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1920
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MAY 27, 1920 MSMSFRONT IF So at last it looks as if that Territorial Air Force i% to be.It is authoritatively stated that plans have been approved and passed from the Air Ministry for the consideration of theSecretary of State for War and Air. If the basis for the formation of this body has been drawn up in a sufficientlybroad spirit in keeping with the art of aviation itself, the foundation of the Royal Air Terriers will, in our view, markone of the most important " milestones " in helping along the art in a practical form which has been carried throughsince the Armistice. It should mean the broadening out of aviation in every direction and a glorious resurrection of thealmost defunct industry. As a means of keeping together for the good of the Empire the magnificent nucleus of per-sonnel which was created by the War, and of building up a flying reserve of high-grade pilots for any emergency, astanding Territorial Air Force would be hard to beat. Accepting this sign of progress as significant fact, our con-gratulations to all concerned. __••••• IN aid of the Royal Air Force War Memorial Fund a greataerial pageant is likely to be holden at Hendon Aerodrome on July 3. It is to be hoped this ma ' mark the re-inaugura-tion of the old-time popularity of London's great and regular aerial race meetings. WHITSUN holidays saw Glasgow citizens being regularlyconveyed to Gleneagles, Perthshire, a distance of 47 miles, to witness the big professional golf tournament being playedoff. Probably even more important in the eyes of the northerners was the "ticketing" of the great professionals,thereby enabling the cautious punter to follow the man who was carrying his money. THOSE artistic village signs which are just now so muchto the fore are seemingly of interest even to the aircraft world. A Potters Bar resident has suggested that one of the competingartists for the Daily Mail prizes should choose a broken Zeppe- lin as the essential feature for that village's name-plate.(L. 31 was destroyed there on October 2, 1916.) ON the other hand, there does not appear to be "an over-whelming desire to perpetuate the memories of the German aerial outrages on London and elsewhere which it was at onetime suggested should be done in every direction. West- minster City Council, for instance, which at one time con-templated placing memorial tablets on all premises in the city struck by German bombs, recently decided to mark only thefirst and last buildings so hit. The Lyceum Theatre was the last, but the directors do not approve the Council's plan—r-and have said so. Further, the occupiers of the first building hit have suggested for their tablet a position so lofty as to be The interior of the Handley Page W. 8 as fitted up for ..„.-.. ballast tanks when up for record unsuitable. In view of these objections, and the fact that suchtablets would now cost £30 each, we are told the City Council are adjourning action sine die. SANBERSTEAD, near Croydon, has demonstrated itsviews upon War memorials. Last week, Captain A. F. B. Carpenter, V.C., who commanded the " Vindictive " atZeebrugge, and Air Commodore Hearson unveiled a granite Celtic cross of 15th century design in the village churchyardas a War memorial. The cross, which stands near the road, was dedicated by the Archdeacon of Kingston, and bears the A FINE RECORD : The Handley Page W. 8, two Napier "Lion " engines, which recently establisheda British record by lifting a useful load of 3,690 lbs. to an altitude of (official) 13,999 ft. We have no official information as to whether it was the barograph or the e.g. of the machine, or the e.g. of theuseful load which reached this altitude. The duration of the flight was 1 hour 20 minutes 576
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