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Flight, October 30, 1919 v First Aero Weekly ia the World Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion a».d Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM NO. 566 (No. 44, Vol. XI.) OCTOBER 30, 1919 rMkly. Prica M. Post Pros, 7d. Flight The Aircraft Engineer and Airships tutorial Office: •&, GREAT QUEEN STREET, K.INGSWAY W.C. 2. Telegrams: Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free : United Kingdom .. 28s. 2d. Abroad.. .. _ 33/. od.* These rates are subject to any alteration found neceisary under abnormal conditions 'European subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE The Navy and the R.A.F i+»i The Organisation of the Naval Wing 1411 The London-Cairo Air Route .. ,. M .. .. 141a Startling Charges of Waste and Incompetence .. .. .. .. 1412 Why Not a Public Enquiry ? .. .. 1414 Flight—and the Men : L Bairstow, F.R.S., C.B E 1413 The Camera and the'Plane 1415 The Boulton Paul Commercial Machine .. .. .. .. .. 1416 Airships 142 Personals 1437 The Saundear Carburettor .. 1428 The Static Head Turn Indicator for Aeroplanes 1429 Airisms.. 1433 The Royal Air Forct 1426 Company Doings .. .. .. .. 1438 DIARY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS. Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the date of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in the following list: Nov. ... Entrance Examination for R.A.F. College Nov. 7-15 .. Olympia Motor Car Show. Dec. 3 ... " The Air Force." Lecture by Air-Commodore H. R. Brooke-Popham before RUSL Paris Aero Show. D6C.19tO... Jan. 4,1920. July, 1920 S.B.A.C. International Aero Exhibition at Olympia EDITORIAL COMMENT FTER all the rumours that have been current about the naval wing of the R. A.F. reverting to the administrative control of the Admiralty, it is reassur ing to know that nothing of the sort is to happen—at least, in the imme diate future. Indeed, from the terms of an official communication recently published it seems to be reasonably clear that it is not even in contemplation in official circles. By the terms of the announcement in question, and they ** *s *a^ ^own that all air units working R.A.F. with the Navy, including airships under naval control, will, in future, be central- ised under the command of an R.A.F. officer, with the title of Air Officer Commanding the Coastal Area, whose headquarters will be at Thurloe Place, Kensing ton. The duties of this officer will include the com mand of all air units in the United Kingdom working with the Navy, with the exception of personnel embarked in ships of the Fleet. He will act as adviser to the Admiralty in the first instance on all questions relating to aerial naval policy (the Chief of the Air Staff acting as chief adviser) ; and he will also act as adviser to the naval commanders-in-chief at the various home stations. He is to be directly respon sible to the Air Ministry for the conduct of training, but will keep in close touch with the Admiralty to ensure that the views of My Lords receive at all times adequate consideration, and he will also be responsible to the Air Ministry on all questions of supply and maintenance of air units working with the Navy in home waters. This arrangement forms a'very effective liaison between the R.A.F. and the Admiralty, and seems to be, in theory, as nearly ideal as it is possible for such arrangements to be. It ensures that air units working with the Navy shall remain integrally and administratively under the sole authority of the Air Ministry, while the necessary latitude of executive command for operations is reserved to commanding officers of ships or squadrons with which air units are working. It is an arrangement on all fours with that advocated in these pages when the recent discussion arose as to the ultimate fate of the naval wing of the R.A.F. * • • The communication under notice goes The on to lay it down that the " coastal Organisation a[eSL •• js ^0 be organised into administra- Naval t*ve groups. as follows :—Operational Wing Units in home naval commands, ioth Group and 29th Group. So far as con cerns Operational Units in home naval commands, these will continue, as heretofore, to work under the orders of the respective naval commanders-in-chief— and thus under the Admiralty—for all operational purposes. As regards other purposes, they will be under the Air Officer Commanding the Coastal Area. Each commander-in-chief will have the senior com batant air officer in his command as his local adviser, but on more important questions of policy he will refer to the Air Officer Commanding the Coastal Area. The 29th Group will consist of the aircraft embarked
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