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Flight, May 18, 1916- i/ v First Aero Weekly in the World. Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER. A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. Mo. 886. (No. 20. Vol. VIII.)] MAY 18, 1916. r Weekly. Priee Id. L Poat rroo, Ud. Flight. Editorial Office: 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. Telegrams : Truditur, Westrand, London. Telephone : Gerrard i8»8. Annual Subscription Kates, Post Free. United Kingdom ... 6s. 6a\ Abroad 11*. od, CONTENTS. Editorial Comment: • PACE The Call of the Air „ «n The Roll of Honour 412 The British Air Services ... ... ... ... ... ... 414 The Flying Services Fund—Administered by the Royal Aero Club ... 415 A Successful American Aerometer Some Thought! on Fuselage Construction Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. Official Notice* Armchair Reflectioai. By the " Dreamer " From the British Flying Grounds Questions in Parliament Personals Over England with a Camera The Range of Flight and Radius of Action of Aircraft .. Aircraft Work at the Frost. Official Information Models „ Imports and Exports, 1919-1916 416 4'7 4>1 419 4to 4«l *-•* 4»J 4«« 4»7 «•« TO OUR READERS. The Supply of " FLIGHT." Important Notice. Order " FLIGHT " to be either delivered or reserved for you regularly. As the demand for " FLIGHT " is so great each week, it is of the utmost importance that readers should place their orders firmly for copies of " FLIGHT " at the bookstalls, their newsagents, or direct from the publishers, at 44, St. Martin's Lane, W.C., if they wish to secure a copy every week and avoid disappointment. The stringent Government restrictions in regard to the supply of printing paper necessitates this pre caution in order that only actual numbers required are printed, and all wastage by unsold copies may thereby be reduced to a minimum, if not eliminated. THE PUBLISHERS. EDITORIAL COMMENT. LTHOUGH, when "FLIGHT" reaches our readers, it will be known generally what the detailed intentions of the Government are for dealing with the very pressing problem of the control of the air, at the time when this journal has to close for press, the discussion in the House of Commons, which was to be associated with an announcement from the Cabinet, just about enters upon its opening stages. Cabinet secrets or no Cabinet secrets, rumour has for the last week or so been more persistent than ever in coupling Lord Curzon's name with the future of ThfCth*11 the *'r Pr°b'em—whether the body ap- °Air.e pointed to deal with the question as a whole turns out to be a revival upon much broader lines of the original Air Committee, or whether the announcement on Tuesday conveys the information that it has been decided to create a full-blown Air- Minister. The former, in our opinion, although from certain " secret" whisperings there are possibilities of a surprise in store, is the more likely to be the out come, in which case, although we shall regard the formation of an Air Ministry as being for the moment merely postponed, we shall be inclined to accept with resignation the lesser body, provided a really free hand is accorded this Committee to evolve plans upon such a generous scale as to bring our service of the air more into line with what the exigencies of the present trend of the war demand. It will be essential, however, that there should be no mistake about the Committee having the power to ensure that their plans of action, when once decided upon, shall be carried through. If, as was the case with the original committee, this body is to be able merely to promulgate suggestions for somebody else's approval or condemna tion, the whole position becomes an absurdity, and will once more demonstrate the inefficiency of our rulers in being able to grapple with such new problems and positions as they arise, which the present world's war is forcing to the front. All personal likes or dislikes, political or otherwise, in the selection of the men to take hold of this air problem should be thrust aside. It is a case in which any man, however admirable he may have proved himself to be in other phases of his career, should speedily find his level. If, as is generally held, Lord Curzon should be the strong personality selected to guide the destinies of our future position in the Air, D
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