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Flight, January 16, 1919 Kirst Aero Weekiy in the World Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 825. (No. 3, Vol. XI.) JANUARY I6, 1919 rWeddy, Price 6d. L Post Free, 7d. JFMgiilt elusion as to why this astounding duality of office and The Aircraft Engineer has ^n created Unless we are going to let our Edi:~iaiomc<: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KiNGSWAY, w.c... aenal defences take care of themselves—which ought telegram.; Truditur, Wettcenl, London. Telephone: Gerrard 18,8. tO be Unthinkable the All' Ministry will foi" SCVeral Annual Subscription Rates, Pott Free: years to come require the undivided attention united Kfasdom .»,..*. J*"*" . •• ^ °f of an able statesman, whose efforts must be un- Thest rates are subject to any alteration found necessary ander war conditions* _. , _ . . _ _ m c trammelled by any association with another office of - of any kind, and must in particular be entirely free Editorial Comment : PAC;K from the influence of a reactionary department An Astounding Appsintmem 63 like the War Office, which, unable to properly develop The Creation of the R.A.F. .. .. .. .. ..64 • , IX • j-n r •«• what k wrong with the W.R.A.F.Y 66 °ur aerial resources by itself, is still so far willing to The Possibilities of the Airship 6 act the part of the dog-in-the-manger as to refuse to why the Hold-up? 67 auow anyone else to do so. £3&Sd£dI^. Trophy ^Boxing ." " .. .. "% It is USeful to glance back at the events Which The Royal Aero Club, official Notices 76 preceded the creation of the separate Air Service, The Roil of Honour 77 which so abundantly justified its existence in the TheNieuporfNighthawk- 8 ciosing year Qf the War, and to seek for the reasons IO Constantinople and Back by .Ter^iplane .......... 79 • • 1 r i • r • Air Raids and Bombardments .. 8o why it is vital, from the point of view of national Airismsfrom the Four winds.. 82 defence, to keep matters as they are so far as organi- commereiai Aviation in the Light of war Experience 84 sation is concerned. First of all, preparedness for Correspondence .. .. .. .. .. .. .89 , . ,, ,. • Ti Personals 90 war does not consist altogether in the mere posses- Th« Royal Air Force 9i sion of a sufficiently strong expeditionary force, Company Matters a4 with its adequatereserves and the material to supply io»portsand xports, 1917-1918 .. 94 it for a limited space of time. Of far greater import ance is it, when we have to visualise a great war EDITORIAL COMMENT which may last for years, that the organisation -^a^.. should exist to enable us to pass smoothly and with \J, I RITING last week on the subject the minimum of delay from a state of peace to that Jam/ OI *he future of the R.A.F., we of war—of speedily converting man-power and ^ji/BBj/ mentioned that rumour associated industry from peaceful occupation to warlike pur vS/l' the name of Mr. Winston Churchill poses. It was solely because Germany had studied *fM Kl/Jf with the dual appointment of the problems connected with this aspect of war and '^m&m':'r Secretary of State for War and had provided for every contingency that could be the Air. We declined then to foreseen by human thought that she came so near believe that the Premier could make the capital to winning the War in the first few weeks of the error of combining the two offices, for reasons which great struggle. We, on the other hand, had not we stated. Unfortunately, we were appaiently given a thought to the real possibility Ast u^di £ wrong« arjd the prophets who foretold of our becoming involved in a great European Appointment the intention were right, since the list struggle that would tax our resources to the utter- of Cabinet appointments discloses that most, and it was only when we were actually corn- Mr. Churchill has, in fact, been given both appoint- mitted—and had nearly lost the War—that we set ments, General Seely being cast for the role of Under- to work in real earnest on the conversion of the Secretary for the Air and to preside over the Air country from a peaceful population to a nation in Ministry. We confess we are utterly at a loss to arms. Nor were we able to accomplish the change understand what lies behind it all, unless it be true without intense friction and at an appalling cost that the forces of reaction have captured the Prime in money. We need look no farther than the Air Minister, and the intention exists to subordinate Services for the moral. There were two separate the R.A.F. once mere to War Office control. From and distinct Air Services, or, rather, the nuclei no other point of view is it possible to reach a con- of two Services. These had to be immediately F 2
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