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NOVEMBER 12, 1910. IKe Rai/al tlero Clu. of the Ui\ited Ktiygdoi OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS •!• ~ ZH Committee Meeting. A MEETING of the Committee was held on Tuesday, the 8th inst., when there were present:—Mr. C. F. Pollock (in the Chair), Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Col. Henry C. L Holden, R.A., F.R.S., Prof. A. K. Huntington, Mr. V. Ker- Seymer, Mr. F. K. McClean, Mr. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, Mr. Stanley Spooner, and Harold E. Perrin, Secretary. New Members.—The following new members were elected :— Robert Davidson. Denys E. Prideaux-Brune. Capt. Duncan Grant-Dalton. Marshall Field Robinson. A. A. Dashwood Lang. Aviators' Certificates.—Aviators' Certificates were granted to the following:— 24. J. D. Weir. 25. Lieut. Hugh E. Watkins. "Dally Mail" £10,000 Prize and Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup.—The following sub-committee was appointed to take in hand the preliminary arrangements for the above competitions:— Mr. Griffith Brewer. Mr. J. T. C. Moore-Bra- Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall. bazon. Cot H. C. L. Holden, R.A., F.R.S. Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman. Rolls Memorial Fund. A meeting of trie Joint Committees of the Royal Automobile Club and the Royal Aero Club was held at the Royal Automobile Club on Thursday, November 3rd. The resolution of the Executive Committee of the Royal Automobile Club recommending that the subscriptions received by them should be handed over to the Royal Aero Club to assist hi the establishment of a Rolls Memorial Aero nautical Library, was adopted. The thanks of the Royal Aero Club were tendered to the Royal Automobile Club for this generous gift. 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 iar. the Committee hope they will receive the support of all members. It has been decided that the Memorial shall take the form ot a bas-relief plaque, and that any surplus over and above the cost 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 hooks to the "Rolls Memorial Library" will also be greatly appreciated. A list of subscriptions received up to the 2nd inst. was published in the last issue, and the following have since contributed up to the 9th November, 1910 :— A. E. Berriman, Lt. H. F. Burke, R.A., C. G. Grunhold, Norman C. Neill, Ferdinand Prior, Capt. Walter N. Wells. British Empire Michelin Cup. Mr. S. F. Cody, on the 4th inst., made a flight of 94% miles at Laffan's Plain, Aldershot, in connection with the above prize. The flight was observed by Captain P. W. L. Broke-Smith, R. E., and Lieut. H. R. P. Reynolds, R.E. This is the longest distance so far recorded in the competition, which for the year closes en December 31st, 191a Aero Exhibition, Olympla, 1911. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has decided to organise an International Aero Exhibition at Olympia, under the auspices of the Royal Aero Club, in March, 1911. Full details will appear later. Baron de Forest £4,000 Prlic Intending competitors are reminded that it is necessary to give one month's formal notice of entry, and that the competition closes on December 31st, 1910. The following formal entries have l>een received by the Royal Aero Club, and are set out in order of receipt:— George A. Barnes. H. J. Harding. E. V. B. Fisher. J. T. C. Moore- T. Hansome. Lieut. II. E. Wat- Brabazon. Lieut. J. W, Seddon, kins. Eugene V. Gratze. R.N. . Neale. R. F. Macfie. W. Fairbrother. A. Grattan Power. Leo Jezzi. F. K. McClean. Edward Mines. H. Barber. 0. C. Morison. J. Hirst. Robert Loraine. F. Raynham. C. Grahame-White. S. F. Cody. G. C. Colmore. J. Neil Campbell. Bertie Rippin. Capt. Bertram Dick son. R. Wickham. D. Graham-Gilmour. Cecil S. Grace. A. C. Hunt. Alec Ogilvie. Charles Collyer. T. Sopwith. E. Smith. A. H. Boulton. E. A. Paul. W. E. McArdle. Sam Carter. H. Pixton. A. V. Roe. S. B. Bignold. Eastchurch Flying Ground, 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 Eastchurch, which is J-mile from the flying ground. Railway Arrangements.—The following reduced fares have been arranged with the railway company for members visiting Eastchurch :— 1st Class return, 8J. ; and 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. 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 or 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.) found that the means employed to check it at the bottom are inefficient. This is now being altered, and the next move will be to erect either a tent or a shed in which the machine can be housed while it is being covered. The latest suggestion is to make a real flyer of it, by fitting it with a 3j-h.p. motor cycle engine, which one of the members has promised to lend. The thrust of this, transmitted through a propeller of new design, and aided by the send-off of the gliding hill, should enable quite a respectable flight to lie obtained. Aeroplane Building and Flying Soc. (8, MANCHESTER ST., W.). ON Saturday week the members of the society successfully trans ported the club glider from the workshop at Hammersmith to the ground at Kensal Rise, where the gliding hill is now set up, much to the astonishment of the inhabitants. The glider reached its new quarters without accident, though it had to be entirely taken to pieces to allow of its coming out of the workshop. Arrived on the ground, six of the members soon had it together, and it was safely housed under three huge tarpaulins before the vile weather of the first part of the week commenced. Experiments with the trolley on the gliding hill show that it is possible to get up a speed of 50 m.p.h. by the time the bottom of the hill is reached. The glider should rise at 30 m.p.h., so that there is every prospect of getting a lift about half way down. The trolley has not yet been right up to the top of the slope, as it has been Amateur Aero Club (KINGSTON-ON-THAMF.S). THIS club has only lately been formed, and is intended specially for youths residing at Kingston-on-Thames and district. The first meeting has already been held, and all that is now wanting is an influx of members. The subscription has been fixed at zr. per year, 929
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