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MARCH 18, 1920 IKe al Cluof the Uixited Kii\gdoi OFFICIAL AH0TICE5 TO MEMBERS BE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THE Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom will be held on Tuesday, March 30, 1920, at 3, Clifford Street, New Bond Street, London, W.i, at 6 p.m. SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING A Special Meeting of The Committee was held on Wednes-day, March 10, 1920, when there were present:— Brig-Gen. The Duke of Atholl, K.T., M.V.O., D.S.O., inthe Chair, Lieut.-Col. Spenser E>. A. Grey, D.S.O., Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean, Lieut.-Col. Alec Ogilvie, and the Secretary; Election of Members.—The following Xew Members were elected :— Capt. Ronald William Morison (3rd London Yeomanry). Fliglft-Lieut. Benjamin Cecil Tooke, R.A.F. Joint Standing Committee of the Royal Aero Club and The Society of British Aircraft Constructors.-— The report of the Meeting of the Joint Standing Committee of the Royal Aero Club and the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, held on March 3, 1920, was received and adopted. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTORS AND THE ROYAL AERO CLUB A Meeting of the Joint Standing Committee of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors and the Royal Aero Club was held on Wednesday, March 3, 1920, when there were present :— Royal Aero Club : Brig.-Gen. Sir Capel Holden, K.C.B., F.R.S., in the Chair. Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean. Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, M.C., M.P. Lieut.-Col. Alec Ogilvie. Harold E. Perrin, Secretary (Royal Aero Club.) Society of British Aircraft Constructors : Capt. P. D. Acland. Mr. R. O. Cary. _ Mr. Hamilton Fulton. Mr. Nevile G. Gwynne. Charles V. Allen, Secretary (Society of British Aircraft' Constructors). The following subjects were discussed ;— 1. Jacques Schneider Cup. 2. Gordon Bennett Aviation Cup. 3. Royal Aero Club's Sporting Races, 1920. 4. Aero Exhibition, 1920. 5. Aerial League of the British Empire, FLYING SERVICES FUND COMMITTEE A Meeting of the Flying Services Fund Committee washeld on Monday, March 15, 1920, when there were present:—Mr. Chester Fox, in the Chair ; Lieut.-Col. AlanDore, D.S.O. ; and the Secretary. Applications for Assistance.—Thirty-six applicationsfor assistance were considered, and Grants and Allowances were voted amounting to ^383. Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary No Air Force in Germany THE Conference of Ambassadors in Paris on March u again considered the application of Germany for permission to maintain a military air force. It was decided to refuse the application as being contrary to Article 198 of the Treaty of Versailles. Dispersing the Sudanese A PATROL sent by the Sudan Government recently against the Nuers in the Baro district, who had been raiding, found a large hostile party in a difficult position, but aeroplanes very successfully dispersed them, thereby avoiding the necessity of undertaking some troublesome operations. The patrol continues its work, but the co-operation of the aeroplanes appears to have considerably facilitated its task. Capt. Matthews at Karachi CAPT. MATTHEWS on his Sopwith " Wallaby " arrived at Karachi on March 4 at 4.50 p.m., having flown from Jask, Gulf of Oman, Persia, whence he started at 7.45 a.m. It had been necessary to fly as slowly as possible as the propeller was in a shaky condition. A Calcutta-Bombay Flight ON March 5 a Handley Page aeroplane arrived in Bombay from Calcutta. It was piloted by Capt. Clarke, and carried six passengers, as well as two mechanics, and one servant. It had accomplished the 1,200 -miles' flight in 17 hours'flying time. The Monaco Meeting OWING to delays caused by the railway strike, it has been decided to postpone the opening of the Monaco meeting from April 1 to April 9, and, in consequence, there will not be a week's interval between the motor-boat racing and the aviation events. The entries for the Grand Prix of Monaco comprise two Donnet, D 10 (Hispano-Suiza), flying-boats, two Caudron, C 37 (Rhone), seaplanes, one Nieuport (Sun- beam) seaplane, one Caudron, C 39 (Rhone), seaplane, one Breguet 18 (Breguet) seaplane, one Fairey III (Napier) seaplane, two Savoia (San Giorgio) flying-boats, two Liore and Olivier (Salmson-Hispano) seaplanes, two F 3 (Rolls- Royce) flying-boats entered by the Portuguese Navy, two Spad 31 (Hispano-Suiza) seaplanes. The entrants for the speed and altitude competitions are the same except that the Nieuport is replaced by two Hispano-engined machines and the F 3 flying-boats are not included. All the machines are of the biplane type. 15,576 Pilots in France THE total of aeroplane pilots' certificates issued in France now stands at 15,576, of which 1,732 were issued in 1919. The number of airship pilots' certificates totals 43, of which 12 are dated 1919, while balloon pilots number 448, but only three qualified last year. An Advisory Committee in France THE Under-Secretary of State for Aeral Transport in France has appointed an Advisory Committee for Aero- nautics, to consider various technical problems in connection with aviation. It is modelled very much on the lines of the British Committee, and will comprise representatives of the Government Departments, the French Aero Club and the Manufacturers' Association. The chairman is Engineer-in- Chief Fortan, of the Section Transport Aeriens. The Rome-Tokyo Flight THE two S.V.A. machines piloted by Lieuts. Masiero and Ferrarin completed the Baghdad-Basra stage on Febru- ary 26, and on February 29 they reached Bunder Abbas. Lieut. Masiero arrived at Karachi on March 3. Lieut. Ferrarin, owing to the strong winds, had to stop near Pasni, 230 miles from Karachi, but he later completed the journey to Karachi. One arrived at Delhi on the 5th and the other on the 6th. The last escadrille of five S.V.A. machines to attempt the flight, flew from Rome to Giora del Colle on March n. Italian Seaplanes in Greece Two Italian seaplanes arrived at Athens last week, having covered the distance from Brindisi in 4i hours. The Czecho-Slovak Flying Corps IT is stated that the Czecho-Slovak Government has entrusted the re-organisation of its aeronautic corps to Col. Gerard, a well-known French officer. He has decided to establish a factory, for constructing aircraft, close to Prague. No German Machines for Norway IT had been announced that a regular air service was to commence shortly between Bergen and Stavanger, but word comes from Christiania that as it was found that the service was to be maintained by German pilots and machines, the necessary permit was withheld by the N orwegian Govern- ment. A Swedish Height Record VON-SEGEBADEN, a Swedish military flying officer, has established a new Scandinavian height record, reaching 6,200 metres (20,342 ft.) in 48 minutes. . 314
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