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AUGUST-4. 1921 THE ROYAL "-'••::• '-i-' ' "'"•£.,. London Gazette, July 26, 1921 _. 6*ort Service Commissions. The following are granted short service commas, in the ranks stated with effect from and with seny. of the dates indicated,except where otherwise stated • — Flying Offrs from Fit. Lieuts.—W. M. Fry, M.C. (July 18). I. M. Matheson ;JUfe *•*• /& F' ^X^rP-50-' Ju'y l6' P- ™»", M.C ; July 18. Flying Offrs.--T. H. French, D.F.C.: July 18. Firing Offrs.from Pilot Offrs.—H. S. R.Burt; July 12. L.G Lucas- TulyiqM. W. C. Ridgway ; July 12. ' Note.—The above-named Fit. Lieuts. who are granted short service commas as Flying Offrs. will be placed at the head of the list of Flying Offrs.. but juniorto all ottrs. similarly reduced in rank on the grant of permanent or short service commns. Seconding. Lieut. H. Aldridge (E. Surrey R.) is granted a temp, commn. as a Flying Offr on seconding for four years' duty with the Royal Air Force, with effect from and with seny. of July 6 (substituted for Gazette, July 12). Flying Branch. Gazette, May 20, 1919, concerning Sec. Lieut. J. D. Scott is cancelled. GazetteJuly 22, 1919, stands. Technical Branch. Lieut. C. Reynolds is placed on the Retired List on account of ill-health contracted in the Service; July 21. Lieut. J. McLaren is transfd. to the Un- employed List; July 19. Medical Branch. Fit. Lieut. T. N. Wilthew relinquishes his temp, commri. on ceasing to be AIR. FORCE employed, and is permitted to retain the rank of Capt. ; June 30. Lieut. R. E. Burns, M.B., is transfd. to the Unemployed List; Feb. 11, 1920 (substituted for Gazette, March 16, 1920;. Chaplains' Branch. The Rev. H. Marshall, M.A., is granted the relative rank of Wing-Comdr. for purposes of precedence, administration, and discipline ; July 8. London Gazette, July 29, 1921 Permanent Commission? Sqdn. Ldr. J. C. P. ^Vood is placed on half pay. Scale A, from March 21 to April 8 inclusive, and from Tune 16 until further notice (Gazettes April 12 and June 24 are cancelled). \Ving-Com. F. D. M. Robertson, D.F.C., to be j.eputy Director, Class 2; July 27). Group-Capt. J. L. Forbes, O.B.E. relinquishes appt. of Deputy Director, Class 2 ; July 27. ResecondingGazette April 27, 1920, regarding Group-Capt. L. F. Blandy, P.S.O. (Maj. and Bt. Heut.-Col., R.E.) is cancelled. Flying Branch Lieut. H. D. Arkell (unempld. list) relinquishes his temp, commri. on joining T.F.; March 23. Administrative Branch Sec. Ueut. J. G. Berry relinquishes his temp, commn. on ceasing to be employed; Aug. 24, 1918 (substituted for Ga-tttr Sept. 26, 1919). MemorandumOne Fit. Cadet is granted an hon. commn. as Sec. Lieut, with effect from date of his demobilisation, and relinquishes his column, on appt. to T.F.;July 21. ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY NOTICES 1921. Nov. 3 . . Nov. Dec. Dec. 17.. 1 .. 15 •• Scottish Branch.—The following have been elected to the Scottish Branch :—Member : Capt. A. Douglas S. Barr. Associate Members : A. P. Donald, Capl. A. McR. Moffatt. Lecture Programme.—The programme of lectures for &921-1922, being the Fifty- Seventh Session since the inauguration of the Society, so far as at present arranged, is as follows :— " Manoeuvres of Getting off and Landing." R. M. Hill (Sq. Ldr.). " Requirements and Difficulties of Air Transport.'' Col. F. Searle. " Design of a Commercial Aeroplane." Capf. G. de Havilland. " Development of the Fighting Aeroplane." ("apt. F. M. Green. 1922. Jan. 5 .. "Specialised Aircraft." Wing Cdr. W. D. Beatty. Jan. 12 . . Juvenile Lecture. (Lecturer to be announced later.) Jan. 19 .. " Aeroplane Installation." Brig.-Gen. R. K. Bagnall-Wild. Feb. 2 .. " Radiological Research and the Examination of Materials." Dr. V. E. Pullin. Feb. 16 .. " Methods of Instruction in Aeroplane Flying." Sq. Ldr. Portal. March 2.. "Testing Aircraft to Destruction." W. D. Douglas. March 30 "Airships." (Lecturer to be announced later.) April 6 .. (Subject to be announced later.) Mons. Breguet The lectures will be held in the Theatre of the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, at 5.30 p.m. W- LOCKWOOD MARSH, Secretary. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN BELGIUM THE Aero Club of Belgium is organising, under F.A.I, rules, an International Competition to be held at Brussels on September 3 and 4 next. The competition is stated to be for touring machines, but as the effective engine power is not to exceed 100 h.p., the machines would scarcely come within what is considered a modern touring machine. Nevertheless., the competition should help to stimulate the interest in the. low-power single-seater or two-seater aeroplane, and we trust to see at any rate a few British machines entered. For in- stance, the Avro Baby should be very suitable for the competition, as would also the Sopwith Pup and Bristol Babe. At the moment one cannot think of a two-seater, other than the Avro, with an engine of under 100 h.p. The notice is rather short, entries not being received after August 27. The entrance fee (returnable if machine starts) is 100 francs. In order to qualify for the competition, machines must first complete the following circuit:—Brussels-Gosselies (landing), 28 miles; Gosselies-Ostend (landing), 80.5 miles; Ostend- Brussels, 70 miles. Competitors will be classified according to the following points-^—A, 15 points for transport capacity in relation to engine power. B, 15 points for speed range ; the low speed will be flown over a course from Brussels to Dieghem and back (6 miles) and the high speed on the Brussels- Gosselies course. C, 15 points for construction, under the following heads :—1, materials employed ; 2, form of con- struction ; 3, minimum of truing-up. D, 10 points for general handiness. E, 10 points for easy of dismantling and erecting. F, 10 points for quick get-off. G, 10 points foi minimum run after alighting. H, 5 points for ease of starting the engine by the pilot. I, 5 points for comfort. J, 5 points for lowest price, bearing in mind the number of persons carried. Total, 100 points. The machines must be at the Brussels aerodrome on Sep- tember 2, and will be exhibited there. The prizes are :—The Simonet Cup, value 1,300 francs for the competitor scoring the highest number of points. Cash prizes for each class as follows :—A, 1,000 francs ; B, 1,000 francs ; C, 1,000 francs ; D, 750 francs ; E, 750 francs ; F, 750 francs ; G, 400 francs ; H, 400 francs ; I, 400 francs ; J, 400 francs. The total value of the cash prizes thus amounts to 6,850 francs. . Swiss Military Air Service Records THE following information regarding Swiss air work is published :— 12,380 flights of a total duration of 3,532 hours were carried out by the Swiss Air Force during 1920. Accidents were as follows : 2 machines slightly damaged, 3 bad landings (machines* standing on nose), 2 machines turned turtle (forced landings), I crash in getting off (machine totally wrecked). No one was injured in these accidents, but there were two deaths as the result of crashes during non-service flights. The training of airmen, which included an average of 10 hours flying per month, paid special attention to the development of safety in flying. - 531
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