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2 0 6 FLIGHT. A U G U ST  22, 1935.

(Centre)  the simple undercarriage springing;(left)  the  sprung strut which supports thetrailing edge  of the  front wing; (right) the

springing and operation of the sternpost withrudder  and  double tail wheel.

On the left our artist shows a side view ol the cockpit, with the engine controls and fuel supply arran gem ents;  on the right is the

roomy cockpit with its instrument lay-out and pilot's seat.

inents. Across  the  ample-sized da shb oar d, from left  toright ,  I saw an  A .S . I . ,  a  var iometer ,  a  revolut ion counter,an al t imeter, and a  home-made variometer . Beneath themwen-; dock, compass, and air  thermometer .

Then-  has, according  to  reports , been  a  large number of. rashes  in  France among  the  fifty  P o u s " w h i c h  art-already flying  out of the 500 being buil t ,  and  most of  these1 r ishi >  .in  --till  to  have occurred during  the  take-off.  ItlH-retou wa tche d this initial stage  of the  flight veryclosely.  1 askeii  M.  Mignet  if  then-  was any  special diffi-cul ty  to be ant icipated during  tht  s tage when  the  machinewas gathering speed over  the  ground,  but he did not se?mto think that  the  controls need  be  touched very mu ch.Certainly  his own  take-offs showed  no  signs of any  neces-sity  for  coarse use of the  rudder .

T he  Pou seemed extremely easy  to  manage  on theground,  and the  steerable tail wheel turned  it in its own

length without difficulty.  In  flight there  was evidence ofadequate control even when doing steep turns close  to theground  and the specta tors ,  but  somehow  the  general feel-ing could  not  have been bet ter summed  up  t h an  by theremarks  of a  small girl, aged about four years,  to herequally small brother when her piping, pedantical ly correctwording announced:  It  doesn ' t appear  to be  very safe,Harold  ; it  looks  as if it  might slide  to one  side  at anym o m e n t It  somehow didn' t look  as if the  pi lot  wasalways cer ta in  of  w h a t it was going to do.  This was prob-ably because lateral s tabi l i ty  is  dependent upon  the  largedihedral angle and use of the  rudder ; the  resul t  is a  sortof swaying recovery when  a  wing drops.

The take-off  was  only  a  very  few  yards long,  and thelanding equally short ; even  a  landing from al t i tude with-o u t  the  engine running  was carried  out  wi thout appare ntdifficulty  as the  glide  was  very steep.

" P o u " N e w s  in  "Flight" A  Pou on  Show

R l (.1 l.AK  readers  of  h~ t«iit will h ave seen  the  many ar t icles  ' THE  Pou-<lu-Ciel  which  has  been bui l t  by Air  Leaguewlmh have appeared about  the I 'ou-du-Ciel ."  hut for -L  am a teu r s i ro m in s t ru c ti o n s co n t a in ed  in the  booklmh have appeared about  the I 'ou-du-Ciel ,"  but for

the benetit  of  those  who may  havr missed some  of the  n u m b erswe tabulate helow  the  date s upon which  the  m o re im p o r t an ti tems were publ ished:  S« pUinlwr  m 19.54; Marc h  28. Apri l  II.

 p r l   iS  (2V  April  25, May 9,  Ju ly  11 (2),  Ju ly  18,  August  I,August  15 v

J- amateurs irom instructions contained in the bookThe Flying Fiea is now on exhibition in the basement ofSelfridge's new building. An Aubier et Dunne air-cooledengine is fitted, and the machine is finished in black andwhite. M. Henri Mignet has promised to fly it before heleaves England at the end of his present tour.