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Plight, February 26, 1920 ENGINEEFL First Aero Weekly in the World Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM rWeekly, Price 6d.L Post Free, 7d.No. 583 (No. 9, Vol. XII.) FEBRUARY 26, 1920 The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Office: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET. KINGSWAY, W.C. a. Telegrams: Truditur, Weatcent, London. Telephone: Gerrard 1818. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free: United Kingdom .. 28s. id. Abroad 33s. od* These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormal conditions • European subscriptions mutt be remitted in British currency CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE The "Splitting" of the R.A.F .- 225 No R.A.F. Territorials ? 225 The First Decisive Air War 6 The R.A.F. and Overseas Garrisons .. .. .. .. .. 26^ The Junker Armoured Two-Seater Biplane .. .. .. 22« The Royal Aero Club : Official Notices 234 The Future of the R.A.F 236 Operations in Somaliland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 237 The Cairo to Cape Route 7 Correspondence .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 239 Aeronautical Society Notices .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 240 Personals.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 240 Airisms from the Four Winds.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 241 Education and Research in Aeronautics .. .. .. .. .. 245 The Royal Air Force .. .. .. .. /. .. .. .. 249 In Parliament .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 250 Models 251 . Sidewinds .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 252 DIABT 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: Feb. 28 ... Lecture by Mr. Handley Page, C.B.E., at King's College, Strand, at 11 a.m. Feb. 29 ... Closing Date for Hydro-aeroplane Competitions at Monaco, April 18 to May 2. April7 ... Lecture by Mr. J. L. Cope, "Aerial Survey in the Antarctic," at Central Hall, Westminster, 8 p.m. Seaplane Competition at MonacoApril 18 to May 2 May 22 and 23 June 1 ... Aviation Competition at Juvisy in connection with FeStes de Paris Air Ministry Competition (Small Type Aero- planes), Martlesham Heath S.B.A..C. International Aero Exhibition at Olympia Seaplane Contests at Antwerp Air Ministry Competition (Seaplanes) Feliz- stowe Schneider International Race, Venice. Air Ministry Competition (Large Type Aero- planes), Martlesham Heath Sept. (end of) Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup, France. July (mid.) Aug. 1 ... Aug. (end of) Sept. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT HE Daily Mail last week caused some- thing like consternation by the form in which it set forth its announce- ment of the new scheme of commands in the R.A.F. Read in conjunction with the headlines, it conveyed the impression to the ordinary reader that it had been determined by the Government to revert to the old scheme of organisa- tion and to revive tHfe Naval and Military Wings. In a word, that the separate Air Ser- The vice, which was the outcome of the " Splitting" iessons of nearly four years of war, R!A.F. was to te scrapped and we were to go back to the conditions obtaining prior to 1918. For our own part, we did not take the matter seriously, inasmuch as we have known for many months that a drastic revision of areas and commands was to take place, and that only the details remained to be settled. That has now been done, and in future the R.A.F. will be divided for purposes of command into two main areas, viz., Military and Coastal, the former taking in all formations working with the Army, while the latter will deal with units attached to or destined to work with the Navy. It is under- stood that Air Vice-Marshal Sir J. M. Salmond will command the Military Area and Air Vice-Marshal Vyvyan will take over the Coastal Area. Included in the new scheme of organisation will be the Cadet College at Cranwell, which at present is under the command of Air Commodore Longcroft, and the training school for boys at Halton Camp, Wendover. It will be gathered that nothing in the new organisation affects the status of the R.A.F. as an independent service, though it is a matter of great regret that economy seems to have been a greater consideration than the efficiency of our aerial defences. The Department of the Inspector-General has been disbanded, and nothing has been put in its place, though it is understood that Sir Godfrey Paine has been offered another appointment at the Air Ministry. - * Again on the score of economy, the idea R V*p of forming a Territorial branch of the Territorials?RA.F. has been hung up for the time being. It is " still being investigated and . . . some time must be allowed for the
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