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Flight, June 10, 1920 ENGINEER. First Aero Weekly in the World Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Projrei. of Aerial Locomotion **d Traataort OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Mo. 598 (No. 24, Vol. XII.) JUNE IO, 1920 ("Weekly, Price «4.L Poet Free, 7d. The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Ofiees: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 3 Telegrams : Tniditar, Westeent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828 Annual Subscription Rates, Post FreeUalted Kingdom .. 28s. id. Abroad.. .. .. 335. ad* The*e rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormal conditions • European subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS PACE 609 610 610 6r2 613 614 Editorial Comment —-•-- #he Air League of the British Empire Aerial Progress in Canada Aerial Telephone Control .. .. .. .. .. Honouring the Pioneers.. .. .. .. ... ,. Marriage of Maj.-Gen. Sir F. H. Sykes The Avro Flight Royal Aero Club. Official Notices 616 The Imperial War Museum .. .. .. .. .. .. 617 The Principles of the Captive Balloon. By Capt. P. H. Sumner .. 619 The International Aero Exhibition.. .. .. .. .. .. 622 Aeroplane Design. By Mr. G. Holt Thomas 623 Air Ministry Announcements 624 Royal Aeronautical Society Notices .. .. .. .. .. 625 Airisms from tb« Four Winds 6 The Canadian Air Force 627 The Empire Air League Meeting .. .. .. .. .. .. 628 Honours .. .. .. . .. .. •. .. .. 629 Tto Royal Air Force 630 In Parliament 63 0 Models .. 1 631 Sidewinds 3 2 DIARY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS. Club Secretarus and others desirous oj announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in the following list : June 22 ... Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, H.E.H. Prince Albert presiding, at 8.30 p.m., at Central Hall, Westminster. Commander J. C. Hunsaker will read a paper on " Naval Architecture tu. Aeronautics " July 3 ... Air Tournament at London Aerodrome, Hendon, in Aid of R.A.F. Memorial Fund July 9 to I.B.A.C. International Aero Exhibition at 20 Olympia July 17 to 31 Seaplane Contests at Antwerp July 24 ... Aerial Derby at Hendon Aug. 3 ... Air Ministry Competition (Large and Small Type Aeroplanes) Aug. 28 & 29 Schneider International Race, Venice Sept. 1 Sept. Sept. 27 to Oat. Oct. 23 ... Air Ministry Competition (Seaplanes) International aviation week (with competi- tions) at Brescia, Italy Oordon-BannaM ATiatkm Cup, Franoe Gordon-Bennett V.8JL 1 . •'. Balloon Race, Indianapolis, EDITORIAL COMMENT "E need hardly say that we welcome whole-heartedly the formation of the Air League of the British Empire, which held an inaugural meeting at the Mansion House on Tuesday last. For the past two years and more FLIGHT has con- stantly urged that a real live bpdy, similar to the Navy League, should be founded to do for the Air Service what the latter has done for The the Fleet. We believe that has nowAi ofLth!Ue been achieved, and that the Air League, British which has grown out of the Aerial Empire League, is destined to play "that part and to play it worthily. The main objects to be held in view are, firstly, to educate public opinion upon the supreme importance to the Empire of air power, and to focus upon aviation, both Service and Civil, the attention of every citizen ot the United Kingdom and the Dominions overseas: in a word, to carry out that propaganda among the people without which there cannot be created the essential volume »f determined public opinion without which Governments cannot "be moved to do things. In its statement of aims the League very truly observes that during the War the progress of aviation was governed by naval and military demands, and the Air Force now is a factor, and will certainly become the decisive factor, of Imperial defence. It is essential, therefore, that our air power shall be developed and organised, so that it may play its part in conjunction with the Navy and the Army. Aviation is still in almost an embryo stage, and it is essential that private enterprise should receive some measure of assistance from the State in order that new types, new methods, and greater speed, economy, efficiency and safety may result, leading to improved communications between the Mother Country and the Dominions, and the creation of a great reserve of material, experience, and personnel upon which the fighting Air Service can immediately draw in time of crisis. With these premises in view, the League has as another object to support, whatever Government may be in power, in an endeavour to maintain the lead in the air, and will strengthen its hands by placing behind it a great
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