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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 16, 1938.
Propellor Brake For Bombers Test Of Keeping Down Plane's Speed
DIVING
ATTACKS
At the moment the 'plane is head- ed down for the dive the propeller pitch is reversed. This does not mean a reversal of the direction of rotation, but a twisting of the blades of the propeller.
AN AEROPLANE PROPEL- The machine then descends at LER, WITH REVERSIBLE little more than 200 m.p.h., and al- BLADE PITCH, IS BEING though the spectacular character TESTED BY THE UNITED of the dive is sacrificed, and its STATES NAVY BUREAU OF "surprise" value somewhat lessen- AERONAUTICS WITH A VIEW ed, greater accuracy and improved TO PREVENTING DANGER-control are secrred. The machine OUS SPEEDS BY BOMBERS however, becomes an easier target ENGAGED IN
for anti-aircraft guns. DIVING AT- TACKS.
LANDPLANE
PLANS
FOR ATLANTIC
That the problem is important. may be inferred from the fact that an R.A.F. officer of high rank stat- ed the other day that in his view, owing to the great speeds in the dive attainable by modern high- powered. low-resistance 'planes, Pan-American Airways have in- dive-bombing must soon be a thingvited several aircraft constructors of the past.
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to consider the production of huge land-planes to carry 100 passengers Leveiling-out at the end of the land capable of a speed of 300 m.p.h. dive at the instant the bomb is re- at a height of 25,000ft. leased imposes a tremendous straîn
on the machine. The manoeuvre Such machines are wanted for the must also be very cautiously execut-transatlantic service and would be ed on account of the difficulty of able to cross the ocean in less than securing accuracy and to avoid 12 hours. crashing on the target
STRAIN ON PILOT
Designs are now being prepared. The machines, which would cost) about $200,000 apiece, would be driven by four engines, each de veloping 2,000 h.p.
The strain on the pilot may also be excessive, for although high speed is not distressing, the sud- den change of direction and check American experts in long-dis- on speed may have serious results. tance sea flying are convinced that By means of the American brak-landplanes equipped with four en- ing propeller, which is essentially gines can be safely used in ocean- a further development of the vari-fying and that flying-boats are not able-pitch propeller now in almost only greatly handicapped by the universal use, the dive is executed' weight of the hull, but are also at little greater speed than that of slowed down by the resistance that the normal flight of the machine. the bulk offers to the air.
LONDON'S SPARE-TIME AIRMEN, No. 600 (City of London) Squadron 4.4.F. invade the R.A.F. aerodrome at Hendon during week-ends to carry out their flying and air training. Photo shows- A flight of Hawker Demons over Hendon. Here some of London's. spare-time airmen getting in their flying training. (Copyright).
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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 16, 1938.
GENERAL ATTACK ON YIHSIEN
ORDERED BY LI CHUNG-JEN
Chinese Break Through Gates: Heavy Fighting
Japanese Troops Reported To Be Doomed
Shanghai, To-day.
QUEEN MARY AT WINDSOR
London, To-day.
Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Queen Mary, is spending the East- er Holidays at Windsor Castle, to which she drove out to yesterday. The Royal Family are also spend- ing the Easter holidays, there Reuter.
SHUT-DOWN STRIKE THREAT IN LONDON CINEMAS
London, To-day
Besieging Yihsien now for almost a week, the Chin-
London experienced fine, though ese right flank gained a foothold on the west
not particularly cheerful weather gate yesterday, following a violent battle with the Japanese in which bayonets, hand-gren-be given severe punishment and yesterday (Good Friday), with the will have their wares confiscated sun occasionally struggling through ades and big-swords were used at close quar-as well as being forced to pay a the rain clouds.
heavy fine. ters.
The Chinese are now engaged in street-fighting in that sector of the town and are steadily press- ing to other parts of the town to make contact with comrades investing from other directions.
The battle was still continuing this morning but Yinsien is ex- pected to fall to the Chinese at any moment. Our Own Corres- pondent.
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Hankow, To-day. Vernacular reports claim that the Japanese defending Yihsien are running short of ammunition.
Mystery surrounds the attitude of the Japanese military authori- ties who it is alleged have not at- tempted to despatch re-inforce- ments to the town. Our Own Correspondent.
SMUGGLING OF JAP. GOODS
INTO HANKOW
Hankow, To-day.
Despite stringent rules and ap- peals. the smuggling of Japanese goods into Hankow, via Hong
ADVANCE BEGINS AT Kong, continues.
DAWN
Hankow, To-day.
In an effort to combat this, the Hankow authorities have put up
The long-awaited Chinese attack a new. office known as the Goods on the city of Yiksien on
ex-
the Inspection Bureau for the Tsinpu Railway front, about 25 (amination of all suspicious goods miles north of Taierchwang, has entering the Wuhan cities. begun.
all
The Garrison Headquarters of]
After establishing themselves on.
four sides of the city, the the Wuhan cities, the police and
the Govern Chinese began to advance at dawn representatives of yesterday and they are now, it is ment and Chamber of Commerce are co-operating in trying to learned, storming the walls.
A Chinese military communique trace these smuggled goods and issued here states that ten thou- to suppress their continued im- sand Japanese troops are believed ❘portation.
to be in the city and they are “doomed.”
Merchants found smuggling or
It is stated that just before the commising at the smuggling will
Chinese completed the construction
of their net rround Yihsien, a force of about four thousand Japanese. troops from inside the city succeed- ed in cutting their way through and escaping northward-Reuter.
JAPANESE WON'T TALK
Peiping, To-day. The Japanese military authorities here are extremely reticent regard- ing hostilities in the south of Shan- tung Province and declare that they must receive further reports from that front before they can issue a communique.
The authorities, however, report a collision between Japanese forces and guerillas on the Chinghwa Railway, North Honan, in which they say 300 were killed in street fighting. They also refer to a clash in Lianhsien, in Shansi Province, where Japanese troops claim have cut up an Eighth Route Army regiment and to have killed wounded more than 500-Trans- Ocean.
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A matter of interest to, London- ers was whether the cinemas would REWARDS OFFERED
be open in view of the strike of projectionists, belonging to the The money received from fines Electrical Trades Union, which in- as follows:structed them to cause a “blackout” will be divided up Forty per cent. to the persons or yesterday evening, pending a grant institutions making the disclo-of increased wages and a 45-hour sures leading to the discovery of week.
smuggled goods: twenty per cent. Few cinemas had closed down in to the police and military in the outer suburbs last night, but charge of investigations. twenty only one theatre in the West End per cent. for the relief of re was affected, the others having fugees in Hankow and twenty provided for the emergency by en- per cent. for comforts for wound-gaging substitute projectionists, ed soldiers.-Reuter.
from a rival union.-Reuter.
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