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1938
1938 - 0454.PDF
i6o FLIGHT. FEBRUARY 17, 1938, THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTERF5T FROM ALL QUARTERS The Dewoitine concern is said to be building a long-range machine with a range of nearly 12,500 miles for an attempt on the world's distance record. Pilot and passengers of a Central Ver-mont Airways liner flying at 5,000 ft. recently conversed with a gold-minesuperintendent 1,800 ft. below the sur- face and 800 miles away. There is a possibility that Italy's"Green Mice" squadron of Savoia Mar- chettis, which covered itself with gloryin the Damascus race and on the recent South Atlantic crossing, may attempt aworld flight under the command of Gene- ral Biseo. AH Lockheed 14s have been groundedin America pending special tests and the report of an accident board appointedto enquire into the cause of the disaster to one of these machines, in which eightpassengers and the pilot were killed. Tail flutter is believed to have been respon-sible. SANTA CLAUS" WORKSHOP : German Biicker Jungmanns, popular for ab initio and aerobatic training, stood on their noses to save hangar space. IT is rumoured that Col. Lindbergh willgo to Spain to study the application of aircraft on the various Government fronts. An assurance that the supply of in- struments for Service machines is satis- factory has been given by Lt. Col. Muirhead. The annual general meeting of the Royal Aero Club takes place at 119, Piccadilly, at 6.30 p.m., on Wednesday, March 23. The precise cause of the incident on one of the London flying boats of No. 204 Squadron has not, apparently, been definitely established. It seems, how- ever, that one airscrew broke into three pieces, the hull and one wing being pierced. Fraulein Hanna Reitsch has given ademonstration of the Focke-Wulf heli- copter in the Deutschlandhalle—Ger-many's great roofed-in assembly centre. Starting from the middle of the arena,she rose vertically, flew to one end of the hall, and made a circuit back toher starting point. Penalty of fame as revealed in a localpaper repoi t: " The presentations over, Mr. Clouston was surrounded by a cro%vdof autograph hunters. Many had not come prepared with books and producedwhatever could be written upon . . . One enthusiast even wanted the signa-ture written on her arm!" '' In recognition of the constructive work of the daily Press, magazine and free-lance writers, and writers for syn- dicated services, resulting in the mount- ing public interest in aviation," Trans- Continental and Western Air, the great American" transport concern, is offering an attractive annual award of merit to the American writer " who has de- veloped the best informed writing in the dissemination of air information for the year." At nineteen leading public schools, members of O.T.C.s holding Army " A " certificates are to begin a course under R.A.F. instructors in the principles of flight, meteorology, air photography, interception problems, etc. No provision has been made for flying training, but cadets will be eligible for passenger flights in Service machines, and for instructional visits to the R.A.F. stations to which they are affiliated. A number of schools already pay visits to Service aerodromes. Congratulations to . . . Major J. B. L. H. Cordes,Handley Page chief test pilot, on his engagement, recently an-nounced, to Miss Muriel Green- wood. Miss Dorothy Spicer, only British woman holder of Ground Engineers' Licences, on her ap- pointment to a post with the Air Registration Board. Miss Ann Edmonds, gliding enthusiast, for seizing a dilemma by the horns when it attacked the sailplane which -had let her down into Whipsnade Zoo. D.C.4 TAKES SHAPE: Reminiscent of a power station with its dynamos, a section of the Douglas works is devoted to the construction of the four-engined .^-.4 transport. Fuselage and wings can be seen in separate erection cradles. Weighing 65,000 lb. the machine will carry 42 passengers, a crew of five, several tons 01 baggage and fuel for a range of 2,200 miles. Production models will nave "supercharged" cabins. nav
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