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(/OGHT The Importance of Data. Now before we can have scientific laws, or indeed even general statements of any kind, we must have a large collection of data. The more tho number of experiments, the more plentiful the data, the more likely is our law, which we will suppose to be deduced solely from experiment, to be correct, and the greater its value. .Results Must be Pooled. But these data are valueless as a whole if different data are known to different individuals, and are not either shared in common or known to -some individual, or body of individuals, possessed of the requisite scientific attainments, to sift the wheat from the chaff, the really valuable from that of lesser worth, and deduce from the most reliable data new generalizations which can be applied to the science of aviation as a whole, with a view, it may be, to specially advancing the efficiency of some particular part. (To be continued.) ® ® ® ® D. Driver... R. Lucas ... G. Hayden W. E. Evans W. E. Evans L. H. Slatter I. E. Louch C. C. Dutton J. E. Louch C. C. Dutton J. E. Louch L. H. Slatter C. C. Dutton L. H. Slatter D. Stanger ... 85 sees. ... j9o yards. ... 137 sees. .. 290 yards. .. 64 sees. .. 365 yards. .. 3 mms. 40 sees .. 266 yards ... 91 sees. .. 190 yards. ... 94 tecs. ... 35 Bees. ... 29 sees. ... 60 sees. .. si sees. KITE AND MODEL AEROPLANE ASSOCIATION. Official Notices. British Model Records. Single screw, hand -launched Duration *•*••—. *> B^ion Single screw.rise off ground > J Twin screw, do Single-tractor screw, band, launched Do., off-ground Swa.e.r"*:reW.. hydr.°" "^Duration Single-tractor, do., do. ... Duration Twin screw, do., do. ... Duration Engine driven off grass ... Duration Competitions.—On June 13th, the fourth annual competition for the Model Engineer Challenge Cup took place on Wimbledon Common in a gusty wind. This year the competition was altered, in regard to the average being taken of the three trials instead of the longest duration. Mr. H. G. Bond proved the winner with an average of t,y\ sees., who will hold the handsome trophy for one year (from annual priie distribution), and winning the Model Engineer silver medal which accompanies the cup ; Mr. H. H. Bedford, of the Leytonstone Club winning the Association silver medal with 553, and Mr. J. E. Louch 3rd with 53J sees, taking the Association bronze medal. The following gives the results of the first competitor-,:—1. H. G. Bond, K. and M.A.A. and Leyton stone, average, 57J sees. ; 3. H. H. Bedford, Leytonstone, 55 ; 3. J. E. Louch, K. and M.A.A. and Leytonstone, 13J ; 4. L. H. Slatter, K. and M.A.A. and Wimbledon, 35; 5. T. Kimpton, K. and M.A.A. and Levtonstone, 33! ; 6. A. F. -Houlberg, K and M.A.A., 30; 7. W. A. Rogers, K.. and M.A.A., 28! ; S. D. A. Pavely, K. and M.A.A. and Croydon, 27. The longest duration was made by Mr. J. Louch in his third trial, viz., 112 sees. The model hon. sec., Mr. H. A. Lyche, was in charge of the meeting. Official Trials.—These take place to-morrow on Wimbledon Common at 3 p.m. It must be clearly understood that no entries for trials can be accepted on the ground ; all such entries must be received seven days prior to such trials. Kite Competition.—The competition for prizes presented by Messrs. Brooke and Westhorp will be held to-morrow on Wmbledon Common at 3.30 p.m. Model Competition.—Wanstead Flats, Leytonstone; station, Forest Ga e, G.E. Ry. ; for route see the Leytonstone Club notes to-day. Saturday, June 27th, at 3 o'clock ; entries close June 20th. Longest flight competition for models, rising off ground under their own power (open to the world). Prizes, presented by Mr. A. W. Gamage : 1st, challenge cup and gold medal; 2nd, silver medal; 3rd, bronze medal. For rules see pages 5 and 6. Special rules Nos. 1, 2, and 3 in official programme. Additional rules governing this com petition : 1. Competitors must be at the judges' flag at '3 p.m. sharp. Those not present at that time will be disqualified. 2. This competition will be decided on the longest flight and not on the average. Inter-Team Competition for Models.—Open to affiliated clubs. For the Farrow Challenge Shield and Baden-Powell medals. All affiliated club secre taries should send in their application to the gen. hon. sec. at once, so that the secretaries can meet on 25th to draw for the first round, which will take place on July 4th. »7, Victory Road, Wimbledon. W. H. AKEHURST, Gen. Hon. Set AFFILIATED MODEL CLUBS DIARY. CLUB reports of chief work done will be published monthly for the future. Secretaries' reports, to be included, must reach the Editor on the last Monday in each month. Bristol and West of England Aero Club (Model Section) (42, ROYA! YORK CRBSCENT, CLIFTON, BRISTOL). Notice to the London and Provincial Ctubs.—Chesip day and half-day excursions are being arranged to the Bristol International Exhibition on the day of the Model Aeroplane Competition from Bath, Birmingham, Cheltenham, Gloucester, I.ondon, Penycraig, and other centre*, and there will be steamboat sailings from Cardiff and South Wales. Full particulars of the excursions will be forwarded to the competitors on receipt of their entry forms. Programmes and entry' forms may be obtained from the secretaries of the clubs in London and Birmingham, or by post on application to Mr. R. V. Tivy at the above address. All entry forms (or applications for entry forms) must be sent in not later than June aist. The acceptance of entry forms and fees from competitors not resident in Bristol or Bath wilt be conditional on the running oj excursions /rvtn the various centres. Full particulars of the events were' published in FLIGHT on June 12th. The promoters of the competition trust that, in view of the special railway facilities, the model aero clubs in London and the West of England will co-operate with them by sending exhibits to Bristol (on or before July nth), and by sending one or more representatives to fly them on Saturday. July 18th. JUNE 19, 1914. Leytonstone and District Aero Club (64, LEYSPRING ROAD). JUNE 21ST, flying Wanstead Flats, 6.30 and 10.30 a.m. June 27th, 3 p.m., Gamage Cup Competition. Route—From Liverpool Street tg Forest Gate ; on leaving station follow tramlines to the left; Wanstead Flats will be reached in 3 or 4 minutes, and the competition will be held on the right hand side, about s minutes from the road. UNAFFILIATED CLUBS. Finsbury Park and District (66, ELFORT ROAD, HIGHBURY, N.). JUNE 20TH, flying at Finsbury Park, 3 p.m.; r.o.g. duration contest, all types, at 5 p.m. S. Eastern Model Ae.C. (i, RAILWAY APPROACH. BROCKLBY). WEEK-END meetings on Woolwich Common and Blackheath at usual times. # ® ® Q0 The next Olympla Aero Show. THE Aero Committee of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders after an enquiry among aeroplane manufacturers, has recommended that the next exhibition of aeroplanes, &c, at Olympia should be held in 1916. A Change of Address. MESSRS. HEWLETT and BLONDEAU, Ltd., notiry us that they are now moving their works and offices to Leagrave, and that after Saturday next all communications should be addressed to them at Omnia Works, Leagrave, Beds. Their telephone number will be 13 Leagrave, while the telegraphic address will be "Aeromnia, Leagrave. Looping by Hall School Pupil. IT will be recalled that Lieut. T. Gran, who looped the loop recently at the Bleriot school at Buc, and who intends to attempt to fly from Scotland to Norway, was formerly a pupil at the Hall School at Hendon. Mr. A. W. Schaef in England. OUR readers will be interested to hear that Mr. A. \V. Schaer, who has been experimenting with a monoplane of his own con struction in New Zealand for some time, and who is the New Zealand agent for the General Aviation Contractors, Ltd., arrived in England on Wednesday. He proposes to visit the British aero plane works, and then visit France and Germany for a similar purpose, subsequently returning to England with a view to securing his " ticket " at one of the British schools. ® ® ® ® NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED. Pneumosphere, Ltd., iS, Fleet Street, E.C.—Capital ,£30,000, in 28,500 pref. shares of £1 each and 30,000 ordinary shares of is. each. Manufacturers of and dealers in airships, aeroplanes, &c. First directors, L. Harris, H. Whitaker, W. E. Cobb, and L. J. Jones. Shoreharri Flying School, Ltd—Capital £1,000, in £1 shares. Acquiring the flying school, &c, carried on by W. H. Elliott, G. L. Lusted, and B. H. England at the Shoreham Aerodrome, Shoreham, Sussex, as the Shoreham Flying School. First directors, W. H. Elliott, B. H. England, G. J. Lusted, and H. H. R. Aikman. ® ® ® ® Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for In ISIS. Published June nth, 1914. H. FABRE. Hydroplanes. H. W. J. E. GOLTSTEIN. Projectiles for shooting at airships, &c. Soc. ANON, DES ETAB. NIEUPORT. Bodies of aerial machines. Soc. DITE AEROPLANES MORANE-SAULNIER. Aerial machines. AKT. GKS. METZELER AND CO. Fabric for aircraft. Published June 18M, 1914. H. ZIEMSS. Aeroplanes. A. D. WIGRAM. Hydro-aeroplanes. W. E. THORN. Flying machines. Applied for In 11*1 I Published June iSth, 1914. i,<78. JACOB LOHNEK AND Co. Ground-brake for aeroplanes. 4,065. J.STASIAK. Aerial bomb-dropping apparatus. FLIGHTr 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. Telegraphic address: Truditur, London. Telephone: 1828 Gerrard. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. FLIGHT will be forwarded, post free, at the following rates:— UNITED KINGDOM. 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