1935-10-12 — Page 11

THE CHINA MATE SATURDAY, OCTOBER

SILENT AEROPLANES SHORTLY WILL BE HERE

RISKS IN THE AIR

COMPULSORY

INSURANCE TO

BE ENFORCED

Legislation Pending In England

RECOMMENDATIONS TO

AIR-MINISTRY

London

Legislation is being prepared for submission to Parlament when ät reassembles at the end of Octo-! ber to make it compulsory for pri- vate aeroplanes to be covered by third-party insurance.

In the Gorell Report on the control of private flying and civil aviation published in July) last year compulsory insurance was recommended. and other: suggestions were made which would free amateur flying from many of the present ties of officialdom

The Air Council accepted these recommendations. but nothing

was done officially until the ar rival in this country of M. Mignet with his "Flying Flea."

This machine, built by *#2- teurs, does not conform to the pre- sent regulations and cannot there- fore be given a certificate of air- worthiness. - *

£5.000 Minimum “

Nevertheless, the Air Ministry has decided that an “A”. licence bolder (amateur pilot); may fy such a machine provided he is in- sured against third-party claims) to a minimum of £5,000.

This is the first move towards the general adoption of third- party insurance for private zero- planes, which has long been urged in civil aviation circles. The pre- mium will be decided by the in-i surance companies according to the merits of the pilots.

STRATOSPHERE

FLYING WILL BE

SAFE AND SURE

NOW CLOSE TO REALITY

REGULAR FLIGHTS TO

SCHEDULE

UNITED

STATES

C

[Gilbert E. Ste

CLEVELANDE

SOUTH

AMERICA

BAHIA BLANÇA

SARGENTINAS

LA PAZ

(Perak)

Hopes of breaking the world nonstop long distance fight re- cord of 5,627 miles, held by two

· Frenchmen, Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos," are held by Jamei C. Prosser, left, and Gilbert Stoll, right, two Cleveland airmen, who plan to take

from Bahia Blancs, Argentina, · and fly to Cleveland. The course of projected flight is shown on the map. The most critical lap of their journey will be across the towering Andes from where they plan to follow the count line north to the Canal Zone. thence to Cuba and on to Cleveland, via Jacksonville, Florida.

EXPERIMENTS OVER

SOME YEARS

2 NEW EN GINE-TYPES

PRODUCED

SLEEVE-VALVE PRINCIPLE USED BY BRISTOL COMPANY

London.

THE silent aero engine has been brought a stage nearer by the production of two types of sleeve valve engines, after ten years of experiment, by the Bristol Aeroplane Company,

These are the Acquila. 500 h.p. engine and the Perseus 770 hp engine. Both are now going into production and will be available for 1956 air liners and military aircraft.”

Engine roar is the main fac-1

tor which betrays the presence

of military aircraft to the sound PLANES TO SELL

locators of the watchers on the ground. The silent aero engine will in time defeat the sound location and thus make detec- tion all the more difficult

AT LOW PRICES

BEING BUILT

In the civil machine the reduct Movements In Britain tion of engine noise will be reflect- ed in quieter passenger cabins.

Extended Testa -Imperial Airways have taken de. {livery of four of the Perseus en- gines and two of them have been

And Holland

CHEAP RUNNING EXPENSES

London

The "Drone" type of super- running for some weeks in the light aeroplane. with which biggest air liner, Syrint, on the Robert Kronfeld recently few Paris route. their

The other two of from London to Bristol is now her four engines are still the being produced for the British! older type Bristol Jupiter units market:

PLANE BLOWN TO PIECES

NEW ISLAND BASE -

FOR RAF.

For Five Squadrons And A Training Flight

London

Fire squadrons and a train- ing flight are to be located on the $500,000 RA.F. base at Thorney Island, near Chiches- ter, Susser, work on which is soon to begin.

"PEGASUS III" ENGINES

Fitted To Polish "Flying Hotels"

SATISFACTORY TESTS UNDERGONE

London

Instead of the American

PREMATURE

With only two of the newer units,

This is practically the same however, her speed has gone up by machine which was successfully eight miles per hour. Not only demonstrated by the late Mr. C. H is greater silence secured but Lowe Wylde about two years ago. greater efficiency follows.

It is really a glider powered with There are lower fuel consumpa five-horse-power Douglas twin- tion, fewer working parts, more cylinder motor-cycle engine and is even cooling and more even tem- priced at £275. Iperatures.

Bristol products are all radial air cooled rypes-

Variable Fitch Propellers

Licences Expected

Flying regulations in Britain at present forbid such a machine be- Jing down more than three miles, Success with the sleeve valve from its aerodrome, but it is an-! engine is due to research by Mrticipated that the license for this! OF A BOMBA. H. R. Fedden. the aero engine type will soon be gives when it

EXPLOSION

Occupants Killed Immediately

ONLY IDENTIFIED BY BRACELETS

Lisbon.

A military aeroplane was fblown to pieces in mid-air here

recently when a bomb which it i

height of 7.000 feet

designer.

اجد

In 1936, *, therefore.

should prove a most useful step- The engines are fitted with vari-ping stone to flying with an or jable pitch propellers.

dinary aeroplane. British It should also have a future as machines for the RAF and for a sporting machine and for the the air line operators will have mere pleasure of flying. it has a quieter engines of high power and top-speed of 64 mph. à cruising efficiency, "fitted with the special speed of 50 mph and a landing propellers which assist a speedy speed of 25 mph. Petrol con take off and greater efficiency for sumption is at the rate of a gal- climb and level flight,

was carrying exploded at 2 TIGER" MOTH

MACHINES ON

FOREIGN ORDER

Lieutenants

The occupants, Figueiredo and Joao Cruz, were

killed immediately. Their bodies,

which were picked up over 2,000. yards apart, could only be ideo- tified by their identity bracelets.

The petrol tank was only part of the machine which remained intact. It was found nearly a mle away from the bodies of the aviators.

The machine was one of a num-

TYPE DISPLAYS POPULARITY

All-Purpose Plane

London

lon an hour, and running expenses are esimated at 2s. an hour.

Holland Also Moves

Amsterdam.

A cheap, light aeroplane to cost only 1,500 forins (200) is now being built in the Netherlands..

New York Stratosphere flying-meaning

“Everybody's plane,” as it is New York to San Francisco at

called, is a metal biplane for one 40,000 feet in 10 hours regular |

person, which, it is said, can at-{ schedule is so close to reality

tain a speed of 120 kilometers (80) that engineers are analysing

miles) by means of a motor-cycle the thrill right out of it. Mono-

engine of 12 to 20 horsepower. tony is what they see in place of the dazzling beauty of which

Orders from 11 overseas air The flying expenses are claimed by man has been dreaming.

Wright "Cyclone" engines ber of Portuguese military bomb-forces and five foreign Govern-its constructor, T. E. Slot, to be 5 In high altitude fight," ex-usually fitted in Douglas airing planes which

were carrying ments have brought the total florins per hour. It will be pos liners of the "Flying Hotel” out manoeuvres. plains W. Bailey Oswald, aviation

mumber of "Tiger" Moth two-sible to remain in the air three for hours without refueling," he says. seater biplanes intended -engineer, “some passengers might type, two of these machines or-

military flying or military flight Mr. Slot's plans are being exe-! find the darkened sky and reduc-dered for the Polish air trans

training to 450.

cuted at the shipbuilding; wards ed visibility of the earth objec-port company have been fitted with the British Bristol "Pega- tionable; but high altitude flying)

Designed as a light training ma of the Royal Docks "De Schelde” sus II" engine. The Polish Two different kinds of gasoline chine and used in the Royal Air at Vissingen. This is an import- must be regarded purely as 3 Air Force has many military are used by transport planes Force and in schools where candi-ant shipbuilding company, which "Sightseeing will have to aeroplanes fitted with this en-operated by one of the larger US dates for the RAF are prepared, is trimming ita sails to the wind

{gine.

means of transportation.

bei

done at low altitude, with all its attendant evils.”

Safe And ReHable

TWO GASOLINES

ly, from the shipbuilding line to aeroplane building.

airlines, one, the highest grade of it is also employed in many other of the times and is shifting, part- The first two of the British-en-aviation fuel, for take-off, climb, capacities. gined "Douglases" were flown

and under conditions requiring from the Douglas factory at Santa full power; the other for normal Flight in the stratosphere, he Monica to New York, a distance limb and cruising. Baid, offers nearly all that can be of 2,700 miles, for shipment to desired in safety and reliability. Europe.

The causes of most flying schedule The report on the flight states delays, fog irregular wind and the speed at 12,000ft was 180 ice,

not present it them.p.h, and at that height and stratosphere.

speed the fuel consumption was Safety he finds assured by only 28.8 Imp. gallons an hour. freedom from humidity or gusty The engine has won warm praise wind and by height eliminating. from American experts." all chance of collision with moun- tains. In case of trouble, a plane from 40,000 feet could glide to any point within a radius of 120 -miles; presumably a safe landing

would always, be in reach.

Furthermore the glide would

Pilotless Target It is the "Queen Bee" pilotless, (Continued at foot of next CoL)

British Wonder-Plane

Seen At Brussels Show

FIRST U. S. APPROPRIATION

In 1911 the US. Congress sp propriated $125,000 for aeronau tics, the first money to be voted specifically for this purpose. This came about as a result of Orville, Wright's demonstration before. A new British wonder plane, was the only, British machine President Taft three years earlier. the Fairey Fantome five-gun, taking part.

wireless-directed aeroplane tar- single-seater fighter, competed With a speed said to be in ad- with the latest types of war ma-vance of any standard RAF get; it is used as a seaplane and chines from all over Europe re-fighter, the Fairey Fantome is Fersia uses it as a single-seater cently in a fighter contest near claimed to be the fastest and most

Fighter. Brussels, of which the prize was heavily armed plane of its type in

The Tiger is also used by Italians have taken the lead a vainable contract for the Bel the world. away from Americans in farmish-gian Air Force

It is the first British machine clubs. Its cruising speed of 94

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