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Aviation History
1936
1936 - 2398.PDF
SEPTEMBER 3, 1936. FLIGHT. 247 THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS PRODUCTION should start at the projected Austin aircraft factors- next July. The work of preparation will continue henceforth by day and night. The ex-King of Siam made his first solo flight at Heston last Friday. Mr. Howard Hughes may enter a special Cyclone-powered Douglas DC-2 for the Bendix Trophy Race. According to M. Louis Breguet, who has been to Russia with a French mission, a plant at Nijni Novgorod is building five fighters daily. Ninety-seven Poux have been regis tered in this country, and sixty-nine owners have obtained permits to fly them. More than 300,000 people attended "Aviation Day" at Moscow and wit nessed the simultaneous descent of 600 parachutists. The French Air Ministry is organising a race from New York to Paris, to be held on May 21 next year, the tenth anniversary of Colonel Lindbergh's solo crossing. The Bristol machine designed for high- altitude flying is being tested by Mr. Cyril Uwins. At the moment it has a Pegasus engine, but not the special model for which it was designed. Thirteen Glostcr Gladiator fighters with 840 h.p. Bristol Mercury engines have been ordered bv the Latvian Govern ment. They will be delivered within a year. M. Robert Robineau, who has col laborated with M. Henri Mignet in the development of the Pou du Ciel, was badly injured when his Pou dived from 1 So ft. after taking off at Soissons on Monday. F/O. C. J7. Hughesden, who came second in the London-Isle of Man Race last May, will be co-pilot with Mr. David CURRENT INTEREST : The British Gliding Association's International Gliding Competition opened last Saturday at the headquarters of the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club at Camp Hill, Gt. Hucklow, Derbyshire. Mr. D. Hiscox, chairman of the London Gliding Club, is seen demonstrating controls. Llewellyn in a Vega Gull entered for the Schlesinger Race. Arrangements have been completed between the Air Ministry and the Stan dard Motor Co., Ltd., for the construc tion of a £650,000 plant at Coventry for the manufacture of aero-engine parts. It will interfere in no way with the pro duction of Standard cars.. Mr. Samuel Reid, an Edinburgh motor agent, flying over his native Orkney Islands, noticed a sheep in distress on a cliff face at Mull Head, Deerness. Know ing the farm to which it belonged, he flew over it and dropped a note which led to a rescue. Miss Amelia Earhart hopes to make an extensive study of "human re actions" to flying. She plans to con duct a clinical survey of the effects upon individuals of speed, altitude, fatigue, pressure, mechanical aids, and various ether factors. Her machine is a special Lockheed Electra with tankage for 4,500 miles. Dr. Dalton, of the Benoni Flying Club, South Africa, died while flying two passengers over the Rand last Sun day. One had a few hours' flying ex perience, and, with the assistance of the young lady with him, managed to drag the body from the controls as the machine lurched and twisted about the skv and to bring the machine down with only a mild crash. weik11^ THE B0AT 0UT : Mr- Hore-Belisha launched a new cruiser last unrest tH°np0rt' after arriving in a BA- Swallow from Wilmington via an confirl" area- The Swallow must have inspired a particular feeling of aence, because it can be throttled back safely to round about the desired 30 rn.p.h. Mr. Hore-Belisha intends to learn to fly himself. Twenty'five Years Ago (From " Flight " of September 2, IQII.) " 'Claudie' Grahame-YVhite and Tommy Sopwith are doing a great deal over Boston way to show the Candy Kids that ' they've got to go some ' to beat us on skill in piloting. On the first day of the meet G.-W. got away with both the speed and the altitude prizes, and that on a machine that he'd never flown before—a 70 h.p. Nieu- port, while T.O.M. captured the quick starting award and ran second in the bomb-dropping "
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