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AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.

"STEAM" COOLING FOR AERO ENGINES.

COMPLETE SUCCESS OF BRITISH INVENTIÓN.

LESS. VULNERABLE. WÄR 'PLANES MADE POSSIBLE.

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CAREERS IN THE

AIR FORCE-

NEW CONDITIONS FOR OFFICERS.

It is announced by the Air Minis- try that as from April 1, 1932, short! service commissions in the Royal

FLYING FRAULEIN IN SINGAPORE.

ADVENTURES EN ROUTE.

RESCUE.

WOMAN PILOT TO FLY FOR MONTH.

HON. MRS. VICTOR BRUCE'S PROJECT.

REFUELLING IN THE AIR.

Preparations are being made by the Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce for a

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THE FLYING CARPET TO THE fight prolonged by repeated refuel

ling in the air. Mrs. Bruce will be accompanied by her husband, with whom she has long bean associated "What made me take up lying, ' in motoring and motor-boat * Fraulein Elli Beinhorn, the Gur-ploits.

Thoir machine will be a Monoscar man girl Ayer who arrived in | Singapore on January 20, repeated monoplan Atted with two Pobjoy the question before replying to the engines. It is hoped to remain in Straits Times representative who the air for at least M month. interviewed her at the residence of; the German Counsul-General, Dr.

before a reception hold in her hon

Before this year is out many of Air Force will be granted for a the newer aeroplanes in the Royal period of six years on the active Air Force war fleet may he equip list (inatoad of va as at present), ped with engines conled by an allowed by four years in the ingenious evaporative system, in resouye, the place of the water-cooling Since the Arst year is spent in methode employed in a large num-training as pilot, this scheme will ber of nero engines and practiually allow of five years' employment inw. Maonss, at Watton Entato, just

to

a fighting unit, and the Air Force will gain in efficiency by the in- eroaned experience of its short- service officers.

our.

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Such a fight calling for great endurancs would be facilitated by

the pilot's nasistor, a contrivanco much used by the R.A.F. and which

SPRINGBOK

STRATEGY.

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and enthusinatie crowd, and better still to see how they obeyed "the motives and verbal exhortations and kept off the pitch at the end of the a game "Twickenham by this time is surely one of our greatest national

features, to rank with the Derby the Bout Raec, or Lord's, and it is only right for those who visit it to keep up its reputation, and tradition. It is perhaps by reason of its vastness losing some of its intimacy, nad gt times it is a little pizzling even to a constant habitué,, but after all it has only moved with the times, and there is no doubt. that Commander Cooper has made full use of the spaces at his com-

KuLnd.

There is one point which might well be considered.. Drawing,

be a pretty compliment, and not a they do, such huge gatos, it would

by instruments should prove valn-presib every spectator with a pro- gramme, and it would also have the able during the nights.

moss desirable effect of thwarting It is highly desirable that some the dud-programme sellers. On

A-CLUB-DAY

universal in the motor-eir world.

The new idea, first tried out in this country on a large scale in the

Then this young and pretty girl reduces the strain and labour of Mrs. Bruce han lately engine installation of the huge rigid

who has flown practically halt piloting.

taken a course of "blind flying." airship R.101, has been developed

The rank of Pilot Ofner will be round the world all on her own in this experience of flying entirely great financial embarrassment, to in two years of careful research and sub-divided and short-service offears about. 07 days, thought a moment experiment the point of on entry will be commissioned as, before giving her answer. suitability for use in aeroplanes. Acting Pilot Officers" on a stan- It came on the spur of the mo- For several months fast day bomb-dard rate of pay of 138. per day ment, so to speak, I was attending ors driven by ovaporatively cooled (amounting to 11s. 8d. per day at a lecture on aviation in my own system of signalling weather pros some grounds in the Provinces, it motors have flown on trial, and present current rates). They will home town, Hanover, and the pects during the flight should be is already the custom, perhapa one conclusive results are expected in the promoted to Pilot Officers in a speaker was Capt. Kohl, who, with contrived. Wireless telegraphy day we shall see it, at Hendquar favour of the new system from a standard rate of pay of 185. (present another German, Baron von Hune- would meat the case. Food and ters.

taking place, which are engaging period of twelve" months' approved had just flown the Atlantic from There are specialists who can sup- in addition to the craft originally service.

Ireland to Labrador. theply concentrated foods in variety, Atted, two new high-speed night The expenses of moss life in the first

and probably it is possible to convey Atlantic bombing 'planes and a large multi-Air Force are strictly regulated, so fight from East

West small packages from one machine

are mesting the North of Bootland, engined flying boat.

that officers, oven in the lowest

to another during flight, I WES caught by the glam-

the Clubs once more come into their Evaporative, or "steam," cooling ranks, shall be able to live on their

our of the stories he told and I' Refuelling during flight avoids own, and Twiekonham is favoured subatitutes for the large honeycomb

pay without difficulty.

suddenly discovered there was wat the need for carrying a large quin-wish an interesting fixture,, the re- radiator needed in the water-cool Ministry is antisfied that at the new thing that I had to do and that ing system a condenser mounted

rate applicable to short-service

wa-fly. I did not think it over above the engine, preferably within officers during the year of initial but, I immediately joined in avia

training, they will be able to take tion school." their full and proper share in the social life of their units....

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The Air

thickness of the aeroplane wing. Water circulates endlessly within the cylinder jackets and through a "header" tank which in

Larger Gratuity. uitably located between. engine and condenser. Steam from thu

Officers entered under this scheme tank rises to the condenser, where

will be paid a gratuity of £500 on it is cooled again to the liquid

transfer to the reserve on completion state before returning to the engine of their six years of active list ser- vico, as compared with the gratuity of Eris payable at present on com-

circuit.

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claimed,

Big advantages Much less water is required; the

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weight saving in a 500 h.p. motor 100 mny amount to as much pounds. The machine would be less vulnerable in war-time. Mang a pilot's life was jeopardized dur ing the 1914-1018 conflict by a buy

let hole in the water radiator through which poured out the li- quid safeguarding the continued

pletion of five years' service. Of

rs selected for raedium service from short service, that is, for a farther five years on the active list, will earn "£1,000 gratuity for the

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The slightly reduced number of officers required for short servico

non-stap North

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In spite of her many experiences there is nothing "hard-bitten " or masculine about the Flying Frau lein. She is more than ordinarily pretty, with a considerable amount of charm, vivacity and femininity; of average height, not quite 1 blonde, with a boyish coiffeur, and

more

With a gap in the International programme, and the Springboks an far away as Aberdeen, where they

tity, of petrol. There would b❘ turn match between Harlequins and room, therefore, for water or other Blackheath. Buth sides are well beverages.

represented, and there is sure to be.

a big crowd to watch the battle between these great rivals, Black- heath lock to have a fairly rosson- able chance of avenging their Rec- tory Field defeat.

Fuel Problem.

Reducing the quantity of Inel which an aeroplane refuelling in the air must taken up or carry at any ong, moment greatly increases the With Richmond at Portsmouth, nay-load capacity of a 'plane. For the Athletic Ground will be occu some years refuelling has been thepied by the Scottish meeting Old. subject of experiment. It was de Merchant Taylors, whilst Rosslyn Park are visiting Leicester, and will do well if they can hold such a formidable lot. The Army have a strong looking side out at Bristol, and another West Country game which should prove exciting is the

the former'a

& graceful carriage. Anything monstrated by the Air Ministry at unlike the average man's last year's R.A.F. display, fuel be- idea of what a German girl looks ing conveyed from one machine to like would scarcely be imagined

another through a long pipe.

In the journal of the Royal Aero- nautical Society this month Mr. J.

A Mechanic Tog, ~ She arrived in Singapore about H. B. Larrard gives the result of meeting of Gloucester and Ply- complete term of service as at pre-19.40 p.m. in the course of her his exhaustive study of the problems mouth Albion on

Berlin-Far East. fight and was met involved. He states that the rate Kingsholm ground, with Coventry at the Seletar Air Base by the Gor at which fuel can be transferred is and Northampton a battle royal man Consul-General and a number important in the case of large air in the Midlands, running of his engine,, A bullet in der this scheme will normally per-of compatriote, and when I saw her craft, since the securacy of light | a steam condenser has much mit of a higher percentage being later she was making herself con.during contact with the air tanker ·

selected for medium service, and fortable in an easy chair as tho is apt to impose a severe strain on also for retention on permanent home of Dr. Maenes. She talked the pilots. ence in the density of steam and commissions for a life career in theo me freely and naturally in good water means that the rate of escape Air Force.

serious results, because the differ-

of steam by weight compared with water is only an 1 to 060. A pilot

"very

EFFECT OF SMOKING "ON ENDURANCE.

R.A.M.C. INVESTIGATION.

The results of a 'study of "the in- fluence of smoking upon the endur anco of runners are given in the "Journal of the Royal Army Medi- cal Corpe "! and quoted in the "Lancet."

It is, however, probable that with English, speaking first of Bangkok designed apparatus fuel could be and her presentation to. Their Ma transferred at the rate of 100 could fight on for some time; ex-landinga She left Berlin on Decjesties, the King and Queen of gallons per minute." "At the Royal Siam. She was full of praise for Aircraft establishment an excellent periment has shown that holen 4 lagt in her own Klemm miano

plant and flow to Budapest and them saying they were

method has been evolved, which the condenser have so small an

from there on to Sofa, Stamboul charming people who spoke Engavoids interference with the air effect on engine temperature. that and Konia (Turkey). Before she

"However," she screens and contact surfaces. - escape and a safe landing should could arrive at her next stop, A. lish perfectly.

eppu, she experienced her first continued, "we only talked about

Stunt or Good Business. usually be possible.

forced landing at Alexandretta, in aviation, which was the only sub-

}} Syria. She could not help this as jest I could speak of and as the In America a Curtiss "Robin No More Boling Bothers!

she was flying in the face of a tor. King himself know something about

"Proditing by the opportunities Points of more immediate

Imrife storm which was blowing at it, he joined in. We could not monoplane has become a recognised portance, and bearing directly on the rule of 80 miles an hour. For speak of politics, or some such other refueller," and has delivered fuel afforded by the three-mile cross-

tunately she made a safe landing subject, could we?' she the operation of civil as well as and spent the time in a hotel lens with a laugh.

added to other aircraft in fight success country run held at the end of military aircraft, are the elimina-ing her plane without any shelter,

fully not only by day, but at night.every physical training assistant instructors' course at Aldershot T.. as a result of which it was slightly

Her First Crash. tion of anxiety about engine tem

Experts employed by Imperial damaged. She next made a night

Airways have given much attention F. Kennedy has studied the in- peratures, the greatly reduced risk fight to Alleppo where a few minor She is full of spirit this young to the subject. Although it is not fluence of smoking on the endurance of freezing when the machine is not repairs werd cirried out by the Fraulein and I wish I could convey proposed to employ refuelling in of the runner, it is stated.

the way in which she told how she in us and the quicker warming up military people.

During ten years nearly 9,000 mon of engines before a flight, The ew\ dayn,' after leaving Alleppo, and where she was trained, after being no means ruled out of possible were observed. They were graded gine runs always near boiling again, before she could arrive at point, and the pilot need not take her next stop, Bashire, she was any steps to regulate water to forced down, this time while flying ined to go up," she explained, Record duration fights by aid of parature, such as the winding of along the Persian coast. She landed but, alas, they wers right and refuelling diave extended over many at Bandar Dilam, and had to leave was wrong, and suddenly down I the radiator in and out of the as

the plane unattended while she came-bump, how I crashed and days. They are; however, moro de went on to Bushire in an old Ford all I got was a few scratches," and monstration stunta, of no value as motor-bus in company with si she laughed merrily at the recollec proofs of engine reliability, for that Other features of the system pos natives. From this time until tion of the incident, sts especial interest for the air Calentta was reached the Flying

Was there any special reasas can be tested in' less heroje ways. craft designer. An engine of given Carpet and the Kuzum monoplane for your taking this flight to the

37 Days" Flight. power needs a steam condenser

flow together. From Calcutta, she Far East, I asked. smaller than the radiator it would continued Jer fight to Akyab and

"No, there was no special reason The present world record for a

Of the non-smokers 18,8 per cent. use with a water-cooling system. Rangoon Leaving this latter place at all. I moraly wanted to get refuelling flights 0474-hours were amongst the first ten to arrive? This means less drag, or she flew to Don Mung and we away from the winter in Germany, sistance to movement through the

stream necessary with water-spol. ing.

She sayed at Baghdad for four

took up a plane at the aerodrome the air in the near future, it is by

warned not to do so. Of course,

that made me all the more deter future developmenta

trouble.

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into non-smokers, moderato smokers

(those taking the equivalent of less than twenty cigaretten a day), and

heavy smokers (thoss taking tha equivalent of twenty cigarettes or more a day). The numbers in the various groups were non-smokers 346, moderate smokers 1,481, and heavy amokers 107.

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air. And the gain becomes still she had to make a forced landing, and go to some hot countries. That practically 27 days. It is held by home, in the mile race, while the From Don Muang she travelled was one reason. The other was that two Americans, Dale Jackson and corresponding percentages for the more important with the recent by train to Bangkok and left on I had heard so many interesting Forest O'Brien, and was set up in moderate and heavy smokers were British discovery how to build tha Thursday for Alor Star where she stories about the Far East that I condenser actually within the aero-spent the night before leaving for thought I would like to see it for August 1930, at Bt. Louis. In the 8.0 and 0.0 respectively Further, plane wing,

Singapore,

myself. Hence this pleasure cruise. 27 days they flow 39,000 miles, and a study of the last ten men to finish. Success in this now departure

Fraulein Beinhorn stated that I also wanted to be independent from established practice illumina ies the search for perfection which she did not know when she would for a time. I am not out to break were at last forced down by engine the race each year showed that only goes on constantly in British werk leave Bingapore, She is not sure any records but I am just taking A slow flight to the East and hops. It is a significant pointer to whether or not she will go on to future progress that the first prac Australia. "It depends upon the back." tical systems of evaporative cooling condition of my machine," she said. should be devised by the engine The Fraulein was the guest of and aircraft designers who have honour, at a dinner party at Raf produced between them the fastest fles Hotel when more of the Ger and most efficient military sOTO- man community of Singapore hari plants the world has yet seen. the opportunity of meeting her..

Fatz Maid in Distress.

During the course of her fighs the Traulein has had four forced (Continued on prévious column.)

durance, which is highly probable, but they must be qualified by the recollection thab would-ge athlétës

often eschew tobacco while their weaker brethren taken to it very readily"

4 per cent of the non-smokers were: in this group, but 11.4 por cont, of

the moderate and heavy S

hoth

These figures obviously suggest that amoking reduces, physical, ex-

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