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1910
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APRIL 23, 1910.. IKe Racial &ero Clu of the, UixitecL Kirsxjda OFFICIAL MOTICES TO ME.MBF-R5 Committee Meeting. A meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday, the 19th inst., when there were present:—Mr. Roger W. Wallace, K.C., in the chair, Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Col. J. E. Capper, C.B., R.E., Prof. A. K. Huntington, Mr. C. F. Pollock, Sir Charles D. Rose, Bart., Mr. Stanley Spooner, and Harold E. Perrin, secretary. New Members.—The following new members were elected :— S. T. Ellice-CIark. Vivian M. Studd. George Higgs. Edward T. Sturdy. W. E. McArdle. Col. Walter Thornton. Sydney E. Smith. Duke of Westminster. Bournemouth Aviation Meeting. The Royal Aero Club, in conjunction with the Royal Automobile Club, have arranged to take the Hotel Burlington, at Boscombe, for their respective members during the aviation week. It is a first- class hotel, standing in 7J acres of ground, which extends almost to the sea. The accommodation has been taken from July 1 ith to 16th, inclusive. As there is a large demand for rooms, members are requested to make early application to the Secretaries of either Club. Aviators' Certificate. The Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom will grant certificates in accordance with the rules of the Federation Aero- nautique Internationale to aviators who comply with the following rules:— RULES. 1. Three separate flights must be made, each of 3 miles round a circular course without coming to the ground. These flights need not necessarily be made on the same day. On the completion of each flight the engine must be stopped in the air, and a landing effected within 150 yards of a given spot previously designated by the candidate to the Official Observers. 2. Each oi the three trials must be vouched for by officials appointed by the Royal Aero Club, and a certificate obtained for each flight. All trials to be under the control of, and in places agreed to by, the Royal Aero Club. 3. Before being allowed to compete for certificates, candidates must, if called upon, satisfy the Committee of the Royal Aero Club of their ability to fly 500 yards, and of making a gliding descent with the engine stopped. 4. All attempts must be made between sunrise and sunset, and suitable previous notice must be given to the Secretary of the Royal Aero Club. 5. The Royal Aero Club declines all responsibility for any acci dents, or any damage that may occur to the aviators, their machines, or to any third parties during or in connection with the qualifying tests of the candidate. 6. Candidates desirous of qualifying for certificates must make- application on a form provided for that purpose. Expenses incurred, if any, must be borne by the candidates. 7. The Committee of the Royal Aero Club will decide if the candidate has qualified for a certificate, but reserves the right to lefuse the same or withdraw the same at any time without giving reasons. 8. Foreigners belonging to a country represented on the Federation Aeronautique Internationale can only receive a certificate from the Royal Aero Club after having obtained the consent of their national sporting authority, as approved by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. A certificate may be granted to a foreigner whose country is not represented on the Federation Aeronautique Inter nationale. 9. The decision of the Committee of the Royal Aero Club in all matters connected with the trials is final and without appeal. 10. The Committee of the Royal Aero Club may in special cases, waive any or all of the above rules, and grant certificates at its discretion. Balloon Contests at Hurlingham. The following Balloon Contests have been fixed for Hurlingham: — May 28th Trophy presented by June 22nd July 2nd July 23rd Hare and Hounds Race. Hon. C. S. Rolls. Hedges Butler Challenge Cup Race. Point to Point Race for the Mortimer Singer Cup. Perimeter Race. Cup presented by Mr. Griffith Brewer. Members will be admitted to Hurlingham on the above dates free on presentation of their membership cards. Members wishing to take part in any of the events should make application to the Secretary. Aviation Lantern Slides. The Royal Aero Club have now acquired a large collection of lantern slides dealing with aviation, and members can hire these at a fee of £1 is. for a period not exceeding three days. They include all the latest machines and pictures taken at aviation meetings in England and abroad. Application for hire should be made to the secretary. HAROLD E. PERRIN, 166, Piccadilly. Secretary. PROGRESS OF FLIGHT ABOUT THE COUNTRY. (NOTE.—Addresses, temporary or permanent, follow in each case the names of the clubs, where communications of our readers can be addressed direct to the Secretary. We would ask Club Secretaries in future to see that the notes regarding their Clubs reach the Editor of FLIGHT, 44, St. Martin's Lane, London, W.C., by first post Tuesday at latest.) enthusiastic in praise of its own methods. Those two schools were the schools of automatic stability and hand control, and were repre sented more especially by the Voisin type of machine and the Wright. Both those schools believed that their own methods were the best, and destined to eventually supply the solution to the problem of the command or the conquest of the air, as it was some times termed. Dealing with the respective claims on behalf of the Voisin and the Wright machines, the lecturer said that the Voisins. contended that the machine should be automatically stable. The Wright Brothers, on the contrary, argued that since the aeronaut's skill was inevitably called into requisition sooner or later, it was better that he should be constantly in practice correcting the effect of aerial dis turbances, so as to be less likely to be taken by surprise. Both argu ments had weight, but the lecturer pointed out that the arguments in favour of automatic stability were overwhelming. He then proceeded to show the principles on which automatic stability depended both in the maintenance of longitudinal and lateral equilibrium, and demonstrated the points he made by experiments with mica models. In conclusion, the lecturer expressed the opinion that the future of flight lay in the employment of higher speeds as giving more complete Birmingham Aero Club (165, HAMPTON STREET). ENTRIES are now coming in from all parts, and the club exhibi tion at the Botanical Gardens, on 20th and 21st May, promises to be a first-class affair. In addition to the present 13 classes, the Central Novelty Co. are offering a silver trophy and bronze medal for the two best flights of model aeroplanes rising from the ground under their own power, open to amateurs only. Owing to some misinterpretation of the prospectus, competitors must note that the charges for entries are for each exhibit. The large and valuable list of prizes fully justifies this charge. As the last day for receiving entries is 30th April, all interested should lose no time, but forward stamp for full prospectus of the exhibition. Coventry Aeronautical Society (18 and 19, HERTFORD STREET). MR. JOHN V. PUGH presided at a meeting on Thursday, April 14th, when Mr. F. W. Lanchester gave a lecture on " The Stability ol Machines in Flight." Mr. Lanchester remarked that at the present time, amongst the various aeronauts employing the heavier-than-air machines, they had two schools, each of which was to some extent, they might say, 310
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