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(/DM) a circular section at the rear. Being about 4 ft. deep and of practically the same beam, it affords ample accommo dation for pilot and passenger, who sit side by side just in front of the leading edge of the main planes. Curtiss control of the usual dual type is fitted, so that either of the occupants can pilot the machine. Behind the seats and inside the boat is placed the petrol tank, which has a capacity of 90 gallons, or sufficient for a flight of 6 hours' duration. The tail planes are of the usual Curtiss form, but are slightly larger in size than those fitted on the single- engined machines. A vertical fin resting on the top of OCTOBER 9, 1914- the rear circular portion of the boat, to which it is braced by means of steel tubes, provides the fixed vertical surface aft. To the trailing edge of this fin is hinged a large rudder, which has a small forward extension above the fixed stabilising plane. The lower part of the rudder is covered with metal for the sake of protection. The large horizontal tail plane is mounted on top of the vertical fin and braced by tubes to the boat. A divided elevator hinged to the rear edge of the tail plane completes the tail unit. The weight of the machine empty is 2,000 lbs., and with full load, including pilot, passenger and 6 hours' fuel, 3,000 lbs. IXe Roc/al &ero Cla of the United Kii\gdoi OFFICIAL MOTICES TO MEMBERS Special Committee Meeting. A SPECIAL MEETING of the Committee was held on Tuesday, the 6th inst., when there were present 1—Prof. A. K. Huntington, in the Chair, Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Mr. C. F. Pollock, and the Assistant Secretary. New Members.—The following New Members were elected :— John Kenneth Rankin, Vivian Findlay Smith, and Richard Minshull Spencer Veal. Aviators' Certificates. The following Aviators' Certificates were confirmed :— 907 Flight Sub-Lieut. Philip Leslie Holmes, .R.N.A.S. (Avro Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). Sept. 21st, 1914. 908 John Callaghan Brooke (BI4riot Monoplane, Military School, Brooklands). Sept. 21st, 1914. 909 Claude Francis Strickland, I.C.S. (Grahame-White Biplane, Grahame-White School, Hendon). Sept. 22nd, 1914. 910 James Gordon McKinley (Ble>iot Monoplane, Military School, Brooklands). Sept. 22nd, 1914. 911 Flight Sub-Lieut. Bernard Crossley Meates, R.N.A.S. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon) Sept. 23rd, 1914. 912 Harry O'Hagan (Bleriot Monoplane, Military School, Brook lands). Sept. 23rd, 1914. 913 Oswald Mansell Moullin (Bristol Biplane, Military School, Brooklands). Sept. 24th, 1914. 914 and Lieut. Frederick William Polehampton (14th Cavalry Reserve, 15th Hussars) (Grahame-White Biplane, Grahame- White School, Hendon). Sept. 27th, 1914. 915 Reginald Lord (Wright Biplane, Beatty School, Hendon). Sept. 27th, 1914. 916 Flight Suh-Lieut. Maurice Arthur Haines, R.N.A.S. (Grahame- White Biplane, Graharoe-White School, Hendon). Sept. 30th, 1914. 917 Flight Sub Lieut. Harold Rosher, R.N.A.S. (Grahame-White Biplane, Grahame-White School, Hendon). Sept. 30th, 1914. 918 Gerald Charles Ross Mumby (Grahame-White Biplane, Grahame-White School, Hendon). Oct. 1st, 1914. 919 Flight Sub-Lieut. Francis Warrjngton-Strong, R.N.A.S. (Grahame-White Biplane,Grahame-White School, Hendon). Oct. 2nd, 1914. 920 Lieut. Arthur Bracton Bagley (Royal Dublin Fusiliers) (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). Oct. 2nd, 1914. The following Aviators' Certificates were granted :— 921 Capt. Harold Wyllie (9th Hampshire (Cyclist) Battalion), (Maurice Farman Biplane, Royal Flying Corps, Nether- avon). Sept. 1st, 1914. 922 2nd Lieut. William Francis Forbes Sempill, R.F.C. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). Sept. 29th, 1914. 923 Charles Henry Chichester Smith (Wright Biplane, Beatty School, Hendon). Oct. 2nd, 1914. 924 Lieut. Eric Walker (6th Battalion Border Regiment) (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Brooklands). Oct. 4th, 1914. American Certificate, 307 Griffith Brewer (Wright Biplane, Wright Station, Dayton, Ohio). Aug. 15th, 1914. British Empire Mlchelin Cup No. 2 and £800.—The following letter from the Michelin Tyre Company was read : — " Dear Sir,—We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favour of the 10th inst., addressed to Mr. Wolff, with regard to the post ponement of the competition for the 1914 British Empire Michelin Cup No. 2. " Mr. Wolff is at present absent from London, having rejoined his regiment in France, but we are confident that he would be quite in agreement with the decision arrived at by your Committee, and willing to allow the prize to stand over for competition when circumstances permit. " Yours faithfully, (Signed) " P. BERNARD, Manager." B. STEVENSON, Assistant Secretary. 166, Piccadilly, W. The Lights of London. THE following order still further restricting the amount of light allowed in London was issued through the Press Bureau on Monday night:— " The Secretary of State for the Home Department, under the powers conferred on him by Regulation 7a of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, 1914, has made an order, which contains the undermentioned provisions: " In all brightly-lighted streets and squares and on bridges a portion of the lights, must be extinguished, so as to break up all conspicuous groups or rows of lights ; and the lights which are not so extinguished must be lowered or made invisible from above by shading them or by painting over the tops and upper portions of the globes, provided that while thick fog prevails the normal lighting of the streets may be resumed. " Sky signs, illuminated facias, illuminated lettering, and power ful lights of all descriptions used for ouUide advertising or for the illumination of shop fronts must be extinguished. " The intensity of the inside lighting of shop fronts must be reduced. " In tall buildings which are illuminated at night the greater part of the windows must be shrouded, but lights of moderate brightness may be left uncovered at irregular intervals. "All large lighted roof areas must be covered over or the light ing intensity reduced to a minimum. " Lights along the water front must be masked to prevent as far as practicable the reflection of the light upon the water. " The aggregation of flares in street markets or elsewhere is prohibited. " In case of a sudden emergency, all instructions given by the Admiralty or by the Commissioner of Police on the advice of the Admiralty, as to the further reduction or extinction of lights, shall be immediately obeyed. " The order applies to the City of London and the whole of the Metropolitan Police district, and to the hours between sunset and sunrise, and it will be in force for one month from October 1, 1914, unless sooner revoked. "E. R. HENRY, " The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis." IOl6
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