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JANTJAKY 2j. 1917. * K X K X * X * m* m $ Aviation in jg Japan.—A 100 jg h.p. Nieuport at the Tokoro- zawa Aero- drome. x m m x x &•* m x is not a partnership, it is not a limited company, that Mr.Desbleds does not know if he is responsible for it, that there is a tenancy agreement without guarantee between the L.C.C.and the " Institute " at /250 per annum, to which he is not a party ; that the workshop at the " Institute " a few doorsfrom where he lives is nothing to do with him, that the majority of his time is devoted to the Institute. Further,that he gives his services free to the Society of Engineers, acts as Director and Hon. Secretary of the " Institute " andas editor of the " Institute's " journal upon the same rate of remuneration, all because he has been so much black-guarded in the press that he has to establish his position. Which sounds quite illuminating; but it is difficultnevertheless, to reconcile all these facts with the wonderful literature which periodically emanates from the offices of the" Institute " setting forth what Mr. Desbleds and his Institute are accomplishing in putting the Art, Science and Industry ofaviation upon its feet. : , THERE appear to be others who in this year of our Lordone thousand nine hundred and seventeen have suddenly had brain-waves prompting them tojtake the aeronauticalworld under their wing. It's wonderful, though, how well some industries manage to get along through all th«ir earlytroubles without the help of all these wonderful healers, who are generally waiting to try and grab the fruit the otherfellow has carefully nurtured and brought to maturity. TEN YEARS AGO. Excerpts from the " Auto. " (" FLIGHT'S " precursor and sisterJournal) of January, 1907. " FLIGHT " was founded in1908. THE MILITARY SIDE.It is good news to hear that an officer employed by the Government in connection with the Balloon Section of theArmy at North Camp, Aldershot, has committed himself to the following statement :— " If a foreign Power were to launch an aerial fleet against Great Britain to-inurrow, Great Britain would be able tomeet it in mid-air." But so it is reported. We are also informed by the enter-prising daily paper responsible for the above pronouncement, that nearly 500 men are being trained for service in Britain's1 aerial fleet. One can only commend the extreme secrecy with which the aeronautical section of the British Armyhas carried out its tests and experiments, if the statement referred to above is indeed in accordance with facts. COLONEL CAPPER ON THE SITUATION.A propos of the same subject, Colonel Capper, the head of the Balloon Section at Aldershot, contributes some verysensible observations. He observes that " an aerial section of our Army is not merely a hobby of ambitious inventors,but is absolutely a necessity, if we are to continue to hold the same position in the world which we have now." Headds that it is necessary to awaken public interest in the question of aerial navigation, all great revolutions in thepast in naval and military warfare having, according to the Colonel, been due principally to private enterprise. Thatmay or may not be the case, but one cannot help the belief that private enterprise would be stimulated if private indi-viduals beheld the Government doing its level best in the same direction. The situation is a serious one. For it does notrequire prolonged reflection to enable us to reach the con- clusion that the moment any foreign power really builds aneffective aerial battle fleet, from that instant, as far as military strategy is concerned, Great Britain will become apart of the Continent. Colonel Capper is very sanguine as regards the future of theaeroplane. He anticipates a speed of 200 miles an hour or more, and that, in the future, " airships will be so plentifulthat there will be legislation for them in the same way that we now have it for motor cars and ordinary traffic." A BELGIAN AIRSHIP.M. Victor Hoppe, of Brussels, is the latest recruit to the ranks of the designers of navigable balloons, whose airship isbeing built at Jumet, and will be fitted with a 40 h.p. motor. x « x Aviation in Japan. — A Japanese mili- tary machine of the Curtln type. IIIIII xm xm m* mm mm mm *m m
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