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MARCH 13, 1909. AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. OFFICIAL! NOTICES TO MEMBERS. Annual General Meeting. The Ninth Annual General Meeting was held at the Club premises, 166, Piccadilly, on Thursday, March 10th, the chair being occupied by Mr. Roger W. Wallace, K.C. The Chairman, after dealing with the balance-sheet for the year, referred to the large increase in the membership of the Club. He said the outcome of the work which had been carried on for the last nine years was only now becoming apparent, that public interest was at last being shown in connection with aeronautics, and that the national importance of the whole question was obtaining gradual recognition in this country. For many years the Aero Club has kept closely in touch with the various Con- tinental developments, and has, through the Federation, taken a considerable share in influencing the progress of aerial navigation. At the annual meeting of the International Federation which was held in London in May, 1908, many important questions were discussed, and early this year an extra- ordinary conference was held at the Hotel Ritz, which dealt with the organisation of the Federated Clubs and matters of general interest to aeronautics. He said it was not necessary for him to refer to the numerous prizes which were now available for competi- tion by the members of the federated clubs, as these had been fully set out in the public Press from time to time. He announced that in the course of next week the first English Aero Exhibition is to be held at Olympia under the auspices of the Aero Club. The Exhibition will be fully representative of all classes of aerial craft, and the many appliances connected with the industry. Great interest had been taken in the recent Aero Exhibition in Paris, and he hoped and anticipated that an equal or even greater interest might be displayed by the public here in the forthcoming Show. The Club had experienced very great difficulty in selecting a suitable ground for carrying out experiments. They had, however, now acquired a very desirable ground in the Island of Sheppey, which fulfils all the essential requirements for aeroplane practice. Buildings and workshops are now in course of construction. Aero- plane sheds will be ready and the ground will be open for trials towards the end of the present month. The War Office has kindly given permission to the Aero Club to use any Government ground for trials. Many members of the Club are acquiring flying machines, and the Committee are arranging with those members to place their services and the machines at the dis- posal of the Government. A properly organised corps will be formed as soon as arrangements are fully completed. The Gold Medal of the Club was awarded to the Brothers Wright. It was impossible for them to come to England at the time, and a deputation of the Com- mittee presented the medal to them in Paris in November last. In order to encourage the progress of aviation gener- ally, the Aero Club League has been formed with a sub- scription of 1 os., and facilities are given to its members to exercise the privileges which have been obtained for them by the Aero Club. During the past year various competitions for balloons were held at Hurlingham, and the Club also took part in several International contests abroad, the results of which proved that English aeronauts are quite competent to take a foremost position in these contests. 147 In order that members might have weekly notices of all that was going on in this country and abroad in con- nection with aerial navigation, the Committee have appointed FLIGHT the official organ to the Club, and he was glad to say that the journal had already a very large circulation. He thanked the Committee of the Club for their devotion to the interests of the Club, and he was pleased to say that al! those who at present had been in an aero- plane in actual flight were members of the Aero Club. Committee for 1909. The result of the ballot for the Committee for 1909 is as follows :— Griffith Brewer. Capt. A. H. W. Grubb, Ernest C. Bucknall. D.S.O., R.E. Frank H. Butler. Professor A. K. Huntington. . Vice-Admiral Sir Charles V. Ker-Seymer. Campbell, K.C.M.G., J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon. C.B., D.S.O. C. F. Pollock. Col. J. E. Capper, C.B., Hon. C. S. Rolls. R.E. Viscount Royston. ... -.. ; Major C. de W. Crook- J. Lyons Sampson. shank, R.E. Stanley Spooner. Martin Dale. Roger W. Wallace, K.C. John Dunville. (Chairman). Aero Exhibition at Olympia. The Aero Exhibition at Olympia, held by the Society of Motor Manufacturers under the auspices of the Aero Club of the United Kingdom, will open on Friday next, the 19th inst., and terminate on the 27th. Members of the Aero Club will be admitted free on production of their Aero Club membership cards. A room will be placed at the disposal of the members during the Exhibition. Model Flying Machines at Olympia. The model section at the Aero Exhibition at Olympia has received strong support, and 81 exhibits have been promised. Exhibits will be received from Monday morning, March 15th, until Thursday, March 18th, 1909, and must be in position on the latter day; none can be received before or after these dates. Every model must bear prominently the name of the exhibitor. Number cards corresponding with the official catalogue will be issued to exhibitors. Stands will be provided for all models. Exhibitors must clearly note when sending cases and packages by rail, that they must be carriage paid, and also clearly notify whom they are for, and be addressed to the Aero Club, c/o Aero Exhibition, Olympia, Kensing- ton, London, W. • ;. ; .,.-.yV New Members. ' The following new members have been elected :— H. Barber. • Sir Clifton Robinson, C.E., Sydney D. Begbie. J.P. R. W. Hogarth. Clifton Robinson, jun. T. O'B. Hubbard. Malcolm Seton-Karr. John Henry Knight. Col. The Marquis of Tulli- J. G. Lorrain. bardine, M.V.O., D.S.O. HAROLD E. PERRIN, Secretary. The Aero Club of the United Kingdom, 166, Piccadilly, W.
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