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1917
1917 - 0090.PDF
JANUARY 25, 1917. m x m & Aviation in Jap an .—Side view of a Japanese mili- tary tractor biplane. X 58 * K ftm mx * Xx m m x * x x m _jQuiTE7a picturesque touch was added to a wedding^ lastweek at St. James's Church, Sussex Gardens, when Capt. W. B. Bryans, Norfolk Regiment, attached R.F.C., wasmarried to Miss Mildred Ramsbotham, of Exmouth. A bevy of munition girl workers foregathered at the church in theirblue overalb and caps and formed themselves into a guard of honour for the happy couple to pass between, the little com-pliment being appropriate by reason of the bride having worked for some months with her supporters at a munitionfactory Acton way. This war is truly making for a^ new form of Socialism. THERE appears to be a general inclination for joining upwith the R.F.C. direct instead of by transfer. There is plenty of room at present at least for both methods to workthemselves to the same successful end. So poor Cody's old machine is to be responsible after all forhelping along some of the country's embryo flyers. It has been taken over by the 1st Cadet Battalion, HampshireRegiment, in connection with a Flight Company, which the Colonel, the Hon. Sir Harry Crichton, is forming for theregiment. By its use those youngsters with an airy^tendency will acquire the elementary work attached to flying* A VARNISHKR of aeroplane propellers imparted informa-tion to the Shoreditch Tribunal the other day of the highly- skilled character of his particular work. "The propeller ison ball bearings," he said, " and the balancing is^a most xm m* delicate matter, as even a fly on it would put it out of balance.When we wish to test how much more varnish can be pmt on a spot we test it first with little scraps of paper." SOME fly, that! BY the much-lamented death last week of the Duke »f Atholl, the Marquis of Tullibardine, the Chairman of ike Royal Aero Club, succeeds to the title. THE Marquis was also attached to the Aeronautical Societyof Great Britain as a Vice-President. IT is to be hoped the onerous duties of the succession willnot interfere with the new Duke's very helpful and practical work in the aeronautical world. A propos the vast importance of the "Aeronautical Instituteof Great Britain," some curious information was given by Mr. L. Blin-Desbleds, whose name appears so prominentlyin connection with all its doings, regarding the carrying on *f this " Institute " with its wonderful list of patrons, &c. LAST week at the Westminster County Court thequestion before Judge Woodfall was the payment by Mr. Desbleds of an unsatisfied judgment for £11 in regard to thecost of a propeller from the Integral Propeller Co.,Ltd., supplied away back before the wat. From amongst the statements of Mr.Desbleds, who was resisting an application for a court order to pay up by instalments.it would appear that this "Institute" Aviation in Japan.—Capt. Tokugaw's t r a i n i n g machine at the Tok o r o z a w a Aerodrome. x * x x x x x x X x x x x m 90
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