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JANUARY 23, 1909. AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 166, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W. OFFICIAL NOTICES. Lecture by M. Robert Esnault-Pelteriet M. Robert Esnault-Pelterie, of Paris, who was unable through illness to come over on the 12th inst., has now promised to give his lecture on Aviation, with cinemato- graph illustrations, on Tuesday, the 26th inst., at 8.45 p.m. The Committee of the Royal Automobile Club have kindly placed their premises, 119, Piccadilly, W., at the disposal of the Aero Club for this occasion. 5! ^Members of the Aero Club, who are not members of the Royal Automobile Club, are requested to apply to the secretary of the Aero Club for tickets of admission. Owing to the rules of the Royal Automobile Club, the lecture will not be open to lady members. The Aero Club League. It is gratifying to record the success that has attended the formation of the Aero Club League. During the last week applications for membership have been received from all over the country. Full particulars of the advan- tages of the league are set out in the advertisement pages. The Aeroplane Trial Grounds- The Committee of the Aero Club of the United Kingdom have now practically concluded arrangements for the acquisition of extensive trial grounds for aero- planes and for experimental work, full particulars of which will be shortly announced. Extraordinary Conference of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale held in London on January nth and 12th, 1909. FURTHER RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THECONFERENCE. The Modification of the Basis of Representation of Aero Clubs on the F.A.I. ARTICLE 15 of the Statutes of the F.A.I, is modified as follows :— Each country represented at the Conference will be entitled, according to its importance and its measure of aeronautical activity, to a certain number of votes, to be decided at the same time as the club is officially admitted. For any country, its colonies and possessions, this number can never exceed a total of 36 votes, or, a quarter of the votes represented at the F.A.I, meeting. The votes will be allocated to the three divisions of aerial navigation :— 1. Free aerostats. 2. Dirigible aerostats. 3. Flying machines. The proportionate representation of each country will be determined as follows :— 1. For free aerostats, according to the amount of gas consumed by the clubs of the F.A.I., in the proportion of one vote for every 25,000 cubic metres. 2. For dirigible aerostats according to their combined net lifting-power. These dirigibles must have covered at least x kilometres during the year. 3. For flying machines, according to the number of machines in each country which have effected a flight under official observation of x kilometres during the year. The minimum quantity according to which the pro- portionate representation of votes is established under the two sections, that of dirigibles and flying machines, will be determined by dividing by 12 the maximum number attained under these respective sections by each affiliated country. In addition, each country, by the very fact of its admission to the F.A.I., will be entitled to one vote in each section. When a vote is taken in a full session of the Federa- tion on a question exclusively concerned with one of the three branches of aerial navigation, voting will lake place on the basis of the number of votes to which each country is entitled in the branch of aerial navigation which is the subject under discussion. The quantity x, applicable to dirigibles or to dirigible aerostats, is 20 kiloms. in a circuit, the quantity x, applicable to flying machines, is 1 kilom. in a straight line. The Future Relations between the Aero Clubs and Automobile Clubs of the Various Countries. The F A.I. decides that each Aero Club affiliated to the F.A.I, has freedom of action in its own country, and can conclude any arrangement or agreement with any other body provided only that Article 1 of the Statutes, and in particular paragraph 2 (" the F.A.I, only recog- nises for each country one sporting authority "), is main- tained in all its integrity. In consideration of the : lecial reasons given by the Aero Club de Fr :e regardinj the private arrangements it has concluded f< le year, and after having heard its declarations, the F.A.L records its complete confidence in the Aero-Club de France. The Conference sent the following telegram to Mr. James Gordon-Bennett:— " The International Aeronautical Federation, meeting in London, addresses its most cordial thanks to Mr. Gordon-Bennett for the creation of the International Aviation Cup." ** Continental *' Fabric for Balloon Work. THE Continental Tyre and Rubber Co. have come to an understanding with Messrs. Short Bros., the well- known balloon manufacturers, and Messrs Short are in a position to manufacture and deliver balloons made of the well-known Continental balloon material. The Continental Tyre and Rubber Co. is now able to give immediate quotations for balloons of 600 cubic metres, 900, 1,200, 1,431, 1,600, and 2,200 cubic metres. The fabric used is of the very best, and the most suitable that can be produced at the large Hanover VVorks. The Hon. C. S. Rolls' New Balloon. MR. BRODTMANN, of the Continental Tyre and Rubber Co., informs us that the balloon, " Continental No. 2," which will be steered by the Hon. C. S. Rolls, will in all probability make its first ascent at the end of March. This balloon is made of exceptionally fine fabric, and its capacity will be 1,431 cubic metres. SS-.
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