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FEBRUARY IO, 1921 THE ROYAL London Gatette,\February i Reseconding.—The^name of Flying Ofir. Richard Vaughan Bramwell-Davis (Lieut., R.F.A.) is as now described, and not as GaietU, April 27, 1920). Flying Branch Pilot Ofir. J. L. FitzR. Creighton to be Flying Offr. ; Dec. 28, 1919. Capt. K. B. S. Greig to be actg. Maj. whilst empld. as Maj. (K.B.) ; from Oct. 30, 1918, to April 30, 1919. Lieut, (actg. Capt.) J. S. Williams, M.C., to be actg. Maj. whilst eropld. as a Maj. (A.) ; from July 1, 1918, to April 30, 1919 (substituted for Gaiette, Aug. 27, 1918). Sec. Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) J. S. Paton relinquishes his temp, commn. on appt. to T.F. Reserve, and is permitted to retain the rank of Capt. Sec. Lieut. D. W. Giles relinquishes his temp, commn. Lieut. C. Reece relinquishes his temp, cornmn. on ceasing to be empld.; March 22, 1919. Transferred to the Unemployed List.—Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) D. A. Sutclifie ; Jan. 18,1919. Lieut. J. M. Vennell; July 13, 1919. Lieut. A. W. Robinson ; Sept. 16, 1919. Lieut. P. V. Holder ; April i+, 1920 (substituted for Gazette, May 7, 1920). Gazette, March 28, 1919, relating to Sec. Lieut. C. E. Jones is cancelled, Gaiette April 4, 1919, stands). Gaxette, Sept. 24, 1918, relating to Flight Cadet J. C. C. Lovelace is cancelled. Administrative Branch Pilot Oflr. W. J. Barker to be Flying Offr. ; Oct. 25, 1919 (since demobil- ised). Lieut. W. M. Long is transfd. to the Unemployed List; May 20, 1919 (substituted for Gazette, July 22, 1919). Notifications in Gazettes of Nov. 7, 1919, and Jan. 6, 1920, relating to Lieut. John Woolfenden are cancelled (Gazette, Nov. 28, 1919, to stand). Technical Branch Lieut, A. F. Perry is transfd. to the Unemployed List; Aug. 8, 1919. Medical Branch Capt. J. J. O'Mullane is transfd. to Unemployed List; Jan. 3. Memoranda Four Cadets are granted hon. commns. as Sec. Lieuts., with effect from date of their demobilisation. Hon. Sec. Lieut. N. M. Ffrench relinquishes his hon. commn. on appt. to T.F. London Gazette, February 4 Permanent Commissions Flying Ofir. L. F. Pendxed, D.F.C., is granted a permanent commn., retaining his present rank and sen. ; Oct. 24, 1919 (Gazette of that date, appointing him to a short service comma., is cancelled). Sqdn. Leader L. T. N. Gould, M.C., is restored to the Active List; Jan. 26. Sqdn. Leader E. L. Miller, M.B.E., relinquishes his permanent commn. on account of ill-health contracted in the Service, and is permitted to retain the rank of Maj.; Jan. 29. Stores Branch The following are granted permanent commns. for Accountant duties, in the ranks stated, with effect from the dates indicated :— AIK Good Speed by Savoia Flying-Boat DURING some recent tests over LakeJMaggiore, a Savoia " S 12 " flying-boat, designed for the Royal Italian Navy, attained a horizontal speed of about 139 m.p.h., and climbed to 13,000 ft. in 21 minutes. It is fitted with an Ansaldo (San Giorgio) engine of about 550 h.p. The "Roma " Semi-Rigid for the U.S. FROM the War Department, Washington, it is announced that the U.S. have acquired the Italian airship " Roma " for $200,000 (roundabout £53,000), which seems pretty cheap for this semirigid craft. Maj. John Thornell, with an Air Service detachment, is to take charge of the transfer to America. The " Roma " was described and illustrated in FLIGHT for September 30 last. It has a capacity of 1,200,000 cubic ft., and her length is 410 ft. She is driven by six 12-cylindered engines of 400 h.p. each. Her estimated speed is 80 miles an hour, and her cruising radius at full speed is 3,300 miles. A New German Aviation Company THE Handley Page Berlin correspondent states that the aviation company recently reported as in course of forma- tion at Dantzic has now been registered there with a sub- scribed capital of 2,000,000 marks under the title of the Internationale Luftschifiahrtsgesellschaft Ileg. The company takes over the existing premises at Dantzic used by the German military authorities during the War as an aeroplane factory, and intends to build suitable flying machines for the new air services. It is said that sufficient aviation material is already available for the construction of at least thirty aeroplanes. The founders of the new venture are a factory proprietor named Lilienthal, who is connected with the Albatros-gesellschaft, and a Dr. Donski, an engineer. The new company claims to have secured a contract from the Polish Government for the conveyance of air mails between Dantzic-Warsaw-Cracow, and regular services between Dant- zic-Posen-Cracow have already been decided upon. Mails between Dantzic and Warsaw by the ordinary methods of transport take several days, as compared with three hours by the aeroplane service now instituted. Dantzic-Lemberg is also included in the new programme. Flight Lieut.—T. C. Miller, M.C. ; Jan. 15. --- •• Flying Officers.—P. J. Farmer ; Jan. 15. H.'Byrne, M.C. ; [ Jan. 29. ' • -...' Short Service Commissions Flying Offr. J. Holthouse resigns his short service commn,, and is permitted to retain the rank of Lieut. ; Jan. 23. The following Flying Offrs. are transfd. to the Res., Cl. B.—H. J. Lucas ; Jan. 21. J. Sewell ; Feb. 5. Stores Branch Flying Offr. H. J. Thomas is granted a short service commn., retaining his present rank and sen. ; June 17, 1920 (for three years on the Active List). The following are granted short service commns. for Accountant duties, in the ranks stated, with effect from Jan. 15 :— Flying Officers.—H. G. Bushell; R. H. Cleverly. Medical BranchThe following are granted short service commns. as Flight Licuts., retaining their present sen., with effect from Feb. 4.—S. E. Duff, M.B., C. McC. Jones,M.A. Flight Lieut. R. Mugliston resigns his short service commn., and is permitted to retain the rank of Capt. ; Feb. 2. Flying Branch The following relinquish their temp, commns. on return to Army duty.— Lieut. J. Fitzgerald (Lieut., l.A.R.O.); May 26, 1919. Lieut. G. Veevers- Carter (Lieut., King Edward's Horse) ; May 30, 1919 (Gazette of Oct. 26, 1920, to stand). Administrative Branch Capt. J. M. Pye-Smith relinquishes his temp, commn. on appt. to T.F. Reserve, and is permitted to retain his rank. Capt. A. A. Gawn relinquishes his temp, commn., and is permitted to retain his rank ; Oct. 10, 1919. Stores BranchThe following are granted temp, commns. for Accountant duties in the ranks stated, with efiect from the dates indicated :— Flying Officers.—A. B. Holt, E. V. Humphrey, E. C. M. Knott, H. A.Lotherington, C. N. Scott, A. D. Stonehouse, C. E. Treadgold; Jan. 15. S. A. Alexander, C. G. Riley ; Jan. 27. Pilot Officers.—1. W. Gray, F. O. Hall, M. J. Hayes, B. C. Powell ; Jan. 15. Medical Branch F. R. Humphreys (Maj., R.A.M.C., T.F.) is granted a temp, commn. as Flight Lieut., and to be Hon. Sqdn. Leader ; Jan. 31. Memoranda The name of 110099 Overseas Cadet Sidney Basil Howitt Esteourt is as now described, and not S. B. Escourt, as Gazette, June 10, 1919 Nine Cadets are granted hou. commns. as Sec. Lieuts., with efiect from the date of their demobilisation. The seniority of all officers granted commns. in the Stores Branch for Accountant duties is provisional only. The final seniority list of all such officers will be promulgated when the establishment is completed. Germany and International Air-Traffic A STATEMENT has been published in the Cologne Gazette made by Herr Colsmann, who for many years was a co- worker with Count Zeppelin. In this Herr Colsmann deals with the future of the Zeppelin aircraft and says :—Zeppelin traffic for Germany alone is not to be thought of, especially on account of the cost and because the Peace Treaty ties our hands. Air traffic can therefore only be international, with international capital. As regards the building of separate Zeppelins, Germany up to now has been in the first position. The Entente countries still lack knowledge of the method of construction. They have not our trained workers, our long experience in construction. Should Germany let her achievements rust, because she can make no use of it, or give her knowledge to the world in general ? Herr Colsmann believes that the latter is the better plan and states that the company has decided to offer the German Zeppelin as a means of traffic, to other countries. Negotiations are in progress with a French firm, but so far no tangible results are forthcoming. New Zealand Air Mail and the United States System FROM New York comes the news that New Zealand is, according to J. B. Murphy, of Timarou, to establish aeroplane mail routes along the lines already proved to be practical by the United States Post Office Department. Mr. Murphy is interested in an aircraft operating company in. Timarou, one of the big cities of South Island, New Zealand. He has been visiting New York for a demonstration of the ten- passenger Liberty-engined Curtiss " Eagle," with a view to utilising it in a tourist sight-seeing service over Mount Cook, which is the great objective point of tourists in New Zealand. He is, he states, already carrying passengers around the 13,000-ft. peak in smaller machines, supplied to his company by the New Zealand Government. The Governments also encouraging civilian aeronautics by establishing landing- fields. Mr. Murphy's company proposes to operate from Timarou between the cities of Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill, 400 miles n one direction and 100 miles in another. He has % contract to carry the air- mails. 104
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