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commercial aviation will ensure. In this expansion the long distances and the undeveloped character of many parts of the Empire are favourable factors. During the experimental period, however, through which civil aviation is passing some form of State assistance is •essential. In the last half-yearly report three methods were suggested—direct Government subsidies ; assistance in the form of, grants to approved companies according to mileage and weight carried ; the provision of key aerodromes and shed accommodation at home and on the Imperial air routes. Up to the present time the Department of Civil Aviation has only been in the position to act in accordance with the spirit of the last of these suggestions and has been compelled to confine its activity to continuing the work of improving ground organisation. In the present report it has been seen that the work accomplished by the Department includes the JULY 8, 1920 planning of air routes, the equipment of aerodromes, the provision of customs facilities for international flying, the improvement of wireless and other means of communication, and the introduction into Parliament of a Bill to meet the requirements of the International Air Convention. In addition, the Department is responsible for the meteorological service of the country in all its branches. By these methods private enterprise has been assisted in organising air services to the Continent which, even in the winter months under review, have .been conducted with considerable regularity. Though the distances between London and Paris, and London and Brussels, are not of sufficient length to demonstrate the full value of aircraft in time-saving, yet much experience has been gained and the first step taken in the establishment of a system linking up the United Kingdom with the commercial centres of the Continent. . . < —' A n ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY NOTICES Olympia Aero Show.—Arrangements have been made for a reception-room for the use of L Members to be available during the Aero Show, Which is to be held at Olympia from July 9 !to 20. Stand numbers 94 and 95 have been /allotted for this purpose by the Exhibition Committee, and will be found immediately on the left of the Hammersmith Road entrance. A telephone which may be used free by Members will be installed (No. : Hammersmith 2130). The room will be fitted up as a sitting-room, and current numbers of aeronautical papers will be transferred from the Library at 7, Albemarle Street. Naval Architecture in Aeronautics.—The July issue of the Aeronautical, which is on sale to non-Members, price 35. 6d., contains Commander Hunsaker's paper on " Naval Archi- tecture in Aeronautics," including five appendices which were not read at the meeting. These appendices, which will not be published elsewhere, contain a large amount of information which has been specially released by the United States Navy Department, including details of the construction of the N .C. type Transatlantic flying boats, which have never before been published. ' Wilbur Wright Lecture.—Through inadvertence the name of Major F. R. Bramwell was omitted from the list of Members of Council present at the Dinner before the Wilbur Wright Lecture. Lectures at Olympia.—At the request of the Air Ministry a series of popular lectures has been arranged in the Concert Hall at Olympia, at 3 p.m., on various afternoons during the Show. The following is a preliminary list of these lectures, details of which will be announced from day to day during the Show : "How Airmen Find their Way," Major H. N. Wimperis. " Airships of the Future," Sqdr. Ldr. Pritchard. " Kite Balloons," Mr. Griffith Brewer. " Flying Boats," Capt. D. Nicolson. " Trans-Continental Flying," Capt. P. D. Acland. " Development and Future Possibilities of Aeroplanes," Mr. F. H. Green. Air Ministry Library.—Permission has been obtained from the Air Council for technical Members of the Socie-fy to use the Air Ministry Library for reference purposes on production of letters of introduction signed by the Secretary of the Society. Any Members desiring to avail themselves of this privilege should therefore apply to the Secretary for a formal letter of introduction. W. LOCKWOOD MARSH, Secretary 7, Albemarle Street, W. 1. The League of Nations and. the Air IT is announced that the following air .representatives on the Permanent Armaments Commission of the League of Nations have been appointed :—Great Britain, Group Capt. P. R. C. Groves ; France, Brig.-Gen. Dumesnil; Japan (temp.), Maj.-Gen. H. Watanabe ; Belgium, Col. A. E. M. Van Crombrugghe ; Greece, Capt. Panas. No Cockades on Civil Aircraft THE French authorities have issued a warning to civil Aviation concerns that the tricolour cockade must not be carried on commercial aircraft. Any machine so marked must have such markings removed by August 1. . Naval Officers for the R.A.F. APPLICATIONS are invited by the Admiralty from officerswho have completed their examinations for lieutenant, and have been granted watch-keeping certificates, to be secondedto the Royal Air Force for a period of three years, the majority of this period to be spent upon naval air work and with theNavy. In the event of a naval officer so loaned desiring to obtain a permanent commission in the R.A.F., the AirCouncil will, if they consider him suitable, make proposals to the Admiralty to this effect as such cases arise. The Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition IT is announced that there will be over 1,000 machines in operation at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition to be held at Olympia from September 4 to September 25" next. It was to have been held in 1916, but had to be post- poned on account of the War. The first Exhibition was held in 1912, and the fact that eight years have elapsed since the last exhibition of machine tools in this country will mean that more new models and new types will be on view than have ever been show* at any previous exhibition. The whole of Olympia has been booked up for some months past, and the number of separate exhibitors will exceed 200. Air Mails in France IT is announced from Paris that a new air service for passengers, mails, and merchandise commenced operation^ on July 1 between Paris, Dijon, and Bourg. Paris-Brussels and Paris-Geneva JULY 1st saw the commencement of a new service— which, it is hoped, will soon be a daily one—from Paris to Geneva, and the restarting of the Paris-Brussels service which has been suspended for some months. The Geneva machine started from Le Bourget at 9.15, the pilot being Durafour, while the machine for Brussels—a Farman Goliath, left at 3.30 p.m., piloted by Tor. Long-Distance Flights from Paris WITH the object of flying to Rome and back within 24hours.Maneyrol left Villacoublay on aMorane-Saulnier machine on June 29. Starting at 4.6 a.m., he reached Turin at 7.56 a m.,and was at Rome at 10.15 am- He set out on the return journey at 1.25 p.m., but encountered severe weather, andafter struggling on to Turin, had to give up the idea of getting back to Paris that day. Fronval, who started from Villacoublay at the same timeto fly to Madrid and back, made the outward journey under difficulties, being impeded by clouds and mist, but landedsafely at the Getase aerodrome, outside the Spanish capital. On the return journey, however, a storm caused him to landat Burgos, and he was unable to reach Paris before midday on June 30. Air Mail to Denmark ? MAJOR SCOTT PAINE and Colonel Raikes, on their wayfrom Christiania, have been visiting Copenhagen, and opened negotiations with the Danish officials for the establishmentof an air mail route between Denmark and England. It is expected that, if satisfactory arrangements can be made,similar mail routes between other Scandinavian countries and England will be started. 736
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