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1940 - 0423.PDF
FEBRUARY 8, 1940 HERE and THERE Thirty-five Miles High? PROFESSOR PICCARD, of Brussels, and his collaborator, X M. Cosyns, are going to Buenos Aires to co-operate with ' the Argentina Government in the forthcoming attempt to reach -. the stratosphere for the first time in the southern hemisphere. / The balloon will carry two Argentinians, Major Olivera and Dr. -. Puig, and reports state that it is hoped that an altitude of 35 •;miles will be reached. We wonder! Refinery at Fort Norman AIRMEN flying in Canada's north-west territories will notA have to pay such high fuelcosts in future with the estab-" lishment some time this spring of an oil refinery at Fort ' Norman on the Mackenzie River, 1,200 miles north of Edmon-•_ ton, Alta. The Fort Norman oil wells are the most northern in the Empire. Whereas formerly it cost $1.50 a gallon for 'aviation fuel in Canada's western sub-Arctic and Arctic, the • fiew refinery will sell aviation petrol at 37 cents per gallon, plus tax, and fuel oil at 13 cents per gallon. Newspaper Service to Paris - AN additional daily air service between London and Paris •/•.»*"* has been inaugurated for passengers and newspapers. -Over 1,700 lb. of newspapers will be carried to reach Paris in •time to be put aboard trains to Switzerland, Italy and the "rBalkans. These trains go through the French war zone for- bidden to civil aircraft. Passenger accommodation on the '-London-Paris route, run jointly by Imperial Airways and Air France, has had to be increased lately. About 1,000 people left for Paris during the first three weeks of January. American Instructors for Canada TT is reported that American pilots are being engaged as • A instructors for Canadian flying schools. Presumably they * are required for the Empire Training Scheme. Preference is being given to unmarried men with experience of the last war. Such a combination of inexperience and experience ; should indeed be rare, considering that the age of men who were in the previous trouble must be at least 42 now. And most instructors are more youthful than this. As they are not . required to enrol in the armed forces ot the Empire, nor to - take any oath of allegiance to it, they can remain good •Americans. Loose Metal in Engines A DEVICE has been invented by one of the staff of K.L.M.for the purpose of giving warning of loose metallic objects in the lubricating systems of aero engines. It consists of a grating of metal rods, alternate ones of which are connected electrically so that the bridging of any two completes the circuit and lights a warning light on the pilot's dashboard. Small metal particles produced by normal engine wear pass • through it. Such small pieces, of course, can be removed by ""the periodical draining, but the magnetised drain plug, adver- -tisements for which appear in American magazines, is certainly 'a help in this direction. "• Generosity F)R many years the Council of the Royal AeronauticalSociety has been concerned about raising adequate finances for an endowment fund which should provide an income sufficient for the upkeep of suitable headquarters and for running the Society on lines in keeping with its standing. The .B.Ae.S. Endowment Fund was established some time ago, and l)ut for promises of support, the new premises at No. 4, --Hamilton Place, London, W.I, would not have been acquired. 1 It is not un(il now, however, that it has become possible to disclose how generously the aircraft and allied industries have responded. As a result of this generosity, the truly mag- nificent sum oi £109,202 4s. od. has been promised (most ot the contributions are in the form of seven-year donations, to ^that it will not be until 1946 that the full sum will be realised). Space does net permit us to give the full list of donations, but we think the world should know that Mr. F. Handley Page and Mr. Oswald Short have each contributed £10,000. The next largest individual donations are from Mr. Robert Blackburn and Lord Kenilworth (£5.000), while Mr. W. ( . Devereux is a good third with £3,000. Aircraft firms which have each contributed £5.250 are: Bristol, Fairey, Hawker Siddeley, Rolls-Royce and Vickers-Armstrongs. 137- QUITE CRAZY, BUT IT DOES NEED ACCURATE FLYING. "Squeek" Burnett flies under the tape instead of breaking .. it at Miami. The tape was only 12ft. from the ground. The Canadian Manufacturing SchemeT HE visit of the British Air Mission to Canada in 1938 is now bearing fruit. Designed on somewhat the same lines as the Australian Scheme to manufacture Bristol Beau- forts, the Canadian factories will turn out Handley Page Hampdens. The general organisation is headed by Canadian Associated Aircraft, Ltd., a company which accepts contracts from the British Air Ministry for the type required. It then arranges for the manufacture of components by the seven associated aircraft companies by means of sub-contracts. After manufacture these parts are shipped to the assembly factories of Canadian Associated Aircraft, Ltd., for final assembly. The two assembly plants are now nearing completion at St. Hubert, Que., and at Malton, Ont. They were com- menced in July, 1939, and are duplicates. Offices and other services adjoin the one-storey assembly building, consisting of two bays of clear floor area each 130 x 263ft. Clear height is 28ft., and horizontally sliding doors are provided opening on to a concrete apron 125ft. wide. The adjoining building is 258 x 50ft. The directors are: Messrs. P. F. Sise, president; L. J, Belnap, vice-president; G. R. Cottrelle, vice-president; V. M. Drury, Canadian Car and Foundry Co., Ltd. ; J. E. Labelle, K.C., Canadian Vickers, Ltd.; R. J. Magor, National Steel Car Corporation, Ltd.; H. M Pasmore, Fairchild Aircraft, Ltd.; Redmond Quain, K.C., Ottawa Car and Aircraft, Ltd.; and W. J. Sanderson, Fleet Aircraft, Ltd. Mr. L. C. Ord, a Canadian who has been in consulting engineering in Great Britain for some years and has been connected with the Directorate of Production of the Air Ministry, is general manager. Mr. L. A. Brooks is secretary. IDENTIFICATION CHARTST HOUSANDS of the wall cards issued by Flight enabling ready identification of military aircraft are in use throughout the country. The R.A.F.. A.A. spotters and the Services generally, use them extensively. The British chart embodies 90 drawings with notes upon the leading characteristics of the types depicted. The chart of German aircraft includes 72 drawings of the main types from various angles Incidentally, the drawings are copyright and may not be reproduced or re-copied without permission of the publishers in writing. Each chart measures 22i in. by 14| in., and costs Is,, plus 6d. postage and packing on a single copy and 7d. on two copies.
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