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1918
1918 - 1503.PDF
DECEMBER 26, 1918 FRGP0T15E F©UH POSSIBLY some of those interested in the R.A.F. may like to take a hand in subscribing to the fund which has been opened by the Vicar of All Saints', St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, the Rev. 0. W. Wilde, for the restoration of the spire of All Saints', which got into the way of the pilot of one of our aeroplanes last March, with the result seen in our photo- graph on this page. THE damage to the spire of this famous fifteenth centurychurch certainly calls for replacement, and the Vicar an- nounces that the cost of restoration of the church, which hashad to be closed, is £7,090, towards which the Government will pay £3,873 15s., leaving £3,216 5s. to be found elsewhere.The town has only 3,015 inhabitants, and the district is not a wealthy one. Hence this general appeal by the Vicarand churchwardens for further afield help. All subscriptions will be welcomed by the Vicar, or they can be sent directto Messrs. Barclays Bank Ltd., marked " St. Ives (Hunts) Church Restoration Fund." GLAD to notice that the idea promulgated in " FLIGHT "of the apportionment to Great Britain and the Allies of the German Naval units in compensation for and to the extentof their losses, has been taken up in many directions. Mr. Archibald Hurd also holds this view upon this subject, andin the Daily Telegraph the other day, in the course of an informative article, said " the only other course to adoptis to distribute them among the Allied Powers. If that con- clusion be accepted, it opens up the question of the principleof distribution. The only justifiable method would surely be to allot the German ships in accordance with the losseswhich each of the Allied Powers has suffered in maintaining the command of the sea, essential alike for the support ofthe armies and the civil populations. That under any such arrangement the British Fleet would fare better than anyother fleet would not, we may assume, be regarded by the other Allies as vitiating the principle. It has been admittedthat the British Fleet saved the Allied cause from ruin, . and it is only just that, now that opportunity offers, someproportion at least of its losses should be made good." WE asked for views recently in regard to the Fokker" Hanging on to the Prop." article which we published, and by way of an antidote to some of the very technicalarguments which have come to hand, is the following lucid explanation of the " stunt"—which, no doubt, ouxreaders will fully appreciate. Our only regret is that it was too late for inclusion in our Christmas supplement. Thus" M.A.F.I.S.," writing from Lilbourne :— " SIR, ..'''" Subject:—' Fokker hanging on Prop.' " We have read with great interest, not to say bewilder-ment, the explanation offered in your columns on the^above subject. " We beg to submit the appended formula, which affordsa simpler explanation of this unnatural practice :— K _ w 0* V w cos e [p + r (P z + R2)] • --••'• / where K is constant yet unknown. " '"It is obvious from the above formula that thejtrans- lational slope of the relative flight path could not possiblycoincide with the small centre of pressure on the propeller axis. \ All Saints' Church, St. Ives (Huntingdonshire) the spire of which was damaged by an aeroplane last March.On the left the church is seen intact, and on the right, after the spire had been through the mill. Curiously the damaged spire is now very similar to the spire of an adjacent church, Hemingford Grey Church. • 1472
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