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Flight, January 20, 1921 BNGINEEFL AIRSHIPS : ~ ', 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. 630 (No. 3, Vol. XIII.) JANUARY 20, 1921 TWeekly, Price 6d.L Post free, 7d. Flight the Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2 Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828 Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free : United Kingdom .. 30s. 4<2. Abroad .. .. 33s. od.* These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormal conditions and to increases in postage rates * Eurupean subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS Editorial Comment The Future of the Air MinistryAircraft for Gairiso- Work The Magnpto Indu-tryThe Capital Ship Controversy With the Canvra and the 'Plane: Tombs of thi MamelukesThe London-Continental Services .. The Piscbof 16 h.p. " Avionette "Palmer Broad Tread Aero Tyres Royal Aero Club Notices .. .. :A Proposed American Transport Aeroplane Notices to AirmenRoyal Aeronautical Society Cambridge University Aeronautical SocietyAirisms from the Four Winds Aircraft v. Submarine?The Royal Air Force The Apax Plug-CleanerCompany Doings .. .. .. Personals .. PAGE . 3535 3636 3738 3940 4142 4343 4344 4648 49 •5050 DIAEY 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: Jan. 20 ... Lecture, "The Cost of Air-Ton-Miles, Com- pared with other Forms of Transport/' by Lord Montagu oi Beanlien, before R.Ae.S. Feb. 20-22 Aero Club of France Grand Prix Mar. 20-22 Aero Club of France Grand Prix April 20-22 Aero Club of France Grand Prix T seems to be reasonably certain that before long Mr. Churchill will leave the War Office to become Secretary of State for the Colonies. That means also that the post of Secretary for Air will become vacant, and will thus afford the Prime Minister an opportunity of correcting what most people regard as a mistake in policy and of replacing the present anomalous system of control of the War Office and the Air Ministry by a single The Minister by two separate heads of these crfthe6 ^"eat departments. Whether he will Air Ministry do so remains to be seen, but it is likely that a determined effort will be made to induce him to do so. We agree that Mr. Churchill has not done at all badly in the dual capacity he has been called upon to fill. Probably he has done a good deal better than any other member of the present Government would have done in the same circum- stances, but that does not justify the continuance of what at the best can only be regarded as a dubious experiment. Here let us say that we wish it had been possible for the present Air Minister to have carried on in that capacity alone, free from the trammels of any other office. There is no member of the Government who knows as much about the Air Service and its needs, or who has so wTide an outlook on the future— especially in the matter of civil aviation—as Mr. Churchill. It was due to him almost entirely that the outbreak of war found the Navy in possession of ' an aerial arm of any kind. During the War and since he has given every evidence of a complete understanding of the problems of aerial policy, and we regret exceedingly that the re-shuffling of the Cabinet should now be leading to his retirement from the Air Ministry. However, he is going, and the principal -x thing that matters now is to see that the Pooh-bah scheme of giving one Minister control over two or more Departments of State is not allowed to be perpetuated without a vigorous protest. Aircraft for Garrison Work At the Royal United Service Institution the other night a most interesting and instructive lecture was given by Wing- Commander Gossage on the subject of " The Use of the Air Force for Replacing Military Garrisons." The lecturer pointed out that at a time when economy should be a guiding light, the Nav r and Army are being maintained at approxi- mately their pre-War establishment, with the Air Force" superimposed. If the latter were properly used, it could effect an absolute saving in reducing the numbers of Army, garrisons by performing many of their duties. Last summer six garrisons were isolated by enemy tribesmen within 200 miles of Baghdad, and about ij divisions had to be sent from India to effect their relief at great cost and at the expense of numerous casualties. If the local disorder had been dealt with in its incipient phases we should never have been entangled in this very costly small war. Everv place within the 200 miles' radius of Baghdad could be under observation "by aircraft centred at that place. Before the rising of last
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