A U G U S T 25,

1938.

FLIGHT.

163

in SWEDEN
a Visit to Rinkaby
at Barkarby in October, when i m p r o v e m e n t s t o the aerodrome a n d buildings are finished. We must t a k e it a s a great compliment t h a t British aeroplanes a n d engines are being used exclusively in this new Wing, which boasts t h e p r o u d n a m e Svea, the ancient Nordic n a m e which is t h e Swedish equivalent of our Britannia. The Gloster Gladiator is not, of course, the first British service t y p e to be a d o p t e d b y t h e Swedish Royal Air Force. Some years ago t h e Bristol Bulldog was their fighter t y p e , a n d more recently a number of Jupiter-engined H a r t s , the latter being used b y t h e Naval Co operation s q u a d r o n s . T h e y formed the equipment of t h e Swedish aircraft cruiser Gotland, which visited t h e Thames a couple of years ago.

The Gladiator squadron is completely equipped, even to a mobile wireless station (right). With the picture below, our p h o t o g rapher wins the lowaltitude aerial competition. The wheels of his machine touched the ground as the photograph was taken, hence the slightly blurred image.

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A twin-engined FockeWulf (left) is used exclusively for a new aerial survey of the whole of Sweden. The machine is completely equipped for aerial ' photography. The inset shows wireless being installed and tested. The three crowns distinguish all Swedish aeroplanes.

Some Svea " Fighter Wing, . with their officers, Sqn. Ldr. Some Swedish bwecusn Flight I M ^ Cadets ^ ^ of ^ the ^ " F n u L a m b e r t and FU Lt. N o r m .