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Driving Over the *Rockies.

An English motorist, who ha just completed an eighteen months' tour through the United States and Canado, during which he covered 50,000 miles, found that crossing North Amerien by road is still on adventure.

At times he had to drive when the temperature was 30 degrees below zero, and at others to cros deserts at top speed when the ther- mometer registered 110 degrees in [the shade.

In Moutano and Wyoming he motored all day at altitudea twico that of the highest peak in Eng- land; while on several occasions he crossed the Canadian and Amer- lean Rockies at between 10,000 and 13,000 feet above sea level, over roads so bad that, according to him, they can only be duplicated in Europe by Greece and Turkey.

Prize Winning Cars

OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY 19th NOVEMBER, 1932.

Baing The Official Organ of

THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.

FORD CAR FALLS THIRTY FEET.

The above pleture shows a Ford car after it had been accidentally back down the 46 steps shown above. After falling a distance of approximately 30' the car went away under its own power. No material damage was done to either passengers or car. The chauffeur

was fined $10.--for using a passage not open to vehicular trame!

WHITHER SPEED LEADS?

The Higher the Speed, The Lower

the Safety Factor.

Every now and then, at the nu-have many doubts as to the pas

at this rate of speed might cause him Horious trouble. Ninety- nine times out of a 100 his body is practically perfect, but-und there always remains that "but."

When Mr. Dr Mrs. Passenger Reta n taste of this speed, they will probably go back to railroads and aviation will have to go through

One of the most successful of the many striking cars that took part In the Concours d'Elegance recently held at Eastbourne was the Hum- her Pullman entered by Mr. W. E. Rootes. This had a sports cabriolet de ville body by Thrupp and Maber- loy, incorporating a number of fea-merous airports throughout the sengers' insurance. Insurance another siege of starvation to tures of special interest, such as a country (U.S.A.), we hear young- companies still have ono eye clos-wean the passenger back to the ventilated trunk for the transport aters in the flying game naming led so far as aviation is concerned air. Uncle Sam used hin head of freshly-shot game.

1,000 to 2,000 m.ph, ne the speed and when a commercial line starts when he stayed out of those

high speed stuff, both their opties speed ragen. of acroplanes some years hence."

A pilot in an asset to These same youngsters and a lot will close and close tight,

the country, so why kill them off? of others who should have more sense, use the time-worn phrase,

who speak of 1,500 to 2,000 m.p.h. These "renders of the future" "the only exeuse for aviation in its

in the stratosphere have speed," to back up their argu- ments. In the language of some

This car was entered in three classes, ie, for cars costing be- tween £700 and £1,000, for the most distinctive car over £500 in value, and for the most distinctive car with special coachwork, and was placed first in each case.

The tall of the body is gracefully outswept, and the rear wings aro flared to match.

A "De Luxe" Polley

has been greatly increased. All

not

COWS

Cream Puffs Fine Material for Aeroplane Wings

Would some kind soul tell me

Speed flyors will tell you that they have certain things to do on fast turns. Some of them scream at the top of their voices. Others taken into consideration several stretch the muscles of the body factors that will result. Two The clans for closed cars costing famous poet, "that's a lot of Each and everyone of them have thousand miles an hour in the

baloney." Commercial aviation some little thing to do to overcome stratosphere? Yes, when between £150 and £250 was won by

will never carry passengers at "blanking-out" but the blanking-wear pants! Just becauso nome a Hillman Minx with a body known

more than 250 miles per hour and out process takes place just the cloud cleaver gets that high in a as the "Burlington Coupe." This smart little car, with accommoda-wrote the late Charles W. Purcell,

you can dunk your pretzel in that, same-sometimes.

ballon is no reason why the rest of tion for four persona, has a deep-shortly before his death.

When you hear of a fast flyer us have to go up there and travel sided body with Tickford winding

cracking-up you can nine times that fast. head, the forward part of which

Now, let's take the different out of ten, charge his death to this is made in the manner of a "de angles of the case and work them cause. With flying experts being ville" extension.

out. First, we have the little pro-washed out by these shortcomings position of upkeep. We'll say just of the human body, what chance for the sake of argument that udu you think a passenger would fair speed for commercial ships is have? I'll answer it for you, what they are going to build this 150 m.p.h. From actual costs of Just about as much chance as the super-plane of and who's going to upkeep on the equipment of cat with the tallow legs had of build it? They could use a cream certain line operating on the catching that asbestos rat input for wings just about as well A number of important features Pacific Coast, we find that for each Hades.

as they could any of our present are to be noted in the 1933 pro- 26 m.p.h. of speed added to their Now, for the old time-worn plane-building material. It's rold gramme of the Triumph Company.chedule, they increased their argument about speed being the up in the stratosphere-at least Prices are reduced all round, alkeep 30 per cent.

only thing that aviation has to that's what they tell me but pas- though the value of the equipment

certain sengers travelling 2,000 m.p.h. Now, some of you are going to offer. This is true in a models are pow ""do luxo" and the ask me why, and here's the sense, but it does not go far would be very much put out by the new cars are completely equipped | answer. Motors

Did you ever see a train heat when landing. When you до to pieces enough, with every useful motoring aid, so | faster. Wing

de travel as fast as an aeroplane? have this much speed and then covering that purchasers have no extras to teriorates faster and tyres wear No.? Well what else can travel descent to dense alr you have much quicker. Add to this, the 250 m.p.h. with the safety of an enough heat to cook a passenger to The distinction of being the first ravage caused by vibration (and aeroplane? Nothing. Right you a nice shade of brown. Why? British firm to standardise a con- you have, plenty of this at high are--nothing and lots of it. tral jacking system goes to the | speed) and you can easily see how Then It seems that for the credit of the Triumph people; large a pocketlook it would take present we have attained a high and two other interesting points to pay off.

enough rate of speed for the In the 1933 programme are worthy Vibration in an aeroplane causes present factor of safety of our Instead of playing around with trouble than any other planes. Aeroplane manufactures this speed stuff, our engineers known factor. Its actions are and aero engineers will have to go should try to give us a ship, with never visible to the eye, or nearly to work and increase this factor of a twenty mile landing speed, a never, but the results are quite safety of our ships before they add 200 m.p.h. cruising speed and visible in the way of crackups. more speed. The mere fact that about 1,500 pounds of pay load on This curse of the flying game human beings can go into the air a single engine. That's what a causes metal fatigue and excessive and fly at a greater speed than a lot of us would call real progress." bird is plenty excuse for the grand, This ship can be and will be built Metal fatigue is the baby that old game-avintion. Laugh that some day. causes steel props to separate off. 1 250 m.p.h. is not fast ALL-NIGHT CAR TRIAL themselves into numerous pieces

while the ship is in the air.

Retaining Health While Flying Fast

pay for.

et poto.

In the first place the Super Saven will in future be known as the Super Eight, and in the second the Southern Cross sports model, which embodies the Super Nina chassis has been increased in power to 10 h.p. by raising the engine capacity.

more

wood deterioration.

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Simple. When you have surface on a ship you have friction, when you add speed you have heat-the more speed the more heat.

enough to give aviation its place When it is finally built we will in the sum, then we may as well and deaths in the flying game. go back to bicycles.

This kind of a ship could be landed

The all-night car test recently

When this cry for speed and on a city street without killing moro speed has finally driven one of the occupants. It could be mountainous in any landed organized by the Cape Province | Motor-Cycle and Car Club for the Now, we'll drop the upkeep bust-plane builders, to create 20 pas- "London Cup" proved a big atness and look at another side of sengers jobs that will make ex-country In the same way.

The tremely high speeds, then and only traction for light and heavy ears. the question-passengers.

Aviation needs factors of safety passenger is the party that will then will they realize that their much more than speed. It noods The premier award was won by have to pay for the advancement of offorts have been just wasted time.ship and engine improvements and G. Retief who piloted a Triumph aviation, but can they fly him at They may not realize it then-ot lots of them. It needs some way sports car over the 300 miles great speeds and still have the until they bring in several stiff of making airports visible through course without the loss of a single passenger rotain hla health. passengers and become tangled

needs a good fochanfeat device to mark, despite six open and four Doctors will tell you "no." They up in several million dollars worth several thousand feet of fox. It

claim, and this is backed up by of lawsuits.

fly a ship blind. This old body of ours was just physical examinations during the World War, that only two out of made to travel so fast and no cach 10 poople can stand a speed faster and when we park it la ship that is bullt to travel, 850, greater than 800 m.p.h..

secret controla.

"For every instance you see of recklesanoss on the part of a motorist you may count'half a doxon examples of jaywalking on the part of pedestrians," Fow will disagree with this comment,

from a London paper,

400 or 450 m.p.h., we slap Lady Fordington, Dorchester, has a Would it be good business to Luck square on the nose. Evon at vicar with a modern outlook, for land one of these fast ships on an 200 m.p.b, on our present ships, a he has given permission for cars airport with a dead passongorz wise pilot cuts the gun before to be parked on the vicarage lawn Nay, my child, and 1 furthermore touching a control. A sharp turn on Sundays, free of charge.

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