The aircraft's Pegasus engine and special equipment are of British design and manufacture. The plane used by Figt.-It, Adam was the same. with slight modifications, as that used by Sq.-Ldr, Swain when he broke the world altitude record last Autumn.
Flgt-It Adam took off from the aerodrome at Farnborough, Hampshire, at 540 a.m. and landed there at 755 am, the climb lasting 95 miñ- utes.
There was a clear sky and practically no wind when the ascent began, deal with the financial and econ crisis. The franc, like the po sterling, has been unpegged from go The portion of the Monetary of October 1, 1936, which fixed gold value of the-devalued franc tween 49 and 49 milligrammes lot gold, has been suspended by decree and the new gold content will fixed by decree later, li The gold-buying price has been fixed at Frs28.959 per kilo. This is equivalent to an exchange rale for sterling of Frs.128.75, Further advances to the amounting to. 15 milliards been authorized by the Bank France.
Though the Stock Exchange bourse was re-opened to-day, the commercial exchange bourses remain closed, Meanwhile the decree suspen payments in settlement of commercial bills and undertakings where payment in gold or foreign currency was stipulated, has been cancelled by the Minister of Finance, M. Georges Bonnet.
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