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1938
1938 - 0100.PDF
FLIGHT. JANUARY 13, 1938. KIT, or the White Man's Burden : A story without words from Norf* Demons in Australia IT is some years since the Royal Australian Air Force placed anorder for Hawker Demons as general-purpose aircraft. Of lateno little consternation ha5 been caused by a series of crashes, actually nine in number, in which one pilot was killed and six other membersof crews were injured. As a result a technical committee was appointed to enquire into the matter.Mr. Thorby, the Minister for Defence in the Federal Cabinet, has now made a public statement on the findings of this committee.It has reported that no fault could be found with the mechanical and general efficiency of the Demons. The accidents appeared to bedue almost entirely to inexperienced piloting, or to poor ground maintenance. The character of the Demon is therefore completely cleared, aseveryone in this country confidently expected that it would be. R.A.F. Staff College *T*HE following officers have satisfactorily completed the fifteenthJL course (1937) at the R.\.F. Staff College and are entitled to the graduates' symbol " p.s.a." after their names in the respective AirForce Lists:— .-„'-.-., -~*.t~..,.. ».-:..:._ Royal Air Force • Sqn. Ldrs. R. L. Ragg, A.F.C., D. Macfadyen, R. B. Jordan, F. J. Fressanges, W. A. Opie, J. W. Colquhoun, H. I. Cozens,G. R. Beamish, M. D. Ommanney, C. R. Hancock, D.F.C., J. R. Addams, A.F.C., T. G. Pike, L. Dalton-Morris, F. G. Cator, W. T.Holmes, F. S. Hodder, T. N. McEvoy, F. M. V. May, A. C. H. Sharp, R. L. R. Atcherley, C. M. Heard, A. H. Montgomery,M.B.E., 1. J. Fitch, J. Norwood, G. F. Macpherson. Fit. Lts. W. F. Pharazyn, J. E. R. Sowman, W. G. S. Wood,F. C. Read. Royal Canadian Air ForceFit. Lts. W. D. Van Vliet and A. L. James. Royal Australian Air ForceSqn. Ldr. R. H. Simms, A.F.C., and Fit. Lt. V. E. Hancock. Royal New Zealand Air ForceSqn. Ldr. S. Wallingford. The following officers of the Royal Navy, the Army and theIndian Army have also completed the course: — Royal NavyCdrs. W. O. Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, D.S.C., p.s.c, and C. A. N. Chatwin, p.s.c. ArmyCapt. F. C. W. Fosbery, p.s.c. Indian ArmyMajor J. F. R. Forman, p.s.c. Dhibban Station THE Air Headquarters of the Iraq Command were to move fromHinaidi tc Dhibban on January 8. No. 3 Section of No. 1Armoured Car Company mover! to Dhibban on December 13 last and the R.A.F. Hospital at Hinaidi on December 15. Dhibban, on the Euphrates, 52 miles from Baghdad, is a finestation with central heating in the buildings and a supply of hot water for the winter, and electric fans in all rooms for the hotweather. Playing fields, tennis courts, two swimming baths, a cinema, and three churches have been constructed. Trees havebeen planted to give shade. The aerodrome has macadam runways. An embankment has been built to protect the aerodrome fromthe floods of the Euphrates river. SERVICE Royal Air Force and Official Announcements -'-.—. The Hawker Hurricane .' ": HPHE first batch of Hawker Hurricane fighters has now beenX delivered to the Royal Air Force. It is expected that deliveries will now be steady and continuous. • , - •-_ . . • • .- - A Far East Aircraft Depot N Aircraft Depot of the Far East Command was to form at Seletar, Singapore, on January 3. Air Force List THE January issue of the Air Force List has now been pub-lished. It can be purchased (price 4s.) from H.M. StationeryOffice at the following addresses: Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2; 120, George Street, Edinburgh; 2, York Street, Man-chester; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; 15, Donegall Square, Belfast; or through any bookseller, Perseus Performance TO date no power figures for a fully supercharged Bristol Perseussleeve-valve engine have been issued in this country but somedata supplied by Fokker on the G.I twin-engined fighter-attack monoplane as powered with two such units gives an indication ofwhat may be expected from this type of small-diameter single-row radial. Tha following figures permit a comparison with the resultsobtained from the current fully supercharged poppet-valve Mercury of similar diameter and capacity. The data is, of course, estimated,as the only power unit so far specified for the G.i is the small- diameter two-row Hispano 14-AB 02, giving 750 h.p. at 11,500 ft.These figures are of special interest because the Perseus engine, in medium supercharged form, is already in service with the R.A.F. inVildebeest IV torpedo bombers. The Blackburn Skua dive-bomber fleet fighter is likely to have a fully blown Perseus, and the latereditions of the Lysander will mount a medium supercharged version. Bristol Perseui (fully supercharged).at 14,760ft. 301 m.p.h.at 14,760ft. 229.7 m.p.h. 1.5 rain. 2.95 min.4.35 min. 5.8 Bristol Mercury VIII.Top speed at lG,07l)ft. 288.7 m.p.h.Cruising speed t 16,070ft. 223.5 m.p.h.Climb to 3,280ft. 1.6 min. Climb to 6,560ft 3.15 min.Climb to 9,840ft. 4.65 min. Climb to 13,1211ft 6.1 min.Climb to 16,400ft 7.6 min. Climb to 19,680ft 9.5 min.Climb to 22,060ft 12 min. Climb to 26,240ft. ... 16 min.Service ceiling 30,500ft. Absolute ceiling 31,500ft.Absolute ceiling on one engine 17,710ft. RaDge with full tanks, 930 miles. mm.7.2 min. 8.9 min.11.1 min. 14.3 min.31,160ft. 32,145ft.18,040ft. 995 miles.
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