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1922
1922 - 0135.PDF
IKe Racial £Iero Clcz of the UixitecL Ktr\gd6i OFFICIAL MOTICE.5 TO MEMBERS EASTER AVIATION MEETING THE Royal Aero Club will hold an Aeroplane Race Meeting at Waddon Aerodrome, Croydon, on Easter Monday, April 17, 1922. The programme of events includes the following Races:— Club Handicap.—For machines " Avro " type, engine power not to exceed 150 h.p. Distance approximately 24 miles. Entrant of the Winner will receive ^20. If five starters, the second will receive ^10. Second Waddon Handicap.—For machines with a speed of not less than 100 m.p.h. Distance approximately 32 miles. Entrant of the Winner will receive £20. If five starters, the second will receive ^10. Second Croydon Handicap.—For machines with a speed of less than 100 m.p.h. Distance approximately 24 miles. Entrant of the Winner will receive ^20. If five starters, the second will receive ^10. First Spring Handicap.—For machines occupying the first three places in the Waddon and Croydon Handicaps. Distance approximately 32 miles. Entrant of the Winner will receive £40. If five starters, the second will receive ^20. In addition to these events there will be a Balloon Sniping Competition open to Members of the Royal Aero Club, and a parachute descent. The entry fee for each of the Handicap Races is £1. This fee, together with entry form, must reach the Royal Aero Club, 3, Clifford Street, London, W. 1, not later than 5 p.m. on Friday, April 7, 1922. Club Flying Machines.—The following Club flying machines are available for the Races :— B.E.2C (Two-seater) 90 h.p. R.A.F. Avro (Two-seater) no h.p. Le Rhone. Avro (Two-seater) no h.p. Le Rhone. Avro (Two-seater) no h.p" te Rhone. Qualified pilots wishing to take part in the Races may hire any of these machines from the Royal Aero Club at £3 for each event, which will include cost of petrol and oil and insurance of machine. Applications for the hire of these machines should be made direct to the Secretary of the Club. Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. NOTICES TO AIRMEN Spain : Cuatro Vientos Aerial Lighthouse THE following details have been received regarding an aerial lighthouse which has been installed at Cuatro Vientos aerodrome, Madrid The lighthouse is situated on a cylindrical tower erected on a stone building near the south-west corner of the aero drome buildings, at a height of 25 m. (82 ft.) above the aerodrome level. The illuminant is acetylene gas, and the light emits between 4,000 and 5,000 c.p., concentrated in a beam 40 above the horizontal, and visible for 25 kms. (15 miles approximately). The characteristics are the Morse letters H T I, with equal intervals between the letters so that they may be read in any order, as follows :— Four flashes of £ sec. each ; eclipse of 2 sees. ; one flash of 3 sees. ; eclipse of 2 sees. ; two flashes of £ sec. each ; eclipse of 2 sees. The light is put into operation only when machines are expected. Pilots who intend to make a night landing at Cuatro Vientos should, therefore, give due notice to the Commandant of the aerodrome. (No. 19 of 1922.) Belgium: Erection of Wireless Masts at Ostend Aerodrome THREE wireless masts, 12 m. (40 ft.) in height, have been erected in the north-east corner of the Ostend aerodrome. These masts are marked by day by two red flags, and by night and in fog by two red lights. (No. 20 of 1922.) France : Aerial Lighthouses, Etc. PREVIOUS Notices to Airmen relating to France are amplified and amended in regard to 1. Aerial Lighthouses at (i) Strasbourg (Neuhof) ; (ii) Valenciennes; (iii) Le Bourget, St. Inglevert, Lyons (Le Bron), Nimes, Bordeaux (Teynac). 2. Emergency landing-grounds at Carcassonne (Salvaza) and Orleans (Saran). (No. 21 of 1922.) Aerodromes for Civil Use : Amendments. NOTICE to Airmen No. 1 of 1922 (Consolidated List^of Aerodromes) is amended as follows :— LIST C.—LICENSED CIVIL AERODROMES. The following should be deleted :—Portobello, Craigen- tinny ; Radclifle, Lanes. (No. 22 of 1922.) <$> <S> <5> <•> THED.H. 14 DAY-BOMBER ROLLS-ROYCE "CONDOR" ENGINE: A description and scale drawings of this machine were published in our issue of January 13, 1921. The machine paid a visit to Croydon on the day of the Air Conference. 135
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