1935-10-19 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19,» 1935

MILITARY PLANE REFUELS FROM

FROM GILDER

CROYDON PLANS

*BLIND APPROACH” EQUIPMENT FOR AERODROME

TWO TYPES TO BE TESTED

WIRELESS MAST CUT

London.

Plans are being pushed ahead for the erection of "blind ap proach” equipment at Croydon aerodrome.

Two types of equipment will be tried out side by side.

The 100ft wireless mast on the south-west corner of the acre- drome has been cut to about 30ft at which height it will not inter- fere with aircraft, in bad weather.

It will have a 30-mile range and pilots will receive aural signals as they reach the limits of its radius. Guide. Through For

These will guide the air liners through fog to the aerodrme boundary-

There the "blind approachTM equipment will come into opera- tion.

at The Lorenz system as used Tempelhof aerodrome. Berlin. has been chosen..

This consists of two marker beacons. One is sited some two

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IN

Laura Ingalls smiles triumphantly as she leaves her monoplane at Floyd Bennett Field. New York, after flying non-stop from Burbank, California, and clipping six hours of Amelia Earhart's ' record. Her time was 13 hours and 34 minutes, only seven minutes longer than Frank Hawks' mark.

LADY CUNLIFFE-OWEN'S

AIR FEAT

HOME AFTER 24 HOURS' VISIT

TO JERUSALEM

IN

Ascot.

her beautiful country home at Sunningdale Park, near here, Lady Cunliffe Owen, the miles from the aerodrome boundary young wife of Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, million- When an aeroplane passes over itaire racehorse owner and tobacco magnate, to- 2 visual signal on the instrument night told her dramatic 3,000 miles dash to the stant dot or dash signal is heard bedside of her mother, who was ill in Palestine.

panel is extinguished and a con-

by the pilot in his earphones.

He throttles back at a given al-

titude and glides down through the fog to the second marker ben- con. which is not far from the aerodrome boundary.

Boundary Lights

A second light signal on his dashboard is extinguished by wire- less beam from this beacon. By altimeter of the sensitive

TISE

which registers his height above the aerodrome accurately to five feet. he can continue the glide when passing this second beacon knowing that he will reach the boundary without meeting any

-obstacle.

As he crosses the boundary at

TWO REMARKABLE AIR FEATS

PARACHUTE-KITE FOR

STRATOSPHERE

ALL-STEEL AIRSHIP NOW BEING

BUILT BY SOVIET

TWO remarkable air achievements were an-

nounced by the Soviet authorities last month. A military plane made a 900-mile flight by refuelling from a glider it was towing, and a giant parachute-kite lifted a load of four tons and three airmen to a height of 3,300 feet.

The plane, the "P.5," refuelled from two pe- trol tanks fitted to the glider. With the addi- tional supplies it was able to keep going for 17 hours, as against four hours with its own supply. It flew from Moscow to Koktebel Aerodrome, in the Crimea, a distance of more than twice the plane's normal range of 450 miles.

This is claimed to be a world non-stop record for an Hair train.”

CABLE TO STRATOSPHERE

An attempt is to be made to This, however, seems a more send the parachute-kite info]doubtful adventure, because the the stratosphere. (6 1-5 miles Americans tried and failed to up). The plan is to attach it to build a satisfactory ship of a the ground by a fine steel cable, similar kind in daraluminium supported by a vast number of eight years ago. Small parachute kites. parachute-kite might have siderable value at lower altitudes

Apart from this scheme the

COM-

over enemy lines in wartime.

The Soviet. authorities are now building a small all-steel, absolute-

AUSTRALIAN AIRMANĮ In twin-engined air-taxi.|ly rigid and non-inflammable air-

TO FLY HOME

#

No Record Attempt

TO TAKE UP CIVIL AVIATION

London.

On arriving at Croydon

to

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2

piloted by Capt. T. W. Morton, ship. It will be of high · ́tensile Lady Cunliffe-Owen left Heston at steel, electrically welded, `and 3.30 am. on a Wednesday, and ar-148ft. long. rived in Jerusalem at 110 on the following day:

After spending 24 hours with her! mother, and arranging for special medical attention, Lady Cunliffe- Owen left again for home via Geneva, and landed at Heston at 6.30 on the Friday.

The average speed of the ma- chine was 177 mph. ·

Four Hours Sleep. -“The-flight was the biggest thrill in my life," Lady Cunliffe-Owen

NEW EMPIRE AIR LINK

Penang-Hong Kong Service Soon

SIX RETURN FLIGHTS FIRST

1,437 MILES IN 56 HOURS

RECORD TRIP BY

BALLOON ·

Moscow.

A new world distance record for Iballoons of similar volume is claimed by the Soviet pilots Romanov and Babykin, who have covered 1,437 miles in their hal- loon in .56 hours

The two men took off from Zvenigorod, near Moscow," and landed in Southern Kazakstan (South-Western Siberia)."

Their balloon was one of 2.200

cabic metres volume.

TWO AIR RECORDS BROKEN

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2 1/2D.-A-MILE PLANE

SOLVING PROBLEM OF

CHEAP FLYING

Mr. Charles James Melrose, the young Australian airman who finished third in the handicap sec- tion of the Mildenhall to Melbourne į race and took part in the recent King's Cup race will return.

The Imperial Airways liner, Australia by air this month. jsaid. “I have flown before, of Dorado, piloted by Capt. W. Arm

course, but never anything like strong, which left Croydon last less than 100ft. the boundary drome last month for an inspet this distance at the same speed. I month for the Malay Peninsula, lights, in the gloom will give him Ition enough view of the ground to flat-Ministry experts, Mr.

of his aeroplane by Air feel so proud, too, because Capt. has already carried out its experi mental flight between Penang and Melrose Morton declares that our trip was ten out long before be reaches the

Hong Kong. said that he did not intend to at-a record for a woman passenger. centre of the landing area.

This will not only link up China "While away from England I The complete installation of tempt any records, but would re-

turn home by easy stages.

He averaged only about four hours, with the main Empire air-service

ed before aircraft experts at Hanworth aerodrome last month New York both types is expected to be ready will take up civil aviation in Aus- sleep a night, but I am not a bit between Great Britain and Aus-

Two air records have been Its makers, Messrs Light by November for first tests and it Itralia

tired and felt quite fresh when 1tralia, but will also form part of a

| future round-the-world route.

broken by American fliers. is expected that the equipment

Aircraft, Ltd, are to be con- 66 being fitted to the Prince of and in September last year

Flying from Australia to Eng-got out at Heston.

"Mother did not know I was ar- Six return flights between Fe- The first was by Miss Laura gratulated on their enterprise Wales's Viastra monoplane for made an unofficial record of eight riving and was delighted to see me pang and Hong Kong will be made. Ingalls, who flew from Los An- and foresight, for it is consider tests by short wave will be ready days nine hours, which was, how From the aerodrome I drove to her the first of which began on Octo-geles to New York in 13 hours ed that by selling this ma ever, broken in April by Mr. H. Lhome, and was with her all the ber 2, and it is likely that regular 134 minutes, thus beating Miss chine at the low price of £395

at the same time.

PROGRESS IN MICHIGAN

Brook

CHICAGO'S AIR TERMINAL

he

A total of 85 airport projects A proposal has been made that has been submitted to the State (an island be built in Lake Michi planning commission by the Michigan to be used as an air terminal gan State board of aeronautics. for the city of Chicago.

time.

"I had to hurry back because I am leaving to-morrow with Sir Hugo for New York. I only wish I could fly there!"

DUKE OF KENTS

PLANE THIRD Folkestone Race

The

London-

U.S. Woman's Flight T which is to be produced in this country was demonstrat

THE Aeronca Jap side-by-side two-seater light aeroplane

mail and passenger service will be Amelia Earhart's time

hours 7 minutes. inaugurated soon afterwards.

The main stages of the ultimate aerial journey round the will be:

13.

of 17 they will have gone a long way. towards solving the problem of unofficial really cheap flying

The Aeronca is easy to han

The second was world record for land aeroplanes,

AIRPORT NOW

OFFICIAL

Given By Ministry

Recognition C

The Air Ministry has decided to give official recognition to the word "airport" to express, in a

Its low Tanding speed of 35 single word, the type of air base

world

set up by Mr. Howard Hughes, a dle in a strong wind

Miles $,000 1,000

film producer. He few his British Comet aeroplane at 352 mph

Low Landing Speed

5,000

2,000

the course.

NEW TYPE OF MONOPLANE

over a measured mile, and aver-mph, its quick take of after afat which Customs facilities are age 337 mph over both ways of run of only some 120 yards, its rate available and which can be used

of climb, and its cruising speed of for immigration clearances. 85 m.p.h. are all qualities which other such places may not use any should appeal not only to flying other designation than schools and clubs, but also to the dromes.

·AN

London-Penang. Penang-Hong Kong Hong Kong-Honolulu Hanolala-Los Angeles Los Angeles-New York 3,000 New York-London

3,000 Pan-American Airways have al ready made successful test flights

(Continid on Page 11)

Folkestone Air Trophy across the Pacific, from California A new four-place cabin mono-private owner Race was won recently by Mr. L to Honolulu, and are at present plane bearing a striking resem Lipton, fying his own D. H. Moth surveying the route from Honolulu blance to the newest streamlined at an average speed of 112 mph to China.. The race was on handleap.

PLANES IN EVERY AIRPORT

IN UNITED STATES

Flight-Lt Wilson, in a BA 3 Eagle, was second at 140 mph. and Mr. E. W. Percival, flying the Duke of Kent's Mew Gull, which he raced in the King's Cup con test, was third at an average speed at present of 1985 mph. Mr. Percival was scratch man.

The race was flown in a strong

wind over a triangular course of

There are about three planes to every airport in the United States

automobiles has been developed for private and commercial use.

13-PASSENGER PLANE

plane under construction in Ras- The capacity of a huge soaring

sia is: 13 passengers.

60 miles which included 11 sharp Russian Designer Of

TAKE-OFF SPEEDS

FORGOT PETROL

Lucky Escape At Hythe

FIANCEE'S FIRST FLIGHT

Hythe.

One of Kent's flying policemen, Pc. Cheeseman of Brenzett, took his fiancee, Miss Cloke, to Hythe

first flight last month

An All-metal Airship in Forts Ring Club for bar

The word "airport" came from America, where it has long been used to describe many types of aerodromes and landing grounds.

Most of our municipal landing grounds are elevated to the dignity of airports as soon as they can show they have sufficient air traffic "of a serious commercial type to warrant the expense of maintaining a Customs officer per- manently, or if they have a sea- part Customs officer who can be in attendance on demand.

WIRELESS MESSAGES BY

·PLANE

To the horror of watching off The 70-radio-equipped transport Moscow-The death of the Rus-(because of his lack of money. cials there was a clood of black planes operated by a large Many air liners leave the ground sian scientist and inventor, Con- Under the Soviet a special smoke when the constable reach American airline sent and receiv while travelling at a speed of stantin Triolkovsky, at the age of laboratory was opened for Tailed a beight of about 80 feet, the ed messages totalling 11,000,000 rabout 60 miles an hour.

78, was recently announced in kovsky, so that he might continue engine cut out and the plane words during 1936- Moscow.

his research work. Many of his rapidly lost height, there was Tsiolkovsky was chiefly known books were published, including rush to get the ambulance ready, for his research work in seronau over ten works on the theory of but Cheeseman landed the machine tics, and particularly the con- the reactive motor first elaborated safely.

by nime

I forgot to turn on the petrol his 75th birthday, in 1962, said the constable. Ten min Soviet Government

he took off again with

FLOWERS BY AIR

The wreckage above is all that is left of the giant Western Air plane now makes it possible for flowe Rapid aeroplane transportation which crashed and burned near the airport at Burkank, California, killing George Co Sherwood; plot (inset), Fred H. Barlow co-plot and Dot growers along the Endson river Naylor, a stewardess, who were flying the ship without passengers. The market: their products in United States Department, af Commerce is conducting an-inquiry into the condition in mida

cof the

of airships:

The Shad

and remained in

Sout 20 minuten,

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