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HERE
AND
THERE
'
Mosscraft Abroad
England,
Landing in U.S.A.
Bad Prophets
a recent visit to Washington,
DURING
Orville Wright said that in the early
MARTIAL FIRE : The 70-ton Martin Mars flying boat which was nearly destroyed
by one of the starboard enginJs catching nre during tests. The airscrew blades
were thrown off and punctur/a the J11SI afOkf'the pilot's cockpit. The offending
illy dropped off into the water.
motor
Warplanes in
CCOROING to
tor-General of
Canada, the Domil
planes in thfi^
Dominion llefeb
RepafSicg, JVoain
this
$100/
aircraft are
Eagles' Nest
- T W O THIRDS of the pilots of the
-L American Eagle Squadrons in the
R.A.F. received their ab initio training in
the Civil Aeronautics Administration's
programme. This corresponds to the
Civil Air Guard which was in force in this
:ountry up to the outbreak of hostilities.
Since its inception in 1930 the C. A.A. programme has trained more than 55,000
pilots.
V
-\\w
adk
ell,\jirecroduction in
ill have 10,000
training and
the end of 1942.
g and overhauling
planes will cost
To date 8,200
Canada.
Astronautical News
China Vanguards
O
T an engine, test meeting of the AmeriA
can Rocket Society a fuel-cooled
design was demonstrated by Mr. J. A.
Wild.
The fuel charge consisted of a
gallon of alcohol and 8 lb. of liquid air
instead of the more usual liquid oxygen.
Ignition was by gunpowder fuse, and
a thrust intensity of 80/85 lb. was maintained for some 25 seconds. Jet velocity
was calculated at about 5,000 ft./sec.
WHERE DID THAT ONE GO ? : These two photographs show the result of a direct hit by a
light anti-aircraft shell on the starboard wing of a Lockheed Hudson which was flying over the
West Frisian Islands. From the form of the damage it is clear that the shell explosion must
have been instantaneous at the moment of impact ; had there been any delay the edges of the
hole in the underside of the wing would have been blown outwards. This is also borne out by
the " pepper-pot " damage to the upper wing-surface. It is rpbre usual for the shell entry hole
to be small and the exit hole a large gash.