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OCTOBER 27, 1921 Married Flight-Lieut. E. A. BEAULAH, R.A.F., son of t&e late Josiah Beaulah and of Mr.s. Beaulah, of Boston, Lines, was married on October 19, at St. Bartholomew's Church, Sydenham, to DOROTHY MAUD, elder daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. E. WILSON, of Sydenham, S.E. The Rev. A. S. CUTHBERT HARRISON, M.A. (Rector of Hook, Surrey, and lately Chaplain R.A.F., Dover), was married on October 18 at the Parish Church, Totnes, to FANNY E. RICHARDSON nee STEVENS), of the Manor House, Totnes. Sqdn.-Ldr. FREDERICK SOWREY, D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C., R.A.F., second s»n of Mr. and Mrs. John Sowrey, Yeoveny, Staines, was married on October 18, at St. Peter's Church, Bexhill-on-Sea, to MARGARITA BEATRICE (RITA) WHITE, daughter of the late Mr. Herbert White, of The Poplars, Maidstone, and Mrs. Herbert White, Kent Cottage, Bexhill. To be Married The engagement is announced between Flight-Lieut. R. S. LUCY, A.F.C., R.A.F., only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lucy, of Newbury, Upper Broadheatb, near Worcester, and TONE, only daughter of Admhal R. S. D. CUMING, C.B.E., D.S.O., and Mrs. Cuming, of The Turnpike House, Knightwick, Worcestershire. Item The will of the late Capt. BRIAN BOWRING TOMS (Warwick- shire Regt. and R.F.C.), of North Haven Point, Sandbanks, Parkstone, Dorset, and of Moretonhampstead, Devon, has been proved at £41,458. NOTICES TO AIRMEN Turkey : Prohibited Areas, Aerodromes IT is notified that the Inter-Allied High Commissioners for Constantinople have proclaimed certain prohibited areas for aircraft. The Notice containing these is No. 86 of 1921. France: Romilly-sur- Seine Class «.; B " Wireless Station ROMILLY-SUR-SEINE (Call Signal, AC) is added to the table of French class " B " W/T Stations given in paragraph 8 of Notice to Airmen No. 61 of 1921. (No. 91 of 1921.) Norwegian Map for Airmen THE scale of 1/750,000 shown on the map on p. 673 of FLIGHT was the scale in the original form. This should be ignored, as the map was reduced for reproduction, and the mile/kilom. scale only should be used. Standardised Shade Khaki Clothing THE shade of all khaki tropical clothing to be worn in future by officers of the Royal Air Force has been standardised, and will be that known as Spinner's khaki shade No. 1. This shade will be used for all khaki cotton drills, twills, cords, puggaries, helmets, etc., and also woollen puttees, but not serges or woollen clothes. Articles of other shades at present in use may be worn out. Italy Re-names Her Aerodromes MAKY Italian aerodromes are being re-named after Italian air heroes, the consent of the Ministry of War having been obtained for this procedure. The Baggio (Milan) airship station is to be known by the name of Remo La Valle, the second in command of the M. 12 airship, who perished when this airship was shot down from Monte Hermada by the Austrians. The Bologna (Piazza d'Armi Caprara) aerodrome has been dedicated to the memory of Fausto Pesci. The Capodichino (Naples) air port takes the name of Ugo Niutta. The Ghedi aerodrome will be dedicated to the memory of Luigi Olivari. The aerodrome of the Cascina Costa (Gallarate) School will be dedicated to the memory of Gaspare Bolla. The name of the Taliedo aerodrome has been altered to that of Emilio Pensuti, in honour of that pioneer airman, who was killed in an attempt to land a Caproni triplane which had caught fire at a height of 3,000 metres. United States Seaplane-Carrier IT is expected, says The Times, that the new aircraft- carrier which has just been completed for service in the United States Navy will go into commission this week. This vessel, which formerly belonged to the Emergency Fleet of merchant ships, was taken over by the Navy Department while still in the course of construction, in order to convert her into an aircraft tender and repair ship. The ship was launched in April of last year, and named after Wilbur Wright, one of the pioneers of flying in America. The recent Parliamentary Paper, " The Fleets of the World," credits the United States with only two aircraft- carriers—the " Langley," built, and the " Wright," building ; but it is understood that the latter vessel on commissioning will relieve either the " Aroostook " or the " Shatrmut," both of which vessels are at present in use as aircraft-carriers •with the American fleets. The Air Port of Prague PRAGUE is slowly but—let us hope—surely becoming an air port of some importance, a position to which her geo- graphical situation would appear to entitle her. The aero- drome is situated at Kbely, a small village on a plateau to the north-east of Prague, forming a splendid natural site for an aerodrome. It is here that the machines from Paris, which depart from Le Bourget at six in the morning, arrive round about two in the afternoon, leaving again for Paris the next morning at 11.30. In addition to this daily service to Paris and Warsaw, Prague will, during the next few months, also have its service to Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, Dresden, Berlin, and Constantinople. For the extension to the Turkish capital a new machine has been ordered. This is, we learn with some surprise, one of the four-engined Bleriofs (pre- sumably the " Mammouth," one version of which was exhibited at the last Paris show. The new machine is stated to have accommodation for sixteen passengers with luggage, and to have an average speed of 120 m.p.h., with four engines of 300 h.p. each. Even accepting the speed, 75 h.p. per passen- ger does not impress one as a particularly good commercial proposition. British Exhibits at Paris As far as we are aware, the Paris Show will suffer, this year, from an almost complete absence of British exhibitors. This, although very much to be regretted, is not, perhaps, altogether unexpected, and it is therefore with all the more satisfaction that we are able to announce that the Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., will be exhibiting one of their" Jupiter " engines. We had an opportunity of seeing several of these engines recently at the Filton works of the company, and we were very much impressed by the superb workmanship and finish put into them. There are certainly no better finished aero engines in the world, a'nd few come up to the Bristol standard. Lately several refinements have been incorporated in the design, and that the engine is now not far short of perfection is proved by the fact that it has recently passed its Air Ministry type-tests with flying colours. This in itself is sufficient proof that there cannot be much to find fault with in an engine. We hope to return in more detail to the " Jupiter " in one of our Paris Show issues • 706
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