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AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERY,
•NEW FIRE CONTROL"
SUCCESS.
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DUKE OF GLOUCESTER AND A "BEND FLYING”· EXHIBITION,
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TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
PROGRAMME.
BROADCAST BY ZBW. ON 355 METRES.
11 to 11.30 am-Stock quotations" 11:30a.m.-Chinese programme. 19.30-pm-European programins. 1 p.m.-Local time and weather
report
Tho fow gladiators play The fest of the university sita round and
reiterates the varsity "yoll;" Under the new system the centre. of interest will shift from the unir. versity match to the inter-collegiate games. Each college will run its own team. The rank and file will 3 to 7 Chinese-programme. get a chance to play. A man will be 6 to 0.30 p.m-Chinese children's able to make his mark as an athleto and do something for his college.
130 p.m.-Rugby Press news, mail.
HGASI E p.m-Close down."
GREAT PROGRESS MADE. Although the Imperial Airways
England-Indis air-email has been i Watchet-The 2nd Anti-Aircraft successful operation for three years, Brigade, R.A., from Olarence Bat-the service has hitherto been for racks, Portsmouth, has just con- passengers, letters, and freight TWO JAPANESE FLYERS MEET on the playing-fold without becom oluded its gunnery practice. This only. brigade is a part of the 1st Air Defence Brigado (Blackdown), which is the only brigade of its kind is the Regular Army.
Now, however, my regular, párcela air-mail has been instituted on this 3,000 miles route. The new facility
AT CROYDON.
ing a quasi-professional.
What is to become of the present: London, July 3-Stack and college fraternities; is not yet Chaplin added one more--and the known. The details of their re-
yet to be worked out. But in effect President Angell's
is available weekly in each direction finest yet to their practical de lationsh to the university have and wil, it is hoped, be of con-monstrations of high-speed air mail siderable beneft to British business houses trading with India. femdom
travel between European capitale last week, when they dew from London to Warsaw and back in one day, covering a distance of appro ximately 2,000 miles at an average speed of more than two miles a
The Portsmouth Brigade is short ly to be brought into line with the first AA Brigade by the issue of equipment for a system fire con- trol oficially described as Case 111. The London Air Defence Brigade (Territorial) have been equipped for Case III since they are fixed defences. The superiority of Case III. over other methods (Case I operation, parcels from "London minute. Never before had this
As an example of the time-saving effected by the England India flying mail, it may be mentioned that, by the accelerated service now in
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has been the standard method of reach Karachi in only 5 days, as journey been accomplished in one fire for the guns of field units of compared with 19 by the fastest A. A. Brigadea) as demonstrated by surface transport, while, as so in the London Air Defence Brigades
dication of the rates charged, the has convinced the authorities of the accessity for adopting it for, the more mobile units.
cost for a 1lb. parcel is 0/-.
day, and in the course of it the airmen traversed England, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Poland.
Using the same machine, a Vick-
This England-Jadia air parcel Some 30,000 shells were fired in post is, it may be mentioned, provers two-acater biplane equipped the last air raid on London (Maying already of value in the rapid 1918) and three enemy aeroplanes"
were brought down-ons acroplane transport of such articles as small, for the expenditure of 10,000 urgently-required spare parts or rounds. It is true that many of just to take another example-in
a notice to quit, and already some of the fraternities are initiating what they call a "policy of expan,
sion, they are prospecting in ther universities in Canada, as well as in U.S.A. in search of fresh woods and pastures new.
› programme,
to 10.30 pm-European pro- gramme of Columbin records supplied Messrs. Anderson
$7.05 to 7.30
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Operatio
Frederica --Selections (Lebar)
London Theatro Orchestra. DX132.
Samson and Delilah Fair
Spring is Returning
Siena)-Clara Sorena
**tralto)-DX248.
Ta
(Saint-
The Barber of Seville-Dawn
with Her Rony Mantle (Ros sini).Heddle Nash
DX1
8 pm Local time and weather
report R
The new scheme is a bold step-os
The force of the fraternities are
455 | 7.25 to 8.30 p.m.
strongly entrenched. The are finan cially powerful; they command 'an esprit de corps which is all the stronger in proportion to its exelu
with a single 630 hp. Napier siveness. There will be angry pro- “Lion” water-cooled meter, these test. There will be organised of two fyers have now made, each in position. There will be threats of one day, return flights to three dis boycott. There will be the usual these rounds were used in barrage respect of consignments of seeds tant capitals-Copenhagen, Berlin | croaking of the frogs when a marsh
fire,
Confronted with a simliar emer- gency to-day, the auti-äircraft "gun. nors, judging from recent practice, would present a more formidable obstacle. to: the invader. The ad
which, if they are any considerable time in transit under semi-tropical conditions, may run a risk of pre- mature germination.
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vance in the production of scienti diameter, with both ends open to fie instruments, notably the Vickers allow a free pasrags of air, giving Predictor-calculating machine it the shape of a sausage balloon,
Musical Comedy,
Bitter Sweet"--Vocal
Columbia Light Opera Com
The Song of the Dram-Solec
pany --8900.
tion-Herman Tinck, and his
“Drury Lane Memories" (publish. ed by Chappell-Regal Cinema Orch.-DX247.
Folly to be Wise Selection,-
Percival Mackey and his Band. --DX219.
White Horse Inn-Vocal gems. Columbia Light Opera Com * pany, DX951M "NippySelection,
Somers Band – DX187.
and Warsaw-as well as two record.
is 'drained. We shall be told that and one-day trips between London Constantinople. None of these the ark is in peril and the whole journeys comes within the category country is going to the dogs. of purely "atant" perforniances;
President Angel! is a brave man, the acroplane employed is capacious enough to carry a useful load of He has had the courage to do the 6.50 to 6.47 pm- mails over similar distances. right thing. And Mr. Harkness in
Even nowadays, when dying is a
Octettes.
Debroy
which when supplied with certain was made to travel at a speed of commonplace and the world shrinks backing him has deserved well of Venetian Barcarolle" (Wil-
clements as to bearing and angle of from 80 to 100 miles per hour."
daily in what might be called sight gives continuously and auto
This fabrió target, flying & cont. "time-size," there is romance in the matically vertical and lateral and
stant course across the gun post-idea of leaving London at dawn, tangent elevations, and the fare setting has raised the standard offre with full service charge, but thousand miles away and arriving tions, was engaged by direct lunching in the Polish capital a efficiency of anti-aircraft fire, and made possible the primary system
fire was not opened if any gun was back in Lendon for supper and of fire control (Case III.) now to
pointing within five degrees, behind sleep the same night be used for field A.A. Brigades sy behind the gun an officer was the towing aeroplane. Immediate- well as for fixed or semi-fixed de-
posted who by Ang signal indicated fence,
when fire might begin.
Electrical Receivers,
The London Brigades for fring
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his own country, as he has deserved well of ours
A remarkable türa and bank in- dicator, invented and developed by Flight Lieutenant Reid and Mr.
loughby).-J. H. Eqaire Celeste Octette.-DX11: Traume (Wagner, arr.Wil
loughby).-J. H. Squire Coleste Oclette DX20 "Albumblatt ”; (Wagner, art. Wil- loughby).-J. H. Squire Celeste Octotle, D
"Memories of Johann Strauss "
farr Willoughby), — J. H Squire Celeste. Octette DX203. 8.47 to 9.15 pm
PRINCE AS" BLIND" PILOT. F. Sigrist, is the most important item of equipment additional to The Duke of Gloucester shares
that used in normal "visual” fy enthusiasm for flying with his bro
Orchestral mago d thers, the Prince of Wales, the Duke ing. This device, though it records
Dance of the Hours" (Ponchial- of York and Prince George. He infalibly and sensitively any deli)--Columbia Symphony Orch has had piloting experience and ciation from the direct line of gummer Days Suite" (Conte).— possesses considerable technical
1
Aeroplane Target. The ncroplane itself was ocen Case III. are equipped with elecsionally used as a target. When trical receivers on the gups which this was done, the muzzle velocity knowledge and was able, therefore flight or from the normal attitude obviate the necessity for using any of the shell used had been consider to appreciate to the full the im-cf the flying machine, yet weighs of the gun sights. The layers do not, as in the secondary method of ally reduced by adjusting the portance of the demonstration of several ounces less than two pounds. fire control (Case 1.) follow the weight of the propellant in order "blind" or instrument flying, given
JAPANESE AIRMEN AT travel of the target through tele-to reduce the duximum height of him at Hamble aerodrome last
CROYDON: scopic sights. The layers do not the shell from (say) 20,000ft. to week a few hours after he had for see the target at all. The target is 6,000ft., while the aeroplane target mally declared open the already picked up and followed by the
flew at a height well above the well-known international dying haight finder and predictor. All range of the shell, An effective school started there by Air Service nged in a picturesque demonstration. the layere have to do is to follow burst was one which occurred on Training, Ltd.
the line of sight from gun to target the electrically controlled painters on the gun dials which give the at the moment the buret occurred data to be applied to the gun. The This short burst method gives ex operation of laying the gun it,'
cellent practice since the target can therefore, greatly"simplified.
ined.
Mobility is an essential qualifica tion for field units, and anything that reduces it is not adopted in less proved to give a compensating advantage. The compensating ad- |vantage" given by Cake III is the
travel on any course,
The ideal target would be a pilot: less acroplane. But the cost is pro bibitive. The initial cost would be cover replace ments we would have to pay dearly for effective shooting.
considerable. To
Two air travellers who are eng-
of the speed of movement made.
-50066.
• New Queen's Hall Light Orch.
8390/23707
Woo
Wood Nymplis" (Coates).-Now Queen's Hall Light Orch.--9370, 9.15 to 10.27 p.m.
A doncert.
Song "The Songs My Mother
Bang" (arr. Grimshaw). Song The Kerry Dance" (Holy Joy)-Doris Vane (Soprano). DX157
Piano Solo Impromptu Nos
in A Flat (Schubert) Piano Solo Impromptu No, in F Minor" (Schubert)
Ethel Leginske-9479.1 Song The Powder-Monkey
Watson)IGNAL TA Song - The Midship- Mite?
(Weatherly and Adams) Nor- man Allin (Bass),—DX108
Minor" (Hubay).—Efrem Zim balist-00297 M Chorus ́ ́ Studies in Imitation, Chorus Loch Lomond " (arr)
Voughan Williams) Barclay'ı Bank Male Voice Choir (únac companiod), 0691.
The Duke ascended with an inpossible by the use of modern air- structor in a service type train-way met at the London Air Sta- ing two-seater biplane, sitting in tion, Croydon, for half an hour the pupil's cockpit, which is hood while Stack and Chaplin were tear- ed over so that nothing outside the ing back to London from WarEW. aeroplane can be seen. For several They were Mr. minutes ho flew the machine entire Sutemaru Shingu, Japanese journa Fukuma and Mr
by means of the instruments on lists representing respectively the the dashboard. Bo precise is the Tokyo and Osaka editions of the instrumental equipment that re famous newspaber deal and Violing Solo Concerto in G cantly one of the school instructors in friendly competition, they art almost entire climination of the obtained by the use of a camera cockpit from Hamble aerodrome to ary passengers can go round the An analysis of the shooting was flew a machine from the hooded trying to show, how quickly ordin human factor, a blur Inside the instrument was Hoston, near London, without de world by the catablished air lines
Fog and mist are clemente which a target curd At the side & boleviating frein the pre determined Mr. Tukuma was sent west, prevent gunnery practice on land covered with fabric kind of course, and at the estimated mo companion east, and it was esti ranges. Anti aircraft gunners have sleeve-kept out the light. The cbment of, arrival gut back the hood mated that the round trip back to cloud as an additional deterrent. server, by placing his hand through to find himself exactly over Heston Japan would take end of them' During the seventeen days camp this pocket, marked on the card the landing ground. Navigation of about 31 daye considerably less | of the Portamusth Brigade the gall points at which the burst occurred this order of accuracy is expected than half of the time chosen by positions have remained deserted at in relation to tap target Three of those school students who take Jules Verne to tatanish the reddere long intervals because of the premen (two Inyers and an observer) the special "blind" fying course of his day,
p sence of law cloud,
When there happened to bo a The patch of blue sky, tás aeroplane, | the reco towing at the end of a long cablo
FALSTERDAM
à sleeve (or drogue), was sent för
by wireless and the gun, positionų
burriedly manned. The Bledve, made of stout fabric aboutƐdīt, ind
(Continued on neat Column;) of gur
sible for
his
Cello Solo Tarantelle "" (Pont
WHSquire L271. 'Collo Solo "Adagietto" (Bizet);
Song" She Wandered Down the Mountain Side" (Stephenson
"Song "Solveig's Song" (Dickins son and Grisg) -Dora Labbette (Soprano)--05744 20 77
Piano Bolo-"! Prelude ing
Sharp Minor (Rachmaninoff), Pianos Bole Prelude
DXN
cployed with this machine, every pupil must make a trianguActually Mr. Fukuma reached lar flight of about 80 miles, using. London, having travelled, by air abootar
| instruments only, and finishing and rail across Siberia and Europe, ooting has advan- over the aerodrome from which he on his
leventh day out from inrecent: YESTA.
started." "Blind" "acrobatic flying. Tokyo, Lifa za Helioved to be can also be performed with our the qui journey ever made be ncy not accorded by the most brit tweea, Japan and England. Ho
visual pilot
Bft Tokyo-ni -days after his cl Jongue who sailed rast on June 0.10.30 pmClose down.
of the
by the new opening a chapter diment branch
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10.27pm
mid-day