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AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.
FIRST ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
ENGLISHMAN FITTINGLY
'HONOURED
INVERTED, FLYING EXTRAORDINARY.
LIEUT. STAINFORTH'S FINE EXHIBITION.
The honour arcorded an English which the aeroplane descends in
The lovely nerial manovre in man as "International Congress of series of perfectly timed swings to Truusoreanie Airmen in Rome, re- right and left that recall irresistibly calls a pioners flight which too frethe movement of a falling leuf, was quently has been overlooked in the performed with a difference last enthusiasm aroused by later ex-
week by Flight Lieut, Stainforth, ploits.
holder of the world's speed record of 4071 miles an hour
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Sir Arthus Whitten Brown was chosen, from nearly a hundred men
Flying a fast Hawker."Fury " and women who hayu attempted single-senter fighter, Steinforth ocents crossings, to reply on behalf brought a magnificent display of of them all to Mussolini's speech of high speed aerobaties to a close welcome. Nearly thirteen years, with a falling loaf descent while his go. Brown' and the late Sir John machine romaip upside down. Tes Alcock accomplished the first non-
of the onlookers at Heston aero- stop fight over the Atlantic, flying drome had previously seen this from St John's Nowfoundland toevolution, and it drew rounds of Clifden, on the west coast of Ire appianse. Steinforth also contrived land, in 15 hours 57 minutes. Their to dy his machine inverted with the aeroplane, a twin-engined Vickers precision and skill that mark his "Vimy bomber biplane, averaged piloting in the "normal attitude, 117 miles an hour over the 1,800 making properly hanked "S" turns miles of the ocean journey, and the and climbing with the landing flight "remained on record as the wheels painting skywards. awiltest Atlantic crossing till a year or two ago. No flyer emulated the great pioncer flight of these two Englishmen till eight years after warda, when Colonel Lindbergh followed in their steps.
Every Evolution.
This astonishing inverted flying followed a display of aerobatic flying
ENGLAND'S AIR UNIVERSITY.
CHINESE PUPIL TAKES LONG COURSE.
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London, May 24. Military and civilian pilots of many nations are at present taking courses of instruction in "blind"
flying at the "air'university" run hy the Air Service Training Com- pany at Hamine. on Southampton
AEROPLANES AND WINDJAMMERS.
LIGHTNING.
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WHY PASSENGERS ARE SAFE.
(Cantiaard from Pape 1)
was in the forecastle of the Law-
hill with me as able seaman eight
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yours ago. The chief mate of the No intending traveller in Britishy' barque: Favell was an able seamar nir linors need be worried by the only four years ago. Even tho extraordinary becident to the Im- ¦cooks are youthful. The old expresi perial Airways muching "Horatius," aion "sort of a sea-cook" no longer which apparently, was struck by jhas much meaning aboard sailing- lightning over Kent while flying ships, for the simple reason that, through storm clouds last week, few of the cooks. Are old enough to "Damage was done to the airstrevs, have such things as sons. Boy the electrical equipment inside the prews are economical; but economie maghing was wrecked and some al crews and reduced working costs windows were blown out, but the would be of no use if there were no big plane was never in serious freighta Ferbumiely, for the big danger and the pilot was able to sailing-ships the outports of South fly back to the London air sta Australia are peculiarly suited to tion, where most of the passengers the loading of sailors in preference were transferred immedintely to an-to sloamers. Alone of the Austro- liaa States South Australia has a Two pilots of the Greek naval other Paris-bound machine.
Every British aeroplane is care-number of outports, which are ex- air service, "Lieuts, Potamiamos and ́ Platsis, did supreme well, obtain fully "Bonded." That is to say, tensively used. There are 10 of ing the highest marks yet awarded every metal part is joined together these ports in Spencer Gulf, and to that "bifetrical currents may pass it is,, here that the big sailer has ad the school to a pupil in the dif
round". fault art of flying by instruments freely through it. The whole ait: her chance. Making one- alone. This month military dyers craft thus becomes a conductor, and voyage a year, time, is of little im who have begun the course include not a single authenticated incident portance to her, and the fact that has been reported of fatality or reloading is always slow, and often Fina, two Norwegians and a Siamese. Mr. Bret, a well-known through lightning striking a proper axtremely tadious, does not matter to her. She consumes nothing, ly- French owner pilot who has scored | ly"" honded" mashine.
ing at anchor while the small kot- many successes in hir racing, is
ches slowly bring her cargo out about to begin a similar course and
of Port Broughton or Port View
Water.
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Chinese novice, Mr. Ngo Kok Tie, has arrived to begin a prolonged
course of flying instructior, which will take him all through the theory and practice of light to the point
toria. She has no big overhead, no expensive office ashore, no big crew to pay, no steam to keep up.
Some Foreign Fatalities. On the other hand, unbonded nir. graft have been destroyed by lightning discharge. In 1097 four American naval airmen were killed when their acroplane whe strack, and in 1930 a Czechoslovakian air liper fyring on one of the regular
The Tinnish ships are oper- European routes crashes with the
ated on a capital which does not Inse of twelve lives
greatly exceed their scrap, value, Five pupils are going through
Froquently an aeroplane, expe-even at present prices: 18 of them courses in night flying before takoially if it be flown through clouds are owned by one man, who lives
in, which Stainforth showed to showhern,ho la a highly qualified pilot full the power and astounding per- and Navigator of powerful military formance of his 230 m.p.h, plane, arroplonics. Ho went through every known aerial This Brst Atlantia crossing was evolution, ineluding a power dive
Supreme Pilotags.
One of the two Saro Cutty Sark Amphibians recently imported by the Far East Aviation Company, Ltd., for the Kwangs! Government Lubricated with Gargoyle Mobiloil Aero "W" this " craft is assured of many miles of flying efficiency.
a great adventure. The weather, for a few hours fair, got worse as the airmen drew away from the ¡North American coust. They were
held for long periods in clouds which drifted down to a few him dred fees from the surface of the ocean, and at one terrifying moment The machine emerged upside down
from a cloud which was barely two hundred feet from the waves. A supreme effort of pilotage and the ase of every ounce of power from the two motors brought the big machine back on to a level koel be for it sank to sea-level,
Finally they landed in soft ground at Clifden, the first to reach them being some Irish peasants and a
group of small girls from a school nearby. Their exploits rang round the world, but publicity is u art that made much progress after 1919, and to-day far too many folk are un aware that a first direct Atlantie aeroplane flight was accomplished by two Englishmen in British bomber so long ago as June, 1919.
A TRIBUTE FROM
SIAM
ALL A
BRITISH ALL-STEEL PLANES IN TROPICS
at approximately 400 miles an houring the tests imposed by the Air from a height of 8,000 feet.
Ministry on all aspirants for the "B,"
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pilovs,
No fewer than 150 aeroplanes
several others have applied for similar training. And several young
we sen on the nerodrome during "ticket" Many experienced pri- that afternoon's meeting, which was vate ownds are taking short courses organised by the Household Brigade in advanced dying technique, and Flying Club. In addition to the displays by fighter sirevaft several light plane pilots gave demonstra
men who propose to tak: mp avis- tiens of aerobatic flying which were
thm as a profession have entered notable for the perfection of their
for the lengthy and detailed course every evolution. Four muchies
jod instruction designet for their abowed how air traffic above an arome may be controlled by rede. This coomse lasts from two to three years, and melades com. radio. Ench was fitted with a re- ceiving set and was flown in accord. įgrohesive instruction in piloting ance with instructions broadensand serial navigation, metrorology, from the control tower. The instant
respolise tu orders spoken on the insering tuition in foreign fan- ground, turning, gliding and comfguages and subjects such as the ing in to land at the word of com-
theory of flight, oírmanship, rizaine and engine maintenance. mand, retains even nowadays stane- thing of the uncanny about it for the spectator gifted with a little unagination.
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still fanning well.
High Tribute.
This tribute to the endurance and dog" all-steal biplanes similar to those employed by day and night efficiency of British 'planes is the fighter squadrons of the Royal Airmore important because of the Force and in eight foreign and high temperatures and exeep- Dominions air prvices. Each is ticnial atmospheric humidity which driven by a single supercharged characterize the climate of Siam, "Jupiter air-cooled motor and providing a most searching test for reaches maximum speed of more the aeroplano structure and the than 130 miles nù hour.....
erica. The high tensile steel British single-seater day and
Colonel Phya Thyarn Bigat, employed in building "Bulldog' night fighters supplied two and a Director of the Royal Aeronautical fighters is specially treated to rea- half years ago to the Siamese Works at Bangkok, states that the 'der it immune from corrosion. Government are stated, in a report machines are very easy and com- Further, the all metal construction which has just come to hand, to fortable to fly and respond quickly eliminates any fear of warping or have given uniformly antinfactory to the centrals on the ground and insect damage-two factors which Quervice,
in the air. He added that the entrust constantly be borne in raind gines have given no trouble and are when operating wooden aircraft in (Continued of foul of next column the trepics.
The acroplanes are British Bull- (Continued at foot of next column)
GOOD CARRIERS,
rain or snow for an appreciable in Mariehamn, in the Aland I time, gathers a charge of statiuands, where he has an old captain electricity, which is discharges and a secretary to assist him. Tha immediately the meal tail skidboy crews are paid little-about 308. Louches the ground in landing a month is the average. Apprei- Machine» with tail wheels, in which ties pay £10 for the privilege of the tyres ingulate the machine from working; a good second mate may the ground, has & chort length of be had for £4 10s a month, and a hara wire trailing from a point near chief for £4 10s, a meth, and a the tail to make contact on, land-
chief mate for £8. A good cook is ing.
rarer
for him it is necessary;,some- times to pay as much as £6 108. Masters receive, at current rates of exchange, about 212, although thie varies. A good, master of proved worth may receive more than this, for the owner knows very well that a good master is often the secret of
E sailing-ship's masters must be masters of economy as well as of sails, if they are to keep their jobs. They mostly do.
MAURETANIA CRUISE.
PYJAMA-CLAD GIRLS IN HOLIDAY REVELS.
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Wit Monday--Nine hundred people from al parts of Great Bri tain arg or the Srst Bank Holiday cruise ever made by the Cunarder Mauretanja.
The passenger fist includes about 500 young people, of whom men are"
A majority of two to one.
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early morning again there was a constant round of gaiety. Many pretty girls discovered the advant. ages of a sunlit liner deck for the display of, gaily coloured beach pyjamas.
Following a encert and a ball
up again at 6 o'clock in the morn captain kept the ship close to the many of the holiday travellers were Portuguese shore so that the panoring for the opening of the swimming ma of the coast could be seen by pocl. the passengers..
From early morning until almost
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A day of sports and a gala din ner and hall this evening brought the first "Mauretanian Bank Holi day" to a happy close.
WHEN
YOU REACH HOME
You will be wondering. how things are going out here, what all your
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