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1938
1938 - 0356.PDF
126 FLIGHT. FEBRUARY IO, 1938. THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS EMPIRE Air Da;,- this year, which willgain greatly in importance as a result ff the discontinuance of the Royal Air Force Display, takes place on Saturday, May 28. In connection with Empire Air Day,the sponsors, the Air League of the British Empire, invite designs for aposter to advertise the event. Details are obtainable from the Secretary-General, at Maxwell House, Arundel Street. London, W.C.2. Mr. L. Castlemaine, of General Air- craft, wins the January essay competi- tion of the Air League with a contribu- tion entitled, " Imperial Vision." Eleven men were killed when two Con- solidated patrol-bomber flying boats of the LT.S. Navy collided in a rain squall off San Diego, California. Three hun- dred machines searched for survivors. One of the first installations of the new Ranger inverted-vee 450 h.p. engine— the American counterpart of our own Gipsy Twelve—is in the new Fairchild 46 —a hve-seater with a cruising speed of V>5 m.p.h. Engines imported into Holland num- bered 186 (£207,263) in 1937, as against 07 (/110,005) in the previous period The greatest total—87—came from America, but Britain was a close second with 84. Signor Stoppani, who was rescued from the South Atlantic by a Luft Hansa flying boat, received serious burns through the igniting of petrol he had released to calm the sea. His two com- panions lost their lives. The newest Beljanca production is the Junior, a cantilever low-wing monoplane three-seater capable of up to 130 m.p.h. on only 90 h.p. As an alternative to the 90 h.p. Le Blond-the 75 h.p. model may be installed. Retractable or fixed under- carriage may be specified. FLEET FIGHTER PROTOTYPE: The new experimental Grumman mid-wing single-seater fleet fighter for the U.S. Navy. A Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp engine is fitted and the undercarriage retracts into the bottom of the fuselage, as with the Grummanbiplanes now in service. Mr. William Courtenay, the aeronauti-cal journalist, has been adopted as pro- spective Conservative candidate forLimehouse. He will oppose Major At- lee, M.P., and will make rearmamentand air raid defence his chief points. The latest Hamilton Standard develop- ment is the Hydromatic full-feathering constant-speed airscrew. Complete fea- thering of the blades prevents windmill- ing in the event of engine failure and offers a wider pitch range than is avail- able with the standard c.s. type. At the annual meeting of the Civil Aviation Section of the London Chamber of Commerce last week, Lt.-Gen. Sir George Macdonogh, G.B.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., was re-elected chairman for 1938, whilst A.V.-M. A. E. Borton, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., and Lord Greenway were re-elected deputy chair- men. A sleeve target on 1,200ft. of cable was dropped by a machine of a squadron sta- tioned near Prague, and while lying on the aerodrome became entangled in the undercarriage of a second machine. Un- known to the pilot it was carried into the air, wrapping itself round the legs of a small boy, who was hoisted inro a tree. The victim is said to have been little the worse for his experience. Twenty-five Years Ago (From "Flight," February 8, ) From' the Report of the Depart- mental Committee on Accidents to Monoplanes. " From the point of view of national defence, we should have considered it as being something almost akin to a national calamity if a type had been condemned which we know to be doing satis- factory service in the hands of the flying corps of other countries. In France, particularly, the mono- plane is regarded as an absolutely essential type for services which cannot be so readily performed by the biplane. It is quite obvious that an air-fleet consisting entirely of comparatively slow-travelling biplanes must be at an initial dis- advantage compared with one which includes a high percentage of very fast and manoeuvrable monoplanes." COMFORTABLY TO KENYA : As recorded on page 131, Capt. G. de Havilland and Mr. F. T. Hearle (left) have delivered a Wilson Airways Dragon Rapide by easy stages to Kenya. Mr. Hearle has been a colleague of " D.H." since 1908, when hehelped him build his first machine. Thirteen of the crew of eighteen of the U.S.S.R. V.6, the largest Russian airship, lost their lives when, it is be- lieved, the ship hit a mountain a few days ago near Kandalaksha, due to bad visibility. The V.6 was on a training flight from Moscow as a preliminary to a relief flight to the Papanin polar ex- pedition. Last year the V.6 beat tue record of the Graf Zeppelin by remain- ing in the air for 130 hours.
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