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MARCH 27, 1909. AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS. A meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday, 23rd inst., at 166, Piccadilly, W., when there were present : Mr. Roger W. Wallace, K.C., in the chair, Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. Martin Dale, Mr. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, Mr. C. F. Pollock, Hon. C. S. Rolls, H. E. Perrin (Secretary). New Members. The following new Members were elected :—• Marshall Bruce-Williams. Prince Michael Swiatopolk- M. V. Charrington. Colin Defries. Alan R. Fenn. Lt. Reginald Gregory. Graham Hurd-Wood. Mirski. J. L. Travers, Junr. Vincent Vickers. Oswald H. Wells. Prize Treatise on Aerial Navigation. The Aero Club have received the following letter from the Commercial Intelligence Branch, Board of Trade :— SIR,—I beg to state for your information that His Majesty's Consul-General at Antwerp writes to the following effect:— "The Moniteur Beige, of the 2Sth-26th January, contains a Royal Decree, at the instance of the Minister of Science and Arts, to the effect that the prize to be awarded in 1911 for the open competition will be given to the best composition replying to the following question :—' Describe the progress of aerial navigation, and the best means of encouraging it.' Papers destined for this competition should be trans- mitted to the Minister of Science and Arts before the 1st of March, 1911." I may further state that according to the above- mentioned Decree, the prizes offered amounts to 25,000 francs (,£1,000). I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, F. BARLEV. English Michelin Cup. Michelin Tyre Co. have offered, through the Aero Club of the United Kingdom, a Trophy of the total value of ^500, which will carry with it annually a sum of ^500 for a term of five years, to be competed for by British subjects manipulating a British - made flying machine. The rules are now being drawn up by the Committee of the Aero Club, and will be published shortly. HAROLD E. PERRIN, Secretary. The Aero Club of the United Kingdom, 166, Piccadilly, AV. AERO SHOW—THE INAUGURAL LUNCHEON. IN accordance with its usual custom, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders inaugurated the exhibition at Olympia with a luncheon held in the Pillar Hall. The Chairman, Mr. E. Manville, President of the Society, was supported by H.S.H. Prince Francis of Teck, The Marquess of Ailsa, Mr. Roger W. Wallace, K.C., Chairman of the Aero Club, and Admiral Sir Wm. Kennedy, K.C.B., Admiral of the British Motor Boat Club. Among those present who are more prominently known in the world of flight were Colonel Capper, C.B., Mr. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, and Sir Hiram Maxim. After the loyal toasts had been duly honoured, Prince Francis of Teck proposed the toast of the Exhibition, and in a telling speech reviewed the present, past and future of the movements associated with the development of the internal combustion engine. " If motors were the competitors of horses, what were aero- planes ?" asked His Highness, and followed with a suggestion that so far as he was personally concerned he would willingly see them rival the cross-Channel boats and all other vessels on which passengers were subject to the turbulent and discomposing effects of the sea. Perhaps, also, suggested the Prince, there would come a time when the golfer at St. Andrews would mount his aeroplane and journey south to links devoid of snow, for in that and in many other sports the practical flyer would be an advantageous auxiliary. In concluding his speech, he wished success to the vVellman North Polar expedition. Mr. E. Manville replied on behalf of the S.M.M.T., and hoped that private enterprise would do as much for this pastime as it had done for all others ; to which Mr. Roger Wallace, K.C., who replied on behalf of the Aero Club, added the further warning against the indiscriminate solicitation of public capital in a manner likely to be ultimately harmful to the budding industry. In replying to the toast of " The Guests," Colonel Capper pointed out the necessity of fostering the move- ment in this country, and asked for a more sympathetic regard for experimental work on the part of the public and the daily Press as a means to this end. Admiral Sir William Kennedy, who also replied to this toast, naturally confined himself to the marine section, and made a characteristically stirring speech, in the course of which he indulged in a little plain talking on what he described as the unseemly squabble over the " Dread- nought" question. Mr. E. P. Frost, J.P., also replied in the capacity of Chairman of 'the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, which, as he pointed out, is the oldest institution in the world associated with aerial navigation. Back Numbers of " Flight." CONSEQUENT upon the enormous demand for the souvenir issue of FLIGHT, a large number of requests have been received for complete sets of back numbers. The publishers have now pleasure in announcing that they have succeeded in securing a few sets of back numbers, and any of our new readers who wish to com- plete their sets may obtain the first eleven numbers for is. 6d., post free, from the Publishers, 44, St. Martin's Lane, London, W,C. 183
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