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AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.

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NEW THEORY OF UNIVERSE.

A PROBLEM, FOR. EINSTEIN. {

On his arrival in Quifornia,

In several laboratories the work where ho will spend some time in of building a practical compression-escarol, Professor Einstein has ignition engine, burning heavy oil been suddenly confronted with some instead of petrol, goes steadily on. striking new evidence whichi sug- been gests that he may have to revise his has BUCCCHя Considerable achieved, and the era of aircraft whole, conception of the universe.

Amerion'a inost famous astronom- powered with oil-burning motors, promising more economical, simplerer, Dr Harlow Shapley, has pre- and safer Blying, is appreciably sented him with a now picture of

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It does not affect the theory of. the world. Nevertheless, in a year

Again the ubiquitous light aero-

A multitude of accessory devices relativity, except in so far as it of slumps and financial disasters the youthful industry of aviation plane, frequently flown by wonen

Civil enthusiasts, has carried the British have contributed to the increased suggests that the curvature of space has steadily progressed. flying has continued to advance at fing over every part of the world efficiency of the aircraft of 1930. is much more irregular than Ein To mention one, the Townsend ring stein beljoves, but it does run coun the phenomenal rate first reached. Experienced airmen like Air Com-device has done much to overcome ter to the German savant's cosmo- three years ago, when suddenly the modore Kingsford Smith and Mr. the resistance disadvantage of the gony, which conceives the universe extension of air routes and the BF. Caspareuthus have set new star-shaped radial engine. Acro- as unchangeable in shape and development of all kinds of private and astonishing records for the planes equipped with this simplu dincios, a matter uniformis MAINTAINING and commercial fiying enterprises journeys between England, Aus

tralia and South Africa. Less than mechanism, which consists of a wide distributed throughout it. began in staggering fashion,

In the three countries where Aviation is making most marked measurable progress-the United States, Canada and Australia-the graphs of progress continue to climb steeply. No trustworthy figures are available from Russia, but there, too, the growth of civil flying is always accelerating. And nowhere

ten, days after leaving. London Kingsford Smith alighted on Aus- tralian soil; nine days out from pic Mr. Caspareuthus landed in Cape Town.

Even more impressive from same points of view are the achievements of "novices"-people with less than 200 hours of flying experience is to be found an indication of who have flown alone in light slowing down. The world has re-aeroplanes to the uttermost ends of cognised the value of civil aviation the earth. Mr. Oscar Garden flew in its manifold aspects, and the for sixty hours in England, where in his spare time he learned to fly outlook is bright.

at the Norfolk Acroplane Club, bought a

biplanc MILITARY AIRCRAFT.

"over the counter" in a big Lon- Though the market for military don ators, decided to fly it back to nircraft has shown small expan-his home in Australis and arrived sion in numbers of machine em there without fuss or incident in Ployed, yet technical advances in eighteen days. Miss Amy Johnson, the design of neroplanes and acro in spite of bad weather, got there in engines have ensured orders for new less than 20 days. Mra. Victor Bruce material. Obfious, too, has been a steered an

of tendency to the increased nec

aircraft on reconnaissance duties over land and sea, and in the policing of large territories over sons held formerly by, costly ground forces.

WHERE BRITAIN LEADS.

second-hand

eventful course over 14.000 miles from England to Japan. She flow. 144 hours on the way there and more than doubled her flying time!

It is no disparagement of the human element in these astonish- ing journeys to claim that the air- craft employed must be strong, trustworthy and simple to control and maintain.

In international competitive flying British, light aeroplanes have done well. Miss Winifred Spooner, one of the world's best women air

No national industry has better right to feel proud of the year's work than the British aircraft in- dustry. In 1029 Great Britain head. ed the aircraft export trade of the world; the figures so far available for 1030 indicate that she should pilots, headed all entrants in the "heavy" category of the inter- retain that high position. Further, national Round Europe Tour

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Dr. Shapley now brings forward the stupendous conception of a flat ring placed around the motor at its grontest diameter, gain' as. tonishingly in speed and range. An universe which is expanding far- increase of ten miles an hour fre- ther and farther into unfathomable ASSEMBLY quently follows adoption of the depths of emptiness, in which it ENTERS, THE PER- ring. Economy also is gained be will ultimately be lost as complete-SONALITY cause aircraft equipped with ringsly as a raindrop in the ocean. will cruise at the same air speed as when un-ringed" for a lesser opening of the fuel throttles.

METAL CONSTRUCTION,

OF A

SMARTLY DRESSED MAN IS FELT AND

According to this cosmogony, during the relatively brief life. RESPECTED.

time of the earth, which is about two thousand million years, the universe has actually doubled its The tendency towards metal con-dimensions. Dr. Shapley says:- struction has almost reached the is logical conclusion and wood rarely found in the main structure of aircraft produced in any quan-

"It is reasonable to assume that the universo will continue increas ing in dimensions at the same rate,

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tity in Great Britain to-day. In that two thousand million years ventors have discovered how to from now it will be scattered over build wings and fasolages in metal twice the area it occupies at pre- which are lighter, stronger and sent."

With 40 astronomers assisting easier to repair than wooden struc tures. During the year certain air-him, Dr. Shapley has spent many craft have been built in Great years in making observations, on Britain of metal even, to the cover. which this revolutionary convexp- tion is based, and the latest were ings of the wings and hull,

World competition for aircraft completed only recently, trade increases daily and the 18,000 Island Universes. British industry, in spite of its pre-

In reporting his studies to tho sent favourable position, is not. American Association for the Ad- sinckening its efforts.

vanocment of Science, Dr. Shapley Experience gained in supplying said:-"We found great deviations the world's biggest aircraft market from uniformity in the distribu- is combed through and through to tion of galaxies or islund universes provide points for the designer throughout space. During our sur The work of research and experi-vey about 18,000 island universes ment goes on unceasingly.

BUSINESS MAN'S AEROPLANE.

More than six thousand miles in

have been found and measured."

Ho presented a picture of one of these galaxies, known as the large magellanic cloud, which he thought was the first detailed map of an

200,000 giant stars, each more than 150 times brighter than our

big orders received from overseas organised this year by the Acro ten weeks is the record of the West-island universe to be achieved. It during the last few weeks promise Club of Germany. A few weeks and Wessex" monoplane air-wo, found that this contained foreign trade in 1031 equal to the later she finished among the first liner which completed recently a best yet achieved.

three in the Italian contest, flying demonstration tour of the British on equal terms with some of the Isles. finest pilots in that air-minded nation.

In technical achievement and re- search the end of 1950 finds the British industry supreme. Long and painstaking research on aireraft design problems and intensive acro engine development has reunited

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2,000 stars, each of more than 10.000 times the sun's brightness, while somo aro 100,000 times

The aireraft visited dromes, serving 00 of the larger cities and towns in Great Britain and the Irish Free State, and made

brighter. no fewer than 250 landings and

Between our own island universe ascents. Considerably more than a thousand leading business men and of stars and this gak ty yawna a municipal officers were present at gulf of from 50,000,000 to 20,00,000 The Royal Air Force, in the demonstration flights and many of in the production of British fighting aeroplanes which are admittedly course of routine flying, made flaw them went aloft for the first time light years. Yet, cosmically speak At Ipswich the ing, this is just in our backyard, superior in speed, rate of climb, less cruises in formation across the in the machine.

of control, and general length and breadth of Afrien, and Mayor's father flew for the first for there are other super galaxies

time on his eighty-third birthday, about 170,000,000 light years away. efficiency to these produced in any voyaged several thousand miles dur

Weather conditions werd poor other country. For example, latest ing a flying bont visit to the Baltic aver most of the tour and some types of "single-seater fighters con- states. In 091. hours of mimic air times extremely bad, with low structed in Great Britain attain war," 256 R.A.F. machines flew cloud, mist and rain squalls. The speeds with full military load on approximately 200,000 miles, much rish Sex was crossed twice and on the return journey the craft few board which are only reached by of it at night and in conditions of the 143 miles over the water in

bad visibility during the day, with eighty minutes. built stripped racing aircraft

out a single serious incident. It is abroad. Similarly, new British day worthy of note, too, that hours of and night bombers, service flying British setvice #ying showed a boats, and sea-going war 'planes marked increase over 1920 and an encouraging improvement in the definitely surpass all foreign com-ratio of hours flown to fatal ac

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NEW ENGINES.

In addition to the design and building of engines which are de finitely superior in effieioney and

The "Wessex is a passenger 'plane of modernet size with com fortable space for six occupants, and was designed primarily for

feeder or branch lines connect- ing up with main air routes, air taxi flying or private use as an air yacht. It is powered with three air-cooled motors of around 120 haric-power each and cruises at 85 miles an hour. Craft of this kind are giving satisfactory, serve on

New big, civil aircraft show equal. ly striking advances. The year has seen the building in Great Britain and first successful flights of the world's largest passenger carrying power developed to earlier types routen operated by Imperial Air the Britial nero engine builder has ways and by Sabena, the Belgian land planes, the emergence of the continued the study of new means air transport company, z largest float acoplane yet construct of power production. An example

ed and the production of other big of novelty in engine design is the

to

overcome

16-cylinder 300 h.p. air-cooled mail and passenger-carrying craft motor, shown in public for the first and freights' which, while capable time at the R.A.F. Display, devised the greatest dis of improved performances are ac- advantage of the generally employ- tually cheaper to build and simpler ed air-cooled radial motorlargo to maintain than their less efficient frontal area and resultant big re- predecessors. Early in 1931 many sistance to movement through the air. The new power-plant has four of these now big craft will be placed banks of cylinders, arranged like

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different parts of the world; the re- sult is certais to be a reduction in operational costs and a gain in enfety and regularity which will im prave markedly the economics of civil aviation.

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GOVERNOR'S NEW. MONOPLANE.

Two Portuguese officers who flew from Lisbon to Goa, the Portu- guese possession in India, in a Puse Motlight monoplane are temporarily without an aeroplane.

The Governor of Goa, who is s flying enthusiast and already owned A light aeroplane, is declared, to Moth " before the two airmen,

of this arrangement was proved Capt. Cardoso and Lieut Pimentel, when a single-seater fighter, had climbed out of the cabin. specially built around the engine, attained a speed of no less than 203 miles an hour at a height of 20,000 feet.

The result is that the governor now owns two aeroplanes, while the airmen are obliged to travol alowly back home by boat and train, seki

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