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(/ycm] fund of active experience of the behaviour of modern ships and armaments in serious actions to draw upon as have their colleagues in the sister Service, manoeuvre calculations can be brought reasonably near the mark because of the number of exact factors that enter into them. Number of ships and weight of arma ment concentrated at a particular moment in a particular place as compared with those of the enemy will govern a decision, principally because we know exactly how those ships would be used were the business one of serious war instead of make-believe. Therefore, leaving out the always unknown quantity of the comparative tactical fitness of the respective commanders, who would be pitted against each other, we can arrive at a very just approximation of what would be likely to happen. But in the case of aircraft the lessons of manoeuvres must be applied to real war with a great many reservations, because we are really entirely ® ® ROYAL FLYING CORPS- THE following appointment was announced by the Admiralty on the 34th inst. :— Commander R. M. Groves, to " President," additional, for service in the air department, temporary. July 12th. The following appointments were announced by the Admiralty on the 25th inst. :— Flight Lieuts. F. W. Bowhill, to the " Pembroke," additional, for duty at the Central Air Office, and \V. C. Hicks, to the " Pembroke," additional, for Kingsnorth Naval Air Station, and for Naval Airship No. 3. Both to date July 24th. Carpenter J. V. Collins, appointed Warrant Officer (Second Grade) in the Royal Naval Air Service. July 1st. The following appointments were announced by the Admiralty on the 29th inst. :— Hugh C. Fuller has been entered as Probationary Flight Sub- Lieutenant, and appointed to the " Pembroke," additional, for Farnborough Naval Air Station, July 25th. The Daily Mail Circuit of Britain, AMOM; the official notices of the Royal Aero Club on page 808 will be found some further details regarding the nine machines which have been entered for the Daily Mail Circuit of Britain. It will be seen that Mr. Victor Mahl is to f ilot the GnomeSopwith to which JULY 31, 1914. ignorant of the things that are likely to happen—we have no line through past performance in war—or at any rate in war in which both sides possessed anything properly describable as an air force—upon which to base a sound judgment. But, after all, these things must be left in the lap of Time. We can only hope that we are not in reality on the verge of learning the grim lessons that a big European war has in store for us. So far as our own aerial forces are concerned, we can at least say that we feel more comfortable about their preparedness and efficiency than if this crisis had had to be faced even a year ago. Our seaplanes are as good as any—probably better—and we have a sufficient superiority in numbers. Our personnel we have the utmost confi dence in. If IT comes, we know they will acquit them selves to the full in accordance with the best traditions of the two Services—and more than that it is impossible to say. ® ® is assigned No. I, and for which Mr. H. G. Hawker was originally nominated as pilot; Lieut. C. H. Collet is to pilot the Beardmore D.F.W. biplane with 120 h.p. Beardmore-Austro-Daimler engine which is No. 2 ; while C. H. Piston will start on No. 3, the Sunbeam- Sopwith batboat. It will be noticed that Mr. Claude Grahame-White has been nominated as the pilot of the Grahame-White machine, Full particulars are also given with regard to the various controls as well as the names of the gentlemen who are so willingly giving their services as officials at the different places. The official information regarding the exemptions granted under the Aerial Navigation Acts is also set out in full. The Gordon-Bennett Race. IT will be noticed with regret from an official announcement by the Royal Aero Club on p. 809 that the British and Colonial Aero plane Co., Ltd., have had to withdraw from the Gordon-Bennett Race owing to the pressure of work in other directions. The Royal Aero Club has decided not to hold the proposed eliminating trials at Upavon, but if such trials are necessary they will be held at Buc a few days prior to the actual race, which is fixed to take place on September 27th and 28th. The remaining entrants are the Sopwith Aviation Co., Ltd., A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd., Messrs. Vickers, Ltd., and the Cedric Lee Co., Ltd. wt*' OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE AT CALSHOT DURING THE RECENT NAVAL •»* DEMONSTRATION AT SPI IHEAD.-Key to group on page 801? "W*n" "AVAL From left to rights— S"1c5.r?w,7-(1) Staff-Surgeon CFConnell, (2) F. Lt. F. G. Brodribb, (3) F. Lt. A.J. Mackean, (4) F. Lt E R C Nation (5) F. Lt. Lord Ed Grosvenor, (6) F. Lt. L G. V. Fowler, (7 F. Lt. W. G. Sitweli, 8) F. L,RH.Kershaw' (9) F. Lt. D. Hyde-Thomson, (10) F. Lt. R. P. Ross, (11) F. Lt. H. A. Bu*k. ' Middle row:—(12) Mr. W. A. Hancock. (13) Mr. F. W. Scarff, (14) F. Lt. H. A Williamson l\Z\ F T* r,„» Browne-Cave (16) F. Lt. J. T. Cull. (17) F. Lt. F. W. Bowh 11 (18)F.Ltfh. C.BarX09) F Lt* E T^L Chambers, (20) F. Lt. H. Fawcett, (21) F. Lt. A. W. Bigsworth, *(22) Squad-Commo^ J' W. Seddon, (23) F.'U. xv. 1. Bone* /S97!ep!~r24' J* £0m-mx' S- E; ^om e'c 25J J' Commd'- J- T- Babington, (26) F. Commdr. D. A. Oliver f27) F .Commdr F. E. T. Hewlett (28) Squad.-Commdr. C. E. Risk, (29) Wing-Commdr. F. R. ScaHetT 30 Squad. Commdr. A. M. Longmore, (31) Squad.-Commdr. R. Gordon, (32) Squad.-Commdr. R. H Clar^Hall 33 F. Commdr. J. L. Travers. (34) Staif.Surgeon 0»Hea. n*llt K<Mi 800
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