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Flight, Jtrae 29, 1916. ^ fr 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. No. 892. (Ho. 86, Vol. VIII.)] JUNK 39, 1916. rssfcSftjp- FligKt. Editorial Ojfax: 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. Telegrams : Truditur, Westrand, London. Telephone : Gerrard 181B. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free. United Kingdom ... 6s. id. Abroad 1IX. od. CONTENTS. Editorial Comment: » - PAGE The Recognition of Air Service Work 537 Underlining the Service Work ... S38 The Roll of Honour „ ... 53 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 precaution 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. The British Air Service* •.«,•.'«.«.«, The Flying- Service* Fund—Administered by the Royml Aero Club Honours ,. „ Dirigibles for Sport. By S. A. CoHias, M.As.S., A.M.I.A.E. .. From the British Flying Grounds ...-..„ „. „. ^ Aircraft Workers at Play Armchair Reflections. By the " Dreamet " « Air Work in Egypt ,., (Questions in Parliament ... Personals ... ... «• *•• ... ... ... ... -. The R.K.C. Inquiry ., „. Aircraft Work at the Front. Official Information ... ... ... Legal Intelligence ... ... „. ... ... - I» ... Up ... 541 .. S« ... MS •. 14* ... Ml - H9 ... 4J« ... J$o - «• ... $46 factor proved EDITORIAL COMMENT. ROBABLY from the record which has been consistently gathered together in " FLIGHT " of what has been allowed to transpire through the press, since the war commenced, of a very minute amount of the good work accomplished by the British Air Services and those of our Allies, there are very few who do not appreciate what an all-governing towards success the aerial arm of the forces has to be. From time to time the veil has been officially lifted, and a summary lias been published of a few more immediately outstanding details of individual The deeds, this especially emerging through Recognition the lists of well-deserved honours which of have from time to time been awarded. AirService Many of the thrilling details of these necessarily brief stories of heroism, even at this period of aerial warfare, are almost unbelievable by the man in the street, mainly by reason of the impos sibility of those unacquainted practically with the art of flying, being able to appreciate the almost superhuman control which by practice and experience it has been possible to attain under the hands of the " born" air pilot, in the incredibly short period since the riding of the air proved to b» an accomplished fact. Another step towards the official recognition of the positively unique position which aviation now occupies in any scheme of campaign undertaken against our enemies is forthcoming in the reports of Major-General A. Wilson, C.B., on our operations in Egypt, just published in the despatches from General Sir John Maxwell, K.C.B. Certainly no more graphic official account has so far appeared than this history of air work during the operations in Egypt The constant references to actual facts are more convincing than any cutand-dried journalistic descriptions of happenings, however brilliant in style, could possibly be. Such con stantly recurring items, in some form or another, as " A hostile force of 8,000 to 10,000 was located near —— by a naval hydro-aeroplane," and "a Turkish force was reported at ," and "confirmed by aerial recon naissance the next day" ; " On the 5th inst. our aero planes reported that the enemy were retiring towards , while those who had bem in front of No. 2 section appeared to have concentrated about ," &c, are
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