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SEPTEMBER 9, 1920 The Royal &ero Clu of the Uixited Kh\gdoi Z1H OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS BE FLYING SERVICES FUND COMMITTEE A MEETING of the Flying Setvices Fund Committee was held oil Tuesday August 31, 1920, when there were present:— Group-Capt. C. R. Samson, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.F., in the chair, Lieut.-Col. Alan S. W. Dore, D.S.O., Mr. Chester Fox, and the Secretary. Applications for Assistance.—Forty-five applications for assistance were considered, and grants and allowances voted amounting to £560. > * COMMITTEE MEETING A MEETING of the Committee was held on Thursday last,September 2, 1920, when there were present:—Brig.-Gen. Sir Capel Holden, K.C.B., F.R.S., in the chair, Lieut.-Col.Spenser D. A. Grey, D.S.O., Squadron-Leader T. O'B. Hub- bard, M.C., R.A.F., Col. F. Lindsay Lloyd, C.M.G., C.B.E.,Lieut.-Col. Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B., and the Secretary. Election of Members.—The following New Memberswere elected :— Mario Arioli.Capt. Gecil Egerton Leigh (The Buffs). Frederick Miller. Flying Services Fund Committee.—The report of the* Meeting of the Flying Services Fund Committee held on August 31, 1920, was received and adopted. Federation Aeronautique Internationale Conference, Geneva.—The following delegates are representing the Club at the Federation Aeronaritique Internationale Conference in Geneva on September 8, 9 and 10, 1920 :— Lieut. Col. F. K. McClean. Lieut.-Col. Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B. / Major E. H. Tindal Atkinson. ..•" - H. E. Perrin. ; FLYING MACHINES FOR THE USE OF MEMBERS The Club has arranged with the Aircraft Disposal Company for the exclusive use of six flying machines for the Members. The following types have been selected :•—Sopwith Pups, Avro, B.E.2d and Armstrong-Whitworth. These machines will be kept at the Handley-Page Aerodrome, Cricklewood. All enquiries relating to hiring should be addressed to the Secretary of the Club. GORDON-BENNETT AVIATION RACE THE Gordon-Bennett Aviation Race |will be held at Ville- sauvage, near Etampes, about 30 miles south of Paris, on September 28, 1920, and the United States, France and Great Britain will each be represented by three machines. The Club has selected the following competitors to repre- sent Great Britain :— * Pilot • Machine H.G. Hawker Sopwith-Jupiter F. P. Raynham L. R. Tait Cox Martinsyde " Semi- Quaver " Nieuport " Goshawk" Engine 450 h.p. Bristol- Cosmos- 300 h.p. Hispano- Suiza. 320 h.p. A.B.C. Dragonfly. BUC MEETING, OCTOBER 8, .9 AND 10, 1920 The Aero-Club de France is arranging a Meeting for FrenchCompetitors at Buc on October 8, 9 and 10,1920. On October 10 there will be a race for transport machines on the linesParis-Brussels and Paris-London. The machines will fly from Buc to London or Brussels andreturn on the same day. Machines flying on the Paris-London line will land at Wad-don Aerodrome, Croydon, and at the request of the Aero- Club de France, the Royal Aero Club will control the "Competi-tion at the London terminus. The following is an extract from the regulations :— " Machines must conform to the following conditions :" Postal machines (machines carrying postal bags only) to carry a load of at least 50 kgs. " Transport machines to carry a minimum of two passengersin addition to the crew ; "the passengers must be at least 18 years of age. On the outward journey the passengers mustbe on board ; on the return journey each passenger may be replaced by 100 kgs. of ballast. In the case of machines of^00 h.p. or more, the crew must consist of atleast two persons. " Starts will be made at Buc on October 10 between 10 and 11 a.m., at times selected by the competitors, except in thecase of several competitors choosing the same time, when the order of entry will be taken. " The competition closes at 6 p.m." Offices : THE ROYAL AERO CLUB,3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. Airway Upkeep, etc. IN the course of a statement in the French Chamber recently the Assistant Secretary of Aviation stated that the cost of upkeep of aerodromes, hangars, repairing shops, meteorological and wireless stations on the French portion of the Paris-London service was estimated at 20,000 francs per kilometre as against the cost of 500,000 francs per kilo- metre of a single line of railway. He thought that in future the total cost of organising an aerial service would be 10,000 francs per kilometre. On the other hand he emphasised the difficulties due to present heavy charges on flying plant, the French calculation of the life of an aeroplane being 200 flying hours, which meant that about 3 • 50 francs per kilo- metre had to be added to the total cost of the service. This, however, he had hopes of seeing reduced. :•„' ..-.-.. The Bleriot Mammoth Flies : LIEUT. CASALE last week put the Bleriot Mammoth through some tests for the French Section Technique Aero- nautique. It is stated to have flown for 40 minutes, to have risen 2,000 metres in a quarter of an hour, and attained a speed of 150 kilometres per hour at an altitude of 1 ,oco metres. Mdlle Boland Flies Home HAVING had the engine of her Caudron put right, Mdlle B~oland flew the machine from Westenhanger to Croydon. She left Croydon in company with another ma'chine from the" Caudron flying school at 4 p.m. on August 31, but after getting as far as Lympne it was decided not to go on. The Channel was crossed the next morning, and the two machines landed safely at Le Crotoy. A French Dirigible to Visit BrigueIN connection with the forthcoming unveiling of the Chavez monument at Brigue, the French Government has asked permission from the Swiss Government to send aj^irigible to the ceremony. The Swiss authorities have replied favourably, but pointing out the grave dangers due to the • violent wind currents in the Brigue district. German Machines for JapanIT is expected that Japan will receive her share of air- craft surrendered by Germany, before the end of the year,and that it will include 5° aeroplanes, among them some of the most recent types. The Japanese Government has voteda credit of 500,000 yen for the construction of hangars at the military aerodromes of Tokorozaiva and Kagamigahara,to shelter the machines when they arrive in Japan. A Desert Mystery WORD has reached Thetford that the body of Air-Mechanic Percy Thackery, R.A.F., of Thetford, Norfolk, has been found by .the Camel Corps on the mountains near Nekhl, in Sinai. He left Ramleh in a Bristol Scout aeroplane with an officer on June 14 for Ismalia, but never reached there. No trace has been found of the aeroplane. To Make a Map of Calcutta ; THE Calcutta Improvement Board is seriously con- •sidering the question of arranging with a firm for the use of a Handley-Page machine to enable an accurate map to be made of the city and its surroundings. , 976
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