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1937
1937 - 0246.PDF
94 FLIGHT. JANUARY 28, 1937. THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS BATTLE JUNIOR—TOP OF THE CLASS : The new Fairey light bomber with Rolls-Royce Merlin engine of 1,000-plus h.p. In general layout this type—which is probably the fastest single-engined bomber in the world—is reminiscent of the Battle medium bomber but is six feet shorter in span and carries a lighter load. The undercarriage is of a different design, retracting inwardly instead of rearwards. Dive bombing is likely to be one of the new machine's main duties. (R.A.F. official photograph, Crown copyright.) SLEIGHS powered with aero-engines are being used extensively for mail delivery in the Kamchatka Peninsula. Mr. Baldwin, in the House last Tues day afternoon, announced that the Government had decided to abandon the strongly opposed White Waltham (Maid enhead) aircraft factory project. It is reported that the Air Ministry is experimenting with the Cambridge ex haust gas analyser with a view to adoption on Service aircraft. The in strument was described in Flight ol January 14. To-night, before the Royal Aero nautical Society, Dr. N. A. de Bruyne, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and director of Aero Research, Ltd., will lecture on '' Plastic Materials for Air craft Construction." Mr. Howard Hughes, using a modified version of the monoplane in which he set up the -present world's landplane speed record of 352 m.p.h., flew from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in 7 hr. 2S min. last week, averaging 332 m.p.h. He made the previous fastest time in a Northrop. The first Alvis aero-engine will be on test by the end of this month and is expected to commence its Air Ministry type test soon after. In place of the advertised R.Ae.S. Students' Section lecture next Tuesday, February 2, Capt. J. Laurence Pritchard is to lecture on " Bird Flight in Relation to Aircraft Engineering." The Air Ministry has made preliminary tests with the French Dewoitine D.510 monoplane with Hispano Suiza '' can non " engine. The date of the next indoor flying meeting organised by the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers at the Royal Albert Hall, has had to be ad vanced from February 9 to February 2. Twenty'five Years Ago From " Flight " 0/ January 27, 1912.) " Being dissatisfied with the action of the Government regard ing military aeroplanes, Vedrines, on Saturday afternoon, secured a large number of bills bearing words to the effect of ' Give France More Aeroplanes,' and starting off from Issy he flew over to Paris, where he scattered a plentiful supply of the bills over the Chamber of Deputies. The query arises, will he be proceeded against under the new regulations prohibiting the throwing of paper about the Paris streets." CEREMONY: At the new Percival works at Luton, and in the presence of the Mayors of Luton, Monmouth and Abergavenny, Mr. David Llewellyn's Vega Gull was last week christened County of Monmouth by the Mayor of Newport. The machine, which has a Gipsy Six Series II engine and v.p. airscrew, will be used for a Cape record attempt. It would appear that one of the distinguished visitors involuntarily shared the Vega Gull's champagne bath. (Flight photograph.)
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