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DECEMBER 16, 1920 THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE U.K. OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS Official World's Records Passed by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, January 6 to October 20, 1920. CLASS C (FLYING MACHINES) No. 1. DURATION: (Returning to the point of departure without alighting). L. Boussoutrot and Jean Bernard : Villesauvage-La Marmogne. June 3-4, 1920. Farman " Goliath," 43 m. 42f s. 10 h. 19 m. 46 s. 2-260 h.p. Salmson 24 h. 19 m. 7 s. No. 2. DISTANCE : (Returning to the point of departure without alighting). L. Boussoutrot and J. Bernard : Villesauvage-La Marmogne. ^une 3-4, 1920. Farman " Goliath," 2-260 h.p. Salmson .. .. .. 1,915-2 Kilometres. No. 3. HEIGHT : (Returning to the point of departure without alighting). R. W. Schroeder: Dayton, Ohio. February 27, 1920. Le Pere Biplane, 400 h.p. Le Pere . . . . .. 10,093 Metres. No. 4. SPEED : (a) Speed over a Given Distance. (Returning to the point of departure.) 100 Kilometres : B. de Romanet : Villesauvage-Gidy. September 25, 1920. Spad-Herbemont, 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza .. .. 23 m. i6± s. G. Kirsch : Villesauvage-Gidy. Sep- tember 25, 1920. Nieuport, 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza .. .. .. 22 m. 18 s. Sadi Lecointe : Villesauvage-Gidy. September 25, 1920. Nieuport, 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza . . .. 21 m. 28 s. 200 Kilometres : G. Kirsch: Villesauvage-Gidy. Sep- tember 28, 1920. Nieuport, 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza .. .. .. 48 m. 52$ s. B. de Romanet: Villesauvage-Gidy. September 28, 1920. Spad-Herbemont, 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza . . . . 46 m. 7 s. Sadi Lecointe : Villesauvage-Gidy. September 28, 1920. Nieuport, 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza i,000 Kilometres : L. Boussoutrot and Jean Bernard : Villesauvage-La Marmogne. June 3-4, 1920. Farman " Goliath," 2-260 h.p. Salmson 1,500 Kilometres : L. Boussoutrot and Jean Bernard : Villesauvage-La Marmogne. June 3-4, 1920. Farman " Goliath," 2-260 h.p. Salmson .. .. .. 16 h. 42 m. 8 s. (b) Greatest speed per hour. (Over a straight-line course of 1 Kilometre.) Sadi Lecointe : Villacoublay. Febru- ary 7, 1920. Nieuport, 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza 275 862 Kilometres. Jean Casale : Villacoublay. February 28, 1920. Spad-Herbemont Biplane, 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza .. .. 283-464 Kilometres. B. de Romanet : Buc. October 9, 1920. Spad-Herbemont, 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza .. . . . . 292 • 682 Kilometres. Sadi Lecointe : Buc. October 10, , 1920. Nieuport, 300 h.p. Hispano- Suiza .. .. 296694 Kilometres. Sadi Lecointe : Villacoublay. October 20, 1920. Nieuport, 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza .. .. .. 302529 Kilometres. No. 5. USEFUL LOAD TRANSPORTED • Duration, 1,500 Kilogrammes. G. T. R. Hill : Cricklewood. May 4, 1920. Handley Page W. 8, 2-450 h.p. Napier " Lion " .. . . .. 1 h. 20 m. Height : 1,500 Kilogrammes. G. T. R. Hill : Cricklewood. May 4, 1920. Handley Page W. 8, 2-450 h.p. Napier " Lion " 4,267 metres. Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. SUPPLEMENTARY AIR ESTIMATES FROM a supplementary estimate issued on December 10, it appears that a further sum of £1,935,300 is required for the Air Service for the year ending March 31, 1921. Authority is also sought from Parliament for the utilisation of surpluses on certain Air Votes, including excess appropriations in aid, amounting to /2,050,80c The items in the estimate are the cost of the formation of five additional squadrons, with their ancillary establishments, the cost of certain new works services, the grant of outfit allowances to certain classes of officers, the meeting of deficits on other Air Votes, and also for the increase in the total estimated cost of improvements to regimental and other temporary accommodation. The following is a summary of the figures :— Estimated cost of the formation of five £ £ additional squadrons, etc. . . . . 267,000 Estimated cost of new works services . . 141,550 Estimated cost of outfit allowances . . 37,300 Total deficits . . .. .. . . 3,540,250 3,986,100 Total surpluses . . . . . . . . 1,613,400 Excess appropriations in aid .. .. 437,400 . ... 2,050,800 Supplementary estimate required £1,935,300 A statement showing the amounts already voted, and the revised totals for the year 1920—21, is given. Nine votes are included, and the aggregate figures are :— .-• Gross Appropriations Net Total. in aid. Total. £ • I i Original estimate .. 22,829,619 1,772,689 21,056,930 Supplementary estimate now presented .. 2,372,700 437,400 1,935,300 Revised estimate .. 25,202,319 2,210,089 22,992,230 In an explanatory memorandum it is pointed»out that the Air Ministry has during the year effected a number of savings and under-spendings on its votes which, together with additional credits, aggregate £2,050,800. The savings were sufficient not only to pay for the additional expense involved in raising the five extra squadrons authorised by the Cabinet in July last, and other minor additions, but also to yield a surplus to the Exchequer of approximately ^1,500,000. So far, therefore, as the expenditure of the present financial year is concerned, there has been a substantial net saving on Air Ministry votes. This situation has been reversed by an additional charge due by the Air Ministry to the Ministry of Munitions in respect of the liquidation of War-time con- tracts. To meet all such charges a total sum of £3,250,000 was taken in the original Air Ministry estimates for this year. This has.proved insufficient, the total charges for the year being well over ^6,000,000. It has been decided that, although the extra charge of approximately ^3,000,000 has already been paid by the Ministry of Munitions in 1919-20, it should be borne on the votes of the Air Ministry" for 1920-21, and credited to the Ministry of Munitions, and that it is not a proper subject for an excess vote on the estimate for 1919- 20. The supplementary vote for Air Services consequently arises solely from these arrears of past expenditure on War contracts, and on the actual expenditure of the present year, in spite of certain additions, there is a substantial net saving. H 0 B 0 ' Signal Experiments at Croydon . WHAT appeared from the outside of the aerodrome to be a firework display was held at Croydon on December 9. As a matter of fact it was a series of demonstrations and tests with rockets, star and smoke shells, parachute lights, etc., designed to facilitate landing at night or in a fog. 1274 V
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