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DARING AEROBATICS
SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1932.
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Slough, June 30.
A party of British scientists are making fual preparations at the Flying exhibitions given by Radio Research Station, Slough, civil pilots at Ifendon Aerodrome for a year's vigil in the Arctie
a week or two ago outshone any-Circle. thing that was seen during the Royal Air Force Display.
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The vecnaion pageant, the first of its kind, given
Their task is the planning of a radio traffic route through either.
the
by British constructors for the One of their objects is to men- benoflt of about a thouspal special guests, many of them ra thimbleful of air at distances of sure the number of electrons in presenting foreign Governments, i
and the crack test pilota demon-60 miles and 120 miles above the strated the latest productions of earth. their firme.
Never before have
They hope to loarn something such high about the short waves that travel standards of piloting skill and nig-along the region of the ionosphere craft performance been seen in combination. The pilots, most of telectrified upper atmosphere) and them men whose experience ex-they want to know-- tends back to the early days of the
war, not only did everything in a
Why the suitability of particular
more spectacular fashion than the short wave lengths varies at differ- Service pilots at the display, but ent times of the day and year. they introduced many new manoe-
uvres, and their handling of the Why the route across the cap of machines showed a mastery of the North Pole is more difficult technique which made the evolu-thau ather directions for abort tions delight to watch.
Avaves.
The guests were having lanch in a large bangar when they sud-affecting telegraphs. denly saw the new Handley Page heavy bomber fly past the doors, with the plot, Captain Cordes,; holding both hands high above his head.
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He made almost a full circuit et the nerodrome in this large twin- engined machine without touch-off the coast of Norway. ing the control column with his hands.
Mr. R. A. Watson Watt superin- tendent of the research station, stated:
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Afterwards, the new Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta, which the public has not yet had a chance "So far no extensive radio mca- of seeing, made a light, and then surements have been made in such there was a display by three Jaw-Polar, regions. The United States; ker machines, the Hart, the Fury, will be observing at Fairbanka Tye Shing and the Jupiter Hart.
Alaska, the Dutch at East Green-}} Nam Hing Loong While the Jupiter Hart was tak-land, and the French at Scoresby
Sound. ing off, its tall skid caught 11 miere of balloon cable about 300 Upper And. Lower Layers. yards long, and it carried out all
for transmission of wireless mens- its manoeuvres with this cable
"Measuring the electrons in asages over great distances. banging below it. Flight Lieuthimbleful of air will be done by tenant P. G. Lacas was the pilot, finding out the shortest wavelength "All the short-wave commercial | white Major Bulman and Mr. Say-that returns to earth from the signals of the world go up to the er piloted the other machines. | Kennelly-Heaviside and Appleton Appleton Layer, and are reflected
regions of the ionosphere," high|back to earth." The pageant closed with anabove the earth. aerobatics display by Flight
The members of the expedition Lieutenant Staniland In the The lower part of the lonisphere (which is part of the British sec- Fairey Firefly. It was without is the Kennelly-Heavieldo layer, tion of the Second Polar Year Ex- exception the most brilliant ex- and the upper part is the Appleton pedition) are Professor E. V. Ap- hibition of aerobatics that has Layer.]
pleton, of King's College, London; been RCUIT in England, and. the
Mr. G. Builder, a student of King'o "The practical value of the work College, Mr. P. N. Naismith and foreign guests
were much pressed by the pilots' skill and the Appleton Layer is the best region search Station.
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