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1937
1937 - 0383.PDF
FEBRUARY II, 1937. FLIGHT. *47 THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS COLONEL LINDBERGH was received in Rome by Marshal Balbo last Thursday. In view of an "unjustified delay" in the delivery of new military aircraft, M. Pierre Cot, the French Air Minister, has decided to requisition the Morane- Saulnier factory. The headmasters of leading schools and the Air Ministry are reported to be discussing a scheme to give aeronautical instruction in public schools in addition to O.T.C. training. The Airports and Airways Exhibition will tie opened by Lord Swinton at the Royal Institute of British Architects, 66, Portland Place, London, W.i, on February 19. Admission will be free from February 20 to March 24 inclusive. Twenty-five Years Ago (From " Flight " of February 10, 1912.) " . . . the French Minister of War is expounding to his Parlia ment the details of his scheme for spending immediately a round mil lion sterling on aircraft for war like purposes. Germany is in creasing her aerial fleet very largely. Italy is actually using dozens of aeroplanes in her war in Tripoli. Russia, Spain, Japan, China, America, Turkey—all the Powers of the earth, in fact—are buying aeroplanes to be used against the next enemy! It may be both deplorable and pathetic that immediately science succeeds in giving us something new, the first question to be answered is that of whether or not it can be turned to the purposes of wholesale murder—but then, that is human nature once more." THE INSCRUTABLE SMILE : Several Avro 626s with Siddeley Cheetah engines have been supplied to the Egyptian Army Air Force, which has now ordered some Hawker Audaxes, as seen above, with Panther engines, presumably because of its experience with Siddeley products and not out of national gratitude for the well- known trade mark. Note how the Vickers gun mounting has been transferred outboard and the cowling grooved to clear the engine. [Flight photograph.) It is likely that aeroplanes will bomb an eight-mile ice jam in the Morawa River, Yugoslavia. Miss Mabel and Miss Sheila Glass left Heston last Saturday in a Moth for Cairo, where they will take part in the third International Egyptian Aviation Meeting to be held from February 22-26. Imperial Airways are experimenting with polarised light to remove unwanted reflections from the water when landing. A screen permitting only polarised light to pass is fitted in a convenient position for the pilot to place in front of his eyes when necessary. Junkers are contemplating four-crank shaft Diesels of 1,500-2,000 h.p. with a specific weight of less than 1.1 lb. per h.p. The new Northrop dive bombers be ing built for the U.S. Naval Air Service have 750 h.p. Twin Wasp Junior en gines and retractable undercarriages. The new twin-engined Beechcraft low- wing monoplane is now flying. On two seven-cylinder Whirlwinds, it cruises at 185 m.p.h. at 11.500 ft,, with the engines delivering a total of only 420 h.p. In appearance the machine resembles the Lockheed " 12." HOT FROM HOLLYWOOD : The modified Hughes Special (Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp Junior) in which Mr. Howard Hughes flew from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, at an average speed of 332 m.p.h.
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