Britain To Have Best Air Liners
Air Ministry's Reply To Foreign Designers
FAIREY AVIATION'S reply to the Air Ministry's invitation to build a large, fast air liner is F.C.I-a four-engined, sub-stratosphere 'plane, with a retractable tricycle undercarriage, a new retractable auxiliary wing, and an air-conditioned cabin.
The company-which previously manufactured only warplanes wil build a new factory at Hayes, ப £1,000,000 Middlesex, to fulfi
order for a fleet of 14; F.C.I. air ilners.
'Foreign' Globes
For Schools
BOARD of Trade Inquiry recent- discussed whether school-
geo-
Saturday,
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Surrend Court.
FORD
Biriking in architectural conception, with a colour scheme of white, red and blue, the Ford huff- Blustrated above is "The Road Of To- ding anil gardetus at New York fair cover nearly seven acres, morrow," more than half a mile long, which caclrcles the top of World's Fair Ford Building and rises to a helglit of thirty-three feet,"
River Girls Hunt Porpoise
IVER girls and Thames boatmen Joined in a perpolse hunt recently. Their quarry was between Twicken- 40 and Teddington-nearly ham miles inland from its usual sea haunts.
They are Britain's answer to the ly foreign aircraft designers, and include children should be taught geography R every recent development in commer-on foreign-manufactured globes.
British
of manufacturers elal flying.
graphical globes are concerned at the Al the new evil aircraft drawing competition from abroad, and have offter, 94 draughtsmen are at work suggested that the Imported globes preparing 10,000 drawings to solve should be marked, the constructional problems of pres- sure cabin aircraft and put the F.C.1. Into production.
A full-size model of the air liner has been bulit in wood and brown paper.
The pilot's cockpit and passengers' cabins have already been arranged.
Mr. R. L. Philip, a director of Messrs. Geo. Philp and Son, Lid, one of the makers of globes, said that in the post few months large numbers of German-made globes have entered Britain.
Temporary Job Lasts 41 Years
The cabing of sub-stratosphere aeroplan must not allow the super-
BUCYRUS, O. charged air pressure to leak out too
Forty-one-years ago Philip Trout- rapidly. All Joints have to specially man took a "temporary" Job as sealed, and in the Fairey FCI, the Bucyrus natrolman-to "te him cane which forms the rear bulkhead over" until the plastering business of the cabin has to withstand an air pleked up. Now, nt the age of 62, pressure of nearly 20 tons-equal to Police Chief Philip Trautman has the weight of the complete aircraft. quit the job.
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The porpoise was one of three which made their way up the river.
No. 1 was stranded in shallow waler near Kew Bridge; No. 2 set of back to the sea; No. 3 went upstream through Richmond lock and wete.
At low tide it was seen off Eel Pie Island, Twickenham. Scores of people in rowing boats and launches set off to chase, it.
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One man in a boat attempted to Insoo it as it leaped out of the water,
felled. He
followed by: The hundreds of people running along the banks. Many of these threw stones at the porpoise until police in a river luunch stopped them.
"Tell" Germany What Britons Think
BRIGHTON.
FOUR YEARS AGO, MR. A. S. WILLMIN, BRIGHTON, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOUNDING A FRIENDSHIP BE- TWEEN HIS OWN TOWN AND THE DISTRICT OF WEST- PHALIA, GERMANY.
Since then partles from Westphalia and Brighton have ex- changed visits at least once every year.
But this year no parly from visitor to Westphalia will visit Brighton. And from Brighton the only Westphalia is Mr. Wilimin,
He is making the trip so that the Be spirit of friendship will not entirely broken.
German Stars To Ride Nazi
MUNICH,
in Westphalia he will be enter-ERMAN film actors hence- forth can only ride along the tained by the friends he has made In Germany through his efforts to establish a closer understanding road of stardom in German cars, between the prople of Germany by order of Reich Propaganda Minister Dr. Goebbels, boss of and England.
and theatre The Germans who have tried to Germany's film foster the friendship with England world. have arranged for Mr. Willmin a
The porpoise swam nearly as far as Teddington lock, higher up-stream than any of its kind had been seen
Goebbels has strictly warned all for years.
But the rising tide apparently re-series of meetings, at which he will minded it of its natural element the try to convey the feelings of ordinary German stars that they will not be sed-for the next night it began to Englishmen on the troubled state of allowed to flim any more if they
International politles.
drive other than "Made in Germany" make its way down river.
It had to run a gauntlet of bonts
He will speak to audiences of Ger- cars. again; It avoided collision with the man ex-Servicemen, to German wo- ferry to Eci Pie Island by a dive be-men and to German schoolchildren. neath B.
It had one chance of getting back to the sea--when Richmond sluice gates were open at high water.
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"Sell your car or lose your job," he told them, and as a result luxurious
The friendship between Westphalia Packards, Rolls-Royces, Buicks and and Brighton was founded when Mr. other foreign makes driven by famous Willmin rendered a service to a Ger-
car markets, in man mother who lost her son during German actors have been offered for the war. The son died in a prisoner sale on ühe used
uf war camp at Brighton.
The mother wrote to hir. Willmir,
German towns.
- who was then secretary of the friends visited Brighton to pay their
British Legion. Bighton Branch, homage to the dead soldier. and she asked him to son's grave.
locate her
Then the suggestion of yearly visits was made; an Iden which ap- the pealed strongly to both English and The grave was located, and
# party of Germany. bereaved mother with
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