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1937
1937 - 0078.PDF
30 FLIGHT. JANUARY 14, 1937. THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS RUSSIA'S new two-seater tailless glider, with swept-back wings, passed its final tests recently. The wing span is 66ft. After the completion of the LZ 130 the building of a new and larger Zeppelin will be started at Friedrichshafen. Three of Moscow's'leading plants have pledged themselves to increase their out put of aircraft and tanks by 30 per cent, and at a reduced cost. The anti-aircraft armament of British battleships is being more than doubled and all vessels of this type are being supplied with deck armour and aircraft. Some Chilean military pilots have flown a Sikorsky S.43 xo52 miles from Santiago to the Straits of Magellan in just over ten hours with one stop for refuelling. A D.H. Dragon purchased by the Irish Free State is being converted for mili tary purposes at Heston. It is being equipped with wireless, bomb racks, a camera and accommodation for a towed target. Twenty-Five Years Ago (From •' Flight" of January 13,1912) " A fine performance was made by Lieut. Samson on Wednesday afternoon, when, rising on his Short aeroplane from a stage which had been erected on the fore part of H.M.S. Africa, in Sheerness Har bour, he flew along the Medway and finallv landed at Eastchurch." The Miles Nighthawks (D.H. Gipsy Six) for the R.A.F. will be used both for training and com munication work. A batch of these machines is now going through the shops at Reading, in addition to a large num ber of the new Hawk Trainers with Gipsy Majors. Mr, H. L. Brook, who left Gravesend on Sun day, Januarv 10, on an attempt to beat Mrs. Amy Mollisqn's record to the Cape, was forced to abandon the flight due to bad weather. He left Marseilles on Tues day in his Percival Gull to return to London for another start. Ten Junkers Ju. 52 bombers, the first batch of machines ordered by the Portuguese Govern ment under their re armament scheme, have arrived in Portugal. Very few people had been told that they were to be delivered. LANDLUBBING "MAYO" : One Mike Murphy lifts his Taylor Cub from the roof of an obliging automobile at Miami. A big new aerodrome is to be established in the region of Torres Vedras (where Welling ton constructed his famous "lines'") to allow for the ex pansion of the Portuguese Military Air Force. An Air Ministry speci fication is being issued for 100-octane fuel. No news has come to hand of any British aero engine being re-rated to use the new spirit. In response to an invi tation from the German Air Ministry, Air Vice- Marshal C. L. Courtnev, Air Commodore D. C. S. Evill. Wing Commander R. V. Goddard and Wing Commander M. Moore will start a six- day visit to Germany on Sunday. Seventy-two entries have been received for the competition for the best design of light aero plane constructed in duralumin, which is being held in France under the auspices of the French Air Ministry, the Aero Club de France and the Chambre Syndi cate des Industries Aero- nautiquc'3. WHAT PRICE CANONS ? This new multi-spar wing has been developed by Mr. A. Barclay (left) and is claimed to be practically invulnerable to machine-gun fire. It will be tested on an eight-passenger transport by Lee Gehlbach (right)—whether with the co-opera tion of Chicago marksmen is not stated. A Russian scientist claims to have in vented a method, applicable to seaplane bases, of "smoothing" out sea waves. MODERN MOTIF: The Comet Hotel, near Hatfield aerodrome, exhibits this attractive model of Scott and Black's MacRobertson mount as its sign.
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