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OCTOBER 7, 1920 of about 75 m.p.h. The landing speed is very low, and the machine appears to have a very excellent gliding angle. The weight empty but with water is 1,200 kilos., and the useful load 700 kilos., quite a good figure for a machine of this type. The tank capacity is such as to give the machine an endurance of 10 hours at cruising speed, with which amount of fuel there will still be sufficient disposable lift to carry pilot and four passengers. Although slow, the machine will thus be seen to have distinct commercial possibilities on routes where maximum speed is not essential, and the construction of the machine is such that it should be cheap, not only in first cost but also in upkeep. On the flight from Amsterdam the other day—which, as already mentioned, was accomplished in three hours—the fuel consumed amounted to less than 30 galls., so that the fuel cost for the trip was about £6. This is by no means high, on the contrary, and appears to promise well for the use of the machines on the London-Amsterdam service. ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY NOTICES Lectures.—Sir Humphrey Rolleston, K.C.B., late President of the Royal College of Medi- cine, will take the chair at Wing-Commander Flack's paper on " The Human Machine in Relation to Flying," on November 4. The lecture on " Airship Mooring " will be read on December 2, by Flight-Lieut. F. L. C. Butcher. Maj.-Gen. Sir F. H. Sykes, G.B.E., K.C.B., will read the inaugural paper of the Fifty- Sixth Session at the Royal Society of Arts, John Street.Adelphi, Thursday, October 7, at 5.30 p.m. The Postmaster-General (Right Hon. A. H. IUingworth, M.P.) will be fn the chair. At the next meeting, on October 21, two papers will be read: " A Comparison of the Flying Qualities of Single and Twin-Engined Aeroplanes," by Sqdr. Ldr. R. M. Hill, Associate Fellow; and " Night Flying," by Mr. Cecil Baker. Air X^onference.—The paper on " Technical Aspects of Service and Civil Aviation " at the Air Conference will be read on behalf of the Society by Captain F. S. Barn- well, Fellow, at 5 p.m. on the second day, Wednesday, October 13. A very limited number of tickets for the Conference have been received from the Air Ministry, which are in the first instance being offered to Fellows of the Society. If any technical member desiring to take part in the discussion on any particular paper will apply to the Secretary, efforts will be made to arrange for a special ticket.. Owing to the ex- tremely limited accommodation which is understood to be available, it is feared that it will be impossible to obtain tickets for any members other than those intending to speak. Library.—The following books have recently been received and placed in the library : " The Medical Aspects of Flying " (Medical Research Council) ; " Meteorology," R. G. K. Lempfert. The copy of the First Annual Report of the Society, 1866, which it was announced some weeks ago had been presented to the Society for disposal, has now been sold. W. LOCKWOOD MARSH, \ - ' .. • Secretary. -jj:;- Married --••-_-. - G. F. CASWELL, late Capt., R.A.F., was married on September 25 at Egham Parish Church, to MAY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. EDWARDS, of 180, Piccadilly, and Cheniston, Eghatrc. Fit. Lieut. T. J. THOMAS, R.A.F.M.S., the eldest son of Mr. John Thomas, Swansea, was married on September 27 at Trinity Church, Park Street, 'Swansea, to MARY, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. ABBOTS, Edgbaston, Birmingham. EDWARD TRAVERS-SMITH, late H.A.C. and R.A.F., was married on September 8, at St. Mildred's Church, Lee, to MOLLIE, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. HEATH, of Lee. Obs. Officer M. J. WYATT, M.C., R.A.F., was married on September 2, at All Saints' Church, Cairo, to VALERIE, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. R. RICHARDS, Newport, Mon. To be Married The engagement is announced between Capt. WEDGWOOD BENN, D.S.O., D.F.C., M.P. for Leith, and Miss MARGARET HOLMES, daughter of Mr. D. T. Holmes, formerly M.P. for Govan, and a granddaughter of Provost Eadic, of Paisley. A German Transatlantic Flight Two of the best-known German pilots, Capt. Hesse and Lieut. Lehmann, intend to attempt a Transatlantic air flight about the middle of this month, reports a correspondent in Berlin. Their machine, which has been constructed by the Zeppelin Co., is an aluminium and steel monoplane, with a total seating capacity for 18 passengers in addition to two pilots and two mechanics, but on this occasion the airmen will only take with them another pilot and a few mechanics. The aeroplane, which has four 250 h.p. motors, is expected to develop a speed of 300 kilometres an hour, and it is hoped that the journey will be completed in about 36 hrs. It is proposed to give the engines a continuous test for six days. German Prizes for Touring Machines THE Deutsche Luftfahrer Verbandes has offered prizes for the best design of a small single-seater aeroplane, suitable for touring and pleasure purposes. The motive power is not to exceed 10 h.p. A series of prizes are to be offered beginning The engagement is announced between Fit. Lieut. L. G. LE BLOUNT CROKE, R.A.F., Fort Grange, Gosport, and PHYLLIS MARY, elder daughter of Major and Mrs. GEORGE CHURCHER, Woodcote, Alverstoke, Hants. The engagement is announced between Squad. Leader GEORGE BENTLEY DACRE, D.S.O;, R.A.F., second son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dacre, Eaton Crescent, Clifton, and Miss ELIZABETH FRANCES FRASER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Fraser, Johannesburg, South Africa, and niece of Mrs. Capper Pass, of Charmouth, Dorset. 0 The engagement is announced between GEORGE SAMUEL SANSOM, B.SC, M.C., D.F.C., only son of the late Samuel George Claydon Sansom and Mrs. Sansom, of Ravenswood, Horsted Keynes, and DOROTHY VIVIEN, youngest daughter of the Rev. FRANCIS VIVIAN DODGSON, M.A., and Mrs. DODGSON, of Sunny Cliff, Mortehoe, N. Devon, and granddaughter of the late General Sir David Scott Dodgson, K.C.B. The engagement is announced between Capt. A. B. YUILLE, D.F.C., elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Yuille, of Hares- combe, Northwood, Middlesex, and AUDREY VIOLET, elder daughter of Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. WILLIAM MERRICK, of 22, Sheen Gate Gardens, East Sheen, S.W. H n with 5,000 and 10,000 marks for the most practical idea. Further prizes from 20,000 to 50,000 marks are to be offered until a perfect machine is obtained. A German-Swiss Service AN air mail is very shortly to be inaugurated between Bale and Frankfort-on-Main. The mail will leave the aero- drome at Sternenfeld near Bale at 8.30 a.m. each day, and there is to be a connection between Frankfort and Carlsruhe. The Swiss postal authorities are to pay the German autho- rities at the rate of 20 marks per 100 letter cards in addition to the ordinary postage. Newspapers will be carried at the rate of 8 marks per kg. (over 2 lbs.). Bolshevists Lose a Seaplane BOLSHEVIST seaplanes on September 29 bombed Resht, and one crashed behind the Persian Cossack lines. This machine, according to The Times correspondent at Teheran, which is of an antiquated type, is the first aircraft to have passed into the possession of the Persians. IO66
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