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AUGUST 22, 1918. THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE U.K. OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS. FLYING SERVICES FUND COMMITTEE. A MEETING of the Flying Services Fund Committee was held on Thursday, August 15th, 1918, when there were present:— Brig.-Gen. W. W. Warner, R.A.F., in the Chair ; Mr. Chester Fox and Lieut.-Com. H. E. Pefrin, R.N.V.R., secretary. Grants and Allowances.—The following grants andallowances were made :— 40. An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a Sergeant in the Royal Flying Corps who was killed on active service. 41. An allowance of £3 a month for six months to themother of a Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Naval Air Service who was killed on active service. 54. An allowance of £2 a month for six months to a First - Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps who had been incapacitated on active service. 55. An allowance of £4 a month for six months to thewidow of a First Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps who was killed on active service. 58. An allowance of £3 a month for six months to the widow of an Air-Mechanic in the Royal Naval Air Service who was accidentally killed on active service. 66. An allowance of £1 a month for six months to the mother of a Flight-Sergeant in the Royal Flying Corps who was killed on active service. 67. An allowance of £1 a month for six months to the mother of a Third-Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps who had died from wounds received on active service. 69. An allowance of £1 a month for six months to the widow of a Third-Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps who was killed on active service. 70. An allowance of £1 a month for six months to the mother of a Second-Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps who had died on active service. THE FLYING SERVICES FUND (Registered under the War Charities Act, 1916). Honorary Treasurer: The Right Hon. LORD KINNAIBD. Committee: Brig.-Gen. W. W. WARNER, R.A.F. (Chairman). Mr. CHESTER FOX. Lieut.-Col. HARCOURT G. GOLD, R.A.F. Iieut.-Col. T. O'B. HUBBARD, M.C., R.A.F. Lieut-Col. C. E. MAUDE, R.A.F. ; Secretary: Lieut.-Com. H. E. PERRIN, R.N.V.R. Bankers: Messrs. BARCLAY'S BANK, LTD., 4, Pall Mall East, London, S.W. 1. Objects: The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and the Army Council having signified their approval, THE ROYAL AERO CLUB has instituted and is administering this Fund for the benefit of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Royal Air Forces who are incapacitated on active service, and for the widows and dependants of those who are killed. Subscriptions. £ s. d. Total subscriptions received to August 1st, 1918 12,851 19 3 Staff and Workers of Gwynnes, Ltd. (Sixty- eighth contribution) .. .. .. .-. 8 13 7 Profit derived from Concert held at Southamp- ton, May 24th, 1918 126 15 4 Subscribed by the Officers, Xon-Commissioned Officers, and Men of the Repair Park, No. 2 Aero S.D., Royal Air Force, British Expe- ditionary Force. Frs. 1,000. Total, August 20th, 1918 .. ... 12,987 8 2 Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W.I, H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY, REPORT FOR THE YEAR I9I7-I9I8. the Advisory Committee and on which that Committee is fully represented. In the Electrotechnics Division much time has been devoted to research on magnetos for the Engine Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and work on search- light carbons is being carried out for the Admiralty and War Office. A large amount of work has been done in connection with height finders, and advice and assistance has been directly given, both in France and in the course of inspection of instruments installed in this country. In the Heat Division a considerable number of conductivity and other tests have been carried out for the Light Alloys Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. In the Aerodynamics Department changes have taken place on the staff. Mr. Bairstow left the Laboratory early in the year to take up work under the Air Board, and Dr. Stanton has since resumed control of the Division. Mr. Relf holds the rank of Senior Assistant, and Mr. Pannell and Mr. Fage have recently received promotion to that rank. The volume of work to be dealt with still continues to increase. The necessity of employing large models for certain classes of work has led to a very greaF"#emand for the use of the larger channels. The need of additional large channels has become urgent, and as already mentioned two are being provided in the new buildings. A very large programme of research has been carried out during the year. The work has been of the most varied character, including experiments on models of all types of aircraft, with a number of investiga- tions relating to special matters. Tests have been made on models of aeroplane wings, both monoplane and biplane models of complete aeroplanes, airship and kite balloon models, models of airscrews, with calculations • relating to stability, strength of construction, bomb dropping, &c. A large amount of work has been done in connection with the design, of wind channels. The research on eddy-motion has been continued. A considerable number of the investiga- tions were made in response to specific requests from the Air Ministry, but every endeavour has been made to increase the value of special tests by bringing them into their proper relation as part of an organised scheme of research. The section of the Chemistry Division which deals with BEFORE the war the receipt of the yearly report of the above institution, and especially of the report of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, was an event to be looked for- ward to, incorporating as it did the results pf the latest researches and experiments in connection with the science of aviation. Since the war, however, it has for obvious reasons been found undesirable to publish such results, and the consequence has been that as far as the ordinary student of aeronautics is concerned the knowledge of aerodynamic experiments on aircraft or their parts is four or five years out of date. That this should be so is lamentable, but it is difficult to see how it could be avoided without running the risk of furnishing the enemy with the results of our latest researches into the problems of this new branch of science. One's consolation must be that when the war is over there will be in store for the student of aviation and all its problems a vast fund of information which will form an excellent basis for the solution of the problems that will confront us when it comes to the development of flying for peaceful commercial purposes. At present, however, the yearly report of the N.P.L.—of which we have just received that for the year 1917-18—confines itself to the briefest indication of the activities at Teddington. It is gratifying to learn that the aeronautics section of the laboratory has been and is still constantly being extended. Among the buildings under con- struction is a new aeronautics building. Two 7-foot wind channels are at present available for aeronautics research, in addition to two 4-foot and one 3-foot channels. During recent years the use of the larger channels, with higher wind speeds, has been found to be of increasing importance, and in view of the great number of investigations demanding attention, the Air Ministry has arranged for the provision of two additional channels. Considerable developments have occurred in the work undertaken for the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, in order to deal more fully with the several branches of the work, the Committee has appointed three Sub-Committeesw hich sit regularly, and other Sub-Committees have been constituted from time to time to deal with special matters. * K Air Inventions Committee and an Accidents Committee nave been constituted by the Air Ministry, which report to 939 -V" •
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