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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1931.

AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.

BRITAIN'S AIR "WAR," 1931.

R.A.F. MACHINES FLY 250,000 MILES.

STATISTICS REVEAL ACCIDENT FREE RECORD...

Lendon, November 3-In forty Sve hours of feree mimic war for London nearly three hundred Bri-

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NO START YET ON BIG FLYING BOAT:

'AIR MINISTRY PLANS,

The proposal for a 60-ton flying boat, mentioned in the Report on Civil Aviation, 1900, "issued by" he Air, Minisery six wsers ago, wih naɛ be carried out for three or four.

"BLIND" FLYING.

ROYAL AIR FORCE INNOVATION.

¦... ALL NEW PILOTS TO BE

TRAINED,

Blind dying in which the years. There is no intention 01 pilot controls his aeroplane accord- starting building yet,

|ing to instrumenta, without seeing either ground or sky, will be intra- duced in the standard Royal Air Force training in the Now Your

Apart from other considerations, the great cost of such a machine is, in the present state" of the nation's

1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry.. 1. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin. tish servine aeroplanes engaged in 2 Qts, Modoo Claret:

the Air Exercises of the Royal Air Force few this your an aggregate | Anances, regarded as a sufficient distance of more than a quarter of

million miles.

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resor for delay. But there ia ant- other reason for slow procedure in The hostilities, spread over three such an important development, days and three nights of July, were There are now building two dif. planned to test the present state feront dying boats of approximate- of the caborate system of air de-ly 35-ton all-on weight. These prais fence Around London, "greatest of represent a very great increase in of the world's cities and in many size over earlier types, and it lɛ. ways the most vulnerable to air intended that, they shall be tried attack. The enemy, declared to be out before any more ambitious pro a continental power named "Blue-ject is allowed to take practical land, struck again and again with shape. One of the machines, now! his feet of ten squadrons of day being built at the Supermarina and night hombing 'planes; on the Works, Southampton, is to be fitted other side the twelve fighter squad with six Rolls-Royce engines. rons of Redland," a country de scribed as having London as its expital eity, fought to keep out and destroy the invaders, aided by the network of observation and listen- ing posts and searchlights linked with the air defence headquarters and the fighting squadrons,

Although of less power than the 19-engine German Do-X, it is fairly certain that the performance and other qualities of this machine will prove superior.

TOTAL FLYING HOURS,

Wentlier conditions all through 'the "war" were poor: Mist and Blucland low cloud made flying diffients, Redland

particularly in the early stages of Friendly Bombers the conflict. Men and machines zero employed intensively, in actual warfare. Yet no, serious in- cident or necident occurred during the exercises-a tribute to the skill of the service pilots and the trust- worthiness of their aircraft and nero engines.

Bombers Fightera. Official statistics just disclosed by the Air Ministry"show that the at tacking "Blueland" force spent the longer time in the air-1,104 hours against the 027 hours credit ed to the Redland "defenders. The divergent activities of attack- ing bomber and defending fighter explain the differenen. The bomber

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Aggregate: 1,041.50.

Day. Night. 907.35358.25 $54.10 3.35

124.05 26.

1,483.50 456.

SQUADRON AVERAGES,

Redland.... Blueland.

52 10

116 24.

TYPE ANALYSIS

(Average hours/squadroh):

After that every now pilot will go through a course of blind " tying as part of his ordinary train- ing. It is hoped that, in a "fow years, every R.A.F. pilot will be an expert at this work....

It is believed that this innovation will give the R.A.F further lead over foreign air services in ita fly-' ing techuique."

which the pupils will be required At first the degres of proficiency to reach has not been decided. It will depend upon experience gain- ed during the first few months.

The system of training has beun

School at Wittering, inrgely as, a dovaloped "at the Central Flying result of work done by Flight-Lieut. Johnson, the aerobatica expert.

The canvas hood over one of the cockpits. originally used for this purpose in 1917 is employed. It's like, a perambulator hood and comes right over the papil, shutting out all view of ground or sky. The pupil must then rely entirely upon bis instruments for telling what 'in the position of the machine."

2).

Main Instruments.

The chief instruments are the compass, the air speed indicator,

Hours, Mins, the engine revolutions counter, and the turn and bank indicator. Pilots who have been developing the Royal Air Force blind" "Aying methoda enn, with the aid of these instru- ments, take off, dy on a course with great securacy, and extricate their aircraft from a spin- or any other 130h. 24. kind of manœuvre. They can make accurate turns through any number 108, 12m. of degrees.

5th. 19m,

Night Bember Squadrons 100h. 30. Day Bomber Regular

Squadrons

Day Bomber Auxiliary

Squadrons

Fighter Squadrons

Inceamant War. The large amount of flying done is a long distance aircraft, travel by "Blucland"" raiders during the ling to an objective from a distant hours of darkness is renewed proof poine; the fighting aeroplane,, which that a war in the air is a war with Fascends to intercept or to chase the out ecssation" or respite. Given suf- raider, is a machine required toficient reserves of machines and keep the air for a comparatively † perennnel, "an air invader would short space of time, usually be generally plan to wear out the de- tween two and three hours. The fance by maintaining a ceaseless greater speed of the fighters would offensive, sending wave after wave ake the discrepancy between the of fast bombers all through the day two forces in distance flown not and beginning with the approach of quite so marked In addition, dunk a series of onslaughts by machines which performed the dutylone" long range night bombers of simulating bombers friendly to At dawn the day bombers, flying in the defence accounted for 150 hours' loose formation, would again. be flying, bringing the total up to brought into action. 1,911 hours.

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Along these broad lines was fought

Ench defending fighter squadron out this year's "war" for London. spent on the average 32 hours 19The result, necessarily inconclusivo

· minutes in the air, each attacking because of the make believe” and aquadron 116 hours 24 artificial conditious. introduced for reasons of enfety of economy, by no

Most aétive of all the units were

Triangular tracks have been flown without error, the hood being over the pilot the whole time. When the hood has been removed the pilot has found himself exactly over his des tination. The instructor on these. occasions flies in the second sent, so that he can keep a look-out and pre....... vent any risk of collision...

One of the curious things about the blind dying developed at the Contral Flying School is that a different turn and bank indicator a used from that at the Royal Air- craft Establishment at Farnborough: for flying in fog.

The object of all “blind ? flying training is to enable long flights within clouds and fog to be made with safety and accuracy.

CHINA BUILDS. HER FIRST 'PLANE.

MACHINE SIMILAR TO MOTH

BUILT AT NANKING,

the regular day bombing squadrons, which averaged 130 hours magans revealed helplessness in the | minutes, equivalent to a distance of † defenc». » Though many of the bon- more than 13,000 miles reckoning at hers got through the defence system, "the conservative cruising speed of

which this year was shorn of anti- 120 miles an hour.

Nanking, Dec -Marking a new aircraft, batterien, a large, proporere in the development of aviation Again this year, as in 1930, the tion of raiding formations was iz-in China, Colonel Yuna Pao Kwang, territorial" aquadrons of the tercepted by defending Aghters on Chief Mechanic of the Central Avia- Auxihary Air Force did well, fly. the way in or but of the disputed tion School, bae, successfully com- ing with exemplary skill and steadi-area and it is likely that the loses

pleted the building of the first ness to average just over 108 hours indicted on the enemy would have announcement appearing in

Chinese airplane, according to an a squadron. These volunteer air.

The Air Volunteers.

the

mer, artisans and professional men en sufficient in actual warfare to Central: Daily News, the Chineer

official organ of all classes who give up their deter him at least from continuiag. spare time to the A.A.F, have more attacks on the scale first intended The new 'plane, which is said to than justified the trust imposed in

be built antirely by Chinese ‘engi- them by the Air Staff; with a stif London undgabtedly can be doneers and with Chinese materials, fening of regular commissioned and fended from air attack. But many is of the same type as the Moth, non-commissioned officers they are more

aquadrons must be capable of flying at a speed of 100 to-day capable of active service fy-stationed at the herodromes in the miles per hour and is intended for ing side by side with regular unit. defence eztem, beady to adcond use in the army for reconnoitreing!

The Air Ministry's brief official report of Byingtime is tabulated belowe

(Continued on next. Dolumn.)...

a moment's notice to do battle with the raider, before the defence can guarantee the capital's integrity.

purposes.

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