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THE ROYAL London Gazette, January 31, 1922 General Duties Branch The following are granted perm, comms., retaining their present substantive ranks and sen. except where otherwise stated, with effect from the dates indicated. Gazettes of these dates, appointing them to short service commns., are cancelled :— Flight Lieuts.—E. D. Johnson, A.F.C. ; Sept. 12, 1919. F. H. Laurence, M.C. ; Oct. 24, 1919. A. L. Messenger, A.F.C. ; Sept. 12, 1919. Flying Offrs.—C. T. Anderson, D.F.C. ; Oct. 24, 1919 (since promoted). A. L. A. Perry-Keene ; Sept. 12, 1919. J. G. Walser, M.C. ; Sept. 12, 1919. The following are granted perm, commns., retaining their present sub stantive rank and sen., with effect from the dates indicated. Gazettes of dates indicated in brackets, appointing them to short service commns., are cancelled :— Flying Offrs.—E. Burton ; June 30, 1920 (July 2, 1920). A. T. S. L. de Lacroix ; Aug. 23, 1920 (Aug. 27, 1920). M. G. L. T. Leroy, A.F.C. ; June 1, 1920 (June 15, 1920). Observer Offr.-—J. F. Titmas ;' July 14, 1920 (July 23, 1920). • A. T. Chapman is granted a short service commn., as a Pilot Offr., on probation, with effect from, and with sen. of, Jan. 18. Flight Lieut. E. Drudge is placed on half-pay, Scale B ; Jan. 31. Flight Lieut. P. Worthing- ton is transfd. to the Reserve, Class B ; Feb. 1. Flying Offr. C. O. Anson relinquishes his short service commn, on account of ill-health, and is permitted to retain the rank of Lieut. ; Feb. 1. Observer Offr. M. G. Ryan (Lieut, E. Lanes. R.) relinquishes his temp, commn. on retirement from the Army ; Feb. 1. Medical Service. Capt. O. Armer, Army Dental Surgeon, is granted a temp, commn. as a • Flight Lieut, while attached for duty with the R.A.F. ; Nov. 30, 1921. He will continue to receive emoluments from Army funds. 13 51 Over the Alps ZANETTI, the Italian pilot, is reported by the Paris corres pondent of the Daily Mail as having flown the Alps at an altitude of 30,500 ft. Starting from near Lake Maggiore, Italy, he flew to Antibes, alighting there in a gale, close to the lighthouse. Washington Armament Agreement IN the final draft of the Washington Agreement, which, it is now stated, has been agreed to by all the nations con cerned, the total tonnage of aircraft carriers is fixed as follows : United States and Great Britain, 135,000 each ; France and Italy, 60,000 each ; Japan, 81,000. The Pope Election and the Aeroplane Watchers ACCORDING to the Conservatore Romano, the official Vatican organ, very great objection is taken to aeroplanes which, on several occasions, have flown low above the Vatican during the Conclave. It is considered, they state, a breach of the Italian Government's promise of protection, which all seems much ado about nothing, as the occupants can hardly see more from above than those watchers on terra firma. No doubt, it will end in smoke. Air Post to the Rescue Again HOLLAND and Sweden are feeling the direct effects of the - German railway strike, the mails from and through Germany having been completely suspended. Holland at once remedied their part by carrying the mail by aeroplane. Sweden, in a like predicament, is endeavouring also to re commence the air-service for mail-carrying, as the British mails are carried via Germany. Honouring Aviation in France THE importance attached to the progress of aviation in France may be in part judged by the Legion of Honour appointments just made. These include one " Cravate," three " Rosettes," and seventeen Crosses. M. Clement Ader comes in for the Commander " Cravate," and the officers' " rosettes," fall to MM. Louis Bleriot, Georges Bescancon (Secretary-General of the A.C. de F. and Editor of I'Aerophile) ; M. Delage of Nieuport-Delage; and M. R6n6 Hanriot. The seventeen Crosses include the Under- Secretary of State for Aeronautics, MM. Lemoine (of Peu- geot's) ; Henri Claudel, of carburettor fame ; Dick Farman, brother of Henry and Maurice Farman ; L. de Saint-Germain (Gnome and Rhone); and Francois-Marie Le Men, a prominent commercial aeroplane pilot. Berlin-Moscow by Air IT looks as if the attempt to link-up Berlin with Moscow- is to be seriously made, as further details are reported from Berlin, in regard to the agreement which the Soviet Government have made with the Aero Union Company in Berlin. This is for a regular service between Germany and Russia of aero planes belonging to the Soviet Government, under the name of the German-Russian Air Co.. The first route is to be between Konigsberg and Moscow, in AIK FORCE Memorandum Lieut. W. N. Sherlock is re-classified from Flying O to Flying A ; May 16, 1919 (since granted short service commn.). The permission granted to Lieut. H. Howard to retain his rank is withdrawn on his joining the Armv ; Jan. 5. London Gazette, February 3, 1922 Group Capt. E. R. Ludlow Hewitt, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C., A.D.C., is ap pointed Air Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air, and relinquishes the appointment of Deputy Director of Training, Air Ministry ; Feb. 1. Group Capt. P. L. W. Herbert, C.M.G., C.B.E., is appointed Deputy Director of Training, Air Ministry ; Feb. 27. General Duties Branch. Wing Commander F. Ranken, O.B.E., is place on half-pay, Scale B ; Feb. 1. Flying Offr. H. V. Rowley is placed on half-pay, Scale B, from Dec. 22, 1921, to Feb. 21, inclusive. Memoranda The following Cadets are granted honorary commns. as Sec. Lieuts., with effect from the dates of their demobilisation.—182045 C. Alexander, G21718 T. H. Chessun. Sec. Lieut. D. A. Stenhouse is transfd. to the Unemployed List; March 5, 1919 (substituted for Gazettes, March 18, 1919, and June 10, 1919). Errata Gazette of Jan. 27.—For L. G. A. Kirchener read L. G. A. Kirchner. Gazette of June 22, 1920, for J. G. P. B. Angell read John Beazley Patrick Angel. H H connection with the night express to Moscow. The arrange ments are in the hands of German and Russian experts, and the route service is being organised by the Deutsche Luft Rederei. One object of the service is to promote an official courier service between Berlin and Moscow. The Aero Union is associated with the A.E.G., the Zeppelin Co., and the Hamburg-Amerika Line. Fruit by Air for Covent Garden IT is not improbable, according to the Daily Telegraph that this year a serious effort will be made to enlist the services of the aeroplane for the conveyance of products to Covent Garden. For some time past, Continental growers have been attracted by this new and speedy method of transport. Last year, an early consignment of Dutch tomatoes reached London by an air route. On another occasion strawberries were brought from France by aeroplane ; and when an English railway strike was threatened a Belgian grower suggested that he should send his fruit by aerial transport. The aerial service that is now receiving serious consideration is one that would make the aeroplane a link between an important growing centre and Covent Garden. Plans have been dis cussed with the growers, and there is a keen desire to see experiments made this season. It is not, of course, proposed to drop consignments from the air on to the roof of the market ; but a landing place not far from Covent Garden has been suggested. The movement is in its initial stage, and developments are awaited with interest. As to Aviation in 1930 ? IN response to a request for opinions upon what stage aviation is likely to have reached in 1930, our Paris contem porary, L'Auto, has been able to publish quite a number of opinions, illuminating and otherwise, pessimistic (a few), optimistic (the majority) and fantastic (one or two). The forecast we fancy most of all, as summarising aviation's possibilities in a,nutshell, is the reply of M. Pierre Lafitte, as follows :— In i860, in general conversation upon the railway. Unanimous conclusion.—" Never can the railway be in any way a practical form of locomotion. It can only be .of service to an acrobat or a fool." In 1885, in general conversation upon the bicycle. Unanimous conclusion.-—" Never can the bicycle be in any way a practical form of locomotion. It can only be of service to an acrobat or a fool." In 1895, in general conversation upon the automobile. Unanimous conclusion.—" Never can the automobile be in any way a practical form of locomotion. It can only be of service to an acrobat or a fool." In 1919, in general conversation upon the aeroplane. Unanimous conclusion.—" Never can the aeroplane be in any way a practical form of locomotion. It can only be of service to an acrobat or a fool." In 1930— " . . . Draw your own conclusions ! " 93
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