THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1936
TOMMY ROSE BREAKS CAPE FLIGHT
To-day's Short Story
I
Only The Best For Mother
By Fannie Kilbourne
was
WAS in old Mrs. Stoner's enough to buy a second-hand furious when suite when Tom stepped in bicycle. She with a drawing-room reserva- she found out about it and made tion for her on crack train to him return it and get the money I happened to be at the California, and it just made mel back. boil. I knew the way she had Whites when he brought it back always treated Tom, and I said and I've never forgotten the look to myself: There's no justice on that kid's face. Every other in this world, the meanest boy in town had a "bike."" women always seem to draw the most devoted children."
"You're certainly nice to your mother. Tom," I said.
"Oh, the best is none too good answered.
Well, how do you like Mother's for Mother", Tom little nest?" Tom grinned.
She's the one who taught me to. Little nest that suite must work and I'm going to see to it have been posting Tom at least that she gets her share of the twenty dollars a day! And there WIN a maid to boot.
rewards.
Claudine," he called to the maid at the telephone, "have When Tom was a skinny little j'em send some French pastry, too. shaver back in Centerville. with Oh, don't shake your head at me gaps in the front where his baby like that. Mother. You do, teeth had just come out. he used like it
too,
to come to our back door selling Honestly, it just made me sick.
Then, as-M001
技
as he was to think of all the good mothers big enough to carry the boxes. He with grown childrn who arn't half- would come delivering groceries way decent to them.
And then to
for Hartshorn's, afternoons'after see hard; mean-faced Mrs Stoner school, and all day Saturdays when pampered by her son, and having the other kids were roller-skating all the good things of the world! or playing Throw the Bre. mother never thought he needed any time for fun.
MONDAY'S STORY
Monday's story
will be
"A Tale Of True Love." by I. Rakhtanov.
as a church mouse.
His lavished on her.
fortune.
Why, there was a vase of yard- tall chrysanthemums 02 the Imantel that must have.cost Tom a Hot more than that bicycle the
poor kid never had.
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GIANT FLYING BOATS
Nearing Completion At Rochester
SPECIALLY EQUIPPED FOR
ATLANTIC FLIGHTS
in
Flight - Lieutenant Tommy Rose, who recently broke the re- cords for the flights from Eng- land to the Cape and back, also won the King's Air Race last year. Our photograph shows him being chaired when he perform- ed, this feat.
KING'S CUP AIR RACE
Some Contemplated Changes
· LONGER COURSE: MORE SEVERE TESTS
ute.
The
RECORD
ENCOUNTERS STORMS ON LAST LAP
13.1-4 HOURS. FASTER THAN MRS. MOLLISON ROUTE LONGER BY 1,000 MILES
FLT-LT. T. ROSE, the 41-year-old British air- man, arrived at Cape Town at 6.30 p.m. on Feb- ruary 9. He thereby broke Mrs. Mollison's record for a solo flight from England to the Cape by 134 hours. The times of Fit-Lt Rose and Mrs. Mollison were:
Fit.-Lt. Rose: 3 days. 17 hours, 38 minutes. Mrs. Mollison: 4 days, 6 hours, 53 minutes.
The record-breaking flight was FIL-LL Rose's route was about 1.000 miles longer than Mrs. Mol-made in the Miles "Falcon" with lison's. as he went via Egypt, which he won the King's Cup race whereas she took the West Coast last year. of Africa route.
NEW RULES FOR PILOTS
"Human Factor" In Flight
Flying Overrated.
I had a lot of bad luck, but a great deal of rood luck," said Fit.-! Lt. Rose on his arrival at Cape. Town. "I should have been here! long ago it everything had gone Ismoothly, but you canzot expect everything to go smoothly on a Hight like this.
"The weather held me up a lot, and I also got a petrol leakage. ECHO OF ARKANSAS CRASH 3 was my own fault-I shoved:
to
Memphis.
some kit away in a hurry damaged a pipe.
and
This year's air race for the King's Cup
-the fifteenth
As Federal investigators will be markedly different from
"I got the petrol leakage in the previous contests.
studied the "human element" in: Aircraft en-
the crash of the trans-runtinental Southern Sudan, and it compelled ime to make a forced landing tered will be divided into the fol-
plane Southerner in Arkansas, south of Wadi Halfa. I repaired lowing three classes for the pur-American airline pilots were or- the damage. but lost several pre- He was an odd-looking young-
poses of the elimination test, dered to keep the doors between jcious hours by returning to Wadi ster because his clothes were al-
which begins on July 10.
their compartment and passenger | Halfa." I used to give too small. way
Single-engined aircraft pow-cabins locked during flight. him our Jerry's things and. as he
Hugh Smith, the airlines' South-)
Good First Day ered by engines not exceeding was just Jerry's size, by the time; them, ther
150 hp. at the maximum per-jen division superintendent, issu-
Fit.-Lt. Rose, who looked amaz Jerry had outerown
He declined missable revolutions per min-led the instructions.
"I had a looked kind of romical on Tom.
to comment on reports that the ingly fresh, went on: But he had to wear them. or any-1
The first eight flying-boats
Single-engined aircraft with action was taken because of the marvellous first day-14 hours' fying time to Cairo. That must thing else Mrs. Stoner could get
under construction at Short
that man, Dot hold of without paying for.
engines exceeding 150 hp. "growing belief Heaven knows, nobody blamed Bros, yards Rochester, for im-
Multi-engined aircraft with machine," was responsible for the be very nearly a record for any was a widow periál Airways, are now nearing Mrs. Stoner: she
no restriction regarding power recent accident. in which 17 per-ape of machine, I am pretty cer- and. everybody thought, as poor completion. It is expected that
Last year there were only two sons, all aboard the plane, died. tain.
were In the past, passengers
"I had only two hours' sleep on People near-test flights will be made
(classes-machines with more and Ir died of the shock when the April.
Of the first batch, two are be-machines with less than 150 b.p. said to have been permitted occa-the whole trip, but I feel fit as a elimination test will be sionally to enter the pilots' quar-iddle. I had some special pills Centerville Trust Company failed)
observe operation of to keep me awake in case I dozed found that Mrs. Stonering specially equipped for the and we
frat Atlantic experimental flights over a 1,240 miles course, covering ters
loff, but I didn't have to use them. had lost a tidy little
summer. They much of Great Britain and North- planes.
"Usual Rumour"
"All the credit of the fight She'd been well fixed. better of to be made this
will be fitted with de-icing ap-jern Ireland. Last year this test
Major R. W. Schroeder. Federal must go to the machine and en- course was 953 miles. paratus.
are British. All the boats will be of about Fifty per cent of the starters inspector, dismissed as "the usual gine, both of which these years. She'd never needed
40.000lb. all-up weight, with a this year in each class in the test, stock one" a rumour that a pas-It's a grand machine.
narcotics
"I have had a great time, even to be so mean to Tom.
see her now, cruising speed of 150 m.p.h. or but not exceeding 10 from each serger may have had
aboard the airliner. It was funny to
if I did have shocking conditions All will use high-class, will compete in the final or
He declared that records of pas-after the first day, sitting in a black velvet dress with ever more. a real diamond clip on it. The powered, radial, air-cooled engines Saturday, July 11, over a course
This flying business is a very of 350 miles. The start and the sengers and crew members were
being investigated by the Depart much overrated pastime, but I do maid was hanging up a new ink with variable-pitch propellers.
Those for the Empire routes to finish will be at Hatfield
ment of Justice, "as is usual in coat that he had just bought her.
"A crazy waste of money. she the Cape, India and Australia drome.
the investigation of every accid-ct feel a bit fatigued, so, if the Wide Range of Machines
opportunity arises again. I hope said ungratefully, "I won't need will carry fuel for a range of from
In the final the machines will ent of this kind." it in California, and it will just 1,000 to 1,500 miles, according to
compete
To develop all possible clues, here may be able to get here in one B estimated perfor-
and a half days. added, airline officials planned to "i am be an expense all next summer in the stages of the services.
now going to have Composite Seaplane
mance handicaps. cold storage."
The effect of the new conditions drain the spot in the swamp near The two Atlantic experimental:
|Goodwin, Ark., where the planet "Don't you worry about that,
a range of should be to bring to the field a mother," Tom said. "I guess we bouts will be given can stand the gaff. There's no 2000 to 2,500 miles in order to wide range of British types. The landed. He said a minute search the 2,000 miles of open tests will obviously be so severe also would be made for the pistols reason why you shouldn't have one cross fur coat-Sally's got four." Sally ocean between Ireland and New-as to bring out the qualities of carried by pilots and co-pilots.
foundland against 40 m.p.h. con-engine, of speed resulting from These have not yet been found. was Tom's wife.
clean design, and of air pilotage "Sally enjoys being a fool. Itinuous head winds.
They will, even with this fuel and navigation. don't." said Mrs. Stoner tartly.
But Tom didn't show any sign load, be able to carry a small load
than most of us, all along.
Just a miser she's been
all
of resentment, just grinned at me of air mail for the first experi
near
дего-
NEW “FLIVVER” PLANE
bath."
Forced Down Near Goal
MISSED AERODROME
On the last lap but one of his fight Flt-L. Rose made a forced landing in a violent storm. He
"Flying Wing" Enters was several hours overdue at
Field
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, after leaving Kisumu, Kenya, and some anxiety was felt for him.
Owing to the storm he flew over
to land at the Whiltshire
and told the maid to call room mental flights which are to be stage of construction, and it may
¦undertaken this year.
be well into summer before first service and have tea set up.
The lower component of the experimental fights can be made. "Nobody wants any tea, it's too
Altogether Imperial Airways dinner-time."
Mrs. Mayo composite seaplane, also said Stoner. I did want tea and I was under construction at Short Bros., have ordered 41 vessels for re-
The A trim and certainly most fly- glad when Tom didn't pay any is also well advanced; it it almost (placement of all old types. attention to her, just told the mald identical with the Empire flying-order, worth £2,500,000, has been able-looking version of the "Biv-Salisbury without seeing it, and. to tell 'em to see that the English boats. The upper component-a placed between Short Bros. for 29 ver plane" is the Crusader, prod-had muffins were hot and to send seaplane to be launched in mid-fring-boats and Armstrong Whit-uct of the American Gyro Com-Estate, 80 miles south of Salis- air from the back of the parent worth for 12 exceptionally big pany, of Denver, Colo., which isbury. In doing so he slightly plenty of marmalade.
shortly to move its plant to Los damaged the "spat,” or fairing, "They don't need to send any boat-is not in the same advanced [monoplane air liners.
Angeles. It is virtually a “fying round the right wheel of bis marmalade at twenty-five cents a
wing and combines the virtues of plane's undercarriage. portion," said his mother. "I keep
a jar of it up here."
Tom winked at me.
"I bet you've sneaked in some'
more cheap domestic
stuff." he
said "You don't want to serve a guest anything but the best im- ported."
Business Men And The
a private plane with a commercial He was able to fly to Salisbury transport job.
the following morning. The dam-
It has a short cabin of tear-fage was repaired, and he started drop shape with wide, visibility on the last lap, passing over Eula-,
Flying Boat Services and partially isolated from noise wayo, Southern Rhodenia, at 9.24
Boats
Cable companies are becoming main trunk air routes. Talk about returning good for interested in the plans for the de-may be able to fly from London evil! Tom Stoner had never had įvelopment of the long distance to New York in 18 hours or less. India may ultimately be only 24 a "guest" of his own in his life dying boat
mate an apple.
Not that the kids ever wantedi
Huge Crowd
since no engines are fastened on jam From there to Cape Town its nose or rear. -
(1,200 miles—took him a little over The Crusader's cabin accommo-10 hours, an average of 114 m.p.h. dates four people, an ideal size for a "family" type plane. It has a ernising speed of about 140 miles) an hour. On a test fight from
is said to have consumed only gallons of gasoline an hour.
THE "RIVER SCHELUT SPARROWTM*
A huge crowd assembled at the aerodrome at Cape Town to greet im Darkness was falling when the lights of the 'plane were seen over the mountains.
As the wheels of the machine touched, the ground in a perfect landing hacters were sounded
until he got away. from Center- Admiral Henry Grant, a direc-hours journey from England and ville. The other town youngsters tor of Cables and Wireless Ltd., Australia but three days away Denver to Los Angeles the plane used to have birthday parties and has joined the board of British
Air mail contracts, will follow sir company for supper Sunday nights Marine Aircraft, the company routes, and this will enable flying
the establishment of ocean: and such things, but Tom could
construct the S42 never so much as give a school-which is to
boat operators to offer attractive boats at Kambler
time-tables to business men. The many wireless stations on
Many business houses who send]
from hundreds of cars, and 3,000¦ go to his house, Mrs. Stoner the ocean highways belonging to over-night cables will also be in- was so cross they were all afraid the cable companies may prove terested in a flying-boat service
The Netherlands reply to people cheered loudly. "Every- of her. They said. she used-to useful for radio directional duties which would carry letters from France's "Pou du Ciel and Eng-thing is rosy,” shouted one enthu whale the life out of Tom for for flying boats.
England in the late afternoon and land's "Flying Fles" is the "Efversiast, as the airman was chaired. nothing at all
New possibilities concerning be in New York-early next day. A Scheldt Sparrow," midget aero-to a platform, where the deputy: official wel- Once he got an extra job she quicker business communications week-end service also has its ad-plane which recently took the air mayor extended didn't know about and saved up will arise with the expansion of vantages.
come to hi
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