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Flight, February 13th, 1909. A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress • of Aerial Locomotion and Transport. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. No. 7. Vol. I. FEBRUARY 13TH, 1909. ["Registered at the G.P.O."]L as a Newspaper. J TWeekly. Prioe Id.L Post Free, FLIGHT. 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE. LONDON, W.C. Telegraphic address : Truditur, London. Telephone: 1828 Gerrard. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. FLIGHT will be forwarded, post free, to any tart of the world at the following rates: — 36 2 UNITED KINGDOM. Months, Post Free ... I 3 6 d. 8 3 6 3 6 12 Months, >t »i ABROAD. Post Free ... 2 5 IO ^. 6 o o Cheques and Post Office Orders should be made payable to the Proprietors of FLIGHT, 44, St. Martin's Lane, W.C., and crossed London and County Bank ; otherwise no responsibility will be accepted. Should any difficulty be experienced in procuring FLIGHT from local newsvendors, intending readers can obtain each issue direct from the Publishing Office, by forwarding remittance as above. NOTICE.—Advertisement instructions should reach theoffice, 44, St. Martin's Lane, W.C., by first post, Thursday. The latest time for receiving small alterations for Advertise-ments is 12 noon, Thursday. No alterations can be made after that hour. NOTICE.—Complaints continue to reach us of the difficulty experienced in obtaining copies of FLIGHT regularly in cerlain districts. We would therefore point out the desirability of placing a definite order with the local agent to supply a copy EVERY Saturday. IN these early days it is inevitable—and every week it becomes more obvious—that one of the chief obstructions to the rapid progress of the aeronautic industry is that of individual isolation, and a lack of introduction between the various persons who are desirous of taking an active part in the movement. Clearly the initial stages in any country must be those in which the mechanical talent of the nation is put into close touch with the capital of the land. And although this process is one which essentially occupies time, yet anything which can hasten it is all for the good of the cause. Already there are numerous inventors who have more or less developed their ideas by means of models, but are prevented from proceeding further from lack of the necessary funds. Similarly, scattered over various parts of the country, there are hundreds of men, having the necessary qualifications, who are desirous of entering the aeronautic field both to learn the art of flight and also to give those very services which every invention needs when passing from the hands of the inventor into the everyday world of use. And last, but not least, there are those whose means enable them to satisfy the very human inclination to play the part of financier at a time when prizes are apt to be great, even if the speculative element is also large. In other words, the difficulty of which we speak is that of the inventor, the designer, the practical enthusiast, the experienced organiser, and the capitalist to find one another at the very time when the most precious moments to the future of the British industry are passing by, with all too much celerity. Having stated the difficulty, we may now pass on to the offer which, after mature consideration, we have decided to extend to our readers. For a time, at any rate, we are willing to keep a register of all those names which may be submitted to us by anyone who seeks to. be put in touch with other pioneers; and this we are prepared to do without any direct or indirect profit to ourselves. The entries will all be classified in accord- ance with the general requirements of the various applicants; and the fullest particulars are invited, for this purpose, in each case. Needless to say, any supple- mentary information that is imparted to us for our own guidance will be treated in the strictest confidence, to whatever extent may be indicated by the applicant; our object being rather to act as mere intermediaries—with the least amount of clerical work to ourselves—than to throw open the register to those who could make improper use of the information it contains. This scheme is, of course, quite distinct from anything that we do in the way of helping those who seek our advice upon any aeronautic venture in which they are concerned, for although the scheme may often- prove of very great assistance to those correspondents also, yet nothing connected with their communications' passes further than the editorial desk unless a direct request is expressed to the contrary. We need hardly point out that the services which we propose to place at the disposal of readers of FLIGHT are those which are usually obtainable through the medium of advertisement only; and consequently it will readily be understood that we do not undertake to continue the scheme afcer the immediate requirements of the moment have been satisfied. We do not even propose to endow it, at present, with any greater formality than it actually obtains from this article, since it is purely an experi- mental effort, started to meet a specific temporary want, and time alone can dictate its utility or further development. B 2
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