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Flight, February 3, 1921 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. 632 (No. 5, Vol. XIII.) FEBRUARY 3, 1921 fWeekly, Price 6d.L Post free, 7d. Flight The A ircraft Engineer and A irships 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. +d. Abroad .. .. 33s. od.* These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormal conditions and to increases in postage rates • European subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE The Future of the Air Force .. .. .. ., .. .. 69 A Restricted Vision .. .. .. .... .. ." 70 A Separate Air Minister . .. .. .. .. ,. .. 70 An Important Invention .. .. . . .. .. .. ye The " Big Ship" Controversy.. ..... 72 The Vickers " Viking ' Amphibian !. .. 71 London-Continental Services .. .. .. .. .. .. 72 Aveline "Automatic Pilot" . _\ 73 Royal Aero Club Official Notices .. . . .. .. yf,Kotics to Airmen .. .. .. .. .. ., ,. [. 77 German Disarmament .. . 78The Wreck of the " R.34" \ .. .. 78 Royal Aeronautical Society Official Notiros .. .. ,. .. 79By Sea, Land and Air—The Transport Trinity .. .. .. .. 79 " L. 64" and " L. 71" .. .. .. .. .. . s0 Howard Lectures: Royal Society of Arts 84 Airisms from the Four Winds .. .. .. .. .. .. 85The Royal Air Force ,. ' 87 Sidewinds .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. .. 88 DIABY 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 : Lecture, "The Napier Lion Engine," by A. J. Rowledge, before Cambridge University Ae.S. Lecture, " Aerial Manoeuvres and Stability," by Prof. L. Bairstow, before Cambridge University Ae.S. Lecture, "The Handley Page Wing," by F. Handley Page, before R.Ae.S. Aero Club ol France Grand Prix Lecture, "Possible Developments in Aircraft Engines," by Lieut-Col. H. T. Tizard, before Cambridge University Ae.S. Lecture, "Airship Fabrics," by J. W. W. Dyer, before R.Ae.S. Lecture, "Parachutes," by Maj. T. Orde-Lees, before R.Ae.S. Lecture, " The Artificial Control of Weather," •by Sir Napier Shaw, before Cambridge Uni- versity Ae.S. Lecture, " Flying Boat Construction," by Capt. D. Nicholson, before R.Ae.S. Aero Club of France Grand Prix "• Monaco Seaplane Meeting Aero Club of France Grand Prix Entries Close for Schneider Cup Provisional Date for Schneider Cup . * Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. 9 ... 16 ... 17 ... 20-22 23 ... 3 ... 3 ... 9 ... 17 ... Mar. 20-22 April 13 20 April 20-22 June 1 ... Sept. 30 ... EDITORIAL COMMENT MPELLED by the near translation of Mr. Churchill to the Colonial Office, the Morning Post has returned to its pet theme of abolishing the R.A.F. as a separate Service and reconstituting the R.N.A.S. and the R.F.C. The arguments it adduces to bolster up its reactionary case are almost humorous, or would be if they were not pathetic. It believes that " the naval and military authorities regard the incorporation The of the aerial arm into the two fighting of^trT6 Services as essential." " In the con- Air Force duct °f war ^ ^s an elementary axiom that all arms—cavalry, infantry, artil- lery, engineers, and all the rest—must be placed under one supreme command, in order that the whole of the forces available may be directed to one end at one time." " That the Air Service is an auxiliary arm is surely indisputable." And so on, through a whole column of false premises and equally false ldgic. We suspect that the'military correspondent of the Post has a hand in all that, and that his famous luncheon parties have lately led him amongst the more crusted fossils of the War Office, who, over the liqueurs, have impressed upon him that this upstart young Service must be nipped in the bud—that it must never be allowed to blossom into full flower. However that may be, it is unfortunate that so usually responsible an organ of opinion as the Morning Post should be taking the line it is. There is nothing at all in the arguments adduced to show cause why the reactionary change should be made. Of course a certain number of naval and military " authorities " —including Col. Repington, no doubt—regard it as essential that the separate Air Service should be split up again. But the mere fact that they so regard the matter does not necessarily make it " essential." That is a question which can only be decided upon the whole of the evidence, and the weight of the latter is very clearly in favour of things as they are. WTe agree with the "elementary axiom " stated by our contemporary, and so far as our recollection serves us, neither we nor any other critics of the split Air Service have ever denied it. We have gone farther, and have consistently maintained that air formations operating with fleets and armies must always be C 2
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