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JANUARY 20, 1921 " WE are at the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities " (Mr. Rudyard Kipling upon the future of aircraft). This very happy pronouncement was in a letter to Air-Commodore E. M- Maitland, who quoted it in the course of his charming lecture the other day at the annual juvenile gathering of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Y praiseworthy is the appeal of the Prince of Wales B ^200,000 Fund in aid of the Boy Scout movement. From this source there are the greatest possibilities for " feeding " the ranks of the R.A.F., and, no doubt appreciating this, Sir Sam Waring, who was so successfully to the fore during the War in connection with aeroplane construction, is acting as Chairman of the Fund, and backed his opinion by adding ^1,000 to a similar amount given by the Pro- prietors of the Daily Telegraph, through whom the appeal is being primarily made. We note also the name of Sir Marcus Samuel, of Shell fame, down for 1 ,ooo guineas, and his gift has a valuable condition attached to it—that at least twenty subscriptions of £1,000 shall be forthcoming. This is merely a " reminder," as there can be no manner of doubt but that the requisite number of Donors will toe the line. MR. HOLT THOMAS'S " Aerial Transport " has been trans- lated into Japanese by the Imperial Aero Society of Japan. APPARENTLY trouble is already in sight anent those wedding stunts in the air in America. It is a question, as we suggested, of legality according to the State in which they are alleged to have taken place, the respective marriage laws of which are varied and peculiar. Who, it is asked, is to prove that, at the moment of the marriage ceremony, the 'plane was over one State rather than another ? The parties may have complied with all the conditions required by the State of Idaho, but what if too much right control or left control has taken the machine over Wyoming or Oregon ? It looks as though a captive balloon might be a safer choice is the suggestion of one optimist. RUMOUR hath it that by the summer of 1922 a very exten- sive Trans-Atlantic airship service will be in operation, with preliminary flutters this year. Lisbon is named as the regular jumping-off point, with London as the port for the return journey. ANOTHER rumour this week, which has promptly been discounted, was that Martlesham Heath air station is to be scrapped. Perhaps, but we can hardly think just yet. As a result of the important experiments with wireless which Mr. Marconi now has in hand, considerable benefit is likely to accrue to aviation, as the devices with regard to aiding navigation at sea, in foggy and thick weather, are likely to be directly reflected in their application for pilots of aero- planes and airships. THE Zeppelin factories in Germany are said to be very active and alive, although for the moment aircraft may not be the actual goods being turned out. They are, however, in such splendid running order, that at any moment they could be switched over to their old operations. IT is a matter of concern just now, in view of the allegations of the French as to the intentions apparent in the resistance by Germany to the demands of the Allies to scrap their .facilities for military aircraft reconstruction. Marshal Foch's recent report upon the subject is instructive in this direction. Aerial material surrendered by Germany, the Marshal states, includes 26,823 aeroplane motors (or 90 per cent, of the total number of aeroplane engines in Germany), 13,079 aeroplanes and hydroplanes (or 92 per cent, of the total), and six airships. The Allied Control Commission, however, has discovered important hidden stocks of aerial material, including 7,930 aeroplane motors and 281 aero- planes and hydroplanes. The German Government itself, according to the Marshal, has recognised the existence of hidden material, and declares that it is ready to vote a new law rendering its declaration obligatory. Twenty per cent, of the German aeroplane sheds have been destroyed and 5,000 aeroplane machine-guns surrendered to the Allies, but fresh infringements of the stipulations laid down by the Boulogne Conference have been observed. The Junker factories have built 150 civilian aeroplanes ; the Fokker factories have built three, and have one other under construction ; the L.F.G. factories are building a new type of hydroplane. In the Sablatnig factories three civilian aeroplanes have been built, and one is now under construc- tion. Eleven aeroplanes have been discovered at Hamburg HHHHHHHH The Zeppelin Staaken Monoplane in Flight: This machine, which is built of metal throughout, was described in a recent issue of FLIGHT. It carries 18 passen- gers in a comfortable cabin. Our photo- graph gives an ex- cellent idea of the arrangement of the engines. The yawing moment set. up by the cutting- out of one of the outer engines must be very great, and this feature would appear to be a very bad one in an other- wise good design. 13 H El H H H m H H S SI El H 13 SI 13 HHHHHHHH
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