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1921 - 0101.PDF
FEBRUARY IO, 192 I PREPARING TO TAKE OVER " B.38 " : An American crew studyingthe installation of one of the Sunbeam engines of " R.38," purchased by the U.S.A. the strength of the cavalry during the next few months;but this is not to be taken as indicating that any of the mounted regiments now in the Army List are to be dis-banded. " With the advent of the aeroplane the uses of cavalryin modern warfare have, of course, been greatly diminished, and there are even authorities who considerthat the whole force is obsolete." IT was only last week that we mentionedthe election of Mr. Myron T. Herrick to the Presidency of the Aero Club of America, andnow the report is circulated, and finds much favour, that he is a possible U.S. Ambassadorto this country. As we then stated, Mr. Herrick was one time U.S. Ambassador toFrance, in the very critical days of 1914, and a characteristic story of him is now beingrecalled. On being congratulated on his escapefrom a German bomb which fell near the Embassy in Paris : " Don't you think," heasked, "that the death of an Ambassador of the United States would have beenmore useful to you just now than his life? "Mr. Herrick's appointment should be helpful to Anglo-American relationship, as heis not without British ties, he being an offshoot of the Leicestershire Herricks, the descendants of the poet. HAVING considerable support from the French constructors,it is now quite possible that an Aeronautical Salon will be organised in Paris at the Grand Palais, either in Decemberthis year or January, 1922. ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY NOTICES Lectures.—Next meeting at 5.30 p.m. onFebruary 17, when Mr. F. Handley Page, C.B.E., Fellow, will read a paper on " TheHandley Page Wing." Obituary.—It is with great regret that thedeath of Col. James Smith Park, M.V.O., is announced. Col. Smith Park was one ofthe most active Members of the Committee of the Scottish Branch, on which he had servedsince its inception. Donations.—The Council desire to acknowledge with grate-ful thanks the gift from Mrs. Lawrence Hargrave of a large number of notebooks, papers, negatives and lantern slidesbelonging to her late husband. Lawrence Hargrave did a large amount of most valuable experimental work in Aus-tralia, mainly in connection with kites, between the years 1884 and 1908, and is deservedly considered one of the mostimportant of the early pioneers of aviation. Arrangements have been made for these records to be carefully gone through,with a view to the extraction of any data which should be put on historical record and which has not been previouslypublished. W. LOCKWOOD MARSH,Secretary ObituaryOn October 15, 1920, at Colombo, Ceylon, of pneumonia following on enteric fever, HORACE A. H. LEETHAM, lateR.A.F., only son of Mr. A. R. P. Leetham, Government Inspector of Schools, and Mrs. Leetham, of " Stella Maris,"Browning Road, Colombo, Ceylon. Deeply mourned by his Service friends. To be MarriedThe engagement is announced of Capt. ALBERT BAIRD FANSTONB, A.F.C., late R.F.C. and R.A.F., younger son ofthe Rev. James and Mrs. Fanstone, of Hassocks, Sussex, and RUTH, only daughter of the late Mr. WIILLAM HILLand of Mrs. HILL, of 3, Palmeira Square, Hove. '•-. The marriage arranged between FRANCIS HARBROE SHALES,Flying Officer, R.A.F., and SYLVIA VIOLET WARNER, daughterof Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Warner, St. Mary's, Winchester, will take place quietly on Thursday, February 17, at the ParishChurch, Marylebone, London. Air Mails and Malta REFERENCE was made recently to the possible openingup of the postal service to Malta by the advent of the airship voyages contemplated by the Air Ministry. It is now statedthat tie Maltese Government offers £16,000 per annum as a subsidy for the conveyance of mails to and from Syracuse. The engagement is announced of ERROLL D. SHEAR**(late Capt. Hampshire Regt., and R.A.F.), of Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S., and Sidcup, Kent, and DOROTHY, only daughter ofMr. C. W. E. PITTAR, I.C.S. (retired), and Mrs. PITTAR,of Elmdene, Banbury Road, Oxford. ItemsCol. SMITH PARK, for forty years connected with theAllan Line and latterly a director of Sir William Beardmore and Co., died suddenly in Glasgow on February 1. He gaveimportant evidence on behalf of shipowners before Royal and other commissions, and was an ardent advocate of uni-versal physical and military training. He took part in the first trip of the airship " R.34." The will of Mr. EDWARD BREMER BUCHANAN, of Hampstead,N.W., Assistant Irrigation Officer, Mesopotamia, formerly of the Artists' Rifles, R.F.A., and later Flight Commander,R.A.F., who was killed by Arabs, has been proved at £1,301. There are only about five tons of mail'matter to be transportedeach week. For this the Government is prepared to pay at the rate ofabout £60 per ton, and there are no doubt passengers who would prefer air travel at a fare of £5 to £10 to travel bythe Italian steamships at £j 10s. 101
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