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Special attention is paid in thelR 34 film to the landing operations, from the time that Maj. Pritchard descended by a parachute to the moment when the giant ship was safely moored. Those who may be inclined to think that the landing presents little difficulty will doubtless change their opinion when they have seen the extraordinary skill required to accomplish the operation. There are pictures of the crew of the airship, including, of course, the stowaway cat, which receives its full share of pictorial publicity ; of the American soldiers who looked after the vessel during its stay in the United States, and of the damage done to the fabric when the mooring eyes were torn away by a gale. It is a remarkably interesting film, particularly when one remembers the circumstances under which it reached this country. A PROPHECY : At The Times Book Club in Oxford Street, on Monday last, the following prediction was prominently displayed :— ' I look forward with certainty to the time when London morning newspapers will be selling in America in the evening, and vice versa in regard to American evening journals reaching London next day.—LORD NORTHCLIFFE, June 15, 1919" AND in view of the above facte, it may well be that time will once more prove Lord Northclifie not mistaken. More over, he deserves to be right for the really consistent way in which he has never wavered in his belief in the far-reaching possibilities of aeronautics. In addition he has backed his opinion with cash, and much of it. If in return he and his papers have obtained bold publicity, why again he deserves it, and in this respect more power to his remarkable combina tions. AGAIN, could anything be more calculated to insist upon the recognition of the air-way as a factor in the world's daily life than the enterprise which enabled the Daily Mail to reproduce on Tuesday morning photographs, and a wonderful series at that, of the Paris Victory March and scenes ? Enter prise and imagination of this calibre merit recognition, and here Lord Northcliffe again scores by publicity for his great undertakings. JULY 17, 1919 THE modus operandi was the employment for the photo graphic staff of our contemporary of two Caudron planes, piloted by M. Etienne Poulet and M. Dessous. M. Dessous had to land at Calais owing to rain squalls, but M. Poulet, leaving Paris at 3 p.m., arrived at Acton aerodrome with photographs and despatches at 9 p.m., bad flyingJweather being experienced all the way. A FILM of the Paris march, taken at 3 p.m. on the Monday, was also brought over by aeroplane, delivered to the Topical Film Co., at 8 p.m., was then developed and was showing on the screen at the West-End Cinema, Coventry Street, at 10.20 p.m. In this the troops were seen passing under the Arc de Triomphe. EVEN Iceland is to feel at this early stage oF develop ment, the benefit of aviation. A company has been formed with the object of establishing regular aeroplane traffic with the northern island, the main base being at Reykjavik. AMONGST notabilities who, on Sunday last, selected the Way of the Air for reaching Paris from London, were His Highness the Maharajah of Kashmir and Jammu, with Capt. Zulcaga, Assistant Military Attache of the Argentine Lega tion. AWAY up in the Midlands, the plane has also again helped to overcome a difficulty. In order to conduct a special ser vice on Thanksgiving Day, the Vicar of Blackpool, in an Avro, flew from Blackburn thus literally descending from the skies, to his congregation. " SEA-PIE," that really humorous publication, is to have a Summer Number, Wednesday of this week, July 16, being the date named for its appearance. It is in aid of King George's Fund for Sailors and should be welcomed for that cause alone, irrespective of its deserving merits. Before or After ? Mrs. —— goes for an aeroplane trip, which included looping the loop, at Eastbourne. This well- known War worker has been seriously ill. (Daily Sketch.) j "Flight" Copyright. BRIGHTON FROM ABOVE : The West Pier, as seen from a five-seater Avro passenger machine, flying low at 80 m.pJi. 954
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