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FEBRUARY 17, 1921 IKe Rocsal £Tero Clu of the United Kiz\gddi OFFICIAL /NOTICES TO MEMBERS BE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THE Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom will be held on Wednesday, March 30, 1921, at 3, Clifford Street, New Bond Street, London, W.i, at 6 p.m. Notices of Motion for the Annual General Meeting must be received by the Secretary not less than twenty-one days before the Meeting, and must be-signed by at least five Members. Committee In accordance with the Rules, the Committee shall consist of 18 Members. Members are elected to serve for two years, half the Committee retiring annually. Retiring Members are eligible for re-election. The retiring Members of the Committee are :— Lieut.-Col. John D. Dunville. Lieut-Col. Spenser D. A. Grey, D.S.O. Brig.-Gen. Sir Capel Holden, K.C.B., F.R.S. Squadron-Leader T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C., R.A.F. Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean. • Air-Commodore E. M. Maitland, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.F. The Viscount Northclifie. Lieut.-Col. Alec Ogilvie. F. Handley Page. Any two Members of the Club can nominate a Member to serve on the Committee, provided the consent of the Member has been previously obtained. The name of the Member thus nominated, with the name of his proposer and seconder, must be sent in writing to the Secretary not less than fourteen days befdre the Annual General Meeting. FLYING SERVICES FUND COMMITTEE A Meeting of the Flying Services Fund Committee was held on Friday, January 28, 1921, when there were present : Gronp-Capt. C. R. Samson, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.F., in the Chair, Mr. Chester Fox, Squadron-Leader T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C., R.A.F., and the Secretary. Applications for Assistance.—Forty-six applications for assistance were considered and Grants and Allowances were voted amounting to £611 18s. 3d. RACING COMMITTEE A Meeting of the Racing Committee was held on Wednesday, February 2, 1921, when there were present : Maj.-Gen. Sir Sefton Brancker, K.C.B., in theChair, Col. F. Lindsay Lloyd, C.M.G., C.B.E. H The following attended by invitation : Capt. H. E. P. D. Acland (Messrs. Vickers, Ltd.), Commander James Bird (Supermarine Aviation Works, Ltd.), Mr. E. B. Parker (Messrs. Short Bros.), Mr. Rhodes (Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co.), Mr. O. E. Simmonds (Cambridge University Aeronautical Society), Harold E. Perrin, Secretary. Schneider Cup, 1921.—The regulations for the Race for 1921 were reported. The question of the Club making a grant towards the expenses of the British Competitors was discussed and- referred to the Club Committee. British Seaplane Races.—It was decided not to proceed with the proposed Seaplane Circuit of Great Britain, but to endeavour to arrange a series of races at Cowes during August. COMMITTEE MEETING A Meeting of The Committee was held on Wednesday, February 9, 1921, when there were present: Brig.-Gen. Sir Capel Holden, K.C.B., F.R.S., in the Chair; Maj.-Gen. Sir Sefton Brancker, K.C.B. ; Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall ; Col. F. Lindsay Lloyd, C.M.G., C.B.E. ; Lieut.-Col. Alec Ogilvie; Lieut.-Col. Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B. ; Group-Capt. C. R.,Samson, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.F. ; and the Secretary. Election of Members.—The following New Members were elected :— * Ernest Allen. William Karl Arnott. Ernest Basil Kelsey. " • William John Ley (Late Lieut. R.A.F.). Luigi Mapelli di Pietro. "i Sub- Committees.—Reports from the following Sub- Committees were received and adopted : Racing Committee, Finance Committee, Flying Services Fund Committee. Aviators' Certificates.—The following Aviators' Certi- ficates were granted :— 7909. Joseph Louis Mazzucco. 7910. Charles Clinton Briggs. 7911. Henry George Crowe, M.C. INTERNATIONAL MICHELIN CUP (Open to all Countries affiliated to the F.A.I.) under the Regulations of the F'.A.I. 20,000 francs per annum for eight years (Total 160,000 francs) GENERAL REGULATIONS Messrs. A. and E. Michelin have entrusted to the Aero Club de France the drawing up of the Regulations which will be revised each year according to the importance of the progress made. These Regulations must be ratified by Messrs. Michelin. ART. 1.—Each year, before January i, the Regulations will be forwarded by the Aero Club de France to all Federa- tions or Clubs affiliated to the F.A.I. ART. 2.—The winner of the Cup, each year, will be the pilot of the aircraft which, at the expiration of the year in question, is the holder of the record, in accordance with the Regulations for the year in question. No one may compete who is not a Member of the Club (federated or affiliated) of the country in which the attempt is made. ART. 3.—The record, to be valid, must have been ratified by the Federation or Club controlling aeronautical sport in each country, in accordance with the Statutes and Regulations of the F.A.I. The tests will be controlled in each country by the Aviation Commission of the Club recognised by the Federation. ART. 4.—The winner of the Cup each year will receive, in addition to a replica'in bronze of the objet d'art of the value of 10,000 francs (which constitutes the Cup), a sum of 20,000 francs, which will be awarded within thirty days of the ratification of his record. ART. 5.—Each year a similar replica will be forwarded to the federated Club of the country in which'the record has been established provided the Club does not already possess a replica. The original will be awarded to the Club finally holding the Cup. ART. 6.—If the Cup is not won in any one year, the amount of the prize will be added to the 20,000 francs for the following year, and so on. Regulations for 1921—Tour de France Prize ART. 1.—In accordance with Art. 4 of the General Regu- lations, the Michelin Cup, 1921, will be endowed with a sum of 20,000 francs. The holder of the Cup for 1921 will be the pilot of an aircraft, Class C (flying machine), who, before January 1, 1922, has covered at the greatest commercial speed per hour, a course in a closed circuit of about 3,000 kilometres ; in accordance with the present Regulations. A diploma and a replica of the Michelin Cup by Moreau- Vauthier will also be awarded to each competitor who properly completes the course. ART. 2.—For the tests carried out under the control of the Aero Club de France, the closed circuit, called the Tour de France, will include fifteen landings, to be made on each of the landing grounds of the following towns :— Versailles (Buc, Chateaufort, Saint-Cyr or Villacoublay), Amiens, Chalons, Saint-Dizier, Gray, Joigny, Beaune, Vienne, Nimes, Pau, Saint-Andre de Cubzac, Romorantin, Angers, Evreux, Saint-Inglevert (eight kilometres from Calais), and Versailles (Buc, Chateaufort, Saint-Cyr or Villacoublay). The landings must be made in the above order, but nights may be started and completed at any one of the points indicated. The landings will be verified by a log book which will be forwarded to each competitor on entering. On arriving at 114
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