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SEPTEMBER 25, 1909. AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS. Fixtures for 1909. September 25... International Aeronautical Exhibition, Paris. October 3 ... Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race. Zurich. :•:--..:,;_. Committee Meeting. A meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday, September 21st, 1909, when there were present: Mr. Roger W. Wallace, K.C., in the chair, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Col. J. E. Capper, C.B., R.E., Mr. Martin Dale, Prof. A. K. Huntington, Mr. C. F. Pollock, Hon. C. S. Rolls, Mr. J. Lyons Sampson, Mr. Stanley Spooner. New Members.—The following new Members were elected :— Douglas Archibald. : Henry Johnson. F. H. B. Claudet. Charles Reg. W. B. Esson. Mrs. Reg. Dr. Graham-Gilmour. F. J. Toulmin. W. B. Hall. Hugh Wyatt. Lady Jenkins. Club Subscription and Entrance Fee. At a meeting of the Committee held on Tuesday last, it was resolved that in view of applications for member- ship coming in so rapidly, the subscription will be increased and an entrance fee charged after the first thousand members have been elected. The first thousand members will be designated " Founder Members." Conference of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. The following members have been appointed delegates to represent the Aero Club of the United Kingdom at the Conference of the Federation Aeronautique Inter- nationale which takes place in Zurich on September 30th, 1909:— Roger W. Wallace, K.C., Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Campbell, Capt. A. H. W. Grubb, Frank McClean, A Mortimer Singer. Gordon'Bennett Balloon Race. The Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race will take place at Zurich on October 3rd next. The Aero Club will be represented by Mr. F. K. McClean, who will have as aid Mr. A. Mortimer Singer. The new balloon, the "Planet," of 80,000 cub. ft. capacity, belonging to Mr. Singer, will be used in the race. Provincial Aero Clubs. The question of arrangement under which properly constituted Clubs in the Provinces can be associated with the Aero Club of ihe United Kingdom, was again fully discussed by the Committee. The Aero Club is now prepared to consider application from any such bodies. Juvisy Aviation "Week. Railway Arrangements.—The South-Eastern and Chatham Railway are issuing excursion tickets from London to Paris, available for fourteen days, on the following dates :—-October 1st, 2nd, 8th and 9th. The trains leave Charing Cross at 10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. (Paris arrive 11.26 p.m.) via Boulogne : or by the 9 p.m. service via Calais. The fares are as under :— First class, £2 18^. 4</. ; Second class, £1 17 s. 6d; Third class, £1 10s. Flying Grounds at Shellbeach. Club House.—The Committee of the Aero Club are proposing to take over Muscle Manor for a Club House on the flying ground. In order that this may be effected, and in view of the very large expenditure which has already been made at Shellbeach, the Committee appeal to the Members for special subscriptions for this purpose. The Golf Course will be taken over for the use of Members, togetherwith theshooting rights extending over r,oooacres. The following sums have already been promised :— A. Mortimer Singer, £2$ ; Frederic Coleman, ^10; F. K. McClean, ^10; Hon. Maurice Egerton, £10; F. P. S. Harris, ,£10 ; J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, £5 $s. ; Mrs. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, £$ $s. ; A. E. George, £4 4s. ; H. Massac Buist, £2 2s. ; Kenric B. Murray, £2 zs. ; C. R. Park, £1 is. Telephone.—The telephone has now been installed. Members wishing to telephone there are requested to ask for Shellbeach, Minster, Sheppey, no number being required. The telephone is installed in the Club House, and also to the sheds on the grounds. Erection of Sheds.—Members wishing to erect sheds at Shellbeach are requested to apply to the Secretary, who will supply all information. Members visiting the flying ground are requested to have with them their membership cards, as strict instructions have been given to admit only Members to the flying ground. Railway Arrangements.—The following reduced fares have been arranged with the railway company for members visiting Shellbeach :— 1st Class return, 8s. ; 2nd Class return, 6s. 6d. ; 3rd Class return, 5^. Tickets available for one month from date of issue. Members desiring to avail themselves of these reduced fares are required to produce vouchers at the booking offices. Vouchers can be obtained from the Secretary of the Aero Club. Trains leave Victoria, Holborn, or St. Paul's. For the convenience of Members, the best train is the 9.45 a.m. from Victoria, arriving at Queenborough 10.55. At Queenborough change to the Sheppey Light Railway for Leysdown (Shellbeach), which is j-mile from the flying ground. HAROLD E. PERRIN, Secretary. The Aero Club of the United Kingdom, 166, Piccadilly, W. '. :'..•••*< > — ' *•»•• ® ® ® ® ;!.;'.,:"Z,"T>--''~ Marquis de Polignac Honoured. •••••'. A LARGE share of the success of the Rheims week was due to the unremitting labours of the President of the Organisation Committee, the Marquis de Polignac, and his work has now been officially recognised by the Government, in conferring upon him the dignity of a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. An Album of Flight. ARTISTICALLY reproduced, no photographs could be of greater interest than a series portraying dirigibles and flying machines at close quarters. We have seen nothing to equal in real merit in this respect the admirable album of illustrations which the Continental Co. have just published. It contains pictures, all of which are beauti- fully reproduced, of the leading airships and flying machines which have envelopes made of "Continental" fabric. There is the " Zeppelin III," of 1907, and " Zeppelin IV," of 1908, the " Gross " and the " Parseval," the " Ville de Paris " and " La Republique," to mention only the more notable of the world's great airships. The album which the Continental Co. have published is essentially a work which should be secured by those who are starting a flight library. 589
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