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1937
1937 - 3110.PDF
47" FLIGHT. NOVEMBER II, 1937. Private Flying FULL DUAL : Three specially equipped D.H. Dragonfly trainers for Roumania have recently been completed at Hatfield. The machines are specially interesting in that, apart from the Standard two-way and D.F. radio equipment (right), they are fitted with fully duplicated and very completely equipped blind-flying panels (below). In fact, the only instrument not to be found on each panel is the homing indicator ; the duplicate in this case is naturally with the radio equipment. Tail Chutes THE idea of fitting a small parachute to the tail of a machine which is about to undergo spinning trials is a comparatively new one, but an Air Ministry Notice to Ground Engineers now demands that all machines which are to be submitted to such trials (i.e., all aerbbatic types) must be so equipped. The parachute attachments and the structure of the machine must comply with such strength requirements as are necessary to take the pull of the parachute. At Lloyd's WHILE the Joint Aviation Advisory Committee of Lloyd's Register and the B.C.R. was duly dissolved when the Air Registration Board got into its stride, it was found that a general desire remained that the association with the aircraft industry should be maintained. The services of Mr. L. J. Hill were, consequently, retained, and another surveyor, Mr. W. E. Packman, has since been reappointed in order to cope with the quite surprising amount of work which the Society is still called upon to undertake in the matter of aircraft surveys both here and abroad. New Buildings at Hamble NOW that the new A.S.T. Club building at Hamble is com plete the great change that has taken place since the inception of the school is still more obvious. When, at the start, the object of the training centre was to open up fresh fields of aeronautical instruction and to impart that instruc tion in a thoroughly efficient manner, the outward appearance of the school buildings was given only secondary consideration. But A.S.T.'s rapidly growing reputation made it more and more essential that new buildings offering even greater scope and comfort should be planned. Accordingly, the new buildings were designed and erected. They consist of a two-storey administrative block, which houses the complete clerical staff, the senior instructors and a meteoro logical office in the roof, a new hangar for practical rigging instruction, and a clubhouse. The last, is the most impressive building at Hamble and it has three dining rooms, three AN IMPROVED TWIN : To be known in future as the 35 h.p. Luton Anzani engine, the familiar inverted Vee-twin unit above has undergone extensive redesign of moving parts and various other internal modifications. Reliability is the chief quality sought, and tests at increasing speeds up to 2,650 r.p.m. have indicated a great improvement in this connection. The engine, it is stated, will tick over at 100 r.p.m. and need for frequent adjustment has been considerably reduced. Luton Aircraft, Ltd., Gerrards Cross, Bucks, makers of the Luton Minor and other light aircraft, are responsible for the modifications. lounges, reading and writing rooms, card room, billiards room, games room, a bar and, in addition, a large main hall and a ladies' room. The hangar contains five machines, which are kept there for instructional purposes. The old hangar has been enlarged to accommodate the fifteen new machines which have been delivered, and this will now hold more than forty machines of different types. In the new club premises a feature will be the separate dining room, lounge and entrance provided for members of the R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve. Other buildings have been enlarged and altered, and a large lecture room with cinema seats and stage has been made. During the month several new students joined for various courses in addition to thirty R.A.F. officers who reported for a navigation course of three months' duration. Czecho-Slovakian Merit A WALTER GEMMA nine-cylinder radial engine of 9.352 litres capacity recently completed a very arduous official 200-hour test. The test was carried out in two periods of 100 hours, each consisting of twenty-five followed by seventy-five hours of continuous running. After the first period the engine was stripped and inspected and, without replacement, re- erected for the second 100 hours
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