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JUNE 18, 1910. l/jlGHTj IKe Royal £Iero Cla of the UixitecL Kii\gdo. OFFICIAL /NOTICES TO MEMBERS Mrs. Ethel M. Styan. Norman Arthur Thompson. Harold Topham. W. Charles Whitham. Presentation -to the HOD. C. S. Rolls. A LITTLE ceremony will take place at the Royal Aero Club on Tuesday next, the 21st inst., at 5 o'clock, to toast the Hon. C. S. Rolls and present him with the cup given by Messrs. Ruinart Pere et Fils and also the Gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club. It was hoped that M. Jacques de Lesseps would be present to receive the cup presented to him by the Proprietors of the Daily Mail, but he has cabled his regrets at not being able to attend on account of his immediate departure for Canada. It is hoped that members will assemble in strength to assist in the presentation. Committee Meeting. A meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday, the 14th inst., when there were present:—Mr. R. W. Wallace, K.C., in the chair, Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Mr. John Dunville, Prof. A. K. Huntington, Mr. C. F. Pollock, Hon. C. S. Rolls, Mr. J. Lyons Sampson, Mr. Stanley Spooner, and Harold E. Perrin, secretary. New Members.—The following new members were elected :— William Robert de la Cour Allan McOnie, of Ballochneek. Beamish. Sherard Osborn Cowper- Coles. Erskine Alick Crossley. J. Armstrong Drexel. Frederick Montagu James Gibbs. Aviators' Certificates.—The following resolution was passed :— " Aviators taking part in any competition or trial must possess an aviator's certificate, or must previously obtain a special permit from the Commission Sportive (the Committee of the Royal Aero Club) or their delegates, the Commissaires (Clerks of the Course)." The following aviators' certificates were granted :— No. 11. Hon. Maurice Egerton. No. 12. James Radley. No. 13. Hon. Alan Boyle. Timekeeper.—A. G. Rennie, of Dunnottar, Scotstounhill, Glasgow, was appointed an official timekeeper to the Royal Aero Club. Aeroplane and Motor Boat Race. — The following sub committee was appointed to take in hand the arrangements for the race between the representatives of the Motor Yacht Club and the Royal Aero Club :— Mr. G. Brewer, Mr. A. Rawlinson, and the Hon. C. S. Rolls. The event will take place during the Bournemouth aviation week over a sea course to be agreed upon by the respective Clubs. Worcester Accident.—A letter was received from Mr. W. B. Hulme, the coroner at Worcester, asking the Club to send a repre sentative to give expert evidence in connection with the lamentable accident which occurred recently at Worcester. Mr. John Dunville kindly undertook to attend the adjourned inquest. Bournemouth International Aviation Meeting. Closing of Entries.—Members are reminded that the entries or the international aviation meeting to be held at Bournemouth from July nth to 16th, 1910, close on the 23rd inst. Intending competitors should lose no time in obtaining their aviators' certificates in accordance with the conditions laid down by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. A special office has been opened at 166, Piccadilly, London, W., where all information will be supplied. Hotel Accommodation.—Owing to the large number ot applica tions for accommodation at the Hotel Burlington, only a few rooms are now available, and members desirous of securing same should make early application to the Secretary of the Club. Balloon Race at Hurlingham. The race for the Hedges Butler Challenge Cup will take place at Hurlingham Club, Fulham, S.W., on Wednesday, June 22nd, at 3 o'clock. Members of the Royal Aero Club will be admitted to the Hurlingham Club free, on presentation of their Royal Aero Club membership cards. Members of the Royal Aero Club can obtain special tickets for the admission of their friends, who are not members .of the Royal Aero Club, to Hurlingham, from the Secretary of the Royal Aero Club, price iar. each. The Club balloon, " Aero Club IV," will follow the race. Members wishing to make the ascent are requested to notify the Secretary at once. The fee will be £§ per person, and the three seats available will be allotted in order of application. Sailor Aeronaut Race. The sailing race between members of the Motor Yacht Club and the Royal Aero Club will take place to-day, from the yacht " Enchantress," anchored off Netley Hospital. The Motor Yacht Club has extended its hospitality to members of the Royal Aero Club for the day, and it is hoped that a large number will avail themselves of this kind invitation. A'train leaves Waterloo at 10.15 a.m., arriving at Southampton West 11.53- The club motor launches will leave the Town Quay at 12 and 12.45 p.m., taking members to the "Enchantress" in time for lunch. Accident to Hon. M. Egerton. Members will be glad to learn that the accident to the Hon. M. Egerton is not so serious as at first thought, and that he is now well on the way towards complete recovery. Claude Grahame-White Testimonial Fund. Donations received up to Tuesday, June 14th, 1910. Amount previously acknowledged ... ,£1,787 18 5 Readers of West Herts and Watford Observer, per C. H Peacock, Ltd W. S. Wildeblood G. A. Keen, F. Gibbs and W. H. Sherman, of 3 16 6 Merrow, per Mrs. Deane... Col. Browell Baring Gould H. K. Gregson F. Gibbs ... G. Keen W. J. Sherman 166, Piccadilly. O 15 6 £l.793 !« 5 HAROLD E. PERRIN, Secretary. A SPLENDID MAP FOR MOTORISTS OR AVIATORS. QUITE one of the most beautiful and thoroughly useful productions in the way of maps for the use of motorists and others is that which has comparatively lately been issued by the Ordnance Department of the Government, and of which samples have been sent to us by Mr. T. Fisher Unwin, the official publisher for them. A special interest also attaches to it at the present time owing to the almost equal value which it is likely to possess for the flying man of the immediate future, as it does for the motorist, cyclist and pedestrian of today, since the manner in which the lay of the land is indicated, both as regards relative altitude and as regards the waterways as well as the roads, is such that a veritable bird's-eye picture is obtained, that conveys a far more live impression of things than any other form of map with which we are acquainted. This particular series is printed on what is known as the " layer " system, and the scale is two miles to the inch, while perhaps the most marvellous thing about it is the ease with which even the smallest roads can be followed, and with which, although all necessary names are given, there is no difficulty whatever in reading any of them owing to overcrowding or to overlapping. The altitudes are indicated by the shading, and needless to say the maps are absolutely authoritative, inasmuch as they are published by direct Government sanction. Already they can be obtained in this series—in either ot the usual forms of mounting—in sheets that cover the whole of England. 465 J
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