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ATLANTIC FLIGHT. AIR MINISTRY AND ADMIRALTY ASSISTANCE,

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įBY MAJOR C, C) TORNER) - The Translantic Sight competition marks the first occasion for Government direction of public perin traffic in peace. The Admiralty have issues an in- struction to mariners and serial naviga tors which might almost be a page out of Mr. Kipling's With the Night Mail" or As Easy as A.B.c." The test of the notice issued by the Admiralty is as follows:-

NORTH ATLANTIC ROUTE. instructions to Vessels with Regard to Aircraft.

The following instructions, which are promulgated with a view to assisting air. Craft attempting trans-Atlantic fights when out of sight of land, should be observed by all vessels employed on the North Atlantic route. until further

which the machine will be out of wireless range from either side, and here observa- tions by sextant may have to be depended The third method dead reckon. ing is used in conjunction with direc

Anding by wireless and astrónomical observations. It consists of calculating the position of the machine from time to tine acending to its air speed, and the stimated torce and direction of the

wind.

IRELESS WEATHER,

in order shut the rullest possible in. formation may be available to the coin- petitors, arrangements are being inade for frequent weather reports to be fur aished by day on by night to the coin- patiturs, both betore starting and also during the Hight. These reports Te being obtained by the Air Ministry Prona the United States Weather Burcal, the Canadian Meteorological Office, New, foundland, home stations, and ships along the route, and efforts are also being made to secure regular weather

from information

the meteorological stations at the Azures, and Liskon, "Air Ministry meteorological staff will for. -Should a vessel receive a request ward special reports based on the in- from aircraft for her position. the formation obtained from these sources to reply should be gent at a Morse speed the R.A.F. meteorological officer at New- of nos greater than twelve words perfoundland and the United States Weather Bureau, which will keep in close tich with the competitors before the start, and will forward all weather information to them as soon as it is received, Competi tors starting from this side will receive weather forecasts direct from the Air Ministry:

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2. Should a vessel sight an aircraft and no wireless signals le received from it, the vessel should transmit ber position by wireless three or four times Without waiting to be requested to do su, as the aireraft wireless transmitter

pay have broken down. The position) is to be transininted in werds and not in, figures, thus: latitude fifty thirty. longitude thirty twenty..

The

As the competitors' marbines are 6tted with wireless apparatus for short-wave, Fessages only it is impossible to pon

municate forecasts or warnings dirvet fruth and stations during the flight, and 3. British cosmereint atreraft on trans-Atlantic Hights will. for the pre the method of transmission must theres The sent, use rall signs of three letters or be eit ships along the route. (D.K. D.M.Z.) The usual inter.necessary arrangements have been com national procedure should be employed! pleted for forwarding this information aid land stations to shipping, which will for inter-communications.

communicate it to the Competitors. These vessels will also report surface weather conditions in their own neigh- bourhood when they are able to get into touch with passing aircraft. The Marconi Company is helping in collecting and transmitting this information from land stations and ships free of charge during the competition. For the convenience of competitors who may desire to land in Ireland, the Air Ministry has arranged for a R.A.F. aerodrome at Fermoyro, Galway.

-Should an 8.0.9. call frou aircraft be received, or aircraft be sech in difficulties, every endesyour possible should Le made to rescue the occupants. 3.- Grent assistance will be given to airerats in sighting ships at night if ships on hearing aircraft overhead will fire any form of pyrotechnic lights to attract attention. This will pos- sible. be replied to by the aircraft fring age coloured Verey light, or by her wireless.

An aircraft in distress wall fre a "geries of white Verey lights at short intervals. Any ship in the vicinity should then indicate her presence and endeavour to rescue the occupants, Noto Aircraft attempting tens Atlantic flights will be equipped with wireless telegraph apparatus capable of transmitting and receiving on a 600-metre wive (spark).

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RAF.OFFICIAL STARTER."

POSSIBLE BURPRISES.

Mr. Hawkers chances are considered good alike by the Air, Ministry and by the public. For one thing his prepara tions are in a more advanced stage than those of the other candidates. Búl it should be remembered that one of the entrants will start from Ireland, for Messrs. Short's machine. to be piloted by Major Wood. will attempt the west- wards light.

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The Air Ministry baye sent out fur And there are to be attempts by the publication an article entitled Netes United States and, it is understood, also on the Trans-Atlantic Flight." which ex by British service machines. United plains the nature of the assistance that States naval airmen are making streau- is being given by the Government in oas efforts at. St. John's to be in a posit order to protect competitors, and partition to start at the test-fatourable op cularly to ensure the success of the portunity! Not being eligible for the British entrants. Most of the informa tion has already appeared in The Daily Telegraph, but the full extent to which the Air Ministry is co-operating is only aow made known.

An officer of the Royal Air Force hay been placed at the disposal of the Royal Aero Club to act as official starter at St. John's. It remains necessary to have, an efficial starter for westward at tempts. and here the Royal Arro Club has made its own appointment. The official article stutes:--

The list of entries for the fight as given by the Royal Aero Club is as follows:-

Pilot.

Machine, H.P. Speed, Martinsyde...255 100 Mr. F. Raynham. Fairey 375 190 Mr. S. Pickles. Short.330 78 Maj: J. C. P. Wood Sopwith 350 100 Mr. # G. Hawker. Whitehead 1.600 115 Capt. A. Fayre. Whitehead 1.000 115 Capt. A. Payze. *Seaplane 440 Capt. H. Sun-

athdt. This machine is reported, to have been damaged, but the entry has not been withdrawn.

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The arrangements for carrying out the Aights are necessarily prolonged and arduous. Some Brms desiring to

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prize. it is not necessary for these offers to make formal entry through the Royal Aero Club. There is, therefore, opportu nity for a surprise.

Despite the fact that the Air Ministry look for the landing to he made either near London, or at the one specified acre- drome in Ireland, one would be very much surprised if the flight keeps to pro gramme quite to this extent. Far more probably on making land on either side of the Atlantic, pilous will be very weary and their petrol supply will be almost exhausted. They are eargely likely to be absolutely right as to direction, but will be a few miles out; and they will make the land where they can,

The speeds of the competing machines given in the list above mean little. These particulars are only of value when one know the altitude and the number of revolutions of the engine at the time the test was made.-Daily Telegraph.

AIR POLICEMEN.

GENERAL SYKES'S NEW FORCE.

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their whole-output being under contract will shortly be open to young flying men to the Government, and the Air Ministry of military experience. The force," has released machines where necessary. which will work in close conjunction with Other firms were without the necessary the existing Customs and police services, engines. instruments, wireless telegraph will be directed by General Sykes, the apparitus, etc, and the same facilities new Controller of civilian flying, and will be divided into two branches-pursuit have been afforded to secure these.

scouts and a larger body of aerodrome police. A distinctive uniform will be The navigator's duties in a fight of worn. The police will be stationed at this length are extremely important, and various points around the coast to Davy and Army are welcome to usơ thể much wit depend on his calculations, it known as Larrival stations," at which may therefore be of interest to detail all machines coming from over seas will some of the apparatus which the navige he compelled to land It will be the duty tor will use. A good compass is essential, of the foot branch of the air police to and also a drift bearing plate, a course examine the machines for contraband, and distance calculator, a chronometer concealed cameras and arms, and ascer watch, a sextant, a navigating machine, tain from the pilot, whose papers will be i and a protractor.

examined, the course, which he intends to Three methods of navigation can be follow in the British Isles prohibit- used Direction finding by wireless telted areas, such as powder factories

dockyards, graphy; astronomical observations; dead arsenals,

and the like. reckoning. The first method consists of which will be pointed out to fying on a bearing of a known wireless him and aerodromes "notised in ad- stations, the wireless apparatud, where race of the registration mark of his carried, being designed to enable bear-machine. The pursuit scouts' chief duty ings in be taken on the Careoni Transat will be the beading off of negligent air lantic station at Clifden, in Ireland, or men from prohibited areas. Glace Bay, in Nova Scotia. The bearing or other small object dropped from an will not give the pilot his distance from aeroplane through the roof of a powder. the station, and, is therefore only useful mill is considered by experts to be auf have left the Godowns, and tie is remain for showing whether he is keeping his cient to cause an explosion, and regulang, undelivered after June 2nd, will be approximate course. At this method of tions in this respect are likely to be very

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June 9th

or they will not be recognised. Fouth of the course across the Atlantic htch tracer bullets will be fired as a

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in conjunction with it. An observation no other means of dealing with fugitive by sextant of sun or stars taken from law breakers in the air, at present sug- Many ground and Lime to time renders it possible for the gest themselves. navigator to fix his position within about other signals are at present being de- twenty miles.

Again, there may be a vized by a special branch of the Air 1775 space towards the centre of the flight in Ministry.

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"GLENAPP," having arrived from the above porta. Cra- signees of Cargo by her are heraus Informed that all Goods are being 14nded at their risk into the hasardous sad/or extra hazardous Godown of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, whence, and/or from the whares delivery may be obtained.

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