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1941
1941 - 2506.PDF
•286 HERE AND THERE Lop-sided DC-3N EWS of an emergency repair carriedout to an American airliner operating in China is of particular interest in viewof the discussion on asymmetrical aircraft which was recently held in the Correspondence columns of Flight. A DC-3 nad its starboard wingshattered on the ground when the field was dive-bombed by five Japs, and theonly available replacement was a DC-2 wing which was about seven-eighths thespan of that of the DC-3, though of the same chord. This was duly fitted ant!the machine flown 860 miles back to Hong Kong using full aileron tab. Luftwaffe IdentificationA REVISED edition of the Flightidentification chart of German air craft is now on sale, price is. 3d., postagr6d. extra for single copies, 7d. up to thre< copies and 8d. up to six copies. Severalnew types in use by the Luftwaffe arc depicted, including ME 109E, FW 189,and the Focke-Wulf Kurier, and the silhouettes of others have been modernised. As previously, broadside, head-on andunderside views are provided showing the chief characteristics, but they are now:i]so detailed in the text further to assist identification. The chart comprises 15 silhouettes ofthe leading types of German aircraft supplemented by 44 line drawings. Thesire is I3jx2ojin. holed and corded ready for hanging, and supplies can beordered from the Flight Publishing Co., Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford Street,London, S.E.I. FLIGHT OCTORKR 23UD, 1941. Guild of Air Pilots "PARTLY owing to their journal beingIT out of circulation for the time being, the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navi-gators of the British Empire is finding it difficult to keep in touch with theirmembers. COLD COMFORT : In order that the bitter Canadian winter shall not interfere withthe Empire Training Scheme, the Tiger Moths have been fitted with coupe tops , to keep out the below-zero draught. flight " photograph. STIRLING BOMB RACKS : Over half the length of the 87ft. fuselage is devoted tobomb storage. Our photograph shows the commencement of " bombing-up." On the trolley are four 1,000-pounders, but there are plenty more to come before theStirling takes off. The excellent visibility of the bomb-aimer's compartment is also "shown The Clerk of the Guild, Laurence AWingfield, M.C., D.F.C., would there fore be glad if members would notif;him of any change of address. The present temporary address is 309Crofton Road, Orpington. Kent. Glider Fuel Tankers A CCORDING to reports from America,^*- the British Air Commission is under- stood to have asked foi specificationsfrom American sailplane manufacturers for a "flying gas tank" glider forfuelling bombers after take-off. By this means a glider carrying some 500 gallonsof fuel takes off towed by the heavy- laden bomber to which it transfers its fuelalmost as soon as they leave the ground, thereafter cutting loose and returning tothe aerodrome. The use of glider-tankers instead ofpower-driven craft for this purpose would, of course, be much cheaper, butthere are fairly obvious disadvantages. A Chaplain Appeals SOME 700 young men undergoing wire-less technical training at two R.A.F.centres on the outskirts of London are at present deprived of the ordinary ameni-ties of camp life because they have to be billeted out, so it is intended to start aclub for them. The Chaplain of the Station, the Re»-F. \V. Bowyer, is therefore appealing for gifts in the form of sports equipment.Gifts should be sent to the Kev. Bowyer. c/o The Air League oi tneBritish Empire, Kinnaird House, ia, la" Mall East, London, S.W.i.
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