THE CHINA 'MAIL, MAY 28, 1988.
AIR, SEA AND LAND MACHINE Claim By Pioneer Russian Inventor
Use in Time Of War
CAPT. VICTOR DIBOVSKY, A PIONEER RUSSIAN AIRMAN OF PRE-WAR DAYS, WHO ONCE HEADED A NAVAL AVIATION MISSION TO THE ALLIES, HAS INVENTED A MACHINE
CLAIMS, WILL.
WHICH,
HE
Travel at 24 knots in water; Attain a speed of 60 miles an
hour on the road; and
Fly at 120 miles an hour.
on
It is a three-wheeled vehicle land, motor-boat at sea and a heli- copter, or direct-lift flying machine in the air.
I have just seen a full-size model in wood of the invention, and a sep- arate working power model of the flying machine part of it, writes thè the London air correspondent of "Daily Telegraph."
121⁄2FT. LONG
Royal Air Force planes in flight rely to a large extent on the R.A.F. case of war, (Copyright).
over the Suez Canal. Britain' will for defence of the Canal Zone in
NEW AIR SERVICE TO CONNECT
JAVA AND AUSTRALIA
After obtaining the sanction of Brisbane, Longreach and Cloncurry H.E. the Governor-General of the to Darwin and on Fridays and Mon- days from Darwin via Tandjong If the promise of Capt. Dibovsky's Netherland Indies, the K.N.I.L.M. Koepang, Denpasar and Sourabaya three-way vehicle be fulfilled, it will give us a machine only 12ft Java-Australia air service twice-to Batavia. long, which could take off from the weekly will commence
on July 3 deck of a submarine, or any other from Britain and on July 7 from kind of warship, without need of a flying deck, and which could alight on any of these craft or, if neces- sary alongside.
Sydney.
"FLYING DUTCHMAN”
of
LATEST R.A.F. MACHINES PERFORM FOR M.P.'S
About 80 Members of Parliament visited the R.A.F. aerodrome 'at Northolt recently and saw a display of flying and an assembly of some of the principal aircraft types in the Service.
This station is part of No. 11 Fighter Group, which is under the command of Air Vice-Marshal E. L. Gossage. Northolt R.A.F. Station is commanded by Group-Capt. A. H. Orlebar, who captained the victori- ous Schneider Trophy teams in 1929 and 1931.
:
LATEST TYPES
The aircraft drawn up for in- |spection' were:
Squadron.
12 "Hurricane" Fighters Rolls-Royce "Merlin" 1930 engine)
6 "Battle" medium bom- bers (Rolls-Royce "Mer- lin" 1030 engine)
3 "Harrow" heavy bombers (Two Bristol "Pegasus" 875 HP. engines)
No. 111
No. 32
No. 214
"Kestrel"
No. 23
1 Fury (“Kestrel” engine) fighter and 1 Gladiator (Bristol "Mercury" 825 H.P.) Fighter.
This K.N.I.L.M.-service connects 19 "Demon” two-seat fighters The planes will leave Batavia on with the K.L.M.-service to and from
(Rolls-Royce 588 H.P. engine) Sundays and Thursdays via Soura-Europe, giving a through connec- It could travel along a road and baya to Denpasar, on Mondays and tion Australia-Europe in 8 days, has been take off without a forward run. Fridays from Denpasar via Tand-which through service
The wheels are directly driven by jong Koepang and Darwin to Clon-given the name "The Flying the motor, which is a rotary set in curry and on Tuesdays and Satur-Dutchman." the flat position in the body of the days from Cloncurry via Longreach
K.N.I.L.M.-service will be machine. When it is desired to fly, and Brisbane to Sydney. In the flown with the well-known modern the wheels are unclutched, and the reversed direction planes leave. Syd-Lockheed Super Electra machines, lifting vanes on top of the machine ned on Thursdays and Sundays via" (Continued at Foot of Next Col.) "medium" - bomber in these cases are put into action.
This lifting apparatus consists of two horizontally rotating two-blad- ed vanes, rotating in opposite direc- tions on a vertical shaft.
BACKWARDS OR FORWARDS
The machine is designed to tra- vel either forwards or backwards. Its horizontal motion is given by the propeller, which consists of two two-bladed airscrews rotating in opposite directions on a horizontal shaft.
The all-on weight of the machine, with 50lb for fuel and 150lb for pilot, would be about 550lb. It is claimed that, in addition, it would carry another 550lb load.
Capt. Dibovsky was awarded the C.M.G. in 1917. In 1922 the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors granted him £5,500 for his inven- tion of a synchronising
gear for firing a machine-gun through a rot- ating, propeller.
Demonstrations of his twin air propeller with differential self-bal- ancing transmission have been given before War Office experts,
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The principal item in the display was squadron drill by "Hurricane" fighters, a monoplane class of great speed, but designed rather for run- ning fights than for aerial duefling. The same squadron did a quick get- | away," illustrating one of the parts
of the system of defence against, air raids.
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With the M.P.s was M. Pierre Beranger, vice-president of the Aeronautical Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies. At the end of the demonstrations he said:
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"I saw to-day a þeautiful exhibi- tion of flying. I am sure now that I find in the Royal Air Force of Great Britain the same esprit de corps that I found during the war among my British comrades. I think this collaboration between our countries is the best thing for preserving the peace of the world.”
which have about 30 miles per hr. more speed than the Douglas mach- ines, making them the most suitable type::for long internațional services where high speed is required. They convey, passengers in the shortest be possible, time from the... · Netherland Indies through the sparesly popul- ated North Australia to the metro-
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ROOSEVELT'S DISAPPROVING ACCEPTANCE OF TAX BILL
Will Not Veto, But Declines To Put Signature
Unwise Features,
Of
Remnant of Original Proposals
Arthurdale Homesteads (W. Virginia), To-day. President Roosevelt, in a speech here last night, in- timated that he would permit the $5,000,000,000 Tax Revision Bill to become law without his signature, in order to call attention to the “un- wise parts" of the measure.
The Chief Executive explained that if he vetoed the Bill it would prevent many desirable features in it from becoming law.
The measure which thus becomes law contains only a remnant of the Undistributed Profits Tax which President Roosevelt recommended, but which business condemned. Nevertheless the Bill completely overhauls the former Capital Gains Tax
also attacked by business- by substituting flat rates for a graduated scale.
FILM TASTES OF CHILDREN
Nothing To Equal Old Fairy Tales
President Roosevelt declared that the Bill in many respects was good but actually abandoned the accepted principle of progressive taxation at a point which was most
The increasing discrimination of important in American economic child cinema-goers is emphasised
life.
BIG MOTOR MARQUIS
·
FIRMS INDICTED
New York, To-day.
The Ford Company, General Motors and Chrysler were yester- day indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on charges of conspiring to promote a monopoly by coercing dealers to finance sales through. the companies' own finance firms. --Reuter,
ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following
WEDS
ORPHAN WARD
By the death recently of the ninety-year-old Marquis of Ailsa a ship-board romance of nearly fifty, years ago is recalled.
Deeply affected by the death of his first wife in 1888, the marquis was ordered a long sea voyage. On the homeward journey from Bom- bay Lord Ailsa was asked to look after a friendless orphan girl.
He fell in love with his quiet- mannered charge, and before the ship had reached Malta he had asked her to marry him. The girl at first refused on the ground that appointments during the absence on she was "not fit to become B leave of His Honour Sir Alasdair marchioness." Lord Ailsa insisted, Duncan Atholl MacGregor, Kt., K.C., [and they were married on their re- or until further notice, with effect turn to England. from 27th May, 1988:--
Chief
His Honour Mr. Justice Roger Edward Lindsell to act as Justice of the Supreme Court;
Mr. Ernest Hillas Williams to act as Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court.
Tub "Voyage"
When the miner-M.P., Mr. James Brown, was made Lord High Com- missioner to the Church of Scot- land, Lady Ailsa was one of Mrs. Brown's ladies-in-waiting. Lord Ailsa served on Mr. Brown's staff.
in a report presented by Mr. S. W. LOST £30,000 AT GAME⠀⠀ As a boy of fourteen, Lord Ailsa
PENALTY TOO SMALL
Harris, of the Home Office, which Noting that the Bill retains the will be discussed at Geneva by the principle of the Undistributed Advisory Committee on Profits Tax, the President said the Questions of the League of
Special Na- penalty for withholding dividends
tions. from stockholders was so small only 2% per cent. at the most
con-
OF POKER
A British visitor, Mr. Harry T. Clifton, who lost £30,300 in a poker game played in Los Angeles, has In the report, Dr. van Staveren, obtained a temporary order from that it was doubtful whether it a Netherlands investigator,
the court stopping payment on two would wholly eliminate the old tax cluded that there is remarkable cheques he gave to the winners, one avoidance practices.
unanimity in the results of inquir- of whom is Lew Brice, brother of ies, made in a number of tries, into the tastes of children.
coun- the
comedienne, Fanny
Referring to the adoption of a flat rate Capital Gains Tax, the President declared that it did not retain the principle of payment proportionately to ability to pay.
He doubted if it would en- courage capital into new en- terprise, and declared it would help those making large profits from buying and selling exist- ing stocks.
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President Roosevelt hoped that Congress would undertake broader programme, improving the whole Federal tax system.-Reuter.
BANDSMEN MAN LIFEBOAT
famous
attempted a voyage from the coast to Arran in a tub with a paddle and a sponge. The attempt failed, and the tub was "wrecked" in an Ayr- shire cove.
His death took place at Culzeam Castle, his Ayrshire home.
Brice.
The following promotions in the Mr. Clifton accuses Brice and Hong Kong-Naval-Volunteer-Force- Below
the age of adolescence, four other players of attempting to are gazetted:-Paymaster Lieuten- children dislike the more sophis-obtain the money by fraud.
ant to Paymaster Lieutenant-Com- ticated type of comedy and films
with They all have been ordered to ap-mander, Edward Grossman, where a love interest predominates, pear before the Los Angeles Superi- effect from 29th April, 1938, Pro- "though an exception must be made or Court. Clifton, who claims to have bationary Cadet to Acting Paymas- for some girls."
been' threatened with violence since ter Sub-Lieutenant, Brian Melton making the complaint,
been Bateman, with effect from 29th
April, 1938.
The tendency to greater sophis-placed under guard. tication which has shown itself re- cently in certain of the animated cartoons is not popular with young children.
The children's literature of the world, states the report, has found as yet no parallel in the cinema. There are no counterparts on the Salvation Army bandsmen, mem-screen to the great children's clas- bers of the lifeboat crew, left ansics, to the fairy tales of Hans An- open-air service at Hythe, manned dersen and Grimm, and to the anim- their boat and saved three men who al stories of Kipling. were in a drifting motor cutter,
The lifeboat reached the cutter, The nearest approach is to be, the Cushy, just as it had narrowly found in some of the animated car- escaped hitting a London steamer toons. Mickey Mouse has become. anchored outside Folkestone har- an international figure, and is men- tioned in the reports from a variety
bour. The cutter with three men on board-Mr. Laurence H. Tate, of of countries.
Holland Park, W., the owner, and his two friends, Mr. D. Richards
and Mr. William J Blair was to- ments, and, still in their uniforms wed into Dover.
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climbed into buses and cars to go
The Cushy had left Rye, Sussex, to the lifeboat station, about a mile about mid-day for Twickenham and away.
twice before had had engine trouble. It was low tido, and hundreds of Its plight was noticed by A.A. people lined the promenade ́AS scout, who reported to the coast-launchers hauled the lifeboat over guards.
the shingle beach and
sand When the bundsmen heard the Helpers entered the sea up maroons fired calling them to the waists, but it was 20 minutes be- rescue they put down their instru- fore the lifeboat got away.
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