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MARCH 8, 1913. for them—but, in my dream, they have somewhat to relinquish their present proud position, their role is that of floating defence, the air service—built up from joint army, navy and civilian founda tions—is in the foremost line ; fortresses, arsenals, dockyards, Government offices, factories of war material, are protected from the air by an elaborate system of .... I don't think I will tell you that yet. How extraordinarily interesting it all is. Dissemination of Information.—But, for England to maintain her political weight in the world, these possibilities, though at present still dreams, must be looked into, worked at, grappled with until the Army and Navy and public understand at least their dangers. We are so slow at taking up a new thing. Is it that our national imagination is sluggish—that we are wanting in mental alertness? ® ® A Busy Week at Hendon. ON Monday last week Mr. F. McClean was out on his new 70-h. p. Short hydro-aeroplane, on which he arrived late on Sunday evening from Eastchurch with Lieut. Gregory. On Tuesday, M. Brindejonc de Moulinais arrived from Paris on a So-h.p. Morane-Saulnier, at 1.55, having made three stops, the last being only a few miles away from the aerodrome, to pick up his bearings. M. Brindejonc had intended returning across the water on Wednesday to Brussels, but learning that the weather down on the coast was not good, he waited a more favourable opportunity. In the afternoon J. Valentine came to the London Aerodrome, and a private match was arranged to be run there and then between M. Brindejonc de Moulinais on the Morane-Saulnier, J. Valentine on his 70-h.p. tandem Bleriot, and R. T. Gates on the Grahame-White brevet 'bus. Brindejonc and Valentine started just level, but gave the Grahame-White 'bus IJ laps in 4. The result was an easy win for Brindejonc. F. McClean was invited to compete in this impromptu race, but preferred to do his laps alone. With its 62 ft. span the Short is not quite a pylon racer. On Thursday quite an enthusiastic crowd visited the London Aerodrome. The schools were all quite busy. Brindejonc de [filGHT] The phrase, "The slowness of great strength," ii out of date. Strong in courage and knowledge, quick and certain in action, must take its place. The Aeronautical Society is doing all it can to help. But many more channels for the rapid dissemination of knowledge on aerial subjects are required. If I may say so, I think that if the Royal Flying Corps had done nothing else (and it is doing a good deal), the fact of its having brought the two services into joint action would be quite sufficient justification for its existence. The public must now be brought into partnership. In France the aerial services have the solid lacking of consistent popular opinion. We cannot do without it in this country. With it we cau and will take the foremost place in the air as now on the sea. All rests eventually on the public. It must not be allowed to shirk its responsibility. ® ® Moulinais left or Dover and Calais at 1 o'clock, and had a favourable wind ; a message was received later in the afternoon from Dover that St. Margaret's Bay rejwted the Morane as having passed over there at a moderate altitude at a. 35, and half an hour later the Daily Mail telephoned through that Hrindejonc had landed at Calais as he intended doing—llendon to Calais in under two hours, and without stop. The Breguet, with Vitry up, was taking a lot of exercise during the afternoon, and flying well. It was hoped that Pickles would be out on the Handley Page, but owing to a smash in the morning he will not be out for a while ; curiously enough his smash occurred in almost exactly the same place as when Desmond Arthur had a tumble with the same machine. On Sunday a postcard was received by Mr. Gates from M. Brinde jonc de Moulinais, saying his travels had reached a successful end, and expressing his pleasure with his visit to Hendon. On Friday the schools were busy, and Lieut. Spencer Grey was at the Deperdmsin sheds ready to take delivery of the two new machines for the Admiralty. In the afternoon some of the competitors for the Royal Aero Club Model Competition arrived with their models, and made preliminary tests prior to the competi tions timed to commence at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning. Gustav Hamel, on his Bleriot, and M. Richet, on the Breguet, during the race at Hendon for the Aero Show Trophy. 28l
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