed by Mr- Hubert Scott-Paine for R.A.F. rescue accommodation fn 4 Bntlsh Power B°at has a top speed of 35 knots and has details of wnich a crew of elght and four stretcher cases. This remarkable boat, Napier Sea Lin e g'7en m FUght of June "> is powered by three 500 h.p. Power ">ns and ha* a ra„™ „* s„„ „:,.„ at cruising speeai (Flight an s a range of 800 miles photograph.) Twenty-jive Years Ago From "Flight " of July 22, 1911.) '' The new Breguet biplane is built of steel throughout ... it has a frame built up with pressed-steel channel-section side members just like the chassis of a motor car. . . . Another important feature is the monoplane type of body in con junction with biplane wings."
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