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FEBRUARY 8, 1913. House Committee. A meeting of the House Committee was held on Friday, January 31st, 1913, when there were present : Mr. C. F. Pollock, in the chair, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Mr. C. G. Grunhold, Mr. E. V. Sassoon, and the Secretary. Annual Dinner.—The arrangements for the Annual Dinner were approved. Competitions Committee. A meeting of the Competitions Committee was held on Monday, the 3rd inst., when there were present: Major F. Lindsay Lloyd, in the chair, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Mr. G. B. Cockburn, Mr. F. K. McClean, Mr. E. V. Sassoon, and the Secretary. British Empire Michelia Cup No. 1.—It was decided that a Sub-Committee should interview Mr. M. J. Wolff of the Michelin Tyre Co,, and discuss the conditions for this year's competition. Mr. A. Mortimer Singer's Prize.—The conditions for the prize were drawn up and ordered to be submitted to Mr. A. Mortimer Singer for his approval. Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race. The Royal Aero Club has sent in to the Aero Club of France I/O™! two entries for the Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race, which lakes place in France on Sunday, October 12th, 1913. The representatives of the Royal Aero Club will be Mi. John D. Dunville and Mr. Jean de Francia. Mr. Dunville will be accompanied by Mr. C. F. Pollock. Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup. The cup having been won by a representative of the Aero Club de France, the race for 1913 will take place in France. The exact time and place will be announced later. The race will be a speed contest for a distance of 200 kiloms. over a course of not less than 5 kiloms. Each club affiliated to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale has the right to challenge the holder, the Aero Club de France, and such challenge must be sent in before March 1st, 1913. The Committee of the Royal Aero Club will select the three com petitors to represent the British Empire, and intending candidates are requested to notify the Secretary on or before February 25th, 1913, of their willingness to compete, if chosen. Applications must be accompanied by a cheque for ^20, the entry fee, which amount will be returned should the entrant not be selected. 166, Piccadilly. HAROLD E. PERRIN, Secretary. THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS. THE following appointment was announced by the Admiralty on the 31st ult.:— Gunner F. Everett (T.), to " Actaeon," additional, for service with Airship Section of Royal Flying Corps, to date January 30th. Questions in Parliament. ON Monday in the House of Commons : Mr. Fred Hall asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if it was proposed to equip all battleships and cruisers with " waterplanes," and if so, by what date the necessary machines would be provided. Mr. Churchill : I am not aware of any such proposals. Portsmouth to Eastchurch on Naval Biplane. LIEUT. WILDMAN LUSHINGTON, of the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps, returned to Eastchurch from Portsmouth last week-end. Leaving Portsmouth on the 30th, he ran into a thick fog near Newhaven and landed near Rotherfield Hall, where he stayed overnight, at the invitation of Sir Lindsay Lindsay-Hogg. The forty miles to F.astchurch were covered by the Maurice Farman biplane in half an hour on the following morning. A Flying Corps for India. ACCORDING to the Allahabad Pioneer the next Indian Army Estimates will include provision for the organisation of a flying corps in connection with the Indian Army. Accident Investigation in U.S.A. THE Aero Club of America has appointed a Committee on public safety and accidents, modelled on similar lines to the Committee of the Royal Aero Club which has done such good work in investigating accidents in Great Britain. Col. Robert M. Thompson is chairman of the new Committee, which numbers among its 41 members, Capt. W. Irving Chambers, U.S.N., Capt. C. de F. Chandler, U.S.A., Dr. A. F. Zahm, Orville Wright, J. A. D. McCurdy, Glenn H. Curtiss, W. Starling Burgess, General James Allen, U.S.A., Claude Grahame-White, Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Alfred J. Moisant. A BLERIOT FOR THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.—Some of those who took part in the presentation to Gog. Seely, at the War Office last week, of the Bleriot monoplane which was last year flown round the country by Mr Slack on behalf of the International Correspondence, School, the machine having been subscribed for by the students of the ICS. Ouohoograph shows the deputation leaving the War Office. Lord Sesborough who was at the head of the deputation, uur Pnoto^Psntasad°wg on th/left (1)t and J the right is Sir J. Ward, President of the LCS. in New Zealand. 143
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