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1937
1937 - 0992.PDF
374 FLIGHT. APRIL 15, 1937. Saying it with flowers at Croydon (left to right) : Mr. Iinuma, Mr. Tsukagoshi, Capt. W. A. Rollason (behind the petals) and, representing the R.Ae.C, Comdr. Perrin. Lower picture shows Divine Wind. JAPAN MAKES HER MARK Mr. Iinuma, Mr. Tsukagoshi and their Honourable Mitsubishi Monoplane \ T 330 p.m. on Friday a large welcoming /\ crowd, largely consisting of the Japan- £ Y ese residents in London, who had been waiting since mid-day, saw a charac teristically '' over-nosed '' monoplane coming in from the direction of Paris. Mr. Iinuma, the pilot, made two complete circuits of the aerodrome while two Leopards, bulging with Press photographers, made an abortive attempt to keep up with the machine, both by diving and by cutting off corners. Then he brought it in slowly and carefully to land neatly, with a burst of engine and straight off the glide, in the centre of the available landing area—which was restricted by flagged- ofl areas populated by various working parties. Thus was " the " goodwill " flight of Mr. Iinuma and'Mr. Tsukagoshi from Tokio to London completed in 94 hours. The effort is of rather unusual interest in that the aircraft and engine were of Japanese manufacture. The first section of the flight which was sponsored by the Tokyo Asahi Press, commenced from Tokio at 5.12 p.m. on Monday, April 5, and covered the 1,400 odd miles to Taihoku, Formosa. In spite of the weather conditions, which were the worst experienced on the whole trip, an average speed of almost 200 m.p.h. was maintained. After leaving Hanoi (French Indo-China), the next stop, bad visibility to Vientiane lowered the average a little and it was not until the Baghdad to Athens stage was covered that the average speed for a section exceeded 200 m.p.h.; in this case 1,280 miles was covered in 6 hours 17 mins., a speed of 202 m.p.h. Strong head-winds were encountered while crossing India. (Flight photosraplu Last Friday the final European stages were commenced; leaving Athens at 5.40 a.m., Rome was reached at 8.46 a.m. —710 miles at 219 m.p.h. After only 50 minutes the Divine Wind took the air again for Paris, arriving there at 1.33 after having put up an average of 230. m.p.h. for the 730 miles. Finally, at 2.15 on Friday, April 9, Mr. Iinuma took off for Croydon and had terminated his flight within 75 minutes. Without fuss or bother the two members of the crew smiled gravely at their compatriots and disappeared into the seething crowd. They managed to obtain a good rest at Rome and dki not appear to be particularly exhausted. In due - * Concluded on page 376.)
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