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1911
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APRIL 8, 1911. IKe Rocral fiero Club—-^K C-_-^oif the United Kiivgdom) OFFICIAL MOTICES TO MEMBERS Annual General Meeting, A FULL report of the Annual General Meeting of the Club, held on Thursday, March 30th, 1911, appears on page 316. The result of the ballot for the nine places on the Committee was declared, and the following is the Executive Committee for 1911 :— Griffith Brewer. Ernest C. Bucknall. Col. J. E. Capp-r, C.B., R.E. Capt. Bertram Dickson. John Dunville. Col.H.C.L.HoIden,R.A.,F.R.S. Prot. A. K. Huntington, V. Ker-Srymer. F. K. McClean. E. Manville. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon. Alec Ogilvie. Mervyn O'Gorman. C. F. Pollock. Su Charles D. Rose, Bart., M.P. A. Mortimer Singer. Hon. A. Stanley, M.P. R. W. Wallace, ICC. Committee Meeting. A meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday, the 4th inst., when there were present :—Mr. R. W. Wallace, K.C., in the chair, Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Col. J. E. Capper, C.B., R.E., Col. H. C. L. Holden, R.A., F.R S., Prof. A. K. Huntington, Mr. V. Ker-Seymer, Mr. J. T. C. Moore- Brabazon, Mr. Alec Ogilvie, Mr. C. F. Pollock, Sir Charles D. Rose, Bart., M.P., and Harold E. Perrin, Secretary. Election of Chairman,—Mr. Roger W. Wallace, K.C., was unanimously elected Chairman for the current year. Election of Members. — The following new members were elected :—Sidney a'Court, Samuel Nevill Dale, Wilfrid Herbert Dolphin, Eric Cecil Gordon.England, and H. P. Martin. Honorary Treasurer.—Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall was unanimously re-elected Honorary Treasurer. Sub-Commitiees.—The appointment of sub-committees for the year uas deferred. Aviator's Certificate.—The following certificate was granted :— 66. Lewis William F. Turner. This is the first certificate obtained in England under the new regulations, Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup. The date for the contest has now been fixed for Saturday, July 1st, 1911. The following countries have entered for the Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup : — America. France. Great Britain. Austria. Germany. Each country will be represented by three competitors. In order to give as much time as possible, the Royal Aero Club has extended the date of entry for the British competitors to May 1st, 1911. Intending competitors are requested to notify the Secretary of the R. yal Aero Club on or before that date, of their willingness to compete, if chosen. Entries must be accompanied by a remittance of ^20, which amount will be returned should the entrant not be selected. Library. Mr. A. W. Isenthal has kindly presented to the Rolls Memorial Library a copy of his translation of " Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation," by Otto Lilienthal. The Manville £500 Prize. (Under the Rules of the Rcyal Aero Club and the Feaeration Aeronaulitpie Internationale.) Mr. E. Manville has presented to the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom a sum of ,£500 for competition by British aviators on an all-British aeroplane, under the following conditions :— 1. The winner to be the aviator who, on an aeroplane, accom panied by a passenger (combined net weight to be not less than 20 stones) remains the longest aggregate time in the air, valued in accordance with the scale attached. The flights must be made on nine specified dates. 2. The flight must be confined to the British Isles, and may be made at any flying ground previously approved by the Club for this purpose. 3. The prize will be open for competition between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5.30 p.m., on the following nine dates :— Monday Saturday Saturday Monday Saturday April 17 th May 6th May 20th June 5th June 17th Saturday Saturday Monday Wednesday June 24th July 15th August 7th October 4th and in order to qualify for the prize the competitor must have remained in a continuous flight with his passenger for at least 15 minutes on at least half the days on which any competitor shall have made a recorded flight in this competition. 4. No flight of less than 15 minutes will be taken into account, and the amount credited to each competitor on account of each continuous flight will be in accordance with the scale attached to these regula tions. Completed minutes only will count. 5. The competitor must obtain certificates, each of which must be signed by the official timekeeper, or by another timekeeper who shall have been approved for this specific purpose by the Royal Aero Club, stating the exact duration of each flight. Certificates must be posted to the Secretary, Royal Aero Club, 166, Piccadilly, London, W., within three days of the date of the flights. 6. The entrant, who must be the person operating the machine, must be a British subject flying on a British-made aeroplane, must hold an aviator's certificate, and be duly entered on the Competitors' Register of the Royal Aero Club. 7. The complete machine and all its parts must have been entirely constructed within the confines of the British Empire, but this provision shall not be held to apply to raw material. 8. Entries must be made in writing to the Secretary, Royal Aero Club, 166, Piccadilly, London, W., and must be accompanied by an entrance fee of £1. The competitor must make his own arrange ments with regard to timekeepers, whose names must be sent in to the Royal Aero Club 48 hours prior to the attempt. 9. Should any questions arise at any time after the date of entry as to whether a competitor has properly fulfilled the above con ditions, or should any other question arise in relation to them, the decision of the Committee of the Royal Aero Club shall be final and without appeal. 10. A competitor by entering waives any right of action against the Royal Aero Club or Mr. E. Manville for any damages sustained by him in consequence of any act or omission on the part of the officials of the Royal Aero Club or Mr. E. Manville, or their repre sentatives or servants, or any fellow competitor. 11. The aeroplane shall at all times be at the risk in all respects of the competitor, who shall be deemed by entry to agree to waive all claim for injury either to himself or his aeroplane, or his employees or workmen, and to assume all liability for damage to third parties or their property, and to indemnify the Royal Aero Club and Mr. E. Manville in respect thereof. 12. The Committee of the Royal Aero Club reserves itself the right to add to, amend or omit, any of these rules should it think fit. Scale, in accordance with which the time in the air is valued. nutes 15 lb 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2b 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Allow ance. 17 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 34 3S 36 37 39 40 4' 43 44 37 3S 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 5° 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 Allow ance. 45 46 48 49 50 52 53 54 56 57 58 59 61 62 64 65 66 68 b9 70 72 73 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 Allow ance. 74 75 76 78 79 80 82 8 84 86 87 88 90 9i 92 94 95 96 98 99 100 102 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 Allow ance. i°3 104 106 107 108 no in 112 114 "5 116 118 119 120 122 123 124 126 127 128 I30 131 3H
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