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MAY 8, 1919 A fully detailed engineering record of the life of the aircraft, including all acceptance tests, overhauls, replacements, repairs and all work of a like nature (see specimen sheet the form of which should be followed). III.—Engine Log.—A separate log book shall be kept for each engine and shall always accompany the engine. It shall contain the following par ticulars :—(a) Type of engine, series number, makers' name, power, normal and maximum revolutions of engine, date of acceptance and first date put into service; petrol consumption; oil consumption. (6) Registration mark and type of aircraft in which the engine has been installed, (c) A fully- detailed engineering record of the life of the engine, including all acceptance te9ts, hours run, overhauls, replacements, repairs and all work of a like nature (see specimen sheet, the form of which should be followed). IV.—Signal Log.-—(a) Type to which the aircraft belongs, its nationality and registration marks ; the name, Christian names and nationality and residence of the owner. (6) Place, date and time of the transmission or reception of any signal, (c) Name or other indication of the person or station to whom a signal is sent or from whom a signal is received. Specimen sheets are given which'show the following details :— Aircraft Log.—Date ; hour ; commanding officer ; route ; time in air : hours, mins. ; petrol consumed ; oil consumed ; water consumed ; number of passengers ; repairs or replacements ; time in the air since last overhaul : hours, mins.—date of ; remarks ; signature of authorised person. Engine Log,—Date ; hour ; engineer in charge ; revolutions per minute : on ground, in air (state climbing or level) ; time run ; defects found ; par ticulars of overhaul or replacement ; time run since last overhaul: hours, mins.—date of ; remarks ; signature of authorised person. VI.—R.A.F. Aerodromes and Seaplane Stations i. With reference to Regulation 4 (4), the dues to be charged at R.A.F. aerodromes are as follows :— A.—ACCOMMODATION The charge for accommodation will be based on the floor space occupied, i.e., the product of span and overall length. With folder aircraft the span to be taken as the overall width when folded. Charges will be as follows :— 8 Hours Up to 24 or less hours £ s. d. £ s. d. Small type, less than 900 sq. ft... ..026 050 Medium type, not exceeding 1,800 sq. ft. o 5 o o 10 o Large type, over 1,800 sq. ft. .. ..100 100 Monthly Rates.—Accommodation for monthly periods will be at rates o £5, £10 and £30 respectively. Any accommodation so reserved, but not made use of, to be available for hire to other aircraft. No refund to be made to the monthly lessee, unless he is thereby prevented from obtaining accom modation, in which case a proportionate refund w ill be made as in the opinion of the Secretary of State appears reasonable. B.—-LANDING FEES These will be in respect of the cost of maintenance of the aerodromes, use of landing lights and beacons and supply of navigational information. The charges will include ordinary attendance, e.g., guiding machines, starting propellers, re-fuelling, etc. (For pushing machines with stopped engines any considerable distance charges will be made in accordance with 3 (a) below.) At R.A.F. aerodromes where no attendance is available the charges will remain the same. The charges will be :— • For single For books of landing. 10 coupons £ s. d. £ s. d. Small type .. .. .. .. ..026 100 Medium type .. .. .. ..050 200 Large type .. .. .. ..0100 400 Each coupon to permit of one landing on any R.A.F. aerodrome for a period of 3 months from date of issue. Coupons to be transferable between aircraft, but not between owners. No extra landing fee will be charged in respect of test nights before departure. a a Mr. Churchill's Message to America " MAY this new art and science prove a bond of kinship between the English-speaking people. The ocean divides us, let the air unite us in a comradeship of daring and in painstaking study of means for mutual protection," was the- message which Mr. Churchill wirelessed to the second pan-American Aeronautical Congress. Mr. Baker, Secretary of War, also cabled greetings, stating that the world was on the verge of aerial conquest that would make commercial transportation by air assured. Post Office and Air Mails IN connection with the aerial mail service which is being conducted by the Post Office, in co-operation with the Army, between Folkestone and Cologne, it is pointed out that while considerable success has been attained, the aeroplane cannot be generally adopted for mails until regularity and reliability can be assured. In most favourable circumstance the postbags for the Army of the Rhine have been conveyed by aeroplane from the Kentish port to Cologne in 2 hrs. 35 min. On the other hand, owing to weather conditions, such as prevailed at the end of last week, it has been impossible to fly for two or three days together. Much is expected from the experimental service between Egypt and India, which is being watched very closely by the authorities. With regard to home aviation, an express aerogram service is regarded as a more likely field of development than the ordinary postal mail services, at all events for the present. An Inventor's Claim AT the meeting of the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors on May 5, Mr. Justice Sargant presiding, the claim by Mr. J. F. Power, of Park Lane, formerly a second lieutenant of the R.A.F., for £10,000 in respect of the Power Target, was considered. It was stated that the invention had been extensively used by the Government in training l/3d^^J 2. The R.A.F., its servants or agents, will not be liable for loss or damage by fire, flood, tempest, explosion or other inevitable accident to aircraft or to the pilots, engineers, or other members of the crew thereof, or to any passengers, goods, or mails carried therein landing at or accommodated in any R.A.F. aerodrome 3. (a) Attendance on civil aircraft by R.A.F. personnel other than the ordinary attendance included in the landing fees, will be charged for on the basis of labour and time. Such R.A.F. personnel will be available to assist civil aircraft only to a limited extent, and at certain aerodromes to be speci fied by the Secretary of State. (0) Stores, such as fuel, oil, tyres, etc., and any standard spares that may be available, will be supplied to civil aircraft by the R.A.F. wherever possible, to meet emergency demands and when no other source of supply is available. Such supplies will be charged for at the current retail prices. (c) Repairs will be carried out by the R.A.F. for civil aircraft on emergency when no other arrangements can be made. Repairs will be confined to such work as will enable the aircraft to proceed by air within a short period. No repair which will exceed a cost of £10, exclusive of the cost of stores and spares supplied, will be undertaken before an estimate has been made and submitted to the owner of the aircraft. Repairs carried out by the R.A.F. will be carried out to the satisfaction of the responsible inspecting officer, but no responsibility as to the air worthiness of the aircraft shall rest on the R.A.F. aerodrome staff. (d) Where R.A.F. workshops are available but no R.A.F. personnel can be spared, arrangements will be made to permit the use of the workshops by civilian firms on appropriate terms. (e) Subject to the exigencies of the service, salvage of aircraft will be under taken by the R.A.F. inside R.A.F. aerodromes, and as far as possible out side R.A.F. aerodromes. In both cases charges will be made according to the cost involved. (f) Mechanical transport at R.A.F. aerodromes will be placed at the service of the civil firms on emergency, and when circumstances permit. The rates to be charged will be :— Per mile Per mile s. d. s. d. 5-ton lorry .. .. 19 Motorcar .. .. 10 3-ton lorry .. .. 16 Motor cycle . 04 30-cwt. lorry . . .. 13 These charges to include the driver, no vehicle being hired without an R. A. F. driver. (g) Arrangements will be made for the use of telephone, telegraph, and Post Office facilities at R.A.F. aerodromes by civilian firms using the aero dromes. 4. Arrangements will be made for the use of aerodromes for purposes of tuition, exhibitions, or sporting contests. The charge will be in the form of a lump sum for the period for which the aerodrome is required. The firm leasing an aerodrome for any such meeting shall be entitled to charge such entrance fee to spectators as they may desire. But they shall not charge more than the prescribed landing fees for any aircraft landing during the meeting. Such landing fee shall remain the property of the firm holding the meeting. SEAPLANE STATIONS 5. The arrangements and charges at R.A.F. seaplane stations will be, as far as practicable, similar to the above arrangements and charges at R.A.F. aerodromes. VII.—Licensed Aerodromes 1. The proprietors of licensed aerodromes will be regularly supplied through the Air Ministry with the latest approved meteorological information, and will be responsible for exhibiting the same in a conspicuous place, and for supplying the same to pilots requiring it. 2. Proprietors of licensed aerodromes should, as far as possible, keep records of wind and weather. 3. Adequate first-aid appliances must be kept at all licensed aerodromes. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, Secretary of State for Air. B B artillery observers. The flying student, seated in a little car suspended from the ceiling, looked down upon the " tar get," and saw spread before him a very considerable area of country. The country was either represented by a coloured target or by photographic slides, so that the young officer could see a piece of actual country reproduced. The apparatus would indicate the particular object which the instructor desired to be the objective of the guns. The observer, in his car suspended from the ceiling, signalled just as he would if actually flying. A gun was then fired according to the instructions. There was a flash and a puff of smoke, and the observer was able to indicate the result of the shot. It was stated that whilst the Government expended £30,000 on reproducing the apparatus, all that Lieut. Power had received was a sum of /30 in respect of out-of-pocket expenses. Evidence as to the use of the invention was given by Mr. Power, Capt. A. H. W. Wall, Col. H. C. M. Drew and Col. J. G. Hearson. Mr. Watson, addressing the Commission for the Crown, submitted that inventive merit was not the only thing to be taken into consideration, and Mr. Power's apparatus was not a great invention as such. It might be a useful piece of apparatus. He admitted that the inventor was entitled to some reward. Any payment, being in a sense ex gratia, should not be made necessarily on the footing of royalty, but on the value of the service rendered.to the country, and it depended purely on the public utility of the invention and the position of the inventor. He submitted that it was Mr. Power's position as an officer in the Field Artillery that first enabled him to conceive the idea, and that had enabled him to earn money on his foreign rights. The Chairman intimated that the Commission would con sider their award, which would be promulgated to the Treasury in due course. The Commission then adjourned. 615
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