THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, AUGUST 2,
PREPARATIONS FOR MORE RECORD FLIGHTS.
İvLanivostok
TOLSK
RUSSIA
BERLIN
PANIS
PACIFIC] OCEAN
NORTH POLE
PRINCE RUPERT
1.09 ANGELES
-OLD
TACOMA
YORK
J'aiexico CITY
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
FOKKER
Map outlines prospective world flight of Harry Husted and three oceanic fights across Pacific and Atlantic by others. At upper right is Husted standing before giant Fokker, duplicate of which he has or lered. Lower left is a Lockheed Sirius, type to be used. by several distance flyers. Flyers shown are: upper left. Art Goebel; below, left to right, Colonel Leon, Colonel Flerro and Harold Bromley.
"tance flights.
Round World in 12 Days,
SMALL INCREASE.
U.S. Exports.
AUSTRALIA BUYS LESS.
In March this year, 22.102 cars and 9861 trucks, of a total value of £7,992,993, were exported, and, though this is a gain of 21.0 per cent, over the exports for the pre- vious month, it is only about 50 per cent. of those for the corres- ponding month lust year, when 61,- 504 cars and 24.878 trucks were shipped.
Australia is still America's best customer in the truck market, ns 1100 in the month, under review trucks were shipped there. The next largest buyer was Sweden, with 651, and 648 were shipped to Argentina.
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Canada, with 3106, heaviest buyer of American 'cars last March, and there were four other countries whose shipments
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1930.
THE LATEST STUDEBAKER CREATION.
were well over one thousand. They South Bend. July 5.--An innova- were:-Denmark, 2288; Belgium, tion in passenger car engineering 2188; Arentina, 2067; and Sweden, is introduced in America in the new Studebaker Commander and Usually in a leading place, Aus-President eights. This feature is tralia was only 12th on the list of free wheeling which,"according" [buyers, with 519.
to engineers, has never been used In American-built cars heretofore. In few words, "frce wheeling," Lindy's and will have to buck means that it is not necessary for strong gales all the way.
a motorist to disengage the clutch Through this Another long distance light is to change gears. that planned to start soon from system the gears are always in New
Haven, Conn., down to mesh, and shifting from second Buenos Aires, by way of the North to high and from high to second at Approaching favourable weather]
some of the most pretentious long-Atlantic and the South Pacific any speed is possible without coast lines. It is expected to be declutching. The clutch is only hrings with it a new and assorted Perhaps most pretentious of all distance flights ever attempted."
Perhaps most promising of a non-stop flight, with refueling in necessary to start or back up.
Another advantage, according batch of hopeful aviators who are plans of this sort is the round-the-these plans is that of Harold the air at points along the way. planning to dare the ocean and world flight being prepared by Bromley, Canadian lleutenant, Lieutenant Commander George to engineers, is that it results in
The new series Commander Eight brougham, in upper the elements in several long dis- Harry Husted, young Cleveland who last year was prevented from R. Pond of the U.S. naval reserves, gasoline saving of about 12 per
picture, featuring "free wheeling," is. Studebaker's latent millionaire. Husted has ordered making a flight from Tacoma, and Captain Herbert C. Partridge, cent. and an ell saving of about
model. Below is shown a closeup of the front end of the car, bringing out the changed lines. No longer do they look toward a giant 30-passenger four-motored Wash, to Tokyo, when he failed to of the air corps reserves, aro 20 per cent. This is because the
Wheelbase on the Europe alone, to-day their eyes Fokker, prepared especially for get his gasoline-laden plane off being groomed for the flight which "free wheeling principle-permita the ground. Bromley plans to will take them a distance of 8,000 the engine to drop to idling speed
as the foot is removed and because the car decelerates, 130 inches. turn westward, from Paris to New him at a cost of nearly $150,000.
make the same fight this year, in miles in from 100 to 120 hours, as soon
there is no sudden grabbing or jcreased from 120 to 124 inches. York, or from the Pacific coast to
Gas tanks will replace the pas-a fast, low-winger Lockheed A big wing Stimson monoplane, from the accelerator in slowing without the pull of the motor, new Commander has been in- swerving when brakes are applied. The engine of both modela has Tokyo, where still single hops have senger compartments and only Sirius, a duplicate of the fleet ship with a 426 horsepower Wasp down.
Strains Removed. motor, is to be their ship.
Regular Gear for Hills. eight persons wil take the trip. owned by Lindbergh.
been pepped up to give greater Reversional strains, such as to be made.
To supply compression for power. The President engine has Among these, if Husted's plans
Move From Europe.
those thrown on tyres, rear axles, checking the car's speed down- increased in horsepower from 115 Besides these, several American universal joint, clutch and trans-hill, a convention gear is supplied to 122, and the Commander from Pacific hop.. while another Los and more European pilots are mission are consideramly lessened, which suspends free wheeling 80 to 101.
getting ready for trans-oceanic it is said. Carbon is also reduced
Body lines are slightly lower, Ilusted's flight will consist ofAngeles firm, Schofield, Inc., have fights. From Seville, Spain, may because the engine la never forced operation until the descent, is
made. A slight touch on the and a new radiator design sets off globe in record ilme. Others will eight long hops, following the built a three-motored monoplane
snappier look. southward in efforts, to establish Gifticth parallel, and is expected to for the same sort of, flight come three French flyers who last by car momentum, when slowing gear lever throws this gear into the whole car, giving it much The appearance of the new cars Principal engineering improve- be completed in 12 days. Carry- Neither of these companies will ear made the trip from Old down, to pump excess oil and gas-use. pioneer records of their own.
Armeno Lotti, Raoul LeFevre and
a carburetor ing radio and complete camera tell who is back of each flight or Orchard. Me., to Spain. They are oline into the cylinders.
A safety angle enters into "free has been changed considerably, ments
A bea steering equipment, he will not only keep who the pilots will be.
Jean, Assolant.
wheeling," as it is said that a Longer wheelbase and lengthened silencer, is constant touch with the world,
Competing with them in another driver having it in his car is hoods enhance the beauty.
mechanism, a swing-shackle for In the large President, wheel-preventing shimmying, and a new but expects to take novel pictures!
The flights across the Pacific westward flight may come Dieu in better control of the car's
Costes. while another movements. of the light. Smaller planes are
By being about to base has been increased from 135 full-power muffler.
The new series of the two sighte already going over the route, will mean a single hop of from donne gathering information on weather 4.700 to 5.000 miles, mostly follow- Frenchman, Captain Garrotier, shift gears while at any speed, to 136 inches, and in the cam-
the hazard of skidding is reduced, panion President model from 125 is offered in 20 body models. and other flying conditions. The ing the coast line northward and may also make the attempt.
This isn't all. There will be flight may be made sometime be- then along the Aleutian islands, | tween June 16 and July 15.
across Bering Strait and down the Canadian flyers, Portuguese and Asiatic coast to Tokyo. Although Spanish flyers, and pilots from that sounds like a round-about other countries as well, all trying route, it is really almost a straight to conquer the ocean-if their
plans turn out well. line from Tacoma to Tokyo.
trans-
At Downey, Calif., suburb of Some young optimistic pilots are fulfilled, will be some of the Los Angeles, an Emsco plane has have set their goals even beyond most famous and accomplished been built for another such still unattained flights, two dyers in the world. at least planning to encircle the came up from the south or go
To be sure, there will be several attempts to cross the Atlantic just as Lindy did, for,several pilots have already announced this plan. But what percentage of these will actually make the trip is still a moot point.
Loyal Hungarians in America are said to be backing a proposed light of two countrymen from Another round-the-world flight Detroit to Budapest. Two may be that of John Henry Mears, famous Mexican flyers, Colonel the New York theatrical man, who Gustavu Leon and Colonel Roberto previously had established Fierro, also plan to make an east-round-the-world record of 23 days, ward fight, in which they hope to in which boat, rail and air were lower Lindy's record of 33 hours used, This time Mears plans to from New York to Paris. Leon make the trip entirely by air. also expects to make the first non- stop fight from Mexico City to New York, preparatory to the trans-Atlantic hop.
Straight Line Along Coast.
Attempts have been made to y Most certain of such flights, from Paris to New York before, however, are the British govern- but no such flight has been con-ment, in sending its giant airship; pleted. This year may see the the R-100, from Croydon Field to Hugo and Captain success of such a flight when Art Montreal; Goebel, one
of America's best Eckener, when he makes his South pilots, will start from Paris on American trip with the Graf On the west coast, planes have this hazardous westward trip. He Zeppelin soon. These will be air. been built and plans made for will fly a Lockheed-Sirius, like ships, the rest will be airplanes.
Many to Cross Pacific."
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