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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 21, 1940

How a Spitfire Looks To the Pilot

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GODS OF CHINA

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J. Platform for gun sighi,

2: Flap Fosilon Indicator.

3. Flap lever.

4. Instrument flying panel,

5. Alr-speed indicator,

6. Allimeter.

7. Direction indicator.

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Artificial horizon.

9. tale of cimb indicator.

10. Turning Indicator.

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Revolution counter.

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12. Oil and fuel, pressure gauges

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Engine boost gauge. ·

15. Oll and radiator temperature gauges. 16.

17. Fuel gaten.

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Chassis postilou indicator.

Lights switch. Compass.

Many small boys who, În pre-war days, enviously counted the dials on the dash board of some star racing 9. driver's car, are now crown men seated in the cockpit 20. Flying position indicator. of Britain's fighting aircraft with all the dials the heart 21. could wish for under their control. To the uninitiated 22. the instrument board of a modern operational or trainer 23. aircraft is a formidablo sight. The Mites Master advanced 24. teainer has 43 reparate Instruments, the Handley Page 25. Hampden bomber over, 60 and the famous Supermarine 25. Spitfire about 40.

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Some of these are switches. Cecks, pump and lamps 28. which do not call for continual watching. But more than 20. 20 are dials, mostly with moving needles registering some 30. vital operation connected with the flight of the aircraft, 31. The central feature of a typical Instrument board is 32. a square panel with six big diais lu two rows. Top left 33. is the air speed indicator; next the artificial horizon; next 34. again the rate of climb Indicator: below that is the turn 35. and bank indicator; to the left is the directional gyroscope and left again the allimeter and height Indicator. These 36. are the key Instruments which tell the pilot what his 37. aircraft is dolor at any moment-elimbing, turning, dipping a wing, descending-and at what speed.

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Central column. Gun button.

Foot stirrups on rudder bar, Reflector sight light switch. Dimming switch: for reflector sight light. Key for downward regognition lamp. Radiator Bap control. Filots seat,

Floodlight switches,

Lever for lowering and raiding the landing light. Throttle. Pump for operating undercarriage.

Selector level for undercarriage to be placed in raise or lower position before 34 is operated. Pneumatic brake lever,

Air pressure control for pneumatic system (runs and brake). Fuel cock.

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See the. New 1940

YEE LOY FUT JO TAU

This is the head of the founder of Buddhism. His Indian name is Saky-- muni, and he was an ex- tremely intelligent man for his time, 557-474 B.C. He spoke and wrote all the Indian dialects, and had a good know- ledge of mathematics, astronomy and the arts.

Friend of Wife-What are you going to give

your husband Christmas?

Jor

Wife-Depends upon how much he wants to pay for it.

"They say

Maria Simpkins is married."

"Who's the happy man?" "Her father."

WISE AND OTHERWISE

Child's Definition:--An

adult

Is

one who has stopped growing except in the middle.

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A-local-nurse says that this is certain hospital patient's challenge at every knock on his door: "Who goes there? Friend or enema?"

When a mother at the North Dako- ta State Relief Headquarters was chided for not sending her son to school, she said: "It's a dirty lle! one salted peanut.

He saw "The Sisters" of 'Goethe He's not iterate. I married his yesterday.

father a week before he was born"

She-Whot, are they still alive?

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Doctor-Deep breathing kills bac-

terin.

Patient-But, doctor, how can I

make them breathe deeply?

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From a police report:-Chan was hit yesterday by a car, and speaks broken English.

A relief worker describes a case:--- Mrs.

has had no clothes for a

Most of the cars on London streets year but has been regularly visked now bear such Inbels as ARP, by the vlear. AFS., V.AAF. "Doctor," Down Oxford Street recently came

etc.

a car driven by a woman, bearing the conspicuous sign: "Just Me." "The Times",

"We are have an uncorking good time!"Christopher Morley,

Many a wite has found that hug- ging her husband is the best way

He was originally an Indian prince, renowned for his strength and skill in shooting with bow and arrow. Later in life, to get around him. after dwelling on the mortality of man, he left his comfortable home, his wife and family and doctor's telephone rang went into the world to slumber. It was one of his regular patients. a young man in a wild lead a life of poverty and state of alarm. My wife, Doctor!" her appendix. to preach goodness. You'd better como around quick!"

young man to go back to bed. "Give

Mrs A. While I was going down town on the train this morning, the conductor came along und looked at me as it hadn't pald my fare.

Mr A-Well, what did you do? Mrs A-I looked at him as if hud.

WII power is the ability to cal

Traffic Light: A little green light that changes to red as your car ap- prunches.

Wife at Tottenham:-My husband is like a cork in an old wine bottle, he takes some drawing.

The Major was inspecting " cavalry squadron somewhere in Eng-. land.

Riding down the ranks he stopped in front of n new recruit, and sald;

"Now, my lad, have that saddle and harness brighter in the morning.". Turning to the sergeant-major, he said: "See to it, Bergeant-major." I harness were still dull.

The next morning the saddle and

"I thought I told you to clean them for to-day?" reared the Major, Judge-Does the accused have "No, Sir," answered the rookie. anything, to say for himself before "You told the sergeant-major to see sentence is passed?

to it."

Insurance claimant telling how an Bored prisoner-I only ask thai accident happened; collided with a the time my lawyer used for stan- stationary car coming in the opposite ming up my case be subtracted from direction.

one

night, awakening him from fitful

ha

"It's

shouted.

The doctor sighed and told

the

her some bicarbonate or ginger ale, and I'll look in to-morrow," he said. "She hasn't got appendicitis","

The husband became even wilder, Inslating that she did too have ap

Thousands word af- fected by him, and, on hearing of his goodness and power, monarchs of

pendicitia. "Well, she can't havel" certain kingdoms even the doctor shouted. "I took her op- pendix out three years ago, and 1 fought one another to never heard of anyone having two be the first to invita

apixe him to preach to their people.

Walter C. Clark-

hear of anybody having two

wives?" the young man naked bit-

terly.

The doctor went around right away and it was a good thing he did, be cause the second wife did have ap- pendicitia. The New Yorker, ...,

my sentence.

POCKET CARTOON

"I assure you, madam, down

hére you're as,safèas houses.”

the newly-arrived Irish maid to the "I beg your pardon, ma'am," said officer's wife, "but is it colonel or major I should be calling the cap- tain?"

Rine Instructor-Do you know where you are aiming at?

Recruit-No, sir. I'm a stranger in this distetet.

The first scratch on the too of a new shoe or the palat of a new car la always the biggest, no matter how small.

And then there was the shopgirl who said, every tine her boy friend kissed her, "Will that be all, sir?"

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