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1919
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DECEMBER 25, 1919 THE BOULTON AND PAUL " P 9 ABOUT half a column of type is being used in some of the lay press describing a " wingless flying machine" with " floating power in the air " ; comparable with a " dirigible parachute," the " support " of which is "kat the top of the structure " and so on. Why not cut it short and get down to business by referring to progress developments on the helicoptere principle ? Is it to be the new Knight of the Garter, Lord London derry ? SIR HUGH TRENCHARD'S scheme for the permanent organisa tion of the R.A.F. is as straight a statement of a case as one could wish to peruse. Sir Hugh, as throughout the War, has his whole heart and soul in the Force, and we are glad to see him coming a little more into the light with his views. An^opportunity to emphasise the strong opinions he holds as^to^what the R.A.F. ought to develop into in the not far off future was offered him last week at the annual function of the Chartered Accountants' Students' Society, when Sir William Plender presided. In replying for "The Imperial Forces," Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard said the Army and the Navy were long established, and all recognised that each had a glorious record and great traditions, of which the Empire was justly proud, and during the Great War they had added honour and glory to those traditions. But the Air Force, with which he was connected, although it was a new branch of the Imperial Forces, had the air spirit just as much as the great naval spirit and the great military spirit. That spirit was shown in the War when, on one occasion, 12 machines went out to bomb Mannheim, but only one came back. Then a whole squadron went out without orders, and turned what looked like a defeat into a victory. That was the air spirit. One heard a good deal of the necessity of economy, which they were urged to enforce in their various walks of life, but he felt that aerial supremacy was as necessary as economy, and was as necessary as naval supremacy. As the importance of the air became greater, it must be the aim of all to keep that aerial supremacy which had been won by the young men in the Air Service. He hoped that E E E E E E E Two recent types of Avro biplanes: On the top is seen the "Limousine," which provides comfortable ac commodation for three passengers, and has a speed range of 40-90 m.p.h. Below is the "Water Baby," an am phibious edition of the Aerial Derby- famed " Baby *' E E E E E E . 0 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E m m E E E;H 1661
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