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1938
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483 FLIGHT. MAY 19, 1938. THE FOUR WINDS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS M. GABRIEL VOISIN, one of thepioneers of the aviation industry, has recently been appointed a Comman- der of the French Legion of Honour. Twelve entries had been received byTuesday last for the Manx Air Races. The closing date is 6 p.m. on Saturday,May 21. It is understood that the U.S. Govern- ment has definitely refused to supply Helium to the German Zeppelin Com- pany. Three Boeing YB-17 " Flying Fort- Tess" bombers of the U.S. Army Air Corps flew 700 miles out to sea, locating the Italian liner Rex, during the recent manoeuvres. A recent Notice to Airmen remindscivil pilots that except in cases of real emergency they must not use Royal AirForce aerodromes without prior per- mission. An international aviation exhibition,the first of its kind in Yugoslavia, is to be held at Belgrade, from May 28 toJune 13. The Yugoslav Royal Aero Club (4 Uzun Mirk-ova, Belgrade) is spon-soring the show. Preliminary tests have been made with a new Soviet airship, the USSR-V-10. There is accommodation for a crew of eight, and power is provided by two 100 h.p. engines. A world's closed-circuit endurance record is claimed by Japan for the mono- plane Wings of the Century. Twenty- nine laps of a 402 km. course, which is equal to 7,300 miles, were covered in 62 hr. 27 min. Mass formations of bombers andfighters ,are to tour Royal Air Force stations 'on Empire Air Day, May 28.There will be five bomber formations, each of which will cover a particulararea. Two fighter formations will maketours, one in the London area and another in the Midlands. There will alsobe six formations of aircraft of the Coastal Command, and they will tourcertain sections of the coast. "Fit. Lt. Hinckley, I.N.A. pilot, recently concluded, satisfactorily, a second England / India delivery flight. This time it was a D.H. Dragonfly— before it was a Vega Bull."—Indian Paper. Twenty'five Years Ago (From "Flight," May 18, 1913). " Gen. Henderson very de- cidedly believes in the necessity of providing two types, at least, for military work, one machine to do the fighting, while the other is essentially a scout. Many of the audience, however, failed to see the necessity for the scouting type pure and simple, arguing that any war aeroplane must expect to fight and that any shelving of this aspect of the case is tantamount to begging the question," Air Comdre. Weir and Group Capt. Pirie, leaders of the British Air Mission, arriyed at Ottawa last Sunday. They will confer with Canadian officials and • receive a full report of the capacity of Canadian companies to manufacture machines suitable for British needs. The German Hambuig Ha. 139 sea- plane Nordwind has crossed the South Atlantic from Bathurst to Natal, about 1,700 miles, in 11 hr. 11 min. This constitutes a commercial speed record. The machine is a low wing monoplane with four Junkers Jumo 205 diesels. The City of London Corporation has decided to appoint a committee to scheme the laying-out and establishing of its airport at Fairlop, Essex. The site comprises 932 acres and includes the grounds and buildings of Aldborough Hall. Lord Sempill is to read a paper on international air transport at the Inter- national Engineering Congress, which is to be held at the Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, from June 21 to 24. Mile. Elizabeth Lion has beaten, by 8g|- miles, the women's solo long-dis- tance record set up by the late Miss Amelia Earhart in 1932. In 21 hours she flew from Istres to Abadan, Iran, a distance of 2,562 miles. The machine was a Caudron Aiglon monoplane with 140 h.p. Renault engine. Congratulations to Fit. Lt. C. A. Washer on his escape by parachute from a Wellesley when it caught fire in the air on May 13. Unfortunately, his tech- nical observer, Mr. P. H. Warren, was killed in the accident. Of five machines attached to the Long-range Flight, this ii the spconrl tn hp lnst "Flight" photograph- FULL-LOAD TRIALS : Twice last week the Short-Mayo composite made successful tests of separation with Mercury loaded to 20,800 lb. The trials took place off Felixstowe, and on the first occasion the machines were piloted by Short's test pilots, Messrs. Parker and Piper. On the second they were flown by Sqn. Ldrs. Martin and Pickles, of the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment. With practically no wind, the take-offs were made in about 17 seconds. The picture shows Mercury being lifted by the Felixstowe crane. Maia can be seen afloat beyond the jetty.
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