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1917
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FEBRUARY I, 1917. A. MISS IS AS GOOD AS A MILE.- Curious camera effect of a seaplane passing beyond the masthead of a ship. CONGRATULATIONS to Major-General (temporary Lieu- tenant-General) Sir D. Henderson, K.C.B., D.S.O., who, in the list of honours and rewards for valuable services rendered in connection with the war, has been appointed lieutenant- general, and to Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel (tem- porary Brigadier-General) W. S. Brancker, R.A., who is appointed Brevet-Colonel. _ • •<•,,, A NEW regime for the French flying services is to have a trial. General Lyautey, Minister of War, has decided to create a central organisation to deal with the aviation supply service, the whole to be grouped under one central authority in Paris, controlled by the Minister himself. General Guille- min has been selected for this important post. Hitherto the aeronautic sendees within and without the war zone have been kept separate, with the inevitable result of loss of cohesion, the respective chiefs frequently standing for contradictory schools and methods. General Guillemin is to have at his disposal civilian as well as military expert . advice, j ,,.^ ... *•-*** NOTHING like good example. Therefore is King George to be admired for turning out his pockets and depositing, with presumably some trustworthy person, his treasures in the shape of smoking material and metal, including even his spurs, when entering th,e danger zone of a munition factory last week. Why every offender in this connection, with matches, &c, on their persons is not summarily condemned to a minimum of six months' hard labour without the option of a fine is beyond the understanding of the uninitiated. A start has certainly • been made in the right direction to suppress these congenital idiots—criminals is nearer the mark—and there is promise of more to follow, as the chairman of a Midland police court said the other day that much more drastic terms of imprisonment would be given in future cases brought before him. It was a gruesome simile the magistrate drew when he pointed out that thousands of men equally careless and un- accustomed to discipline were in places in France where they were forbidden to put their heads above the ground, and the penalty for contravening that was often instant death. ADMIRERS of the work of Mr. (now Lieutenant) Mnirhcad Bone should take an opportunity of visiting the exhibition of his drawings, made on the Western Front, which is now being held at Messrs. Colnaghi and Obach's galleries in New Bond Street. Typical^examples of different phases of Lieutenant Bone's art are " A Wrecked Aeroplane near All>ert " and " A Mess of the Royal Flying Corps." IN the latest lists of honours will be noticed the names of Major-General R. M. Ruck, C.B., Chairman of the Aero- nautical Society, and Colonel and Hon. Brigadier-General F. G. Stone, both of whom have been given a C.M.G. in recogni- tion of valuable services in connection with the war, and .have also been mentioned in despatches for distinguished services. DR. DUGALD CLERK, F.R.S., has been elected a Fellow of the Aeronautical Society. THE Dutch aviation paper A via has been abandoned and the new official organ of the Royal Dutch Aero Club is named Hct Vliegkamp The Flying Ground), the first number being due about now. This will now constitute the only aeronautical journal in Holland, the two previously existing being combined in this one publication. TEN YEARS AGO. Excerpts from the " Auto." (" FLIGHT'S " precursor and sister Journal) of January, 1907. "FLIGHT" was founded in 1908. THE DE LA VAULX AIRSHIP. The de la Vaulx airship on Monday last made further ascents with, what we may now term, its customary success. At 1 o'clock she was got ready for a start. The excursion lasted 10 minutes, a height of 120 metres being attained. The air- ship, the propeller of which was revolvingat 5 50 r.p.m., made a speed of I3jm.p.h.against awindwhichwasblowingat9tu.p.h., with occasional gusts attaining to a speed of 13$ m.p.h. At 4 o'clock the airship made a successful 20 mins. flight. Seventy kilogrammes of ballast were, as usual, carried, which was noteworthy, as the balloon has now been inflated for no less than 30 days. In these last flights the silk-covered propeller which has been used from the start was retained, altiiough the silk was again stretched tight; but this pro- pflffer is being replaced by a wooden one, which Count de ki Vaulx anticipates will give a much better effect. THE ROLL REPORTED by the Admiralty:— Accidentally Injured. Flight Sub-Lieut. R. M. Hughes, R.N. Actg. Flight-Lieut. S. J. Woolley, R.N. Seriously Injured. Lieut. A. H. M. Haggard, R.N. Flight Sub-Lieut. M. H. Stephens, R.N. Injured. Prob. Flight Sub-Lieut. H. A. Mitchell, U.K. Flight Sub-Lieut. A. B. Shearer, R.N. Slightly Injured. Flight-Lieut. R. Young, R.N. Reported by the War Office:— Killed. • 2nd Lieut. A. H. Hodgson, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. W. Kellett, Somerset L.I., attd R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. S. W. Woodley, R.F.C. 15792 1st Air-Mech. A. A. Stooke, R.F.C. OF HONOUR. Previously reported Missing, now reported Killed. Capt. L. S. Charles, Worcestershire and R.F.C. Died of Wounds. 2nd Lieut. F. R. White, R.E., attd. R.F.C. Died. 5720 2nd Air-Mech. H. Doran, R.F.C. 24056 2nd Air-Mech. G. A. Nicholson, R.F.C. Wounded. Capt. C. E. W. Foster, R.F.C. 9279 Corpl. A. O. Bower, R.F.C. Previously reported Missing, now reported Wounded and Prisoner of War in German hands. 2nd Lieut. I. Curlewis, M.C., R.F.C. Previously reported Prisoners of War, now reported Wounded and Prisoners of War in German bands. Lieut. A. Anderson, Connaught R., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. H. F. Evans, R.H.A. and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. W. E. Knowlden, Border, attd. R.F.C.
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