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JUNE 7, 1917. -THE consideration of the future of commercial and utility air navigation is spreading in a highly gratifying way, and many who in the past have had visions of air activity after the War, are preparing to take a hand in popularising the subject. Colonel Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, C.S.I., is one of the most consistent supporters of practical aviation, and, therefore, we welcome a lecture on " The World's Air Routes and Their Regulation," which he will deliver at the Central Hall, Westminster, on Thursday, June 21st, at 8 p.m. Lord Montagu will be glad to send invitations for reserved seats to those interested in aviation and its development, on appli- cation to him at 62, Pall Mall, S.W.i, or to the Secretary, Aeronautical Society, 7, Albemarle Street, W.i. A certain number of seats will be thrown open to the public on the night of the lecture. There will be no charge for admission. LORD MONTAGU will deal at his lecture With some of the problems which must arise from the navigation of the air, such as how aircraft are to be guided on their journeys over land, sea and air, between continents and over continents. He will foreshadow the kind of regulations which must be made to prevent collisions, and j what regions of the air are to be considered as private or prohibited areas, and as national and international areas. Some world routes will be considered in detail, and practical time-tables put forward showing how passengers will arrange their journeys from China, India, or South Africa to England. It is understood that Lord Mon- tagu will also deal with some of the meteorological aspects of flying, and will demonstrate how certain winds will assist regular services all over the World. The lecture will be illus- trated' by large scale maps, lantern slides and diagrams. AVIATION has come to the rescue of the objects of the Richmond Royal Horse Show, the abandonment of Which has been officially announced. The particular fund which Would this year have benefited from the Show was the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which was devoting the receipts to helping British War Horses. Not only will this praiseworthy object be still attained, but The continuity of the Show will not be interrupted, through the generosity and forethought of Mr. J. A. Whitehead, the aircraft construc- tor, of Richmond, who is already a liberal donor to the Fund for British Horses. Mr. Whitehead has placed at the disposal of the promoters the use of Hanworth Park, Feltham, and has promised other valuable help in organising a great air- craft festival and garden party on Friday and Saturday, August 10th and nth. The Duke of Teck has accepted the presidency of the festival, and already the project is bringing in active support from many influential quarters. An interesting photo- graph of the landing of an enemy machine with pilot badly in- jured and the ob- server killed. Our contemporary, La Guerrv Aerienne, states in regard to the above that on January 10th, 1915, near Villers-Bocage, Sub - Lieut. Eugene Gilbert, the well- known aviator, brought down this Aviatik. The landing was quite normal, the motor having been stopped through a bullet smashing the radiator. When the French soldiers arrived to seize the machine, the ob- server, Lieut, von Falkenstein, was noticed to be sitting perfectly still, and it was soon realised that he was dead, whilst the pilot,- Lieut. Keller, was completely hors de combat through being seriously wounded. By courtesy of " La Guerre Atrienne." mm 561
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