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1921
1921 - 0517.PDF
flight, August i, ENGINEER TRSHIPS First Aero Weekly in the World Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted t* the Interests, Practice, *&4 Progrest of A*ri»l Locomotio* m*d Traaaport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AEHO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 658 (No. 31. Vol. XIII.) AUGUST 4, 1921 ("Weekly, Price 6d.L Post free, 7d. DIABT OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important'fixtures are invited to send particulars 'or inclusion in the following list: Aug. 27 ... Sept. 3-4 Sept 4-11 Sept. 10 ... Sept 18 ... Sept. 26- Oet 2 Oot 1 ... MOT. 12-£7 Entries Close for Coupe Deutsch Belgian Competitions (Brussels) Breacia Races Pnlitier Trophy, Detroit, U.S.A. Gordon Bennett Balloon Race Aero Exhibition, Prague Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe Parii Aero Salon Flight The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Offict: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telegrams : Trudltur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828 Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free United Kingdom .. 30s, *d. Abroad .. .. 33s. od.» These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormalconditions and to increases in postage rates • European subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS Editorial Comment The Airships 517 Aviation in Canada .. .. .. .. .. .. ., 51S Is the R.A.F. in Danger? 518 London-Paris from the Air: Westminster 519 London—Continental Services 520 The Sablatnig P.3 Monoplane .. 521 London Terminal Aerodrome .. ,. .. .. .. .. 526 French Customs Regulations for Aircraft. 527 Royal Air Force Intelligence 527 In Parliament .. .. ,. .. .. .. .. .. 528 Notices to Airmen 529 An Automatic Brake for Aeroplanes .. .. .. .. .. 529 Airisms from the Four Winds 530 Royal Air Force 531 Royal Aeronautical Society Official Notices 531 Personals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 533 T the moment'of writing the fate of the airships hangs in the balance. The Secretary for Air has informed Parlia- _'ment that the policy of the Govern- ment remains unaltered, and that, subject to any action to the contrary by the conference of the Imperial Premiers, the airship service was to be discontinued- as from Monday last. All work has been stopped with the exception of clearing up, and no provisions are to be made in next A. T1?e. year's Estimates for; the building of Airships -. ,. , • -i ,. ,i •airships, unless in the meantime there is a change in policy. Up to the time of writing no decision had been arrived at by the conference of Premiers, but it is said that both Australia and New Zealand are very keen on developing some sort of an air service between the Mother Country and these Dominions, though there is said to be some difference of opinion as to the shape this should take. It is held by certain of the Dominions that as the British Government owns the ships the ' should by means of experimental flights show what can be done before the Dominions are asked to commit themselves to any outlay of money. We must say that this is a peculiar point of view to adopt. True, the British Government is in possession of the ships paid for by the money of the British taxpayer. The latter, unfortunate beast of burden that he is, is to be called upon for more money for experiments before the Dominions are asked to find a penny piece, though they stand to benefit equally with the Home Country by the quickening up of Imperial communications. We should have said that if the Imperial Government provided the ships, the Dominions might manage to find the money for the experiments. That, however, is more or less by the way. The question which seems to us to be more at issue than any other is of what influences are, or have been, at work to prompt the obstinacy with which the Government adheres to its intentions to scrap the airships in the face of all the protests from experts, and in spite of the precise knowledge of costs which
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