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AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.

BRITISH FLYING

NEWS.

TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF

...AVIATION..

MORE " DEGREE COURSES '

IN AVIATION.

BRITISH AIRCRAFT IN CHINA.

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1.8 PENCE PER PERSON PER MILE-

"THE WESTLAND WESSEX

*PLANE,

the daily use of aircraft has do

British Flying Ace. veloped to an encrmous extent dur

Captain. Swoffer known in Bri ing the last few yours. In such tish flying circles recently, camo countries the lesson that has been from England to join Messrs. learned in the futility of attempt Arnhold & Co. Ltd., as their

ing to operate a 100 per cent re-... liability commercial air service

test pilot. He is an ex R.A.F. pilot, was in the R.A.F. during the

with single cagined machines.. war and afterwards became an in-

the

Early in its history the new

In building the "Wessex" the. international flying school which was opened by the Air Service

manufacturers have considered points.so ossential for the satis Training company at Hamble, oa:

factory operation

peration of civil aircraft Southampton Water, in April, has : LONDON, June 14.

added two courses to the curriculum.

Safety, high payload and low That the woll organised air moet Both are drawn up to afford effi

operating costs, a luxuriously ap ing remains an unsurpassed onterent teaching for the civilian pilot

pointed cabin, no vibration and a tainment, oven after more than

good cruising speed, pointer of one being designed to take the twenty years of air meetings, a novice pilot right through to the Yet another sign of the increas consideration which no manufa shown magnificently on Saturday atage where he can qualify for his afternoon, when two nerodromes in "B" licence, enabling him to carrying interest of British manufacturer of modern civil aircraft can London's outer ring staged dis passengers for hire or reward, and turers in the Far Eastern markets afford, to ignore, have received the plays declared by spectators to bo among the best over seen in this the other filing, a big need in is shown by the fact that a general attention of the makers of this ma

purpose Westland. Wapiti Bipiano | chine. is at present touring China; de signed and built by The Westland Aircraft Works of Yeovil, Somer. set, England.

providing fuition: for the civilian pilot who wishes to take up the duties of flying instructor on light aeroplanes.

country. Both events, at Hanworth Air Park and Brooklands, were controlled with precision and the programmes went through with und hurried swiftness.

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The Westland Aircraft. Werks" is

atracton at the Royal Air Central Flying School. On leaving the servies in 1937, ho becane-

chief instructor to the Hampshire Aoro

plaze Club where he remained un- til 1020. He then,llow a Moth to

which

Africa to join a Company had recently been formed in that countryLater he flow anÁVÍO Five three-engine Monoplane to Tanganyika and South Africa. Big wide experience in aviation is welcome addition to China avia- tion circles at this important

If seven passengers are carried the machine can begun at the very low cost of 1.8 pence per passenger mie, which allows an ample chance, stage. of making reasonable profits on an

Young Marshal's Interest.

The B licence course is framed At Hanworth, where nearly four. hundred members of Parliament with reduced fees for "pupils who were the guests of the day, the most agree to take the course right from a branch of the old established and efficiently run air line in a coun-Thorat Lincock brought to picturesque incident was the ap-the start and continue it to the world renowned oil engine manu where railroad travelling in Ching was at the request of Max- pearance together of aeroplanes rond. It is divided into three parts,facturers, Mosers. Petters Limited, objectionable to many people. Such shal Chang Hauch-liang, who in- presenting botwen thèm 22 years of

the first involving dual instruction who have supplied in the Far East a figure includes such running costs timated he wished to re-equip his progress in aviation, & faithful re- plica of the tiny monoplane in and solo Bying up to eligibility for so many installations for electricas depreciation, interest on capital, air force with a modern fighting. which Bleriot made the first flight the "A" licence, the second consist lighting, pumping, sawing and hangarage, insurance of machine machine suitable for his pilots. across the English Channel, in 1909, ing of advancol dunl instruction and other werk in situations where the (fying and ground risks, third This machine was erected and de- of eight huge Handley Page solo work till the pupil has complot necessity for a small local power party and legal liability to pas menstrated in Mukden and created

unit is important.

sengers) insurance of pilot, coat a very favourable impression there biplanes, each weighing fully ladened between 40 and 70 hours of solo

The Westland Aircraft Works of pilot, maintenance (ground en-amongst the Chinese officials and more than thirteen tons, nequired flying, and the third being a course by Imperial Airways for their

of instruction in "blind" flying,

commenced operations during the gineer's wagea) annual certificate pilots, of whom one flew it a Dum- European and Empire routes.

War, in 1915, and since that date of airworthinese, cagine overhauls ber of times most successfully, For flying by instruments only, which

have produced a large number of and spare parts required for such. The Nanking "Lincceks" were

reconditioning of machine. interesting machines,

and "Hannibal," first of the floot"}

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Piloted by Mr. Quatremarre, the tiny Bleriot machine-just six hun-in sandwiched in at intervals while dred pounds of neroplane and pilot the pupil is doing the additional

flow steadily around the aerosolo flying necessary to bring up. drome, driven by a small 25 hp his total of hours to the minimum motor. Hannibal," with four 673

h.p, engines, roared off the ground, of 100 required under British re lifting into the air after angulations before a pilot can qualify

for the "B" licence.

nstonishingly short take-off run This, the first machine delivered of the now fleet, is equipped for use in the east and has space for eigh teen passengers and no less than 3,500 pounds of mails and urgent

| freight The same type of air liner, with accommodation arranged for service on the European routes, has space in two saloons for no fewer than 38 passengers, in addition to aerew of four.

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nasembled, "tested, demonstrated und machine guns fired at the

vaet amount of business is to

* Hungiad Aerodrome. The machince be done between such towns as

were then taken over by two Chin- Vladivostok, Dairen, Mukden or ese pilots, who, without any pro-, Harbin and the great southern vious experience whatsoever on this cities of China, Canton, Hong type of machine, flew them to Nan- Kong, Hankow and Shanghai, not ing to mention Poiping and other im

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The now world famous "Gipsy "Moth ́ih"used" all over the world es *Ta'training and pleasure flying aero-

travel-for example from Hong

to and from Australia in record time: Aconsiderable number c Kong or Shanghai to one of the theso, machines have been sold in Suck considerations render the use teen wora regently purchased by Manchurian cities o

or Vladivostok, different parts of China and nize-

cf nircraft of increasingly para

the Makdon Authorities for train- fing purposes: Two are now being mount importance; and, as men-

assembled at Changaht. tioned, for such purposes "Wessex' is ident.

As mentioned, one of the ma chines (with

Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar S Engine) is at present be ing demonstrated in China by the Far Eastern Aviation Co., agents for West and aircraft-products in FORCED LANDING AND

that country, Bofore the comple CLOUD FLYING.

tion of its tour it will have been portant, centres en route, and-to- When he reaches the second part shown to all the leading Chinese day it is no small undertaking to plano. It the same type of ma of his trnining the pupil, on every military aviation authorities who proceed by the ordinary means of china: that Mir Scott recently, fev flight, will be allotted some definite will have an opportunity of esti- practice work, including forced mating the superiority of this ma- landings, acrobatics, map reading, chine for police work and military cross country navigation and cloud flying. In the intervals of piling SPEED AND CLIMB.

up flying time he will be given The Hawker "Fury," the new

thorough ground instruction in the single-seater fighter adopted by the Air Ministry for re-equipment of various theoretical and practical certain "interceptor" squadrone of subjects essential to right airman the Royal Air Force-unite that ship. may be styled the spearhead of

The total fees for the course, in London's air defence because they cluding all lectures, use of the

A. machine of an altogether dif are intended especially to make first contact with enemy raiders on their aerodrome workshops and para ferent type is the Westland Wes- way, to bomb the city was actor in chutes, insurance of aircraft and sex" three-engined, six-senter, endin the star turn at Brooklands, Pilot / third-perty riska nre cetinated to monopinne for air-line service. In ed by Mr. P. E. G. Sayer, the reach e305, on the basis of 21 hours the last few months standard mo "Fury," which is a beautifully

dels have been improved by the streamlined biplane able to fly at

fitment of three 140 hp, Gene

dual instruction and 100 hours solo

operation under extremely difficult. conditions, as for attack in tainous districts on handits, for artillery co-operation and bombing, for aerial photography on lines of communication and for map mak

the

Spa, 12. Fairey Machines,

The Fairey Aircraft Company

ing, both during hostilitics and on | MILITARY AIRCRAFT recently supplied tsel vel of their

their cessation.

IN CHINA.

Fairey-3D General Purpose Ko chines to Greece, and, 45 of their latest typo Firefly 111AM, Sing- le Santor Fighter to the 'Belgian Government. The Firefly has a

NANKING AND MUKDEN;

. PURCHASES. 566 2 jimpsed of 200 miles per hour and is Lone of the fastest fighting planes

214 miles an hour with full military dying. Given reasonable weather load on board, gave a remarkable sonditions; a pupil should complete Super Majer Engines, instead of rst Single Seater Fighter aero. and is now on the ground being

| display of aerobatic dying.

The terrific performance of the machine was unmistakeable.

Mr.

the course in five or six months.

"AF INSTRUCTORS.

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Safety Firat

and reconnaiss

artil

Of the many types of military in the world. A Fairey 3-F has aircraft in China one of the most been brought to China by Arnhold interesting at the moment is the & Company, Ltd., for demonstra Blackburn "Linecek." It was the tion to the Chinese Government

the thres 105 h.p. units previously plane to be sold in China, the assembled. This type of machine installed, giving the machine a Nanking Aviation Authorities hav has many purposes, including considerably better performance ing recently purchased two. It is day Lombing, offensive The course for light aeroplane without any loss to its high stand-

a machine known in France, as the

the defensive fighting, | Sayer dived the plane at a speed | instructore should go far to aliay | ard of safety and reliability:

"jockey" type, owing to its small sanco, communications, size and exceptional manoeuvre. lory observations, aerial photo- of more than 250 miles an hour and fears expressed recently that the

ability. It is armed with two graphy, and can also be utilized at zoomed skywards in a rocket-like difficult work of flying tuition in.

Vickers air service machine guns an aerial ambulance. It carries climb to reach a height of nearly sometimen being....undertaken by

synchronized to fire through the two guns, one being synchronized With a ceiling of 7,500 ft, on any propellor. Although the engine, to fire through the propellor oper one milo in a few seconds. While ayers who are not competent to do two engines, (should one of the en-an. Armstrong Biddley Lynx Ma- ated by the pilot, and the other in still on the climb the machine was it. The total cost of the course, gines by any chance fail to oper- for, is only 900 hip, the "Linecek" the observer's seat to protect the put through in quick succession two which is available only for pilots ato) and of 18,100 it with all three

has a top speed of 184 miles per machine from enemy fighting air- nearly vertical rolls, almost literal who possess the civilian pilot's "B" engines (in both cases fully loaded The two machines, recently sold to wireless equipment or a camera. hour and its ceiling is 22,000 feet, craft. In addition it on carry by hanging on the propeller" and license and is estimated to fast from with a payload of 1,100 lb, exclud Nanking worn supplied by Messrs. The demonstration Fairey 3-F now at the top of the zoom yet a third three to six weeks, is approximate-ing pilot, fuel and oil, ar asa Arabold & Co., Ltd., (Agents for in China is completely equipped climbing roll brought cheers from ly fea. On completion, the pupil fraighter, h paylead of 1,200 1b) the Blackburn Aircraft Company), for all purposes.

whose aviation department consists the airmen in the crowd of specta will be eligible for a certificate from this machine fulfills all require torn. Only an aeroplane of out the school setting out his degree ofments of civil aviation in China, standing I

Performance could

accom proficiency by placing him in "ohe

Apart from the obvious diend

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The speed of the machine was

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of Captain WIE, F, Jonce, D.F.C., alto represent the Handley Page Mesars, Arnhold & Co., Ltd., Captain F. A. Swoffer, M.B.E., Aiteraft Company, who built night and an ex RAF, Engineer, Mr. bombing machines in addition to of five graden. The highest grade, vantages of forced landing in a Tremewan. This firm represents a the large 40-seater passenger planes dea guated AST-A1, is the mark of country liable to the disturbed con- complete range of British training, recently supplied to the Imperial strikingly shown by contrast with a

Aircraft Airways of England. The prosent an exceptional instructor, the ditions prévdilifig in China, the military, commercial

manufacturers of De Havilland | Interest: shown by the Chincio squadron of day bombers. These lowest, ASTO-indicates that the avoidance of mishaps is nhsolutely Aircraft Co., Ltd. (Moth family) Government în, development of com- were moving over the ground at a pupil is unsuitable as an instrue necessary to the development of Tairy Aviation Co., Ltd,, (single mercial air routes, as well as sopo alio, and 2 seater debting and, bombing Leguinment, at the acti fight miles a minute or so. The "Fury" anything other than the highest have not had the opportunity of aircraft) Handley Page, Ltd. squadrons is a matter for much multi-engined military, night satisfaction and indicates the gen- swept by then like a road racing certificate may

selves becoming so to anything like the bombing, and

and commercial passenger, erat progressive spirit vident

car passing the oldest inhabitant on for " rocategorisation” after they extent that prevails in countries aircraft) as well as the Blackburn throughout China, Far Eastern. | his tricycla.

have bad some further experience, in the area of the Great War where Aviation-Con

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