wene" of the service including the cost of experimental flights. For these, one of the two long-range de Havilland Albatross four-engined monoplanes built for the Ministry will be handed. over to British Airways for experimental flights and may be used for the Mrst crossing about the middle of next year. "Possibly other landplanes may be considered. Britain is building the world's fastest bombers, and 'a civil version of one of them might well be suitable with which to start a "malls only" service although four engines are necessary for the safety of a pasanger service.
The Croydon tragedy when a German mail plane struck a hangar rising and burst into flames, all three men on board being but soon after the disaster to the Belgian Yiner at Ostend, is a further warning against the folly of having buildings of any height near an aerodrome. "Pye often wondered that it's not happened before at Croydon," said fan. airman friend of mine, There broad white line along the aero-rome at Croydon to give pilots uireetion, but this certainly seems insuMielen, for safe fying in heavy.
week, fogs such: as we have had all the Wonderful Feat Almost at the same time os the German plane was crashing at Croydon, a Royal Air Force pilot was! performing the most wonderful land-Ing at Woodsford near Dorchester.
'He was piloting a giant Brisiot Blenheim bomber with a cargo of bombs on board, and, when preparing land, found' that his retractable undercarriage had jammed. He sig-unalled his distress to the aerodrome and another aeroplane was sent up with the order chalked on its side "Drop bombs, finish petrol. land at accordingly flew off 10 each where he dropped his flew round and round till his tank was empty (in order to avoid the danger of fire if he crashed) and then came down at 90, Hitting the ground with great skill, he skidded long for 200 yd. and ' came toa standstill with no damage to the plane worth mentioning. There were two other men in the plane with him.
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