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DECEMBER I8, 1909. AVIATION PROGRESS—PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. . To the Editor of FLIGHT. SIR,—We notice in the daily Press an announcement that the French Aero Club have already arranged a series of nine meetings for the corning year, with prizes amounting to over ^48,000. What is this country doing ? What is our Aero Club doing ? What are our wealthy men doing ? It is useless to ask what the present Government is doing. We think it is quite fair that a manufacturer should ask these questions. Where are our flying grounds ? Are the manufacturers supposed to finance them ? Where is the prize money ? Is this to be provided by the manufacturers ? Who is arranging sporting fixtures for the coining year ? Are these to be left to be arranged by speculators ? When the coming year has passed without sufficient progress having been made in this country it will not be fair to belabour the manufacturers with the old untrue statement that they will not " wake up." France secured her lead in the motor car business by a lavish expenditure of money. A similar expenditure must now be made in this country if satisfactory progress in the art of flight is to be achieved. At the present time a great many people in this country are interesting themselves in a practical manner in flight. A great deal of work is actually in hand. So far as our own work is concerned we only regret we cannot more rapidly increase our output. The individuals are at work in the most enthusiastic manner, but where combined effort is necessary, so far as we are aware, very little progress is being made. We should like to suggest that:— 1. A first-class club flying ground (altogether out of the hands of any group of speculators) is urgently needed, not in the most inaccessible region, not in the east-end of London, but within easy and pleasant reach of those who live in the wealthy district of London. 2. That a larg&—really large—prize fund should be collected. Progress in flight will only be attained by an enormous expenditure of money, and it does not seem unreasonable that some small pro- portion of this expenditure should, by means of this prize fund, be transferred from the active experimenters to the general body of those interested. 3. Some scheme of meetings for the coming year should be arranged and announced as soon as possible. It will be a thousand pities if the Aero Club loses control of this sport, but they must justify their control. We do not want meetings that will clash; we do not want the control of speculators. We sincerely hope the Aero Club will succeed in securing an orderly advance. May we add that we hope as little control as possible by regulations and rules and so on will be exercised over the designs of the manufacturers. We trust the manufacturers will be left free to try any method which seems to them promising. Novelties are so easily labelled freaks if they are opposed to the rules and regulations of a governing body. Yours faithfully, NEW ENGINE MOTOR CO., LTD., J. C. MORT, Director. , A ® ® ® ® Fittings for Aeroplanes. A FIRM which is making a speciality of fittings for aeroplane work is Messrs. H. Rollet and Co., of Coldbath Square, Rosebery Avenue, E.C. They have not yet been able to get their complete catalogue out, but they will be pleased to send their temporary price list of clamps, tightening screws, lugs, pulleys, &c, to any of our readers who may be requiring such fittings. MESSRS. MARKHAM AND PRANCE notify us that they are making a speciality of acting as consulting engineers to aeroplanists, whilst they are also supervising tests and trials on behalf of interested parties. The preparing of expert evidence in law cases forms an important branch of this firm of consultants' land and marine motoring work. OWING to the great increase in their business the Bosch Magneto Co., Ltd., are moving into larger premises at 40-42, Newman Street, within next week. 17,855. 25.315. 4,217. 6,568. 8,866. 10,467. T2.256. 23,492. 1,999. 8,344. 1,909. 5,662. 7,209. 15,233. Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied lor In 1908.Published December t6tA, 1909 F. W. SCHKOEDER. Aerial ships.W. P. THOMPSON. Flying machines, Applied far In 1909. Published December tyih 1909. T. ZORN. Airship.J. B. PASSAT. Flying machines. W. BRITAIN. Flying machines.H. RIEDSL. Flying machines. A. M. HERRING. Flying machines.J. L. GAKSED. Operating planes, wings, rudder of aerial machines. Published December i6tA, 1909. H. C. BARBER. Aeroplanes.O. COATKS. Construction of aerial machine. Published December 2yd, 1909.A. SMIKALLA. Automatic flying machine. R. BKOCKLEHURST. Mechanical flying machines.L. BREGOET. Flying machines, &C. F. VON ERHENBERG. Safety anchor for airships. BACK NUMBERS OF " FLIGHT." SEVERAL back numbers are now becoming very scarce, and when exhausted no more complete sets will be procurable. The publishers have pleasure in announcing that they have secured a few of these back issues of FLIGHT, and any of our new readers who may wish for sets, No. 1 to date, except Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, and 16, but including the numbers containing full descrip- tion and Scale Drawings of the Bleriot, Curtiss, Voisin, and Cody biplanes, the Wright full-size glider, and of Santos Dumont's " Demoiselle" monoplane; can obtain same for 7s. \d.^ post free (abroad 8s. nd.). Sets to date, including all the above and in addition the scarce higher-price numbers : Nos. 2, is. 6d.; 3, 3J.; 6, is. ; 8, is. ; 10, is.; 12, IJ. 6d. ; 15, is.; 16, 3J. bd.; and 31 (with scale drawings of the Bleriot cross- Channel flyer, 2s.), but exclusive of No. 4, which is now obtainable in bound volumes only at the end of the year, and otherwise out of print, can be obtained for 20s. nd.t post free (abroad 23$. id.) from the Publishers, 44, St. Martin's Lane, W.C. The publishers have only a limited reserve stock for bound volumes at end of year. Those wishing, there- fore, to ensure obtaining Volume I complete for year 1909—ready end of January—with Index and Title Page, can book same now at the price of 25J., bound in cloth boards. If bound in two Parts, January to June and July to December, 3s. 6d. extra. Orders will be booked for these in rotation as received. As various numbers become scarce the price will be raised accordingly. We have now been able to secure a very few copies of No. 16, and can supply same at 3^. 6d. each. Bleriot Number separately, 2s. 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. Telegraphic address: Truditur, London. Telephone : 1828 Gerrard. SUBSCRIPTION^RATES. FLIGHT will be forwarded, post fi ee, to any part of the world at thi following rates:— UNITED KINGDOM. ABROAD,s. d. 3 Months, Post Free ... I 8 6 „ „ ... 3 3 12 „ „ ... 6 6 3 Months, Post Free. 6 ,, „ 12 s. d. 2 6 5 o 10 o CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NOTICE.—In consequence of the Christmas Holidays, FLIGHT will go to press next week one day earlier, | viz., on Wednesday instead of Thursday. All editorial j and advertisement matter must therefore reach this office not later than WEDNESDAY morning's post. 824
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