FLYING ABOVE THE CLOUDS
WEATHER SERVICE
EXPANSION
The report of the Director of the British Meteorological Office for the year ended March 31, records
rapid expansion of the meteoro- logical services required by the Royal Air Force and civil aviation. This has entailed the training of a large number of meteorological personnel.
With this increased change in the character of the in- formation required is taking place. **The amount of flying in and through clouds," it is stated, "is increasing both by civil pilots who now rapidly climb through the clouds and, if possible. fly above them and by pilots of the Royal Air Force.
here are being carried out at Kew Investigations of the upper atı by means of balloons. The balloons zre sent up, and when they burst, This apparatus enables samples of up- apparatus falls on a per air to be taken. Balloons have been known to travel as high as seventeen miles Photo show Attaching the apparatu to one of the ballbons before it was released at Kew (For Copyrig
"This has raised new meterolo- giral problems, since it is impos- sible to navigate in and above clouds without detailed informa- tion of the winds likely to be met with. Moreover, the probability
Investigation of the uppe of meeting ice forming conditions within the clouds themselves has to mosphere has been continued - at be estimated. All this demands a Kew Observatory An empty vessel mach-higher degree of skill on the is sent up on a balloon. At a pre- part of the meteorological per-determined height the vessel-is sonnel"
Day And Night Staffs
To meet these requirements scheme has been prepared based
at-
NEW PLANES FOR AUSTRALIAN
opened and closed automatically AIR FORCE
When the balloon bursts the paratus falls on a parachute.
The new NA16-14A type of air
eated a very favourable -Seventy trial ascents were made craff has c on an arrangement of meteorologi- during the year, and these yielded impression among Australian Air cal stations in groups consisting of about 40 samples of air for Force pilots and technical officers, mzin stations and dependent analysis. The ultimate aim is to faccording to the report of the Air stations. The former have a day measure the amount of water Force pilot who recently carried and night staff of forecasters.-.
the stratosphere.
out comprehensive flight trials at the Laverton aerodrome.
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India and Africa. When the North Atlantic flying have passed the experimental stage I anticipate a great addition to the
ail facilities.
Letters Sent By Submarine Where are times.
then w Have
to enlist the istance of all kinds Mr. of ships for mail carrying? Crawford went on. I remember on one occasion we had a big, batch of letters for Tristan da Cunha, where ships call only a few times a year.
“We managed to get them board a Dutch submarine, which was passing
tants of the isla greatly impress
letters
Mr. Crawford against the “Many, do not
that letters of by air three tim when they went by had to be posted on ple cannot get out and as a res undated on that day.
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The NA16 type is a low-winged The report, a summary of which monoplane constructed entirely of is issued by the Minister for De metal, and is powered with a 250- fence (Sir Archdale Parkhill, horse power engine. It is readily states that the aircraft performs all convertible to a two-seater fighter aerobatics with ease, and its reor bomber, and has a better per- the tests, covery from a spin is normal. Its formance, according manoeuvre - capabilities on the than the types now used by the
AF for such ground are regarded as very Bat
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