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lies somewhere between the two ends of the proposi- tion. Either way we take it, it seems perfectly clear that our own policy is badly wanting in prevision, while to say that the policy of the Government in relation to civil aviation is wanting in generosity is simply to make a burlesque statement of which is nevertheless a fact. Here we have our very good friend and ally, France, making provision to go ahead at a pace which will very shortly give her an unchallengeable lead in air power, both military and civil. She has a perfect right to follow out whatever policy seems best to her. She would be foolish, with the Hun at her gates, to do anything else but place herself in a position from which she can view with complacency the hopes of revenge which we know are cherished on the other side of the Rhine. Further, if France sees far enough to be able to appreciate the possibilities of the new transport and to realise that in a strong FEBRUARY IO, 192 I civil side of the aerial movement lies the best guarantee of superiority in time of war, she would be acting against her own interests did she not spend money now on securing the lead she means to have in the future. But while she is doing this, we see at home the sordid spectacle of an Air Ministry being used as a pawn in the political game of place-seeking. We see the civil side of the movement being starved to death and an industry which did more than any other to win the War being allowed to die of inanition. The airship branch of the Service is being wiped out and nobody knows what is to become of its personnel and material. Economy in this essential direction, in which we should be making up our minds to spend money, is the order of the day, so that the Government may have huge sums to spend upon vote-catching schemes of " social reform " which lead us nowhere except along the road to bankruptcy. AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE REPORTS Further Reports of the Advisory Committee for INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS. 45. Effective Inductance, Effective Resistance and Self- Capacity of Magneto Windings. (With Diagrams.) Novem- ber, 1919. Price is. 3d. REPORTS AND MEMORANDA. 537. A Flight in Rigid Airship "R. 26." (With Diagrams.) May. 1918. Price 6d. _ . . Aeronautics Published by H.M. Stationery Office. 570. Calculation of the Periods and Damping Factors of Aeroplane Oscillations, and a Comparison, with Observations. (With Diagrams.) February, 1919. Price gd. 663. Viscosity of some Cellulose Acetate Solutions. (With Diagrams.) November, 1919- Price 3d. 672. Measurement of Static Pressure, Some Experiments on. (With Diagrams.) Price bd. A "VIKING" AT WESTMINSTER ON Tuesday of this week, at three o'clock, to the tick, of Big Ben, Capt. Cockerell arrived according to schedule on a Vickers "Viking," 450 h.p. Napier "Lion" engine, from Brooklands, and after cruising around in the mist made a perfect landing on the river in front of the Houses of Parliament. Taking off again, he made another circle, and alighted a second time, and finally got off and returned to Brooklands. By this fine flight, made in very bad misty weather, Capt. Cockerell demonstrated the feasibility of running passenger services from the heart of great cities fortunate enough to have a river, without the waste of time entailed in getting to and from an aerodrome. The inset photograph shows the " Viking " gliding down over West- minster Bridge to alight, and the main picture shows it taxying in front of the Houses of Parliament. An illustrated description of this amphibian appeared in FLIGHT, Sept. 23 last The Vickers "Viking" on the Thames 92 -.*...-.- 'Plight" Copyright
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