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Flight, May 26, 1921 AIRCRAFTENGINEER^ First Aero Weekly in the World Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoteJ to (k« Interests, Practice, ane Progress of Aerial Locomotion «n« Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 648 (No. 31, Vol. XIII.) MAY 26, 1921 rWeekly, Price 6d.L Post free, 7d. Flight The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Offieu: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telegrams : Trnditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828 Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free: United Kingdom .. 30s. id. Abroad .. .. 33s. t>4.' These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormal conditions and to increases in postage rates • European subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE Encouraging Flying in France.. .. .. ., .. .. 351 Airships in Commerce .. .. ,. .. .. .. .. 351 Speeding-up Air Services .. .. .. .. .. .. 352 Berlin to London in a Day .. .. .. ,. ., .. 352 Extending the French Services .. .. .. .. .. 352 The Thame3 as an Air Port .. .. .. .. .. .. 354 The Camera and the 'Plane: The Handley Page Cricklewood-Paris Air Service .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. 353 London—Continental Services .. .. .. .. .... 354 The Fokker F III " Commercial" Monoplane .. .. .. .. 355 London Terminal Aerodrome .. 360 R.A.F. Memorial Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 360 The "AE-2.01 " Chaser Biplane .. .. .. .. .. .. 361 Royal Aeronautical Society Official Notices .. .. .. .. 362 Personals 362 Notices to Airmen .. ,. .. .. .. .. 362 Airiems from the Four Winds 363 Advisory Committee Reports .. .. .. .. .. .. 364 Royal Air Force 365 R.A.F. Boxing 5 Sidewinds 6 DIABT OF FORTHCOMING EVENT8 Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for June June July July July July Aug. Sept Sept. Sept.Be*. Oct.Mo*. • •• 10 ... 2 ... 6 ... 16 ... 29-81 27 ... 4-11 5 ... 18 ...25- Oot. 2 1 ...••• inclusion in the following list : Imperial Air Conference Race, Lugo-Trieste-Triente-Lugo Aerial Pageant (Hendon) for R.A.F. Memorial Entries close for Aerial Derby. Aerial Derby Jacquts Schneider Cup, Venice Entries Close for Conpe Deutsch BreBcia Races Pulitur Trophy, Detroit, U.S.A. Gordon Bennett Balloon Raee Aero Exhibition, Prague Coupe Deutsch de laMeurtheParis Aero Salon • POME time ago we recorded the measures which are being taken in France to encourage approved War pilots to maintain their practical association with flying, by means of giving free loan of machines for flights, free fuel and even free insurance of the aviator while in the air. It would appear that this broad-minded policy is having the effect anticipated by the French authorities, for already considerably over a thousand practice Encouraging flights have been made at the threeF1 yin£ aerodromes which have been opened for France the purpose at Orly, Angers, and Clermont-Ferrand, although the scheme has had very little time in which to get going. Centres are still to be opened at Bordeaux and Orleans, and when matters have shaken down to a regular routine there is no doubt the numbers of qualified pilots who will desire to take advantage of the arrangements which are made for their instruction will increase very materially. Naturally, the object of the French Air Ministry, in giving facilities such as we are discussing, is by no means an unselfish one. It is certainly not alto- gether bent upon merely giving a few hours' pleasure to pilots with War service and who are still keen on a " joy-flip." Nothing of the kind. France means to be first in the air, both in Peace and in War, and the scheme is designed to create and maintain a powerful flying reserve of pilots which will be avail- able whenever required to expand the cadres of the active Air Service. And very effectively the object is being attained, if we are to judge by the results already recorded. In the meantime, we are talking a good deal about the creation of a Territorial Air Force—we prefer the words Reserve A.F.—but are doing nothing practical to enable our WTar-trained pilots to keep up their efficiency or to train any sort of Reserve at all. • • *. It is said that when the American Air . Airships Service has finally taken over the rigid Commerce airship " R. 38," which, has been built in this country and is now practically ready to be delivered, the United States authorities intend to use her, in a series of test flights, to C
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