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1/LlCJtT1 APRIL IO, 191 THE, ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE U.K. OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING A SPECIAL MEETING of The Committee was held on Tuesday, April 8, igig, when there were present:—Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean, in the Chair, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Lieut.-Col. Spenser D. A. Grey, D.S.O., R.A.F., Lieut.-Col. T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C., R.A.F., Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, M.P., Lieut.-Col. Alec Ogilvie, R.A.F., Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith and Mr. H. E. Perrin, Secretary. Chairman.—Brig.-Gen. The Duke of Atholl, K.T., M.Y.O., D.S.O., was unanimously elected Chairman for the current year. Vice-Chairman.—Brig.-Gen. Sir Capel Holden, K.C.B., F.R.S., was unanimously elected Vice-Chairman for the current year. Sub-Committees.—The following Sub-Committees were appointed :•— Flying Services Fund Committee : Mr. Chester Fox. Lieut.-Col. T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C., R.A.F. Lieut.-Col. C. E. Maude, R.A.F. Brig.-Gen. R. H. More, C.M.G. Finance Committee : Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall. Mr. G. B. Cockburn. Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, M.P. Mr. J. H. Nicholson. Lieut.-Col. Alec Ogilvie, R.A.F. Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith. House Committee : Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall. Capt. Ronald L. Charteris, R.A.F. Surgeon Herbert J. Corin, R.N.V.R. Mr. C. G Greenhill. Mr. Henry Knox. Mr. J. Stewart Mallam. Lieut. N. C. Neill, R.X.V.R. Mr. J. H. Nicholson. Capt. E. V. Sassoon, R.A.F. THE following official communique, dated April 7, has been received from Paris :— The fifth and sixth meetings of the Aeronautical Commis sion of the Peace Conference were held on April 4 and April 5. The Commission received reports from the joint military, legal, commercial, and financial sub-committee, and decided to include the substance of these reports in a report to be made to the Supreme Council early in the following week. The Supreme Council had requested the Commission to report as early as possible upon any matters which might have relation to the conditions of the Preliminaries of Peace. The Commission further considered and provisionally approved a report of the technical sub-committee. This report contained recommendations of that sub-committee as to the technical articles which are to be included in the International Convention, and as to the regulations to be contained in annexes to the Convention upon the following matters :—(a) Marking of aircraft; (b) certificates of air worthiness ; (c) log-books ; (d) rules as to signals, rules of the air, regulations for air traffic on and in vicinity of aerodromes. "With regard to the marking of aircraft, the sub-committee have recommended a system of marking by capital letters of which the first letter will represent the national mark of the country, and will be followed by a group of four capital letters, pronounceable, if possible, each group containing at least one vowel. A complete group of five letters is to be used as a call sign in making or receiving signals by wireless. In the case of aeroplanes the marks are to be painted once on the lower surface of the lower main planes and once on the upper surface of the top main planes, and also along each side of the fuselage. In the case of airships and balloons, the marks are to be painted on both sides. The height of the marks must be equal to four-fifths of the width of the wing in the case, of aeroplanes, and in the case of airships at least one-twelfth of the circumference at the maximum diameter, but they need not exceed 2\ metres in height. They are to be painted or affixed in black on a white ground. "Daily Mail" £10,000 Trans-Atlantic Flight.—The following further entry for the Daily Mail ^io,o»o Trans Atlantic Flight was reported :— Handley Page, Ltd. Federation Aeronaut ique Internationale.—Resolutions passed by the Aero-Club de France regarding the Central Powers were discussed, and the delegates of the Club appointed to attend the inter-allied meeting of the Federation Aero- nautique Internationale in Paris on April 11, 1919, wen- instructed as to the views of the Committee. Owing to the inability of Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean to attend the Meeting in Paris, Lieut.-Col. Alec Ogilvie was appointed to take his place. Entrance Fee and Subscription for New Members. In accordance with the Resolution passed unanimously at the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Aero Club on March 31, 1919, the Subscription for Members elected on or after May 31, 1919, will be £y ys. per annum and the Entrance Fee £$ 5s. " DAILY MAIL " £10,000 TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT The following is the list of entries for the Daily Mail £10,000 Trans-Atlantic Flight :— Whitehead Aircraft (1917). Ltd. : Biplane ; 1,600 h.p. Liberty engine. Pilot, Capt. A. Payze. Capt. Hugo Sundstedt : Biplane ; Liberty engines. Riot, Capt. Hugo Sundstedt. Sopwith Aviation Co., Ltd. : Biplane ; 320 h.p. Rolls- Royce Eagle engine. Pilot, Mr. H. G. Hawker. Short Bros. : Biplane; 350 h.p. Rolls-Royce Eagle 8 engine. Pilot, Maj. J. C. P. Wood. Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd. : Biplane ; 360 h.p. Rolls-Royce engine. Pilot, Mr. Sydney Pickles. Martinsyde, Ltd. ; Biplane : 285 h.p. Rolls-Royce Falcon engine. Pilot, Mr. F. P. Raynham. Handley Page, Ltd. : Biplane ; 4 350 h.p. Rolls-Royce Eagle 8 engines. Pilot, not yet nominated. Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. The main conditions governing certificates of airworthiness include approval of design, flying trials of the first of the type, approval of workmanship and materials, and equipment with suitable instruments. The recommendations as to log-books contemplate four different kinds of log-books—viz., journey log, aircraft log, engine log, and a signal log. The first of these must be kept for all aircraft, and is to contain particulars of the crew and passengers and a description of the journey but need only be kept in the case of international flights. The last three are only obligatory in the case of commercial aircraft, and are to contain entries of a technical character, the aircraft and engine log including a record of the life of the aircraft and engine. The rules as to lights are modelled to a certain extent upon similar rules in use at sea, and there are detailed rules as to signals in the case of aircraft wishing to land at night, and in the case of aircraft in distress. These include the use of Verey lights and certain visual or wireless signals. The rules of the air follow the rules of the sea in many respects, especially in the case of the passing rule when two aircraft are meeting. In that case each must alter its course to starboard. Regulations for air traffic on and in the vicinity of aero dromes contemplate the use of coloured flags indicating whether the circuit which an aircraft about to land may find it necessary to make should be clockwise or anti-clock wise. There is also a valuable provision for dividing ever ' aerodrome into three zones when landing upwind. The right- hand zone is to be the taking-off zone and the left-hand zone the landing zone, and between the two there is to be a neutral zone into which, after its landing run, an aeroplane will immediately taxi. In the general provisions at the conclusion of this code there is a rule providing for every aircraft which manoeuvres under its own power on the water conforming to the regu lations for preventing collisions at sea. RULES OF THE AIR 474
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