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Development Of Canton Port
The Kwangtung River Conser- extensive vancy Board, after an
survey in a course of two years, han completed a set of plans for the development of the projected! ocean port for Canton city at
the ваув Whampoa, Gazette."
The detailed plans, for
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Messre. Wong Him-ylk and Li Man-
Women Pioneers Of The Air
Daring Flight By 60-Year- Old Lady In 1909
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Huge Mileage By, Africa Planes.
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to be installed in the new power Planes of the Royal Air Force station at Fulham will be manufac- have completed a cruise of 18,200 tured by the English Steel Corpora- miles in British Empire territory tion, Limitad, at their Vickers In East Africa, accomplishing Works, Sheffield. The largest of results, in survey and reconnais- these drums will be approximately sance that would have cost the 40ft, long 5ft. Sin. diameter out-government many times as much alde, and the ingot' required will had the work been entrusted to weigh 175 tons, being the largest ground forces.
The flying detail'in a few hours ever made.
The drume will be made in one proved that it would be impracti mother of Sir Alllott Verdon-Roepiece, including the closed ands, cal to seek to re-mark a boundary she flew with her son at which are formed from the tubular trail' in Kenya, and calmed nativo flying About twenty-four years ago some! and unknown woman had the courage Brooklands late in 1909. Sir Alliott forgings by a process specially de-disturbances by simply pong, engineers of the Board, are to sit in a makeshift craft, cling to produced the first enclosed acro-veloped by the English Steel Cor-above the affected districts. One mainly responsible, provide for the rod, and, with her voluminous plane in the world to fly early in poration. The closed end type of airplane along was sufficient to gradual development of the port skirts flying about her, all off into 1912 and he built the Avro machines boiler drum has been adopted by break up a meeting of which doc sent up to fight the the designers of the new sugar tors in the region of Eldoret The over a period of 20 yearą. The the blue, She was the first woman which were
Zeppelins in the early part of the power stations as being that most witch doctors were informed that plans are being submitted to the to fly in an aeroplane.
No one really knows who she was. World Wor-and which have proved suited to withstand the high pres-"many such aircraft were available Municipal Government, the Recon- For many years it was believed that the finest training machines in the sure and temperatures used. It is when required for dealing with hoped that the increase in the num-people who disobeyed the govern- The flight enabled the struction Bureau and other govern- Mrs. S. F. Cudy, the wife of the Service.
Other women who flew in the ber of power stations and the adop-ment." famous airman, was the first to ty. ment organa for examination.
She went up from Laffan's Plain on early days of aviation were Mrs. tion of this type of drum will help force to deal promptly with a The first stage of the plan will August 14, 1909, in a machine de- Gertrude Faggitt of Thirsk, in to provide work for the heavy steel Uganda tribe which was crowding from plants of Sheffield, of which they over into the domain of a neigh- went up
bouring people. be for the construction of n har-signed and piloted by her, husband. Yorkshire, who
Mrs. Cody is now 82 years old and Rheims on August 29, 1900, and the are in great need. bour and the building of godowns, lives in Surrey Her family has Comtesse de Lambert, sister of flew An area of about 11,145 mows has given three generations to flying. Rear Admiral Consett, who been earmarked for this part of the Her son, in the Royal Flying Corp, with Wilbur Wright from Pau on work and steps will immediately be was shot down in France and now February 15,, 1909.
her two grandsons are busy build- taken if the present plans are
ing aircraft. adopted, for the acquirement Another woman, who was among On July 8, 1908, Mrs. Peltier was this area. The present depth of the first to soar into the sky on up with M. Delagrange, from Turin, the harbour at Whampoa will en-mechanical wings, took that daring but at least two months before that flight when, she was, sixty years of an Englishwoman went aloft, and so able a ship undur 5,000 tons to en-age. She was Mrs. A. S. Roe, far her records as the first woman
of
But women were taking the air at least a year earlier.
to fly remains unchallenged.
She is Mrs. Guy Repton, of
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the spring of 1908 aho flew from Buc, outside Paris, with M. Maurice! Farman.
"We were up for about half an hour," Mrs. Repton said, "and the machine was wonderfully steady.
"Of course, there was nothing like a cockpit and not even a proper
ter it with ease, so that the port can be made use of as soon as har beur, and godown facilities are available. The development of the port will then gradually be taken care of until it is provided with ac-i commodation for ocean ships iul accordance with plans laid down by the late leader, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who had chosen Whampoa as the. site for China's port in the South. The present scheme also includes the laying out of a well planned city, both commercial and Indus- trial, in Whampoa which will
a single seater "Since that flight in 1908 I had; placed under the direct control of sports machine, the notable feature not been in an aeroplane until just the Kwangtung Provincial Govern-of which is that it will be without a few days ago when I went up from the Hanworth in a modern two-seater. ment. Different sections will be the normal stub wings, as created for commercial, industrial, lateral control, instead of being by Oh! it was so different!
"I wondered then how ever I had aileron movement, will be effected and residential purposes in this by tilting the rotor. This machine the courage to go up in that extra- new city which is to be linked up will almost certainly be fitted with ordinary-looking maching of twenty-
four years ago!"-Reuter. with Canton by railway,
ja Pobjoy engine.
be
In the near future it is probable ecat. I just sat on a little wooden
developmenta
ledge behind the pilot and held on that considerable will take place in the manufacture tightly to a thin bamboo rod.
"The machine was quite open and of machines under the Autogyro patent. The licence in Franco-has the engine made a terrific noise, but been taken up by Messrs. Liore and I was much too interested to feel Olivier, who will build for the scared., Paris aero show
The same system will be adopted In allowing 20 years for the full realization of the scheme, the plan in a new model to be produced in England by Mesera. G. and J. Weir ning committee, hopes that diffi- of Glasgow, who will build either eulties connected with finance and a single-seater sports, with a small
engine,
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cabin machine. It is understood that the final design for this machine has not yet been deter- {mined.
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A. rumour was recently current in France to the effect that an air service between London and Berlin, on which fares would be calculated on the basis of 3d per mile per passenger, was about to be started It was jwith 'Autogyro aircraft.
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