FLYING FLEA TEST

Evening Post, Issue 15, 17 July 1936, Page 18

FLYING FLEA TEST

WHY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE

r Air-Commodore J. A. Chamier, Sec-retary-General of the Air League, has had a reply from the Air Ministry to feW lor a* official test of the clnt gfTf acr °Plane> following recent, fatal crashes in this type of machine, says the "Daily Telegraph » .Ssen^'s^lr^ffi^ ssar* 8 offlciai statUat

Air-Commodore Chamier, however is not prepared to accept this asfinal Sen anrT-f^ con?!^ring the next Sa^Ue^^^r^fX buit in this country todly If th's 5 test „?£* t?1 ? U6StiOn °f an °ffl^l test of their safety most important are unsafe £? }^ a?; thes* m«**»* i ""safe> but there is something that should be cleared up, and can only be ThS C^u d up by a f«U-slze testl Though all these machines are made to the same specification, there ar^c»r tain ill-defined points which make it inl^wlilVT OU^ identicaTmLhines. Weights of engines, for instance and span of wings may differ'" There are signs that the Air League's aptaton is arousing both official and public interest in the matter. There is reason to believe that the Air Mii> istry iteelf, despite its refusal to grant w tehV P s^ sl t de*i ng teking some S ££££■* t0 the use of these small

In the House of Commons Sir Philip Sassoon, Undersecretary for Air informing Mr. Simmonds that the Farnborough wind tunnel was not available for testing the Flying Flea addS fn hUS g F1 + e\ type are not identical £n,i,, gn>Atest °*-«■ single aircraft would not be conclusive as to the type in general."

Portugal's favourable financial balance for 1934 and 1935 has led the Government to annul the yearly salary tax levied on all State officials