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RA du IE, es TS A ps ER Ct Sori 2 ZTE Elizabeth. She is 120 sitting up -on five stewards. "ELIZABETH OF THE AIR" Not the inside of a tunnel or a Quonset hut, but the interior of the world's largest landplane ig what you see above. Britain's build- ing it to go after the trans- Bristol, Eng.--Britain is about to do for the airplanes what she did for the sealanes with the Queen readying + 'for trans-Atlantic. air service the world's largest passenger land plane, the 126-ton "Barbazon 1." Powered by eight glant engines, the Barbazon will wing its way from . London to New -Yeork with . a pay load of 70° to 100 sleeping the night run or daylight trips. a crew of 13, including passengers on It will have * * * The Barbazon is being assem- bled now at the Bristol Acroplanc plant in suburban Filton. opment and production cost $16, 000,000. The builders hope to have the plane ready for test flights by May or June. After that they will go to work on three mgge' Barba- zons which British Overseas Air: ways hopes to have in service by 1950. Some idea of the new sky giant's size can be gained by comparison with the XB-36, giant bomber. Bogh have a wing- span of 230 fect. The XB-36 has only six engines. The Barbazon 1 tops all 'other American land planes. The Army's .giant C-74 Devel- the U.S. Army's . Atlantic airlane luxury trade. Globemaster has a wingspan of 173 fect. The Douglas DC-6 pas: senger plane now in service is only 117% fect between wingtips. Neither a-race horse nor a slow .poke, the Barbazon Is designed to cruise at 250 miles an hour at 23,- 000 fect. pressurized, humidified and air- conditioned; and will have, as ac- cessories, bar, dressing rooms and a movie © screen. . - To build what England is. call- ing her "Elizabeth 'of the Air" took 12,000 -drawings, 30,000 feet .of sheet metal to cover fuselage and wings, a million rivets, 35 miles of wiring. ) » * - » It has outgrown the biggest aviation -wagrkshop in England, in which the wingspan is limited to the inboard engnes, Fnal assembly will take place in the world's big- gest assembly hangar. This hasn't been built yet, but it will be larger than London's Houses of Parlia- ment and will cost $6,000,000. To get a runway big enough for the plane, Filton Airfield has been extended to 8250 fect. Engineers had to demolish a village to get take-off run, a - Sd LUN pa. Ke Ba ES A cocoon of scaffolding surrounds England's big new passenger plane in its construction shed. To get room for its wings t6 grow to full size, thiey's re building world's biggest assembly hangar. * + [THE STRANGEST THING THE SCARLET FLAMINGO. AS SEEN STALKING ABOUT IN FLORIDA 15 THE ONLY ONE OF ITS FAMILY FOUND IN AMERICA. 175.000 LOOKING BILL IS AS NATURE PROVIDED FOR 17, A CONTRIVINCE FOR STRAINING FS O00 THe LONER Ane FITTED WITH HOLES, FOR A NEST. IT USES A TALL MOND OF MUD WHICH IT SCRAPES UB WITH A DEPRESSION IN THE TOP IN WHICH TO LAY ONE OR THO EGGS INES THAN THERE WACTLTAE Joke THE. oh Fos, ose) BY Ci hh NIK TTRA The 143-foot cabin will be a dining saloon, lounge,' and a half sits down on any. that much space for the Barbazon's - "make a - this? (In "longer belong to it. ~ in the Red Rock Lakes and Yel- aiid dT AEN . E 5 . "You're sire he's got a sen TALL TALES FLY WHEN HELICOPTER FANS MEET Haliopter ves stroight up, then tlops over to use rotor o% propeller {di fortzontel flight rs Ll Sounds like o swell stunt--but it can't be'done, soy the helicopter experts ond Centrg) America but a: practical use for helicopters is, pice og? Magnetic device, like a mine detector, bie installed in the plastic "teardrop" ahead of this helicopter's cabin. )t wds sed by Lutidberg-Ryan Air Eugloretiont; Inc., to detect ore deposits in South Painting contractor vant Il ga- 90 oer this ideo Igor Sikorsky making first official helicopter flight in Western Hemisphere, Stratford, Conn., ApH 15, 1941. puzzle. for a long time. Menibers of the American Helicopter Society met in Washington, D.C., with other leading helicopter ex- perts and enjoyed a fanning bee that produced some weird ideas on new 'uses .for "Windmill". planes. A couple are sketched above. His 'earliest 'models went up, down, sideways and backward--but forward flight remained 'a But there were also tales of really practical uses, and reminiscences by. piotieer ifiventor Igor Sikorsky on how he created hte)ie. co-peter" history, - VOICE OF THE PRESS Nice For Teacher A glue strong enough to hold a 100,000-pound, locomotive. has been invented. We hope no one ever -- IL dmeonton Joel Eckner's' Gem' The criticism of Hitler by Dr. Hugo ~Eckner, famous German designer, builder and flier of air- ships, is a gem of brevity. The elderly scientist remarked. "When Hitler came to power he was 90 per cent fool and 10 per cent criminal, but when he ended he .was 90 per cent criminal and 10 per cent fool." --Kitchener Record Lusty "Big Three" The big Ontario revenue produc- ers: Gasoline taxes, $$44,000,000; Corporation taxes, $08,500,000; liquér © taxes $26,400,000. Three lusty youngsters! / --St. Thomas Times-Journal Hard to Answer "Tt takes all kinds of weatlier to- season," observes the Stratford 'Beacon-Herald. All right; and now that we're having them _ all, what season would you" call printible language. please!), j --Ottawa Citizen Main Reason Our chief ¢omplaint about the younger generation is that we no Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph Trumpeter Swan ~ Protected in U.S. 1 The trumpeter swan, a huge white bird with a wingspan of eight feet and. often confused with the snow goose, was. thought to be ex- tinct 40 years~'agq. But in 1007, when a small flock was discovered - lowstone, Park regions, efforts were made to protect the species by the Federal overnment. As a result, their number increased to 73 in 1935. Now there are 361, according to a. count made jointly by the | States Fish and Wildlife States National, * 2,500,000 Spellbound Other summer insects had better get chummy with a spelling bee. . a newly-developed insecticide will wallop the little imps with HEXA- CHLOROCYCLOHEXANE. 3 Customers of a certain restaur- - ant in Lansing, Mich, could easily be 'spellbound.' ~The proprietor's name is -- Pathfinder 'Quite A Record An Jowa woman has been in the news as "American Mother of '47" That beats - the Quebec records, which rarely rise above 18 or 20. --Peterborough Examiner ; Morning Chores Britain exhibits a "robot valet" that {urns 'on a heater, boils water, brews tea, wakes you up and starts ~the radio playing in the morning. We refuse to get excited until it' also puts the dog out and brings in the morning paper. Sis Star. Ty Housing For More Money In -the New. York City area, 'as the Building Trades Employers' Association reports, bricklayers get $17.50 and 'cement masons' $14.70 for a seven-hour day; plumbers, as: much as $15.75 and /steam-fitters $16.10 for a sevn-hour. day; plas- terers, $15, and 'electrical workers $13.50, both for a six- -hour day. Even. ordinary labor demands $12 for an eight-hour day, or $60 for a forty-hour week. The' scarcity of housing 'has pro- vided an enorfous backlog of work for all building labor, but 'high hourly rates and short days add incentive to the quest for labor- saving materials made for economy. a Heatless Summer TA new 'government order went into effect "in Britain bafiming? the use of gas or eléctricity for heating residential' quarters. until Sept. 30 and the use of any'kind of fuel to heat non-sesidential premises until Oct, 31, The 'order is desigiied to save tons of coal against Britain's needs next winter. PAPPAVLAHODIMI- " TRAKOPOULOUS. Flaxseed Rushed 'To Great Britain There is a prospect of Cin for British homes and oil cake for homebred cattle in 250,000~ pounds of has just docked at Southampton, writes Melita Spraggs Trom Lon- don, England, Freight trains were waiting "dock- side fo rush the seed on the last lap of its 5,000-mile express jour- ney from Minneapolis, Minn, to the flooded fenlands of Great Britain' s East Coast. "500 Tons 'Allotted. : This is part of 500 'tons spared' from the meagre flax- reserves of Canada and the United States in response to Britain's 'last-minute appeals, Seen was needed for late sowing in reclaimed areas to recoup depleted linseed supplies. The February floods meant 'that 60,000 acres could not be planted with important crops at the normal time, Flax can be planted in May and will ripen quickly, As 'the Queen Elizabeth rushed the seed across the "Atlantic, trac- %ors working day and night exposed the soggy soil of the Fen district to fitful rays of the spring suri to dry it for flax planting, Priority Cargo Fhe Queen. Elizabeth's cargo, which had priority' over, one of jewellery, furs, and other luxury goods, 'added to two consignments from Canada," is expected to yield nearly 500 tons of seed--sufficient 'to plant from 20,000 to 30,000 acres. Two varieties of flax are grown as farm crops in Britain," One gives: a poor yield of linseed and a good quality flax. The other gives poor flax 'but a good linseed yield. It is this latter type which the govern-* ment has bought, = Britain has been and still is short © 'of linseed with which to make paint. and other preservatives, This is 'one "reason for the shabbiness of houses and 'public buildings. ; It is hoped to get much-nceded foodstuffs Aor - diminished stocks of home-bred cattle from crushed seed. With the extraction of | pure, 'oil, it also is_plann€d to make paint to | give Britons brighter houses. , Golden Doors Something' of a sensation has been caused in Italy 'by the disclosure that - the bronze doors of 'the 'world- famous Baptistery at Florence -- hidden away 'during the war for ' safety -- are really made of gold. They _ have been for teriturics one of Jtaly's great art treasures." ! a cargo of" flax _seed on. "board the Queen Elizabeth, which Aaa abo a gira a "Don't be SATII EE a fight scene rehearsal for the "film, "Daybreak," being made at Daventry, England. actress Ann Todd watches serenely as Eric Portman makes ready to slug Maxwell Reed. Scantily clad Business With Pleasure Have you heard the one about the Scottish doctor who took up golf and- who savas told by the club . pro, that if his name was stamped on his- golf balls. and he lost them, they would bre returned to. him if found? : "Good," said the Scottish medico, "put' my nanie on this ball." The pro. did so, "Would you also put M.D. after my name?" the doctor asked. The pro - complied with the- request. "One_thing more," said-the Scot. - "Do ye' think- ye could squeeze 'Hours 10 to 3' on the ball as well?" A Tirihg Experience ; The receptionist of the Domestic' Agency was taking down particu- Jars of the would-be maid. "Have you any preference for . any. special--kind of family?" she asked. "Any kind except the highbrow answered the domestic. "My 'last place was with a pair of 'em, and im and:'er was always fightin', an' it kept mé runnin' back and for- ward from the key-'ole to the dic- tionary till 'I felt proper worn out, so 1 says. never Again." Her Meaning The teacher was giving the class _a-lesson 'on gardening, "Now who can tell me what a herbaceous. border means?" she asked, There was a pause, then a small voice said: 'Please, miss, it's a lodger Who doesn't eat meat" -- 7 Cutting | Although he might be a lion on parade, 'the -sergeant-major was more like a lamb at home. "» One day, as he sat at the fea- table, he remarked. sergeants' mess last night." "4Did + you?" - replied his wife frigidly. "What a dull time he must have brag Naturally A motorist had been haled into court and when his name was call- ed the jadge asked. what the _ charges were against the prisoner. "Suspicious actions?" 'queried 'the answered 'the Jarrésting officer. "Suspiciousi actions?" queried ithe judge, "What was. he doing that , seemed suspicious?" "Well," replied the officer, ihe was running within the speed limi, + sounding his horn properly, keeping - on the right side of the sti'éet, and "not 'trying to beat any of the stop lights--so, maturally, 'I arrested © him." : And About Time! Four-year-old- Donald "was en" tranced by the icicles sparkling on the eaves. The first warm 'day. when he 'saw 'the 'icicles dripping, . Winter is defrosting!" JUST IN FUN "We had 4 mind-reader in the he ran to his miother exclaiming: of U.K. Fashion Centre In the men's clothing 'trade, "United Kingdom styles have tra- ditionally set the. world's fashion and do so still. 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