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JUNE 28, 1913. IKe Rozsal &ero Clu of the United Kh^gdoi ZJH OFFICIAL /NOTICES TO MEMBERS Balloon Race at HurlinghatD. THE Long Distance Balloon Race will take place to-day (Saturday) at the Hurlingham Club, Fulham, S.W., at 3 o'clock, for a Cup presented by Mr. A. Mortimer Singer. Members will be admitted free to the Hurlingham Club on presentation of their Royal Aero Club membership cards. The following is the order of starting :— 1. Dunlop (50,000 c.f.) Mr. F. K. McClean (Pilot), Com. C. R. Samson, R.N. 2. R.F.C. (95,000 c.f.) Major E. M. Maitland (Pilot), Major F. H. Sykes, Major R. Brooke- Popham, Major G. Raleigh, Capt. R. Pigot, Mr. B. H. Barrington-Kennett, Mr. R. Hargreaves. 3. Planet (80,000 c.f.) Mr. C. F. Pollock (Pilot), Mr. A. Mortimer Singer. 4. Banshee (80,000 c.f.) Mr. John D. Dunville (Pilot), Mrs. John Dunville. 5. Meteor (50,000 c.f.) Mr. L. H. Mander (Pilot), Lieut. A. E. Borton. Aerial Navigation Regulations. On Tuesday last, the 24th inst., Col. H. C. L. Holden, C.B., F.R.S. (Vice-Chairman), Mr. Alec Ogilvie, Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, Mr. R. W. Wallace, K.C., and the Secretary attended a conference at the Home Office, at which representatives of the Admiralty, War Office, and Home Office were present. The Chair was taken by Sir Edward Troup, K.C.B., Permanent Under Secretary of the Home Office. The Club delegates put forward certain recommendations with regard to the Aerial Navigation Regulations as affecting the Daily Mail ^5,000 Prize, the Aerial Derby, and the Hurlingham Balloon Contests. These will be duly considered by the Admiralty and War Office. Public Safety and Accidents Investigation Committee. This Committee met on the 23rd inst., when there were present : — Col. H. C. L. Holden, C.B., F.R.S., in the Chair, Mr. A. E. Berriman, Mr. F. K. McClean, Mr. W. O. Manning, Mr. Alec Ogilvie, Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman, Com. C. R. Samson, R.N. In attendance :—• Mr. R. L. Charteris and the Secretary. Brooklands Accident.—The Committee proceeded to enquire into the accident at Brooklands on the 13th inst., in which Lieut. J. R. B. Kennedy, R.N., was killed, and Mr. C. Gordon Bell was injured. The following Members of the Accidents Committee visited Brooklands on Saturday, the 14th inst.: Col. H. C. L. Holden, C.B., F.R.S., Mr. A. E. Berriman, Eng. Lieut. C. F. Briggs, R.N., and Com. C. R. Samson, R.N., and a careful examination of the wrecked aircraft was made. Messrs. Martin and Handasytie, the manufacturers of the aircraft, attended at the invitation of the Committee, and gave evidence. Mr. R. L. Charteris, the Club's official Representative at Brook lands, submitted his report on the evidence which he took im mediately after the accident. The report was drawn up and ordered to be submitted to the Executive Committee. Protection of Wrecked Aircraft. The following notice has been issued by the Home Office to the Chief Constables in all counties in England :— " Home Office, Whitehall, " 12th June, 1913. " Sir, —I am directed by the Secretary of State to inform you that he has been in communication with the Royal Aero Club on the steps to be taken to secure a thorough investigation being immediately made by an expert in the case of all serious accidents to aeroplanes and airships, and to prevent the wreckage of the machine and all dttris belonging to it being removed from the positions where they fell until expert examination has been made. It is important in the public interest that the causes of accidents to aircraft should in all cases be thoroughly investigated, not only for the purposes of an inquest when death is caused, but with a view to discovering means for preventing other accidents ; and as the Club has the best expert assistance at its command, it has l>een arranged that, immediately on notice being received of an accident, an expert will be sent to the place for the purpose of making the examination, and that the Club's representatives will be provided with a special badge for purposes of identification. " The Secretary of State will be glad if you will instruct the members of your force to assist in this matter as far as possible in the event of an accident occurring in your district. This can best be done by sending immediate information of the accident by telegram to the Royal Aero Club, 166, Piccadilly, London, W. (Telegraphic Address, " Aerodom, London," Telephone No. 1327 Regent), by rendering the Club's representative when he arrives all reasonable assistance, and pending his arrival, by taking effective steps to prevent any unauthorised persons interfering with the wreckage or removing any part of it. " No disturbance whatever of the wrecked machine should be permitted except for the purpose of extricating the occupants, and any portion of it which may have been necessarily disarranged in so doing should carefully be restored to its place by those who moved it, a note being made of what has been done. In the event of an inquest being held, it is of great importance that the wreckage should be kept as far as possible i/i statu quo, and that all broken portions of the machine should be carefully preserved and identified. " If there is reason to believe that the aircraft belongs to the Admiralty or the War Office, no telegram to the Royal Aero Club is necessary, but a telegram should be sent, in the case of an Admiralty aircraft, to the Commanding Officer, Naval Flying School, Eastchurch (Telegraphic address, Aeroplanes, Kaslcburch) ; and in the case of a War Office aircraft, to the Officer commanding the Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps, South Farnborough (Telegraphic address, Aeronautics, South Farnborough), adding, if possible, the number of the machine. " An officer will then be sent by the Naval or Military Authorities, as the case may be, to take charge of the machine and to arrange for the necessary naval or military inquiry. " Should the police, owing to difficulty of identification, report an accident to the wrong authority («.,?., a Service aircraft to the Royal Aero Club, or a Military aircraft to the Naval Authorities) the authority receiving the telegram will take the necessary steps to forward the information to the proper quarter. " I am, Sir, " Your obedient Servant, " BSWASS TROUV." Competitions Committee. This Committee met on the 23rd inst , when there were present : —Col. H. C. L. Holden, C.B., F.R.S. (in the Chair), Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Mr. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, Mr. E. V. Sassoon, and the Secretary. Daily Mail £10,000 Prize Cross-Atlantic Flight.-The regulations for this prize were finally approved. 166, Piccadilly, W HAROLD E. PERRIN, Secretary. THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS. THE following appointment was announced in the London Gazette of the 24th inst. :— R.F.C.—Military Wing.—Special Reserve of Officers.—Arthur Ashford Benjamin Thomson, to be Second Lieut, (on probation). Dated June 25th, 1913. The following appointments were announced by the Admiralty on the 19th inst. :— Royal Naval Reserve.—Acting Sub-Lieuts. R. L. G. Marix and H. A. Littleton appointed Sub-Lieuts., to date November 1st, 1912, and to Hermes, additional, for Naval Flying School as Flying Officers, May 17th; D. G. Young appointed Sub-Lieut., to date June 14th, and to Hermes, temporary, for Naval Flying School, June 14th. The following appointment was announced by the Admiralty on the 23rd inst. :— Assistant Paymaster C. R. Finch-Noyes, lent for course at Central Flying School, to date July 1st. The Desertion of Larkhtll. Now that No. 3 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps is installed in new quarters at Mile Ball, Larkhill has been deserted. The No. 4 Squadron, which has been transferred from Farnhorough to Salisbury Plain is quartered at Netheravon. No 5 Squadron is now being formed at F"arnborough and Major Higgins, D.S.O.,has been nominated to the command. 697
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