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ffr FEBRUARY 24, 1921 The Rocral &ero Cluof the Uixited Kii\gdo OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS Bt ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGTHE 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 daysbefore the Meeting, and must be signed by at least five Members. Committee In accordance with the Rules, the Committee shall consistof 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 Northcliffe. Lieut.-Col. Alec Ogilvie.F. Handley Page. Any two Members of the Club can nominate a Member toserve on the Committee, provided the consent of the Member has been previously obtained. The name of the Memberthus nominated, with the name of his proposer and seconder, must be sent in writing to the Secretary not less than fourteendays before the Annual General Meeting. THE FLYING SERVICES FUND (Registered under the War Charities Act, 1916) Administered by the Royal Aero Club For the benefit of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Menof the ROYAL AIR FORCE who are incapacitated while onduty, and for the widows and dependants of those who are killed or die from injuries or illness contracted while on duty. Honorary Treasurer : The Right Hon. LORD KINNAIRD. Committee :H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK, K.G. (Chairman).Lieut.-Col. A. DORK, D.S.O. Mr. CHESTER FOX.Squad.-Leader T. O'B. HUBBARD, M.C., R.AJF.Group-Capt. C. R. SAMSON, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.F. Secretary : H. E. PERRIN. ' Bankers :Messrs. BARCLAYS BANK, LTD., 4, Pall Mall East,London, S.W. 1. Subscriptions £ s. d.Total Subscriptions received to February 11, 1921 17,184 21 3o His Royal Highness the Duke of York, K.G.. . Total, February 21, 1921 . . 17.205 3 Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE MEMORIAL FUND A MEETING of the Executive Committee of the above Fundwas held at the Offices of the Fund, 7, Iddesleigh House, Caxton Street, S.W. 1, on the 17th inst., Lord Hugh Cecilin the Chair. The Members of the Committee present included, Air Vice-Marshal Sir John Salmond, Air Vice-Marshal A. V. Vyvyan, Air-Commodores Brooke-Popham and Longcroft, H. E. Perrin, Esq., and W. S. Field, Esq. A list of grants made since the same date, amounting to£157 us. 8d., were approved as grants to the rank and file and their dependants.The Secretary reported that the balance of the Royal Air Force Aids Committee amounting to slightly over £22,000,was about to be handed over for the use of the Fund. A sub-committee under the Chairmanship of Air Vice-Marshal A. V. Vyvyan was constituted to deal with proposals for assistance to the post-War Air Force of all ranks. Considerable discussion was given to the Royal Air ForceWar Memorial. A site, one of three suggested by the First Commissioner of Works, and situated at Whitehall Stairs,on the Middlesex side of the Thames Embankment, midway between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford railway andfoot bridge, was regarded as very suitable for the purpose, and the London County Council have been asked to give theCommittee the option of this site, so soon as full details of the nature and form of the Memorial can be submitted tothem for approval. Meantime the Chairman was requested to consult Sir Aston Webb, asking his device as to the formand nature of a suitable Memorial to the Officers and Airmen of the Royal Air Force who fell in the Great War. Sir John Salmond, Chairman of the sub-committee, dealingwith the Vanbrugh Castle scheme for a Boys' Home, reported that the work of renovation was in progress. It should henoted that the Deed of Conveyance making over the property for the use of the Committee as a Home for Sons of Airmen,has been executed by Mr. Alexander Duckham, and the benefit has been accepted on behalf of the Fund, by the Trustees.Viscount Cowdray, Lord Hugh Cecil, and Sir Hugh Trenchard. The two houses at Ascot, namely," Woodcote " and " Heath-end," generously bequeathed to the Air Council by Mrs. M. E. Salting, and which are to be sold, the proceeds coming to thisFund for the purchase of Scholarships for the sons of deceased Officers, R.A.F., will be put up for sale by Messrs. Hamptonand Sons, of 3, Cockspur Street, S.W., on April 19 next, unless in the meantime sold by private contract. A sub-stantial sum, it is earnestly hoped, will accrue to the Fund from his source.Correspondence submitted by Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard was read concerning his recommendation to theSoldiers and Sailors Families Association, and to the Soldiers and Sailors Help Society that they would find themselvesable to include in their titles the word " Airmen." Both these organisations replied to the Air-Marshal, and signifiedtheir willingness to carry this out, so soon as the necessary formalities could be taken. Both these organisations havegiven valuable assistance to this Fund, and it is felt that the addition to their titles will be of further benefit to allconcerned. The Flying Services Fund administered by the Royal AeroClub, signified their desire that now that this Fund's organisa- tion was in working order, the Royal Air Force MemorialFund should carry out all work connected with future assistance to deserving cases in the Royal Air Force.Amount of donations and subscrip- £ s. tions announced up to January 20, 1921 103,377 2Amount of donations and subscrip- tions received up to February 16,1921.. .. .. .. .. 1,978 6 d. 11 Total IO5.355 8 n The Malmo and Warnemunde Air Service asked for, but the new company are prepared to carry on THIS air mail service, which last year was carried on at half that amount per return flight, carrying a postalthrough a Swedish company, looks like being re-opened under the auspices of the Nordiska Luftrederei A/B, whoare endeavouring to arrange with the Swedish Government for 1921. Originally a subsidy of Kr. 1,000 per flight was weight of 150 kilos., subject to this weight not exceedingone cubic metre in bulk. The proposition appears as if it were to be favourablyconsidered. 128
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