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AND AVIATION.

AIRWAYS AND

MACAO & AVIATION,

[BY MAJOR E. B. BRASIER.

CREACH.]

In my article, last week, I ended up with a reference to the plans, which the unfortunate Mr. Brophy same to Hong Kong to put through to build up, at Macno, a full bloodied flying school for the benefit of all persons, of all nationalities who wished to learn about the tech nique, the engineering, the theores cal and the practical side of Avin tion.

In many ways. Masao is much more suited to the needs of a flying

·School than are Hong Kong, Can- ton, Shanghai or any of the big cities of China. It has both pro- tected water, and; wide areas of Aut eddieless country close at hand; it's f rondstead-- and waterways are not continuously crowded with the ship- ping of all nations; labour ́and land" are cheap and the military strength; of the Portuguese owners is not so strong as to arouse any atmosphere of jealousy if a few aeroplanes settle there for training purposes,

Apt Portuguese Flyers. The Portuguese, too, are apt flyers, as they make good sailors, Fand it may well be that from this re- ruiting ground; rather than from Britain, U.S.A., or the Eastern peoples, will the pilots of the Air Fleets of the East, be drawn. Tho great Commercial craft will need more-than-pilots. Stewarde-and- stewardesses, mechanics and radio-i operators, bi-and tri-lingual they must be who will cross the heavens at the rate of a thouand miles a day, serving passengers of twenty differ ent tongues, deeping one night in Burma, the next, maybe, in Sin- king, Swatow or Sarawak,

And why not? Did we not, learn resterday how, two hundred years ago, it was in Lisbon, capital city of Britain's gallant. Allies, that Fra Bartholomeu do Cusmao first rose into the air upon wings of his own Leonstruction, to fall at his second attempt and earn, thereby, the een- sure of that most puissant Prince, King John. What Portugal first be gan, in the West, she is well fitted to carry on in this Enst of pare.

Cutting Across Nationalism. And why not, weain i Only month ago was held at Bruhmeet the late sitting of the Internation- nl Aeronautical. Federation. There

INTERCHANGE

EXTRAORDINARY.

12 R.A.F. PLANES IN A DANGER PERIOD IN

MID-AIR SMASH.

THREE MEN KILLED AT TIDWORTH

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER AN EYE-WITNESS.

Ladgershall (Wilts.). October 20...

FLYING.

MISTAKES AFTER 500

HOURS.

OVER-CONFIDENT AMATEURS..

Aviation is not inherently dan

It was decided that Flying is de SUCCESS OF "SPARE PART"Two Royal Air Forge officers and gerous, but the air, to an

GYOU

manding nowadays not only a dras- but is challenging ideas about n tic reduction in national regulations,

* TRIAL.

KN Aircraftman were killed this greater extent than the sun, tona exclusiveness and so-called

afternoon, and a Leading Aircraft terribly unforgiving of any care- only been questioned. It takes trato exceptional precision of places, belonging to, the Central

"Because they wished to demons mass, was injured, when two R.A.F. Flessness, incapacity, or neglect," integrity which have seldom pre- time to get those rosolutions given workmanship and an astonishing Flying School, Netheravon, collided of the British Aviation Insurance Capt. A. G. Lamplugh. F.R.Ac.S., effect, to in actual practise, but avon

if

only their tenor is appreciated degree of interchangeability of com- in midair at Tidworth, (Salisbury Group, one of the greatest authori among those who are responsible ponent parts the Bristol Aeroplano Plain). The victims are

for the world's aviation laws, flying Company arranged for a novel test, will get another great push forward

and the need for a Far Eastern executed under the control of the school wit become more pressing. aeronautical inspection directoral

Capt. Barnard's Air Dircus.

I have received from Capt. C. D.

of the Air Ministry.

T

Barnard a report on the work of his motors, each developing around 600. Six Jupiter" air-cooled' radial

KiNcsford Smith

also relies

On

Dead: Flying Officer Henry Charles Singleton

Pilot Officer Roger Williams. Aircraftman No. 2 Reginald, Henry Lanaway,

Injured.

Leading Aircraftman Wilfred Older.

ties on dying accidents in the world, expressed this opinion in a lecture to the Royal Aeronautical Bocioty last month.

He gave some hitherto unpub- lished statistics of aviation acol. donte showing that in Great Bri tain, France, Germany, and the Robert United States "errors of judgment" have since, January, 1928, boen. res sidents.

ac-

-horsepower, were chosen for the experiment. The tests were plan- ned to show how components from

An eyewitness of the collision,ponsible for at least half the une engine might be transferred to who was playing golf on the garri another, how certain sub-esserab-

In the samo period structural or son golf course at. Tidworth, said mechanical breakdown causes have licy" of component parts might be that the planes wore flying near declined to about 20 per cont. moved shotte from one motor to an- Tidworth camp at 3.10 when their

Captain Lamplugh has worked other and, thirdly, to try det the wings appeared to touch.

out the danger periods in the pilot'a interchangeability of componentą

career. Among professionals it is Obe machine was completely in the early twenties. Between the aken from the 12 parts st. 128.

wrecked. first the tail and then a ages of 30 and 40 the professional wing coming away before the body, to be good as compared with any pilot's expectation of life appeara of the machine crashed down, carry other class of pilots..

Mobiloil

C

Toll of darelessness.

It is distressing to find the num-

hardiness. The danger periods are between 20 and 30 hours' experience,"

and 120 hours, and be

Interchange of Parts. These vix engines were put through the usual arduous enduring the two, ran in it to instant anco run They were then completo death, ly stripped down and each engine The other plane nose-dived to the ber of fatal and Burious accidents Both the officer and the ovar-confidence, inadequate train- to amateur pilote caused through was; laid out, separately in its vari-carth, oils unit and component parts, at mechanic, Older, used their para-ing, caralessness, or deliberate foot this point the official inspectors chutes, but the former was killed.

The Duke of Wlduster, who, as between took over the job and arranged a drastic interchange of components staff, captain of the 2nd Cavalry tween 300 and 800 hours. affecting no fewer than 1,300 parts. Brigade, is in camp at Tidworth The last period is not, easy to The engines were re-assembled, with the 11th Hussars, war an eyetion, that the pilot has acquired a account for except on the assump- without any difheulty or any extra witness of the smash, and hu im- reasonable degree of perfection, bat fitting adjustment other than a mediately rods over to the spot with has not yet learned that no amount lowed for by the design and nor other offers. He looked at the of skill will avail against the clu

meats in certain conditions: wreckage of the machines and stood by while the bodies were removed.

Air-Circus with which he has been touring. Britain for the past six mouths. The figures of performance are simply astounding, and say more than anything I have recently read for the security and dependabilitymally employed with the production of modern aircraft,

engine Again the engines were The Circus, backed by the Daily put through endurance runs, and Mail, gave, in this period, 370 dis- plays in 119 towns in 180 active, again stripped and carefully ing days! Six aircaft, including Avians,pected. Of the 1.000 interchanged Moths and an Auto-giro, few albo- |gether 180,000 miles and carried up ever 60,0000 passengerk John Tranum, the famous Parachutist made no fewer than 130 drops with- Fout äccident, in all kinds of wea-

ther. Can you beat that!

Thrown out of Planè, Aircraftman Older, who escaped

with a leg injury,, had an amazing parts only one was rejected by the escape. He said afturwards that inspectors hand started bevel the two 'planes were just " forming pinion of which the teeth had worn

unevenly. The six engines with in-up" when the other machine seem- terchanged parts were later accopted to fall below its height and struck od by the Air Ministry without the under-carriage of their 'plane, question.

flinging him out. He added:

THE DO--X IN NEW

YORK

"AN ENGINEERING TRIUMPH.

attention since their original in stallation, during which time ap: proximately 300 flying hours had, been accomplished.

"Error of judgment" is a de- elining factor, but for the ama- feur class of pilot it declines very increase in the number of inexperi- slowly, and this due to the great [enced private owners.

Faulty navigation in the profes 2.84 per cent of accidents, whilst sional class is responsible for enly in the amateur class it accounts for 11.37 per cent.

Strutural failure has been a big- ger cause of accident to big air- craft abroad than in this country, have suffered more from this cause. but in all countries light aircraft

I had just sufficiantt presence of mind to pull the string of my par chute, and I remembered. nothing more until I recovered consciousness especially when flown by amateu or the ground."

pilots and no doubt unskilful hand- Spectators of the tragedy were fling and lack of skilful inspection horrified to fee the other para- have been chicly responsible. chutist spinning through the air un-

Capt. Lamplugh emphasised the able to get into a proper descent.

need for skilled instruction, He fell heavily and was killed.

One of the machines come down at the foot of Sidbury Hill and the other in a small wood on top of the

hill.

Another eye-witness said:

The machines collided head-on when they were flying at a good height. The force of the collision. caused the tail to fall from one machine, which at ouce nose-dived. The pilot was apparently powerless to control it, and it fell at a great speed.

The other machine appeared to bank, and a figure in a parachute, which opened perfectly, was scen to leave the cockpit. Then the machine quivered, appeared to loc speed, and also pose-dived to the ground."

A statement issued later by the Air Ministry says that the machines involved were Atlas Aircraft of No." 13 Squadron,

Among many uncommon causes. of accidents Capt. Lamplugh men tioned the switching on of cabin lights at the moment of landing, the reflection on the windscreen blinding. the pilot. Another is al andonment of aircraft in parachute without sufficient reason, or "para chute consciousness."

Capt. Lamplugh looks for im-' provement through higher training standards and careful selection of instructions" and improvement In traffic contro

ROBOT AIRWAY LIGHTS:

SAFETY OF NIGHT-FLYING ENSURED.

This accident brings the total number of men killed in RA.F. A special display of the method crashes this year to 64, which is and apparatus employed in the ono less than the figure for the illumination of aerodromes for whole of 1830, and 22 more than night flying is now being staged the total figure for 1920.

at the West-end offices of Imperia! Airways in Charles Street, Lower INQUEST ON THREE VICTIMS Regent Street, London and is at

tracting considerable attention.

The display includes models of A verdict of accidental daath was the most modern norial lighthouses returned at Netheravon Aerodrome and fashing Benens, many of thes at the inquest on the three airmen latest airway lights being fitted who were killed-Flying Officer with automatic controls, operated Henry Charles Singleton, aged 22, by light rays from the sun? They Pilot Officer Roger Williams, aged light themselves up automatically 23, and Aircraftman Reginald Henry at dusk, and extinguish themselves Lanaway.

again with the advent of daylight craftman Robert Older who was robot lapip-lighters have, indeed,

The survivor of the crash, Air the following morning.

These with Pilot Officer Williams, said now been brought to such a státo that he saw the machine piloted by of perfection that they even light Singleton and warned Williams that up, the aerin beacons on the ap- A'Hobuoli Triumph.

it was coming into formation. Eproach of a heavy cloud, extingui- Captain F. Christiansen, in com-

Willianis acknowledged the warning. ahing them again as anon as the and of De-X, reported that the They flew in formation several cloud has passed oyer. Such auto- twelves Curting Conqueror, 600 H.P.

light- minutes and Singleton made amatically-controlled aerial motors of the "Do-X" labricated manTo which witness thought houses will continue in operation with Gargoyle Mobilbil Acro "H" was an indication that he meant to for six months without attention, worked in a splendid manner, and change his position from starboard

Flood-ilt Aerodromes. what is most astonishing is the extremely low consumption and the the machine he was in, he said. It illumiation is the lighting of the He felt Singleton's machine strike Another marvel in the science of regular performance of these en appeared to come towards them at landing areas at airports with gines under unusually severe condian angle of 45 degrees. He remem doodlights of over 1,000,000 candle Monk,"

bered no more except hanging out power, which produce an illumina Mr. Harvey Brewton, Curtiss of the machine on the starboard tion equivalent to 75 per cent of Wright engineer aboard the Do-X, side when it was diving towards the day-light. reported "perfect lubrication after ground. He pulled the rip cord of 290 hours of heavy duty operation his parachute, which opened about routes and airports," said an off- "The Baientific lighting of air with, ad oil, consumption of only 200 feet from the ground. As hercial of Imperial Airways, "has 1.08 quarts per hour for each of these 600 horse-power engines,"

was coming down he saw the other now madh is as easy, and as safe, machine crash.,

to alight by night as; by day?!

SOME FACTS ABOUT AN HISTORIC AIR VOYAGE TO U.S.A. The monster airship, Do-X, which, actual occas flight conditions were has carried aloft 100 persons, in a encountered:

New York's Welcome. single trial fight over lake Cor. stance, was delayed in making its from Norfolk, Va., to New York On the final stage of this flight journey to the shores of America. The principal regaon was that the approximately 30 passengers were flight from its home base Fried carried. Arriving in New York, richshafen, Germany, has never

the plane, after circling the Statue been considered by its sponsors to

of Liberty, flew up the Hudson be a stunt" flight but rather an River opposite the upper end of experimental trip to be made by New York City and then returned slow stages productive of perform and alighted at the Battery, where ance, data. In the dosign and the passengers were transferred building of this immence craft, with and the officers and crew of the 7,900 horse power, the manufactur. Do-X welcomed to shore by repre ers were constantly confronted with sentatives of the City of New York new problems in aerodynamics and tad the Consul General of Ger construction. Even after the shipmeny and Brazil. was completed. Its trial flights had The large ship then flew to the to be made over the waters of an North. Bench Airnort of the Cartias inland lake and it was not until Weight Flying Service where the after the start of the proposed Curtis Conqueror engines were fight to the United States that overhauled and received their first

to port.