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JULY IT, 1940 HERE and THERE Another Magnificent Gift MRS. IONIDES, sister of Lord Bear-sted, has given the Ministry of Aircraft Production ^21,750 for the purchase of aircraft. She expressed the hope that other wealthy women would follow her example. Flight Over Eire THE flight of all civil aircraft to, orover, Eire and its territorial waters is prohibited, unless special permission has been previously obtained from the Minister for Industry and Commerce. For Master Pilots Only WE have been asked by Phillips andPowis Aircraft, Ltd., to point out that the Miles Master I Handbook, to which we referred some time ago, is in- tended solely for the use of pilots of the Master. Arrangements have been made for copies to be issued to pilots through their own units only, and supplies do not permit issue to individuals. Link Trainer Instructors THE Air Ministry is anxious to obtainthe services of men as Link Trainer Instructors. Ex-flying instructors are ideal, but pilots with 50 hours' flying will be considered. The rank offered is Ser- geant, Group 1, and the pay is 9s. 6d. per day, plus accommodation and mess- ing allowance. Applications should be sent to Squadron Leader D. F. Mac- donald. Air Ministry, London. "Nailed to the Mast" CAPTAIN J. LAURENCE PRIT-CHARD, Secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society, has written to the Editor and offered the suggestion that flags should be hoisted now on every public building throughout the British Empire, and on every private flag pole in every town and in every village, and that they should be nailed to the mast. Well, why not ? It would be a symbol, constantly visible, of the spirit of the Empire. Goods by Road ALL who have occasion to send goodsby road, especially those who may be experiencing difficulty at present, will do well to obtain a copy of the July issue of "Goods Road Services Guide," an invaluable bi-yearly publi- cation issued by our contemporary, Motor Transport. Details are given of no fewer than 1,300 regular long-distance goods services, as well as hundreds of in- termediate towns served by these ser- vices. A list of clearing houses pre- cedes each section of the guide and there is a comprehensive index covering every sizeable town in the country. Particu- lars are also included of machinery car- riers, and tank waggon operators. The price is 6d., or by post yd., and copies may be obtained from the publishers, IlifEe and Sons Ltd., Dorset House, Stam- ford Street, London, S.E.i. THE EAGERLY-AWAITED MOMENT. Volunteers at an Initial Training Wingreceive their kit. They will be trained as pilots,' observers, wireless operators and air gunners. Air Raids THE little booklet issued by theMinistry of Home Security on what you must know and what you must do in air raids tells the householder all about precautions, shelters, fire-fighting, gas protection and so forth. At 3d. it is marvellous value and well worth getting. Copies can be obtained through newsagents, or direct from the Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. In the latter case id. should be added for postage. French Air Mails Suspended THE Postmaster General announcesthat the French air service by the direct route to South America and the French air services to North Africa, West Africa and French Indo-China, by which air mail from this country has hitherto been forwarded, have been suspended. Air mail for all South American coun- tries will continue to be accepted for transmission, either by the North Atlan- tic air service or by surface route to New York, and thence in each case by air. British Overseas Airways ""THOUGH for ten months war has been -i- raging, it has not stopped for a single day the activities of British com- mercial flying on the overseas routes. While north-east France was being invaded, British Overseas Airways' air liners flew daily between London and Paris; when the French capital fell to the Germans the same aeroplanes con- tinued to operate, Tours being their terminus in France. As the time drew near for Italy to enter the conflict, the Empire flying-boats were routed so as not to call at Italian ports. As a re- sult, on the day that Mussolini threw in his lot with Hitler, not one British fly- ing-boat was over Italian territory. And so with the British air service to Lisbon—an important link between Britain, the United States, Canada and South America. This route, via Bor- deaux, was used until the Germans had practically engulfed France. On the day after the suspension of this service, a flying-boat made a direct flight from Britain to Lisbon, carrying passengers and mail to be transferred to the Pan American Clipper service across the Atlantic. On the same day a revised Empire route began to operate in order to main- tain air communication between South Africa, India, Australia and New Zea- land. Thus, vvith the continued, but necessarily irregular, flights to Lisbon and the links with the United States and Canada, and from U.S. to New Zealand and Australia, every important part of the British Empire is kept on an air route. Staff of B.O.A.C. IN reply to a parliamentary question,Captain Balfour stated that the total number of staff employed by British Overseas Airways Corporation on May 31, 1940, was 5,213. This total includes 300 engineers and supervisory staff wholly employed on work for the Royal Air Force and the Ministry of Aircraft. Production. Record Figures T AST week-end the Minister for Air- -I—' craft Production, Lord Beaver- brook, announced that the output of aircraft and aero engines last month was more than twice the corresponding figure for June, 1939. He also disclocsd that orders placed in the United Stales now total well over a thousand million dollars, while Canadian orders amount to more than fifty million dollars. There are still ways in which output at home can be speeded up, and readers are referred to the leader on p. 19 for one instance. A Mythological Phenomenon A REPORT has been received by theBristol company recently from New Guinea, in which reference is made to the excellent service which is still being given by fhe Bristol Jupiter engines used for air transport between Wau and Sala- maua. It may be recalled that the Jupi- ter has not been in production since 1928, and that when these particular engines were purchased they were already second- hand. Since then they have been operated under very strenuous condi- tions, and with little expenditure on spare parts. No wonder, vvith an an- cestry like that,' that the modern Bris- tols, whether poppet- or sleeve-valve types, are giving such a fine account of themselves.
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