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Flight, April 24, 1919 First Aero Weckiy in the World. Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interest*, Practice, and Progress of A«ria! Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM N«. 539 (No. 17, Vol. XI.) APRIL 24, 1919 [Weekly, Price 66\ L Post Free, 7d. Flight and The Aircraft Engineer EditcriMl Office: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2 Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerard 1818 Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free : United Kingdom .. 28*. 2<& Abroad.. .. .. 33J. od. These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under war conditions CONTENTS Editorial Comment : PAGE Removing the Han on Aviation .. .. .. .. .. 523 The Royal Aeronautical Society .. .. .. .-• .. .. 5«3 The Impasse of the R.A.F 524 Aeroplane Services in Germany .. .. .. .. .. .. 524 "The War In the Air" s»6 Sir Douglas Haig on the Aerial War .. .. .. .. .. 526 Flight—and the Men : Mr. F. Handley 1'age 525 The Pfalz Single-Seater Fighter .. .. 528 The Royal Aero Club : Official Notices 534 The Transatlantic Flight 53 Drawing Office Data. By E. O. Williams 536 in Parliament .. .. .. .. .. .. 344 Personals 545 Elementary Navigation for Aircraft Pilots. By A. W. Brown .. .. 546 Airisms from the Four Winds .. .. .. .. .. 549 British Air Services .. . .. .. 552 Side-Winds 553 Resettlement 4 Company Matters EDITORIAL COMMENT SJRECISELY to what extent flying will » be permitted and under what regula tions we do not know at the present, but the announcement by the Air Ministry that on and after May i the principal restrictions on private flying will be removed is certainly something to the good. In another direction, too, the Air Ministry has shown itself progressive and anxious to help along the cause of commercial aviation. We refer par- Removing ticularly to the permission recently given to carry out aerial passenger services at the holiday resorts during the Easter holiday. Naturally, the per mission accorded was taken full advantage of by many firms and individuals associated with the movement, and at the time of writing we have no reason to think otherwise than that the best interests of flight have been well advanced by the numerous services carried out, which have all served to drive home to the public mind that flying has realty arrived as a concrete the Ban on Aviation commercial proposition. It is somewhat to be re gretted, however, that the Air Ministry could not have made its announcement a little earlier. The short notice given—a few days only—might easily have tempted ambitious firms and individuals to take risks they were not justified in incurring, through want of proper preparation, in order to be well to the fore with their programmes of aerial " joy-rides." How ever, we do not desire to be too critical of action that must, on general principles, commend itself to everyone interested in the development of the move ment, particularly as " All's well that ends well." The 34th annual report of the Royal T°e Aeronautical Society, which lies before Royal us ^s one Up0n which we feel we can Aeronautical . , r , . , ,, ~ . , Society sincerely congratulate the Society and the Council. It is a record of true progress all along the line. Before we go any farther, we would congratulate the Society on the honour accorded nearly a year ago by the King, who was graciously pleased to grant to it the privilege of using the prefix " Royal" to its title. This, we may remark, was not at all an empty honour, but was conferred in recognition of the really excellent work performed by the Society on behalf of the cause of aviation. The report discloses that in January of last year the membership of the Society stood at 690, a con siderable advance on the numbers of a year before, but in January of this year the figure had increased to 1,045. A good deal of progress has been made with the organisation of branches of the Society. That in Manchester is organised and has already held a number of successful meetings. In connection with this branch the College of Technology (Manchester University) has arranged a course of lectures on aeronautics which have been very well attended. It is clear that here is at least one very live provincial branch of the Society. The Hendon branch, again, has a large membership and is now completing its final arrangements. Regarding the technical side of the Society's work, it is remarked by the report that the Technical Terms Committee has completed the present stage of its work, and has issued a glossary of terms which is described as a worldng compromise which will be revised and improved as opportunity offers. Em bodied in the glossary is a system of notation for use
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