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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 28 1936.

AVIATION

KING'S AERIAL | £10,000,000 MORE GLIDER COVERS

TOUR OF RA.F. STATIONS

Flies 310 Miles In 8-Hour Review

FOR R.A.F.

110 MILES

NEW RECORD BUDGET From Dunstable To

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London, July 9 The Government is planning to SPECIAL DISPLAY OF spend an additional sum of over £10,000,000 on the expansion of the Royal Air Force during the present financial year,

AEROBATICS

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London, July 9.

The King yesterday Blew 310 miles on an eight-hour inspection of the Royal Air Force stations.

It was the first tour of the kind made by an English monarch.

Suffolk Coast

LONDON MAN SETS UP RECORD

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INCREASE OF R.A.F. IN EGYPT

NAVAL BASE AT ALEXANDRIA

"RESERVED POINTS"

(Special Air Mail Service) · London, July 7. The British and Egyptian

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Lowestoft, July 5. Cramped and exhausted, Mr. This fact will be officially dis- closed, to-day. when the Air Philip Aubrey Mills, of Chapel- Ministry issues a supplementary street. E.C., a shipper and a mea. estimate to make provision for the ber of the London Gliding Club delegations in the Cairo talks further strengthening of the force,

The original estimates for the Air Force, presented last March. amounted to £39.000.000, a record peace-time total. When Parlia ment has voted the supplemen- He used his own private planetary estimate. the authorised ex- a DH. Dragon Rapide," piloted by penditure for 1936 will have in- creased to approximately £50,000,- 000.

Fit-Lt. E. H Felden,

who

With him was the Duke of York. Chief Marshal, 12 an Air Both wore the light blue uniforms of the RAF, and, for the first cap the new

feld service time. which on Sept. 1 will come into general use, the existing flat-peak- ed cap being retained solely for ceremonial occasions.

The timetable of the tour was: 10.40 a.m.: Arrival at Northolt from Windsor.

12.30 p.m.: Wittering aerodroine. 2.35 p.m." Mildenhall aerodrome.

D.M.: Martlesham Heath, aerodrome.

3.50

6 p.m. Hendon aerodrome.

When he landed at Hendon at the end of the flight the King was 'heard to say to Air Chief Marshal Sir Edward Ellington, "It has been 2 glorious day."

At Northolt the King saw a stir-

Supplementary estimates for the Navy and the Army will, as al- announced in "The Dally ready Telegraph," also be published to-

additional money re-" day. The quited for the Army will, a ex

amount to be- clusively, stated. tween £6.000.000 and £7,000,000

top of the supplementar On estimate for £10.300,000 for the Navy

Parliamen* sanctioned by Since the Budget was introduced. more millions are now required The precise amount will be made known to-day.

A total provision of £158.251 000 was made in the Budget for the three Defence Services. The sup-

plementary estimates are

expected

to raise the expenditure to more than £190,000,000.

J

ring exhibition cf fight-aero- display, and told him it was the batics by three Gaunlet planes "most wonderful dying exhibition" which repeated the performance he had ever seen. they gave at the Hendon Air Pageant.

climbed out of the cockpit of a On small cream-coloured gilder

the Suffolk Pakeeld clius on coast at about 4.30 this afternoon

Dua

EARLY FLYING RELICS

Many relics of the early history

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DOCK & SLIPWAYS.

ON ANY TIDE

of пying are to be seen at a dis- FOR DOCKING VERY LARGE, AS WELL AS SMALLER VESSELS, play now being held at the Science Museum, South Kensington, by the Royal Aeronautical Society to

commemorate the foundation of range from early seventeenth- his society in 1866. The exhibits met to day to draft an agree-century books describing the pos ment on the military question; sibilities of flying-machines and

the "heart" of the Treaty flying-boats to negotiations

and discovered that he had sat new British gliding record

The talks began on March 3. up a

Their alm 110 miles from

is to reach a Anal by 'flying

settlement on what are known as stable.

"reserved points."

His machine, designed by his

These points, which were left gliding partner. Ft.-Lt. G. M. Buxton, and built in Yorkshire, over to be settled by negotiation was the first high performance when Britain declared Egypt in- glider tu be designed and con- dependent in 1922. are four in structed in this country. It cost number:

(1) The security of £200,

bad vital Imperial communications

through Egypt,

Weather conditions were when Mr. Mills set out at noon. and be Intended to make only. a short tight before lunch. Con- ditions improved when he got over Whipsnade and he rose to 3,600 feet and made a long glide northward.

Over Duxford he was forced down to 800 feet and he could see nowhere to land. "By a sheer fake." he said. "I found an up- ward current of air and was able Indeed to get altitude once more.

I circled to get altitude 15 times

during the trip. In fact, I circled til I was alck.

PREVIOUS RECORD

The previous distance record for a British-made gilder was set up On April 19 by Mr. A. L. Blater. of Matlock, with a fight of 75 miles. A previous light of 85 miles was made in England with German-bufit machine by the

Collins, of the late Mr. G. E.

the the operational London Gliding Club, in August.

J 1934,

Before he left, his Majesty ex- pressed great satisfaction over the

of the parade.

of

When it was ended the King smartness asked to see Flt.-Lt Broadhurst, Į emiciency one of the plots who gave the organisation and the flying.

MOTOR JOTTINGS

THE ROAD FUND

WILL ITS CHANGE OF STATUS AFFECT GRANTS FOR

NEW ROADS?

Last week's House of Commons; at any rate-It will be the House debate on the clauses of the Fin- of Commons which, in the "new ance Bill relating to the appropria- conditions brought about by the tion of mator taxation revenue by Finance, BI, will authorise the the Treasury leaves one in some grant to the Ministry of Transport, uncertainty whether the Chan- but, as we have said, it wil be the cellor of the Exchequer really ap- Chancellor of the Exchequer who preciates the crying need for big will tell the Commons what they road improvements. It is true, as are to vote for this purpose. When the Treasury spokesman said, that pressed for an admission that there even in the past the Chancellor's was urgent need for new roads, Mr. Formal approval of expenditure Chamberlain was singularly reti from the Fund has been necessary, cent. and it is obvious that a heavy but that is quite a different thing duty will devolve on Members of the Chancellor being in Parliament to keep him up to the position to dictate to Parliament mark, exactly how much money shall be made available for roada.

A FAT SPARK!

NATURAL PHENOMENON FOR THE IGNITION SPECIALIST

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Britain's

(3) The protection of foreign interests and of m'norities,

a worn fragment

of an aerial ship made in Eng land in 1835. This was 160 feet long and was propelled by mov- able flaps.

became

The advent of the balloon in the eighteenth century caused

He of that time, and it wild excitement among the pub- the fashion to decorate almost everything with pictures of bal- The exhibits loans.

Include znutrboxes. eighteenth-century. fans, handkerchiefs, pottery, van-

(2) The defence of Egypt again-ity cases, and even dress materi- als, all adorned with coloured de-

Among st. foreign aggression.

the signs of balloons. more modern exhibits are letters and cards sent on the Arst str- mail flights in Great Britain and Europe and also some of the first aerial stamps used.

(4) The Sudan at present ad- ministered by a Governor-general appointed by Egypt with the as- Ten pro- sent of Great Britain, vinces have 'British District Com- missioners).

CHIEF POINTS

It is belleved (says Reuter) that the chief points of the present agreement will include:

reduced until Egyptian forces are strengthened.

impurtant

The creation of an British naval base at Alexandria. Rent will be paid by the British The transfer of British troops. Government to Egypt for this from Cairo into the outlying de- base. sert and the gradual reduction of

A considerable increase in the the British Army in Egypt., Br-strength of the Royal Air Force, tish forces will not, however, be which will act as the chief de

rence of Egypt.

The construction, by, the ExYD- tiaXI Government. of suitable strategic roads.

world record was The

set up earlier in August, 1934 by four German pilots, who all succeeded in landing 310 miles from their starting-point.

Agreement is also reported to be in sight regarding the Sudan, but the exact terms are unknown.

ROYAL CARS OF TO-DAY

CHANGE OF DESIGN AND BODY

teresting: by lifting up the top of the rest, the King will have ac- cess to a sort of miniature desk in which are pen, ink, pencils, pa- per and even cigarettes.

דיי

IN BLUE CLOTH Instead of "the old thirteen-feet wheelbase, this one has a stand- ard (eleven-feet-ten-inches) base. It is no larger than an ordinary big limousine.

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London, July 9. The King to-day drove in a new In the old days the motorist motor-car; this is the first royal car" to be delivered to him since spent much time in the effort to persuade a primitive coll ignition his accession, writes a correspond-

This is not the only new fea-" system to give. what was known as ent. I happened to be walking a "fat spark." Nowadays, the fat-down Pall Mall yesterday when I ture. Newly-de-signed lamps have ness of the spark between the plug met Mr. R. W. Cracknell, who been introduced, and now King points is taken for granted: in- taught the King to drive when he Edward will be able either to read deed, a recent theory is that there was an under-graduate. at Oxford or to write in the car, with com-

He pointed fort, at night. Is no more advantage in stoutness Just before the war,

me this royal limousine, of spark than in rotundity of out to figure. Those, however, who Uke with maroon body and vermilion a well-nourished sparklines. It was then waiting to be to see and, incidentally, those who are sent, to St. James's Palace. advocating the very wide plug gaps. to which reference was made re- centiy-have doubtless been en- couraged by the super-ignition de monstrations provided by the re-

It was recognisable not only by as or the Minister of Transport, cent thunderstorms. in last week's debate pe could only can produce a spark several miles its red shield with the gold crown and its absence of number plates, try to make the best of what, from long, it should be easy enough to

the which gave it a right of way his point of view, is a thoroughly make one jump right across bad job. The one bright spot in combustion chamber of an engine's through all traffic; it was also the proceedings was a Member's cylinder. Only the little matter of the largest private car in the wheelbase of thir- remark, after Miss Lloyd George voltage is in question. If we need., world, with a had lamented the demise of theay, 10.000 volts to bridge a plug's teen feet one inch and a track of is not very convincing, because he Road Pand, that, the honourable points set at 20 thous" of an inch, dve feet four inches, has been able to exert a restrain- Member and the Fund being chil- how many volts would be needed ing influence hitherto, and actual-dren of the same father," it was

for a three-inch gap under com- ly used his power drastically when but seemly that she should shed a pression? And how many are be- hind a three-miles-long flash of the crisis of 1931-33 was at its tear over the fate of her near.re.. height. In the long run-in theory, [lative!

lightning?

from

Mr. Chamberlain argues that, in "the event of general economies be- ing necessary, it 1 unfair for one Government Department the Ministry of Transport-to be more or less free from his control. This

MEASURING CYLINDER BORES

How could one possibly measure a cylinder bore without bringing the measuring gauge in contact with the bore? This seems im possible, but it is done, at the Mor ris engine works, and the explans

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Nature

LITTLE RED SHIELD Londoners will remember the royal car always used by the late King.

ONLY FOR TWO' There was reason for this. King George and Queen Mary sat on two armchair seats that ware fixed to the door pillars, in the Behind exact middle of the car. them sat a lady-in-waiting and an equerry,

Another change made by the King's wish is that the upholstery la of royal blue cloth, instead of leather, which was favoured by King George.

ALL CLEAR -AHEAL

A 32-Horse Power straight eight, the car has a new design in wind-

screens. It is in one plece, cut very low, so that the driver may have

an absolutely clear view.

Should the King wish to have nore than one equerry with him, there are two folding seats, built in so that those who use them will face forward.

THIRTY-SEVEN NOW

tion is as follows: The gauge used

The first royal car in the world. is a plus which is a few thou The sir is measured by means of

inch smaller than a column of liquid, which rises or Since King Edward is not mar-It is still in running order-Was sandths or an the cylinder. Air passes into the talls in a graduated tube, and an ried there was no longer any need a 6-horse power one supplied to centre of the plug, and is released error of one-thousandth of an for an unusually big state limou- King Edward VII, then Prince or through two lete on opposite sides inch in the cylinder bore is shown sine. It was therefore decided, Wales, in 1899, of the plug so, that it impinges by a variation of as much as 2in. at his express wish, to build a directly on to the cylinder walls. on the graduated scale. This s95- state car in which the King and The larger the cylinder bore and, tem of measuring is, therefore, ob- one cquerry could be seated in therefore, the greater the distanceviously extremely accurate, but it comfort at the back between the plug and the cylinder also has the merit that the gauge komen. walls, the greater will be the Itself can never wear, as it does which escapes not touch the cylinder bores. Thus, amount of air

is accuracy remains constant through the two jets.

A BUSINESS CAR

Between the King and his equerry is an arm-rest that is in

From that year the Kings and Queens of England have owned thirty-six state cars, all of the same makes this is the thirty.. seventh

The last big car used by King. George was made specially for his Jubilee tours in London.

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