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IKe Rocra.1 £Iero Clu of the, United Kingdo: ZIB OFFICIAL MOTICES TO MEMBERS BE 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 £7 js. per annum, and the Entrance Fee (3 5s- Club Bedrooms The House Committee at its Meeting on April 28, 1919, decided that the price of Bedrooms on and after May 1, 1919, should be 6s. per night. • World's Aeronautical Records The Federation Aeronautique Inernationale is the sole authority for granting World's Records of flying performances, and the Royal Aero Club is the Official representative of the Federation for the British Empire. The Federation, being International, it has not been possible for any World's Records to be ratified during the War, and consequently any statements which have been published as to World's Records having been made during the War are not official, and are likely to mislead the public. With the resumption of civilian flying, the Royal Aero Club will be in a position to supervise attempts on records tinder the Federation Aeronautique Internationale and the Competition Rules of the Royal Aero Club. Any person wishing to claim a World's Record for a flying performance carried out since 1914, is particularly urged to forward particulars to the Royal Aero Club for verification, and subsequent ratification by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. The Flying Services Fund A Meeting of the Flying Services Fund Committee was held on Wednesday, April 30, 1919, when there were present : Brig.-Gen. R. H. More, C.M.G., in the Chair, Mr. Chester Fox, Lieut.-Col. T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C., R.A.F., and Mr. Harold E. Perrin, Secretary. Grants and Allowances.—The following Grants and Allowances were made :— (33) A continued allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a 2nd Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps who had been killed on active service. (53) A continued allowance of ^4 a month for six months to the mother of a Leading Mechanic in the Royal Naval Air Service who had been killed on active service. (65) A continued allowance of £5 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. (82) A continued allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a 1st Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps who had been killed on active service. (84) A continued allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a Sergeant in the Royal Flying Corps who had been killed on active service. (100) A continued allowance of £1 a month for six months to the widow of a 3rd Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps who had died on active service. (105) A continued allowance of £2 a month for six months to the mother of a Cadet in the Royal Air Force who had died on active service. (147) The School Fees up to ^20 per annum of the son of the mother of a Cadet in the Royal Air Force who had died on active service. (165) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to an Ex-Sergeant in the Royal Air Force who had been incapaci tated on active service. (167) An allowance of £5 a month for six months to the widow of a Captain in the Royal Air Force who had died on active service. (176) An allowance of £2 a month for three months to the widow of a Driver in the Royal Air Force who had died on abtive service. (178) A Grant of £10 and an allowance of ^5 a month for six months to the widow of a Sergt.-Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps who had been killed on active service. (180) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the mother of a Private in the Royal Air Force who had been killed on active service. (185) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the widow of a 3rd Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps who had died on active service. (i36) An allowance of £2 a month for six months to the mother of a Private in the Royal Air Force who had been killed on active service. (190) An allowance of £1 a month for six months to the mother of a 2nd Class Air-Mechanic in the Royal Air Force who had died on active service. (191) A Grant of £5 and an allowance of ^3 a month for six months to an Ex-2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force who had been incapacitated on active service. Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON. W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. THE TRANSATLANTIC CONTEST DURING the past week the principal development in con nection with the Transatlantic contest has been the accession of the Vickers-Rolls-Royce macliine to the list of entries. Details of th;s machine are given below, and two photographs are reproduced on the next p^ge. The four-engined Handley Page machine, with Rolls- Royce engines left Liverpool on May 2, and it is not expected that it will be ready to leave Newfoundland before the June full moon. With a view to giving them a better chance of getting away in certain winds, Messrs. Hawker and Raynham have been searching the island for an auxiliary aerodrome, but so far they have not met with any success. The weather has been so unsettled as to prevent any attempt at the flight. Dr. Alexander Robinson, the Postmaster-General there, has sealed a second mail and handed it to Mr. Raynham for conveyance across the Atlantic. The stamps are specially surcharged " First Transatlantic Aerial Mail " on the ordinary three-cents stamps. To prevent forgery each stamp is initialled by the Postmaster-General. While preparing to start for Newfoundland on May 5, two of the United States flying-boats were damaged. Two wings of the N.C. 1 were completely destroyed, and the lower elevator and tail plane of the N.C. 4 were badly damaged. The fire was caused by a spark from an electrically-driven pump falling on a drum of petrol, which took fire. It is expected, however, that N.C. 2 will be sent to Newfoundland as soon as the weather permits. The N.C. type of boat has a span of 126 ft. The lower wing span is 94 ft. The wings are 12 ft. chord. The length of the hull is 44 ft. 9 ins. Its gasoline capacity is 1,890 gallons, contained in 10 separate tanks. Four 400 h.p. Liberty motors are fitted. The Vickers H Vimy "—Rolls-Royce THE following information concerning the " Vimy-Rolls " entered for the Transatlantic flight has come to hand, and should prove of considerable interest.—ED. The construction of the Trans xtlantic " Vimy " has now been completed at the Weybridge aeroplane works of Messrs Vickers, Ltd. This aeroplane is practically similar in ever)' respect to the standard " Vimy " as supplied to His Majesty's Government. Two standard 350 h.p. Rolls-Royce engines are installed. The capacity of the petrol tanks has been increased to 865 gallons, and the lubricating oil tanks to 50 gallons. With this quantity of fuel the machine has a range of 2,440 miles. The maximum speed is over 100 mite per hour, but, during the flight across the Atlantic the engines will be throttled down to an average cruising speed of 9° miles per hour. The span of the " Vimy " is 67 ft., and overall length 42 ft. 8 ins. The chord of the planes is 10 ft. 6ins. A wireless telegraphy set, capable of sending and receiving messages over long distances, will be carried, and the piloi and navigator will wear electrically heated clothing. The pilot, Capt. J. Alcock, D.S.C., was born at Manchester in 1892, and received his technical engineering education at the Empress Motor Works, at Manchester. He became 594
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