FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1937
1937 - 0695.PDF
MARCH 18, 1937- FLIGHT. 26= . , i ,.«r in an increase of three times the sales made Pulteu w daring the previous year. in -^mrrlLj construction the Cub mounts a 40 h.p. Continental "hur-cvlinder engine which gives it a cruising speed "V* m D n and a take-off run of 125 ft. The open version Bj the Cub sells from £452 10s., and the closed model from ^TL> and gross weights are respectively 563 lb. and 970 lb., ,hich denotes high structural^efficiency^A^photograph appears 2(>8d. on p. port, Nottingham The address of Mr. A. J. Walter is Tollerton Air- Prnsoective buyers of foreign aircraft and engines are natur- allv somew hat hesitant before making their purchase until they are guaranteed good service and an adequate supply oi spares. American Aircraft and Engine Service, Ltd., of Croydon Airport, has been formed to meet the requirements of operators of all types of An.erican aircraft. Officially representing the Wright and Lycoming engine companies in the British Isles, the concern are also stockists for Warner and Le Blond. A successful German type, the Messerschmitt Typhoon, is to be fitted with a Gipsy Six and handled here bv A.F.N., Ltd., of Falcon Works, London Road, Isleworth. The Typhoon is a low-wing cantilever monoplane capable of speeds approaching 200 m.p.h. A demonstrator will be over shortly. The New Marendaz PTRES^ED-SKIN construction, a retractable undercarriage, D flaps and slots appear in the specification of a new type of low wing monoplane, of 2-3-seater capacity, which is being pro duced by International Aircraft of Maidenhead. The chief de signer of the company is Mr. D. M. K. Marendaz, and the chief draughtsman is Mr. C. F. Allen, late of Faireys and West- lands Prices will range from £1,500 to £2,000, and the machines will be powered by units such as the Gipsy Six, the Kenault Bengali, or any radial of equivalent horse-power. The Tipsy in the North WARDS OF WALLASEY, the well-known Cheshire motor agents, have taken over the distribution of the Tipsy monoplane in the North of England. Their headquarters are at 5-13, Leasowe Road, Wallasey. King's Cup Air Race, 1937 THE Royal Aero Club announces that the King's Cup Air Race will take place on the ioth and nth September. The first day will be an Eliminating Contest over a course of approximately 800 miles from Hatfield and going North to Newcastle-on-Tyne and then on to Aberdeen. From Aberdeen the course will be to Northern Ireland (Newtownards) via Glasgow. The last leg of the course will be to the Irish Free State, with the final control point at Phosnix Park, Dublin. The competitors will remain the night at Dublin. For the purposes of elimination the competitors will be divided into two classes, those with aircraft fitted with engines up to 150 h.p. and those over 150 h.p. Two-thirds of the starters in each class who complete the eliminating course in the fastest time will qualify to fly in the final course the following day. There will be no handicap in the Eliminating Contest. For the final course the competitors will leave Phosnix Park, Dublin, at 11.30 a.m., on Saturday, September nth, and fly to Northern Ireland (Newtownards) and then across the southern part of Scotland to Blackpool. The final control will be at Cardiff and from there a direct flight to Hatfield, the finishing point. The total distance of the final course is 6&0 miles. At each of the control points the competitors will be re quired to make a compulsory stop of 30 minutes. Apart from the controls the following towns will be used as turning points:—Cambridge, Skegness, York, Scarborough, Whitby, Edinburgh, Portpatrick, Carlisle, Stoke-on-Trent, Leicester. In the final course, starting from Dublin, the competitors will be sent away in accordance with their handicap allowances and the competitor who first reaches Hatfield will be the winner of the Coronation Year King's Cup Air Race. In addition to the King's Cup presented by his Majesty King George VI, the winner will receive a prize of £1,000 presented by Viscount Wakefield. Other prizes also presented by Viscount Wakefield will be £350 to the second and £150 to the third, and two special prizes of £250 each to the com petitor in eafeh class who completes the eliminating course in the fastest time. Empire Air Day TT is now possible to list the Royal Air Force stations, fifty- -»- six in number, which will be open to the public on Empire Air Day, May 29. They are as follows :— Abbotsinch. Abingdon. Aldergrove. Andover. Biggin Hill. Bircham Xewton. C'alshot. Castle Bromwich. Catfoss. Catteriek. Cranwell. Donibristle. Driffield. Duxford. Eastehurrh. FarnboroHgh. Felixstowe. Filton. Finr.iiigley. Gosport. Grantham. Halton. Hawkinge. Henlow. Hornclinrch. Hucknall. Kenley. Lee-on-the-Solent. I.eiiehars. Lympne. Manston. Martlesham Heath. Mildenhall. Montrose. Mount Batten. North Coates Fitties. Xortholt. Xorth Weald. Odiliam. Old Sarum. Pembroke Hook Peterborough. Scampton. .Sealand. Sutton Bridge. Tangmere. Tern Hill. Thornaby. Turnhouse. Upavon. Upper Heyford. Upwood. rsworth. Waddiugton. West Frengh. Worthy Down. By permission of the firms operating them, the following civil training schools will also be open: Hamble (A.S.T., Ltd.), Perth (Airwork), Sywell (Brooklands Aviation), Hat field and White Waltham (D.H.), Brough (North Sea Aerial and General Transport Co., Ltd.). Desford (Reid and Sigrist). THE MERLIN'S PERCH A close-up of the installation of ! the ethykne-glycol-cooled Rolls- I Koyce Merlin in the Hawker light I bomber, revealing also the radia- ! tor mtake and outlet, bomb traps f and details of the Dowty retract- ! able undercarriage with its toed- I 2 PU.nlop wheels- " will be ! noted that the new Rolls-Royce ! «haust system, which does a ! X ai«ount of flame damping ! ands,lencingiisfitted Thiso&er| J cons,derabiy less resistance than j KUL,mshorns " used on several i aertrel-engined service types. ! (Flight photograph.)
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
