SCIENTIFIC VALUE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 113, 16 May 1927, Page 9

SCIENTIFIC VALUE

TESTING OF AEROPLANES (United Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, 13th May. While vast areas of the ocean are still to be searched for both Nungesser and S. Romain, and preparations are 3 n r n f e V°. r airmen’s S Pari ", Flight-Lieutenant Carr and Gillman, of the Royal Air Force have announced that they will hop off J" the neatest non-stop iifS* f ve L. attempted, namely, from Engmiles t 0 aracb !’ a distance of 4000

w Their machine is fitted with a Rolls-Royce-Condor engine of 650 horsepower. The route will be by Central Europe Asia Minor and the Persian Gulf a special 600 yards run has been prepared to get the. great machine with its three tons of petrol into the air It f® q “ lr * 3 ‘ n addition a wind blowing at least fifteen miles an hour. It is essentially a Royal Air Force service, the ln&f * ein ® designed to prove that the latest type of aeroplane is capable of overcoming most difficulties. - The “Daily Telegraph's” aviation correspondent says: “It has been suggested that this is a costly way of denionstrating the aeroplane’s practicability. It is the only satisfactory wav Theories must be tested. For exampie, there will be an enormous differrace, m the load when most of the fuel is - consumed. The. aeroplane’s actual behaviour as the weight i B lessened is of great scientific value. There is great risk in starting with such a load, but as. far as human: foresight compasses it can be overcome. The worst risk is engine failure ehrly. If this unhappily occurs, parachute landings 5T e ■ After 1 eight hours’ flight the machine will be sufficiently lightened to land safely, but one of the greatest difficulties will be landing when the tanks are empty. Britain cannot stay still in the face of the big aviation deeds of other nations.