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Flight, December 16, 1920 S AIRCRAFTBNGINEEFL First Aero Weekly in the World Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 625 (No. 51, Vol. XII.) DECEMBER I6, 1920 [•Weekly, Price 6d.L Post free, 7d. The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2 Telegrams: Truditur, Weitcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828 Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free : United Kingdom .. 30s. id. Abroad 33s. oi.*These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormal conditions and to increases in postage rates * Europian subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE The Progress of Civil Aviation .. .. .. .. .. 1265 Germany Going Ahead 1265 Economy at Home .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1266 An Important Pronouncement .. .. .. .. .. 1268 The Naval Construction Controversy .. .. .. .. 1268 Camera and the 'Plane 1267 Some Dornier Milestones .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1269 Royal Aero Club Official Notices 1274 The Supplementary Air Estimates.. .. .. .. .. .. 1274 Commercial Aviation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1275 Airship Mooring and Handling. By Flight-Lieut. F. L. C. Butcher .. 1276 Royal Aeronautical Society Notices 1280 The London-Continental Services 0 Airisms from the Four Winds 1281 The Royal Air Force 1282 Models 1283 Sidewinds 4 DIARY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS. Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in the following list: Dec. 16 1921 Jan. 20 Lectures, " Possible Developments of Aircraft Engines," by Mr. H. Ricardo, and "The Instalment of Aeroplane Engines.'' by Mr. A. J. Rowledge, before R.Ae.S., at Royal Society of Arts Lecture, "The Cost of Air-Ton-Miles, com- pared with other Forms of Transport,'' by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, before R.Ae.S. [HE Half-yearly Report on the Progress of Civil Aviation, which was recently issued as a Parliamentary Paper, forms interesting reading. It covers the period from April I to September 30, and for the purposes of examina- tion may very well be divided into two parts—one relating to the pro- gress made by other nations, and the other to things that have happened in this country during the period The Progress of Civil Aviation covered by Gen. Sykes' Report. Taking these in the order named, we find that a considerable amount of development has taken place abroad since the issue of the last Report. Practically every Euro- pean country has apparently realised that aviation is the transport method of the future, and has taken steps, within its means, to encourage its development by all means possible. There is no need to traverse trie work which is being done by any but the more important countries, and we shall, there- fore, content ourselves with a brief glance at what these have done and are doing. We are already tolerably familiar with the progress which has been made in France under the beneficent system of encouragement pursued by the French Government. The Report says : " As a consequence of the subsidies granted to air transport companies carrying out regular services, a considerable number of air routes have been organised and are working regularly. Simultaneously, new air transport com- panies have sprung into existence, and the older con- cerns have concentrated their efforts by amalgama- tion. . . . Developments have not yet been attended by the evolution of new types of commercial aircraft." True, there is not a great deal said in this, but what there is eloquent in justification of the policy of subsidies which is being followed by France. The main issue is that, as the Controller-General points out, " a considerable number " of new French air routes are being opened up, while here in England the one or two which are working are hard put to it to exist at all, while of encouragement to others to come in and establish new services there is next to none. None at alL in fact, so far as the Government is concerned. • • • , It is when we turn to the record of pro-Germany g ress ma(ie by our late enemy, Germany, Going Ahead°i , / i •,•• • , j i: that we confess ourselves disquieted by the facts disclosed by the Report. Gen. Sykes says : " In spite of the restrictions imposed by the Peace Treaty and the petrol shortage, civil aviation in Germany has progressed since the date of the last Report; air transport services have been opened, and German aircraft manufacturers have displayed considerable interest in the future possibilities of foreign markets. . . . With the object of assisting ' . ' .,--:• - . • c 2
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