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APRIL !4« 1*19 IKe Raved &ero Clci of the UiKited Kii\gdo OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS The Committee, 1919 Brig.-Gen. The Duke of Atholl. K.T., M.V.O., D.S.O. Chairman). Brig.-Gen. SirCapel Holden, K.C.B., F.R.S. Vice-Chairman). Major-Gen. Sir W. S. Brancker, K.C.B. Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall. Mr. G. B. Cockburn. Lieut.-Col. John D. Dunville, R.A.F. Lieut.-Col. Spenser D. A. Grey, D.S.O., R.A.F. Lieut.-Col. T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C., R.A.F. Col. F. Lindsay Lloyd, C.M.G. Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean. Brig.-Gen. E. M. Maitland, D.S.O., R.A.F. Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, M.P. The Rt. Hon. Lord Northcliffe. Lieut.-Col. Alec Ogilvie, R.A.F. Mr. F. Handley Page. Col. C. R. Samson, D.S.O., R.A.F. Mr. A. Mortimer Singer. Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith. The Royal Aero Club 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 £j ys. per annum and the Entrance Fee ^5 5s. FLYING SERVICES FUND COMMITTEE A Meeting of the Flying Services Fund Committee was held on Mondav, the 14th inst., when there were present :— Lieut.-Col. T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C., R.A.F, in the Chair, Mr. Chester Fox, and Mr. Harold E. Perrin, Secretary. Chairman.—On the motion of Lieut.-Col. T. O'B. Hubbard, seconded by Mr. Chester Fox, Brig.-Gen. R. H. More, C.M.G., was elected Chairman for the current year. Grants and Allowances.—The following Grants and allowances were made :— (28) A Grant of £5 to an Ex-A.M.i. in the Royal Naval Air Service who had been incapacitated on active service. (99) A continued allowance of £2 a month for six months to the mother, of a Sergeant in the Royal Air Force who had died on active service. (112) A continued allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a 1st Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Air Force who had been killed on active service. (150) The school fees of two children of the widow of a Private in the Royal Air Force who had been killed on active service. (167) A Grant of £10 to the widow of a Captain in the Royal Air Force who had died on active service. (168) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the mother of a Private in the Royal Air Force who had died on active service. (169) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a Private in the Royal Flying Corps who had died on active service. (172) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a Private in the Royal Air Force who had been killed on active service. (173) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a 3rd Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Air Force who had died on active service. (174) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a Private in the Royal Air Force who had died on active service. (175) An allowance of £1 a month for six months to the widow of a 2nd Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Air Force who had died on active service. (177) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a 3rd Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Air Force who had been killed on active service. (182) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a Corporal in the Royal Air Force who had been killed on active service. (183) An allowance of £1 a month for six months to the mother of a 3rd Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps who had died on active service. (184) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a 2nd Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Flying 6orps who had died on active service. THE FLYING SERVICES FUND (Registered under the War Charities Act, 1916) Administered by the Royal Aero Club For the benefit of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of" the ROYAL AIR FORCE who are incapacitated while on duty, and for the widows and dependants of those who are killed or die irom injuries or illness contracted -whileon doty. Honorary Treasurer: The Right Hon. LORD KINNAIRD. Committee: Brig.-Gen. R. H. MOKE, CM-G. (Chairman). Mr. CHESTER FOX. Lieut.-Col. T. O'B. HUBBARD, M.C, R.A.F. Lieut.-Col. C. E. MAUDE, R.A.F. Secretary: H. E. PERRIN Bankers: Messrs. BARCLAYS BANK, LTD., 4. Pall Mall East, London, S.W. 1. Subscriptions £ Total subscriptions received to April 15, 1919. • 14,94* Collections made at Church of England Parade Services in the South-Western Area, Head quarters, Royal Air Force, Salisbury .. 24 Collections made at Church Services held at No. 143 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Detling 1 s. d. 1 1 o 0 Total, April 22, 1919 .. .. .. 14,966 Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB. 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. ROLL OF HONOUR Published A Bell, Sec. Lieut. A. McC. shed April 15. Killed Bainbridge, Capt. W. A. de L. Y. Thornton, Lieut. F. O. Fenwick, Lieut. F. Died Wood, Maj. H. F. Repatriated The following officers of the R.A.F. have been repatriated : Macintyre. Lieut. D. H. Withers, Lieut. K. G. Porter, Capt. C. T. Helium Gas for Airships IT appears from a recent statement of] the United States Bureau of Mines that the discovery of helium in Kansas, Oklahama and Texas was due to the work of the Bureau acting on the suggestion of two British officials. The process may roughly be described as follows : " Natural gas is collected and compressed and cooled down in the same Published April 22. Burnay, Lieut. P. S. Ottewell, Lieut. J. M. De Kock, Sec. Lieut, D. W. Jacob Lieut. J. V. R. Sullivan, Sec. Lieut. F. H. Died McDonald, Lieut. J. J- Wells, Sec. Lieut. S. Died of Injuries Westall, Sec. Lieut A. <s> kind of apparatus used to liquefy air. As the cooling pro cess continues, everything is liquefied out long before the helium. The regular hydrocarbon series making up 7° Per cent, of the natural gas liquefies first, and then the nitrogen, constituting about 30 per cent., is condensed at a temperature of 195 deg. C. below zero. It requires 268 deg. C. below- ordinary zero to liquefy helium, so this gas remains to collected when other elements have been liquefied." 534
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