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Flight, January 11, 1917. mmwm First Aero Weekly in the World. Founder and Editor : STANLEY SPOONER. 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. 43*. (No. 2, Vol. DC)] JANUARY II, 1917. I Weekly. ITU* Id.1. Post Free, l<d. FligH*. F.dit,fM Office: 44, St. MARTIN'S LANK, LONDON. W.C. Telegrams : Truditur, Wcstrand, London. Telephone : Gcrrard iSiS. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free. United Kingdom .. 6t. Cut. Abroad us. */. CONTENTS. Editorial Comment : • PA<;F The Powers of the Nrw Air Ministry 27 The New Air Lord "8 Great Minds Thinking Alike ! ;8 The Roll of Honour 3" The Royal Aero Club. Official Notices .. .. .. .. .. .- ^ 3<J 47 $1 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 Govern- ment 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. EDITORIAL COMMENT. : INCE it was announced last week that the Air Board was to undergo a com- plete process of reconstruction, with Lord Cowdray as its Chairman (sic), a great deal of comment has been passed in the Press upon the known and unknown intentions of the Government in relation to the recon- structed body. On the whole, we would have pre- ferred that comment and criticism should be withheld until some further public pronounce- The Powers ment had been made as to those inten- °New.e tions ; but several things have transpired Air Ministry, that make it very desirable, from the public point of view, that the matter should be discussed before an open official com- mitment is made. - " • ' " \ A rmcli.iir Reflections. Ky the " Dreamer " Mentioned in Despatches Airisms from the Four Winds Answers 10 Correspondents Final Report of the R. F.C. Kuquiry (.'omtniiici* Personals .. .. The I'ritish Air Servire* .... The Steel Construction of Aeroplanes.. Hy *•• C. l.oetitng, B.Sc, A.M., C.K Aircraft Work at the Front. Official Information .. Models Model Clubs' Diary and Reports - Side- Winds Importsauil Kxporis, imv-iuifi The first and most important question that falls to be discussed is that of the: exact power and scope of the new authority. In common with most people who have made the study of aerial policy their own, we believed that Ilie new Hoard was to be an independent authority, with all the powers of any other Government department. We arc not officially told as yet that this is not to 1K> tin- casc.^ut, on 1 In- other hand, there does seem to bo a danger lhat il may be, to all intents and purpose*, a sort of glorified committee of the already over-burdened Ministry of Munitions. The idea is 'abroad, rightly or wrongly, that the main business of the Air Hoard will be to design machines for the Ministry of Munitions to make. In order 4o get over the conflict of interest and opinion that must inevitably result from the adoption of an unsound system as this undoubtedly is, it is proposed that the department of Hie Ministry of Munitions concerned shall be housed under th<- same roof as the Air Hoard. As a remedy for the administrative difficulties inseparable from divided control, this strikes us as approaching tin- farcical. Apart altogether from this aspect of the matter, we have still to learn that our Air Service troubles have their main root in matters of design. It is produc- tion that requires to be co-ordinated and accelerated. Design should take, figuratively speaking, can- of itself. If we read the intentions aright, then, the first result of the new order of things will easily IK- to actuallv retard rather than to speed up the develop- ment of the Air Services. We get rid of one kind of inter-departmental strife only to imtal another in its place. We cannot but view anything in the way of divided control of the kind foreshadowed with the gravest disquiet. It may be that we and the other critics of the new scheme have failed to grasp their real purport, but we are afraid that is not the case, since active steps are already in progress for giving effect to that divided control to which we have re- corded our strong objection. ..: J
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