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[/JJGHT SEPTEMBER IO, 1910. IKe Royal &ero Clab—--^ C. ^—'of the Ujxitea. KiTigdomJ OFFICIAL /NOTICES TO MEMBERS Committee Meeting. A MEETING of the Committee was held on Tuesday, the 6th September, when there were present:—Prof. A. K. Huntington (in the Chair), Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. F. K. McClean, 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 :— Anthony Joseph Drexel, junr. Captain Wilmot Nicholson, John Howard. R.N. Erhard Cecil liny. Bertrand Stewart. Viscount Maidstone. George Scott Wilson. Aviators' Certificates.—Mr. A. E. George, of Newcastle-on- Tyne, was granted an Aviator's Certificate. Mr. George has been at the Club's Flying Grounds at Eastchurch for a few months, and the machine on which the tests were made was constructed by himself. The request of the Aero Club de France to grant Certificates to H. G. Melly, H. J. Harding, and Ernest Archer was sanctioned. Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup.—The International contest for the Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup will take place at Belmont Park, New York, on October 29th, 1910. Mr. Alec Ogilvie, who is now in the United States, has been selected as the third representative of the Royal Aero Club. In a recent letter to the Royal Aero Club, Mr. Cortlandt F. Bishop, President of the Aero Club of America, states :— " The Wright Company has given guarantees that no obstacle will be placedin the way of foreign competitors, and no proceedings will be taken against them during the different events of the Meeting. The Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup Race is included in this arrangement. "In addition to the International Race there will be prizes amounting to j£ 10,000, and the aviators will take 70 per cent, of the profits up to ^20,000, and 40 per cent, of all sums above this amount." Committee.—Col. Henry C. L. Holden, R.A., and Mr. Cecil S. Grace were unanimously elected to fill the vacancies on the Committee. Paris to London Flight.—The news of Mr. Moisant's arrival at the Crystal Palace reached the Committee during their meeting, and a telegram of congratulation was immediately despatched, Mr. Moisant being unanimously elected an honorary member of the Club during his stay in England. Eastchurch Flying Ground. Shed Accommodation.—The two sheds belonging to the Royal Aero Club have now been removed from Shellbeach to Eastchurch and are available for members. Full particulars can be had on application to the Secretary. Railway Arrangements.—The following reduced fares have been arranged with the railway company for members visiting Eastchurch:— 1st Class return, 8s.; 2nd Class, 6s. 6d. ; 3rd Class, $s. 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 Royal Aero Club. Trains leave Victoria, Holborn, or St. Paul's. Rolls Memorial Fund. Members who have not yet sent in their contributions to the above Fund are requested to do so as early as possible. By limiting individual subscriptions to the sum of 10s, the Committee hope they will receive the support of all members. It has been decided that the Memorial shall take the form of a bas-relief plaque, and that any surplus over and above the cost PROGRESS OF FLIGHT Birmingham Aero Club (165, HAMPTON STREET). THERE will be a competition for models on September 17th ; the chief event will be the Amateur Championship of the Midlands, 191a Bought models will not be admissible for this event. For the middle of October efforts are being made to arrange a highly sensational competition for which there will be a substantial cash prize. Particulars will appear later. of the Memorial shall be devoted to the establishment of an Aeronautical Library at the Royal Aero Club, to be called the "Rolls Memorial Library." Contributions of books to the "Rolls Memorial Library" will also be greatly appreciated. A list of subscriptions received up to August 31st was published in the last issue, and the following members have since contributed IOJ. each up to September 7th :— Capt. C. G. Astell. F. Shaw Kennedy. Sir H. B. Bacon, Bart. Granville M. Kenyon. Major B. Baden-Powell. Capt. W. A. de C. King, R.E. George S. Barwick. Lord Kinnaird. Henry B. Birnbaum. Reginald Laurence. L. Bleriot. V. Le Cren. David C. Bolton. W. J. S. Lockyer. Francis A. Bolton. Capt. E. M. Maitland. Leonard H. Bonnard. Lieut. W. P. Mark-Wardlaw,. Lady Bowen. R.N. H. C. Brocklehurst. J, Miller. Paul Brodtmann. M. S. Napier. H. Massac Buist. Vice - Admiral Sir George J. Cadman. Neville, K.C.B. Wilson Carr. Capt. C. J. Newton. Norbert A. Chereau. Percy W. Northey. Arthur C. Churchman. William N. Parker. G. B. Cockburn. Louis Paulhan. Archibald A. Crawford. Lieut.-Col. H. de T. Phillips,, Walter C. Crawshay. R.G.A. E. A. Crossley. C. F. Pollock. P. C. Culver. Philip E. Pope. W. G. Cuthbert-Gundry. Lt. Robert H. Raikes, R.N. Martin Dale. J. F. Ramsden. H. R. Davies. Mrs. Ramsden. H. Deutsch (de la Meurthe). Hugh Reid. E. W. Dixon. Renault Freres, Ltd. J. A. Drexel. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rey. A. Duckham. Noel W. Richardson. Earl of Dundonald. Percy Richardson. Lady Dunne. Sir Frederick Ricketts, Bart. Miss Dunne. W. D. Roberts. J. W. Dunne. G. N. Rouse. Kenelm Edgcumbe. Sydney Schiff. Charles E. Evans. John A. Sillars. Harold Buhner Everett. Maurice Silverston. H. Farman. W. M. G. Singer. Chester Fox. Marquis of Stafford. W. Frecheville. Stern Sonneborn Oil Co., Ltd. Admiral Hon. Sir Edmund Capt. Murray F. Sueter, R.N. Fremantle, G.C.B., C.M.G. Lt. M. B. Talbot-Crosbie, R.A. Edward P. Frost. S. M. Townsend. G. C. Garrick. J. L. Travers, Junr. Sir W. Goff. Cecil F. H. Twining. Hon. A. E. Guinness. Herbert H. Twining. Hon. Mrs. Assheton Harbord. Baron Herbert von Pohl. W. Harbrow. Edward Wahab. F. R. Harford. W. Wallach. J. S. Henry. J. D. Wardrop. T. H. Hewitt. Lt. F. C. Westland, R.N. H. Hirst. Joseph Wilkinson. J. A. Holder. J. E. Withers. Mrs. Croxton Johnson. HAROLD E. PERRIN, 166, Piccadilly. Secretary. ® ® ABOUT THE COUNTRY. Oldham Aero Club (GARFITT STREET, OLDHAM). THE prizes for the Oldham Aero Club's model flying competition were presented by Mr. W. Brown, one of the club's vice-presidents, on Thursday, August 25th. Mr. Fleet, Mr. Dean, Mr. Partington, Mr. Whittaker (Leeds), and Mr. Braithwaite (Leeds) were the princi pal prize-winners. Mr. W. Brown, after presenting the prizes, made the club a generous offer of a 25-guinea cup for the first meuber to leave the ground and fly a circular course. The cup is to be held for twelv months only, but can be won again. 736
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