The officers and airmen pilots chosen for the experiments are already practised in flying the Wel-wesley, which is the armament of several Service squadrons. Powered with a Bristol Pegasus two-speed s supercharger engine, the Wellesley Teaches maximum level speed of 228 m.ph. and has a range, with bomb-load, of up to 2270 miles. The three "long range" craft have been stripped of armament and fitted with extra fuel tanks. The attempt on the dis-lance record will involve loading them four or five thousand pounds beyond their normal maximum service weight of 12,500 Ib. This "oyer-load" condition and the need to take off along a prescribed flight path, as delimited by the runway at Cran-well, calls for intensive practice and further training. Take-off speed with the big load will be raised to about 90 mph, which should be nearly reached by the time the aircraft reach the end of the macadamized runway. steamers.
An interesting announcement is that a new motor-road is being made between Lo Bourget, the Paris airport, and the capital This will reduce the journey by motor bus between Paris and Lo Bourget to 20 minutes.
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