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AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.

THE FLIGHT OVER EVEREST

THE PERILS AND

DIFFICULTIES

VAST FROZEN CLOUD MASSES

CHEAPER ERA FOR FLYING

DIESEL ENGINE CUTS EXPENSES

(Special Air-Mail Service)

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FASTER AEROPLANES

LONDON TO - CENTRAL

RUSSIA IN A DAY

(Special Air-Mail Service)'

AIR FORCE PROMOTION

THE NEW ARRANGEMENT.

(Special Air-Mall Service)

London, Oct. 10. On Oct. 1s it was announced that the Air Coun cil has considered how promotion and retirement in the ranks of Air

CANADIAN AIR FORCE MILITIA

THREE SQUADRONS 200 MEN

(Special Air-Mail Service)

Landon, Oct. 17;-The Canadian Commodore and Group Captain in Department of National Defence is the general duties branch can be working out details for the forma nost satisfactorily carried into oftion of an Air Force Militia. Tho feet and have decided that theso establishment of three squadrons' is matters be regulated.

ontemplated, each with a strength Air Commodores and group cap of 20 officers and 175 other ranks, tains promoted on or after July 1,

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1000 will be selected from those who and fer addition: a reservs ef off- London, Oct. 11-Flying men London, Oct. 20.--After two years London, Oct. 10-Air Commo are of the following serviorities on cors. One-tenth of" the personnel have never planned a more pic of experiment in service tho Jun-dore J. A. Chamier, in a lecture the date of promotion: Tur pro will be instructors furished by the

last evening, prophesied that aeromotion to air vice-marshal:

Two turesque endeavour than the as-kers Diesel aero engine has given planes would be cruising at speeds to four years, inclusive, as air Royal Canadian Air Force, of Bault on Mount Everest which-if such good results that Deutsche of about 400 miles an hour, within commodore. For promotion to nir which the new Militia will be an negotiations now in progress are Lufthansa, the German air line the next few years, and so would commodore: Two to four years in- Auxiliary.

bring Central Russia, Crete or the clusive as group captain. The right! carried through--will be made by combine, has decided to pat

Canary Islands within a day's to promote, in exception circumst British pilots within the next fowaeroplane fittex with it on the Ber- journey of London.

Ances an officer who is not within mouths. Highest of the world's lin-Amsterdam Line immediately, i The lecturer pointed out that mountain peaks, the Himalayan and it is expected that this service giant has defied many gallant climbing expeditions; most of them retired when still thousands of feet from the summit, though it in

possible that two British climbers reached the peak a few years ago. When last seen by their comrades they were going strong for the top

but they never came back. At first sight the task before the fying party is comparatively sim ple, Everest rises 20,000 feet above Boa-level. The world's height re

card, established last month by Mr." Cyril Uwins in a British biplane, ie 43,076 feet. But the mountain lies remote in the heart of a ter rific range of peaks many of which rival it in stature, in a region where a forced landing would mean destruction and whore blow winds of hurricane force. Further, the hend of the giant is the home of tremendous storms, and vast fro zra cloud masses shroud the peak from view for many months of the year. The men who take off from

a

will be operated entirely by this type of engine early next year. The aging is the Jam 4, a two-stroke hery-oil water-cooled type.. In

few days.

with the development of air trang port a new world's carrying trade had arrived, and Great Britain must see that she got her share of it. This she would not get where there was possibility of competition if she did not have faster aero-

Great Britain the strict Air Minis-planes.

Condor" 500 h.. heavy-oil gero miles an hour and a range of 1.000. try type tests of a Rolls-Royce An experimental machine which would have a cruising speed of 130 engine will be completed in the next miles was at present being built for the Air Ministry With such speed, and taking the most direct British technical methods are routes, Egypt could be reached in cautious but sure, and the comple- 13 hours, Karachi in 26 hours, tion of these tests is a definite as-Capetown in 40 hours, Australin in 47 hours and Canada in 30 surance that the Diesel engine has hours. Following the existing future in the air. The German routes and allowing for stops, the engine is one of 600 h.p., weighs Australia would be only 72 hours, flying time between London and 1,700 lbs. arul burns 34 h. of fuel They were not dream figures, and per hip, per hour, as compared with could be made wholly possible at about. 5lb. of the ordinary petrol lost without stretching the

abilities of the aircraft designers.

motor. The law consumption and the comparative cheapness (about d., per gallon retail) of the fuel will, it is claimed, reduce the fuel hill by two-thirds. Owing to the low consumption the aircraft's ran- ge is increased at 43 per cent. The heavy oil engine weighs more weight has now been brought down than the petrol engine, but the,

to less than 31 b. per h.p., as com- pared with about 14 . of the water-cooled petrol engine, How- ever, the disadvantage in weight is of small importance as compinřed with the reduced cost of fuel, re- Chief pilot of the expedition induced consumption, reduced risk of the Marquess of Douglas and Clyfire in accidents, and great exten- desdale, a member of Parliament, sion of range. On long journeys squadron leader in the Auxiliary the heavy-oil engine will allow a Air Force and well-known amateur bigger pay load to be taken.

Providing the finannial

Is the United States an air-cooled

aerodrome in Northern Bengal ng the foot of the great hills to conquer Everest will know that they are beginning one of the meat perilous adventures in the history

of aviation.

boxer.

sinows is Lady Houston, whose gift Diesel has been successfully deve- of £100,000 enabled Britain to enloped. This is the Packard 235 b.p. ter for the Schneider Trophy con-radical, whicis. holds the world lest in 1931 and to drive home flight duration record (81 h. 32 there a triumph without parallel min.). This engine is now install- in the history of international aired in many different types and is rasing. The Air Ministry and the being tested in military and naval India Office are according the ex-

planes. pedition hearty support, and the Maharaja of Nepal, within whose territory the mountain stands, has given his permission for the fight

over the aummit,

Work on the heavy oil engine, is proceeding at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Faraborough. The principal British engine makers

are in the stage of bench tests, and A period of intensive training in the air-cooled division there is, and flying trials must precede emne high-powered engine nearly barkation for India. Each mem-ready for type tests. The continu- ber of the party must attain the ed operational experience obtained perfection of physical fitness to in Germany and the United States withstand the ardours of flying with heavy-oil uero engines, how above the Himalayas Aeroplanes

be ignored Daily and engines must be perfectly at-ever, capmot tuned to the task; there will be no Telegraph. room for a single mechanical fai- Juro.

The aeroplane most obviously fit ted for the fight is the high-flying Vickers "Vespa craft - powered with a Bristol Pegasus " motor which Mr. Uwins took to the stra tosphere when he set the new world's aeroplane height record. Negotin-

LONDON TO PARIS IN 90 MINUTES

(Special Air-Mall Service)

London, Oct. 18.-A new record tions are going forward to secure for a big four-engined passenger the use of this machine and perair liner was made between Lon- haps of another craft of similar don and Paris by Horatius, one of performance; at the moment ne dethe Imperial Airways 42 seater finite announcement if possible.

TRISH AIR MAIL

IRELAND TO BERLIN

(Special Air-Mail Service).

'planes, which covered the distance of 205 miles a 90 minutes. Tho air liner, which weighs 13 tone, maintained an average speed of 150 miles an hour.

Air Lines. It will carry 14 per- sons promincat in the public life London, Oc6, 22—The first direct of the Free State. It is expected air mail between Dublin and Bor that the weight of mails will be in will be operated to-day by 200 to 300 lbs. Part of this load Folker liner of the Royal Dutch will be for London and part for

Continued, ar fout of next Golumn) · Germany-

the zone of his rank is reserved. The tones of promotion will be liable to alteration upwards downwards from time to time.

A WILLIAM PENN STAMP

ON

ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOLY

EXPERIMENT

London, Oct. 19.Within the last three weeks orders have been placed for 36 British aeroplanes by threa

foreiger Powers. The machines are full small types, but they am to be used for military purposes. The biggest order was for 93 siromaft from Brazil, in addition 10 were ordered by Portugal and 6 by Iraq. The machines for Brazil are Tiger Moths n Fox Moths, Portugal also ordered Tiger Moths and Iraq ¡e of the newest type of aircraft put into production by the de Havilland Company, known, as the D. H. 64 and, na the first of the series has not yet been built, the order has been given on the strength of specifications.

(Special Air-Mail Service) London, Oct. 20.--Probably the first time that a Quaker has an peared on a stamp will be in the next Monday (Oct. 24) by the United States Post Office of a spe cisl. William Penn stamp on the on American soil. formally to in- as a young man in armour, taken 250 anniversary of his first arrival trait of Penn on it will show him augurate his "holy experiment from the likeness of the Quaker in of the. State of Pennsylvania. It the possession of the Pennsylvania is rumoured the stamp will be a Historical Society, palated purple tree cents one and the por- 1,000,

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