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AEROPLANE IN FLAMES 47,000...

FEET HIGH.

FOUR OUTBREAKS SUBDUED: ALTITUDE IN DOUBT DUE TO SHAKEN" INSTRUMENT.

AVIATOR SLIPS LIKE COMET FROM SKY.

[BY FRED R. NEEDY.]

Lieutenant Carlton C., Champion, Jr., battled mightily for his fe thousands of feet in the skies recently, with his engine afire, and

be won.

Oxygen Restores "Fler... I managed to get the mouthpiece back through the helmet into my teeth. A big blast from the emer- gency oxygen supply quickly re- This navy aviator, a student at stared me to normal. I then dis- the post-graduate school at Annap-covered that the vibration was olis, had gone aloft near Washing- much more severe than I had maliz- ton, D.C., in an effort to break the ed, and that there was a fire around world's altitude record. Ele may the engine. A violent side-slip, fol- have succeeded. He carried two lowed by a dire, blew out the fire. bardgraphs. One was destroyed by the fire, and the other, it is be hieved, was tightly affected by the vibration and the flames.

As that time. I was at an indi cented altitude of 38,000 feet. The dive nearly proved the undoing of the whole performaner, as the vib

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Dommendation. Constable Raz Chow Ching Chiu is commended by the C.S.P. For intelligent action on September Ast in connection with a case of suspect- ed kidnapping, which resulted in two girls being restored to their parents.

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day, October 12th at 3.15 p.m.

R. J. Hunt

ration in the engine, driven by the But if the mark it showed is cor- rect-47,000 feet-Champion exceed-propeller acting as ed by nearly 7,000 feet the world's seemed as if it would tear the en-sharp for Squad Drill under Sergt. AUCTION unless CLEARED on or before the 31ST INSTANT and/or the CHARGES record" France has held for two

years.

Experts To Determine. This will not be definitely known, however, until the bureau of stand- ards has completed its inspection

36 hours hence.

gine from its mountings.

With the fire out and the gas sup ply shut off at the tank I was able to, take stock again. The whole plane continued to vibrate badly, but to fly normally. At least the controls were, working satisfactori ly. After that experience I glided toward the feld as slowly as I deemed necessary to minimize the

The weekly instructional patrol of the Hong Kong Section will start from Central Police Station at 4.15 p.m. sharp on Thursday, October 13th.

GENERAL.

Police Training School

Becruits,

Classes for Instruction in Part With several pistons completely

I. of "training course will be held at the Police Training School under torn out of the nine-cylinder air-vibration.

Inspector H. J. Paterson on Thurs Fire Put Out Again:

day, October 13th, and Tuesday, cooled engine, due, probably, to the

Immediately thereafter the en- October 18ta. commencing each lack of lubricating oil, Lieutenant

gine again caught fire. I was fore- Champion slid down from his high ed to repeat the side-slip and diy-evening at 130 p.m. sharp. perch, where the temperature wasting, and "again put out the fire.. about 90 degrees below zero, and made forced landing in a corn field on the edge of 'Bolling field, whence the fight had started re cently,

On the downward fight be bat tled with four separate fires in his His remarkable pluck engine... saved him.

But the resultant vibration was so great that something else in the engine mounting evidently carried away. What was left of the engine seemed to sag and away in a most disturbing fashion. With the en- gine gone, the plate would have bean sa badly unbalanced it would have spun down tail first.

In the vicinity of 18,000 to 20,000 feet fire broke out again in the engine section. It was apparent no further diving could be done. I side-slipped as violently as possible and kept the fire away from the plane until is apparently had burn-

Record Not Indicated. After a hurried examination of the remaining harograph at the bureau of standards it was stateded itself out, that an altitude of between 37,000 and 28,000 feet was indicated-cpp siderably short of the world record of 10,80 Meet. This, however, is entirely" unofficial, as it will re-intention af making some distance quire time to calibrate the instru-

ment.

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Should calibration, either be cause of damage to the barograph or otherwise, fail to substantiate Lieutenant Champion's claim he will not receive official credit for

new record.

All recruits of both the Chinese end Indian Companies will parade in mufti at the Central Police Sta tion for Squad Drill and Rifle exer- cises under Sergt. R. J. Hunt on Thursday, October 13th, and Tues day, October 19th. Fall in at 3.30 p.m. sharp.

(Sgd.) F. C. Mow Ftxo, A.S.P. (R), Acting Adjutant. Hong Kong, October 11th, 1927.

AUSTRALIA AND EMPIRE TRADE.

In the side-slip I was losing alti- tude rapidly and I hoped to be able CALL FOR ACTIVE DEVELOP. to get the plane to earth without abandoning it to its own devices.

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After losing several thousand feet I again straightened out with the toward the field. In fight the fre

Mr. F.. L. McDougall, the Aus 1 had had to ignore my position entirely, and had got some distance perial Economic Committee and the

tralian representative on the Im from my landing place.

Empire Marketing Board, address- Immediately after straightening ed the 1919 Club at 36, Bucklers- out fire again broke out with the

Australia and greatest violence it had shown. It was evident that combustion of het lubricating oil spilled from the damaged engine was the cause. I still had 10,000 fees altitude to lose. I tried in vain to blow the are out

wing by side-slipping. er to keep it clear of the upper

E.C.4, on

Empire. Trade." He said that the history of Great Britain's economic progress during the last century had been a record of increasing By Lleut. C. C. Champist.

prosperity, largely due to the ex- tent to which she had been able to My fight on which I reached an indicated altitude of 47.000 feety

assist the development of other countries. Through this co-opera- shattering the world altitude Te

Danger Faced Out,

tion in development, Great Britain cord for both balloons and aircraft

chief supplier if the barograph registered correct Finally I decided it would be im had become the iy, was not undertaken by the navy possible to bring the plane safely of goods to constantly widening

markets. as a "stunt' but to test out the down, so I loosened my safety belt To-day foreign competition severe latest equipment it is developing and prepared to jump. It occurly limited the scope of such activity for high altitude work by navy air-red to me, however, that the also far as foreign countries were timeter had indicated an altitude craft.

A little before 7 o'clock, I took attained, a record I wanted to bring back. As the fire was con- "off from the air station field.fined to the engine section and as Everything functioned perfectly, there was no great urgency in leav- The plane climbed rapidly anding the plane at that instant, I smoothly for about 40 minutes.

decided to try other means of blow Cag out the fire, even at the experise of losing the engine, and the tail spin certain to follow,

Climb Made In Spirals.

In climbing, I circled the field in spirals of increasing diameter until at a height of 20,000 feet I found southwest wind to compensate for

I therefore continued to sideslip and allow the nose to drop, chang- my forward speed. Flying directing the sideslip to dive. Using

ly into this wind I was able to the speed so gained, I was able to continue climbing without making pull the nose to virtually a vertical iny very great advance over the position, from which the plane slid

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I noticed that my altimeter indi-Apache," and the perfect contrat for an active Empire development major educational menace at Ame- ordinary yearly meeting to be held

cated 47,000 feet.

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The report states:The profit for

WASHINGTON, October 4th Campus bootlegging has grown to The continuance of British export trade depression proved the need such proportions as to constitute a The official returns of the rice universities, it was revealed at all altitudes and speeds, made it

of Nations showed that the possible to do this without a shop stall, which would have thrown they passing away. Each one of Bra-forcement authorities.

depression was slow-to-day by national prohibition en- engine ort

With the plane travelling back. ain'e industrial rivals was increas

ita export trade, while British Following requests by the officials ble was severe vibration in the ward and away from the engine, exports in 1927 were substantially in charge of several of the leading the year ending July 31st, 1927, recommend deducting plane, I immediately investigated the Bames were blown away from less that in 1925. The most hope universities of the United States, amounted to 811,280.43 which your everything within sight, from the all parts of the structure. At the ful features in the British who declared that they required as Directors

export cockpit.

same time this series of maneuvers trade returns were supplied besistance in dealing with the problem i from the debit balance brought for. ward from last year, thus reducing The exertion incident to this told resulted in an extremely rapid loss countries within the British Em. of drinking on the caps o immediately. I realized I was not of altitude. At the end, the fire pire. So many people were bemus

vicinity

ity, Prohibition Director Low the balance to 827,005.06. out, due perhaps to in full possession of my faculties, was

The Directors. man to-day instructed, prohibition the ed by the supposed market poten- administrators to use the national and immediately, opened the emer maneuvers, or perhaps to the ex- tialities of huge masses of papu prohibition enforcement machine in Cousland and Mr. Tang Kwan Two directors, Mr. A. 8. D. gency valve on the instrument haustion of combustible material. Iation that they could not realize board which admits large volumes I also was fortunate in finding my; that Australia was a better ens every way possible to limit suth Shan resigned their cents on the of oxygen from a separate mak to self near the landing field so I tomer for Great Britain than the cases and to suppress bootlezzing to board on leaving the Colony, Mr. the mouthpiece. This seemed to do could make a normal landing in a whole of the Far East or that the students,

B. M. Austin was invited to join.

on leaving at the end of the regular area.

British goods in the first six months best they could for a considerable was also invited to join the Board. Upon inspection of the plane, im- of this year than the whole of time, striving to check the rising Mr. T. G. Weall and Mr. Ho Kom mediately after landing, I was the 207,000,000 peoples of foreign vide of liquor without recourse to Tong retire by rotation but offer

the machinery of the law. They themselves for re-election. happened, and cared little, so long forced to conclude there had been | America Australia bought 6 per now feel; however, that the situa

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The accounts have boon audited interruption in the lubricat cent. of by Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and ing oil supply.".

Seven ylinder bends were com she was buying almost 10 per cent. that scandal and publicity are pre- Fleming who offer themselves for pletely missing, as were the pistons The fact that 0,000,000 Australians, ferable to continuation of the pre

1-300th of the world's popu-sent trend. oxygen mouthpiece was hanging by and connecting rods from the cylin the rubber tubes in the cockpit. Idea To remaining cylla dhe Great Britain had to sell overseas to divulge names of the universities

bought a tenth of all hat lation,

Prohibition authorities declined can only assume that the first shock beads were badly cracked and the

no good, and I found myself in small patch of culturaler landing their 15,000,000 people, bought more authorities have been struggling as the Colony,

Southern Dominions, with it was learned that the university the Board but resign. Paterson,

various unusual position, drst with the plane headed straight upward and then straight down,

For awhile I was not aware what

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ly. I then realized there was very severe vibration throughout the entire plane, and that "the

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of vibration, or my movement in pistons and rods missing: The-rear showed in the most effective way the which are having the greatest diff-

Authorities are said to feel that: inspecting the plane, had pulled end of the engine and such parts actual importance of a compara culty, but it was understood that other current difficulties, such as the mouthpiers away from us and as remained around it were badlyvely small population, provided the hat included some of the largest excessive petting" and autome- at maintained a high standard of and best known in the country, bile parties, are linked closely with that therefore neither the service damaged, showing that the parts living and preferred to buy British (Continued at foot of next colums.) the liquor problem. United Krey,

which were lost had left with great goods violence.-Oregonian.

nor the emergency oxygen Wa reaching its destination.