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SsEPTKMBER 9, AIR MINISTRY NOTICES Aerodrome List Amendments . ADDITIONS and Amendments to Notice to Airmen, No. 81 , (Consolidated List of Aerodromes), of July 20, are as . ;• • follows :— 4 .. Aerodrome. Name. Lat. Long. Anglesey .. 530 15' o" N... 4° 22' 30" W.. LIST B (b).—(b) Stations temporarily retained for Servicespurposes. The following should be deleted :— Nearest Town.I Distance from True Height „ ' Aerodrome Bearingabove Sea Nearest Railway Station. Name. in Miles from Level. (byroad). Aerodrome. 185 ft. Llangefni, 3 miles (L.N.W.R.) Llangefni 3 miles .. E. LIST C (6).—Civil Aerodromes licensed as "Suitable for The licences have also been issued for limited periods only.Avro 504K and similar types of aircraft only." Foreshore Aerodromes are not included. Except in very few cases accommodation does not exist. The following should be added :— Aerodromes. - Nearest Town. : , .' Distance from True *Name. Taunton, Mus- grove Farm. Herne Bay Walsall.. Nuneaton Wellingborough 51° 51° 52° 52° 52° (Notice to Airmen Lat. 1' 0" N. . . 30 22' 0" 35' °" 31'0" 18' 30 , No. N... i° N... i° N... 1° " N. o° 93-) Long. 7' 0" W. 8' 30* E. 57'0'W. 27'0" W. 40' 0" W. Height above Sea Level. 60 ft. IOO ft. .. 460 ft. 300 ft. (approx.). 200 ft. Nearest Railway Station. Taunton, 1 mile (G.W.R.).. Herne Bay, 2 miles (S.E. & Walsall, 2 miles (L.N.W.R.) Nuneaton, 1 mile (L.N.W.R.) - Wellingborough, A mile (M.R.). Name. Taunton . Herne Bay Walsall . Nuneaton. Welling- borough. Aerodrome in Miles (by road). . J mile 1 mile . 1J miles.. . J mile 1 \ miles.. Bearing from Aerodrome. W. W. w. W.N.W. w.s.w, Issue of Meteorological Reports by Wireless Tele- graphy 1. ON and after September 1 the synoptic reports issued by W/T from the Air Ministry and Aberdeen will be as follows :— Air Ministry.—Call sign G.F.A. Wave length, 1,400 m. continuous wave. Times of issue : 0315, 0845, 2015 G.M.T. * Aberdeen.—Call sign, B.Y.D. Wave length, 3,300 m. Times of issue ; 0230, 0830, 1430, 1930 G.M.T. 2. Reports will be sent for the following stations: — Place. Lerwick.. ' Aberdeen* Tynemouth Identifi-cation Number. IOI no .. 118 Manchester (Didsbury)* 128 Cranwell* Yarmouth Felixstowe* Calshot* Lympne* Croydon Jersey .. . . I31 • • 136 • • 143 •• 153 •• 154 • • 159 160 Place. Scilly Pembroke Holyhead Glasgow* -.. Malin HeadBaldonnel* Valencia* Stornoway Ross-on-Wye . ._ Blacksod Point * See paragraph 4. ^. The identification number of each station Identifi- cation Number. ""V l66 . . I6Q .. 174 .. 1.78 .. 182 .. 184 .. 192 •• 195 . . 198 - • 199 * will be followed by three groups of five figures represented sym- bolically by BBBDD FawTT BbbHV, where BBB = Baro- meter in millibars and tenths (initial 9 or 10 omitted). DD = "Wind direction at surface on the scale 0-32 (08 = E 16 = S, 20 = S.W., etc.). F = Wind force on Beaufort Scale, ww = Present weather (see Code 1). TT = Tempera- ture in degrees Fahrenheit. jS = Characteristic of barometric tendency (see Code 2). bb = Amount of barometric tendency in half millibars (50 added for negative tendency). H = Humidity (see Code 3). V = Surface visibility (see Code 4). A hyphen - (morse signal - ... -) will be used in the place of any missing figure. 4. In the case of stations marked * a fourth group will be added, when possible, as follows : 2 DDVV, where DD = Direction of wind at 2,000 ft. on the scale 0-72. Actual direction in degrees from North is obtained by multiplying code figures by 5. VV = Speed of wind at 2,000 ft. in miles per hour. 5. Four codes are attached to the notice. The fog scale is that given in Annex G of the Convention for International Air Navigation. 6. General inferences in plain language, based upon observations at 0700 and 1800 G.M.T. will be issued by Air Ministry Wireless Station at 0915 G.M.T., 2000 G.M.T. 7. The following is an example of such an Inference : " Pressure has again become high over Iceland, and a deep depression over the Skagerak region is increasing in intensity. The resultant North-Westerly to Northerly wind current over the British Isles will maintain rather cold weather, with local showers and variable skies during the next day or two." 8. Notice to Airmen, No. 58, of May 31, 1920, is hereby cancelled. (Notice to Airmen, No. 94.) Log Books for Civil Flying "" IT is hereby notified : In accordance with the provisions of the Air Navigation Regulations, 1919, Schedule 5, Standard Log Books have now . been prepared for use by firms, pilots and others engaged in civil flying and are available at the prices shown :— Pilot's Log Book. C.A. Form 24. Price 2s. Journey Log Book. C.A. Form 26. Price 4s. Aircraft Log Book. C.A. Form 27. Price 3s. 6d. Engine Log Book. C.A. Form 28. Price 3s. 6d. The books are obtainable through any bookseller or direct • from H.M. Stationery Office, Imperial House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, or their agents. N.B.—This Notice cancels Air Ministry Communique No. 381 of November 14, 1919, which authorised temporarily the use of R.A.F. type Log Books. (Notice to Airmen, No. 92.) New York to California and Back OF the three J. L. (Junkers) all-metal monoplanes which set out from New York on July 29 to fly to the Pacific Coast, two reached Oakland, California, on August 8, and one returned to New York on August 25. The flying time on the return journey was 59 hours. , . • Zeppelin may go round the World FROM a statement made by Major C. J. Glidden, of the Aero Club of America, it seems that the Zeppelin Company have for a long time cherished the ambition to be the first to make the first trip by aircraft right round the world, and, unless prevented by the Allies, they hope to attempt the trip within the next twelve months. . * " Help for Chile's Air Force ABOUT 2,000,000 pesos (£101,000 approximately) has been raised in Chile by popular subscription for the purchase of aeroplanes for the Army and Navy, and representatives of all nationalities subscribed. Double Fatality with Junkers Machine WHILE one of the J.L. (Junkers) all-metal monoplanes, now engaged in the U.S. mail service, was flying from New York to Cleveland, Ohio, on, September«i, it crashed in a street at Morristown, N.J., and the two occupants were pinned beneath the wreck and burnt to death. The machine was observed to be flying at a low altitude and apparently engine-trouble was being experienced. As the machine hit the ground there was a loud explosion. * . '.'••• 977
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