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in the financial year now ending, and £3,000 on the Stationery Office Vote. During the first n months of the year some 6,320 recruits have been ob tained. , Captain Viscount Curzon : Would it not save money to combine with the Navy and Army in this matter of recruiting posters and so on ? Captain Guest : That is one of the matters which are receiving the close attention of the Government. Colonel Ashley : Could the right hon. gentleman say whv it costs so much more to get recruits for the Air Force than for the Army ? Captain Guest : The type of recruits that we require is of a very high standard. Halton Buildings MR. G. LOCKER-LAMPSON asked whether it is proposed to proceed with the large expenditure upon buildings at Halton ? Captain Guest : The answer is in the affirmative. The buildings are four-firths completed, and to stop now would be a very false form of economy, since provision would have to be made elsewhere for the training of these boys. Air Attaches MR. RAPER asked how many air attaches there are ; what are their duties ; and what is their remuneration in the aggregate and individually ? Captain Guest : There are two air attaches, at Paris and at Washington, and their duties are to keep His Majesty's Government in touch with the developments of aviation in all its aspects in the countries to which they are accredited. Their remuneration consists of their ordinary Air Force pay, together with a foreign allowance (also admissible for naval and military attaches) of £5 a day at Washington and £4 at Paris, inclusive of entertainment and all other allowances, except travelling allowance for journeys outside the capital city. Mr. Raper : Is it not the fact that France, which is so far ahead of us as regards progress in aviation, has already decided to dispense with air attaches, as being unnecessary ? Captain Guest : I am not aware of the point raised by my hon. friend, nor am I prepared to admit that France is so far ahead of us in aviation. <3> <•> Royal Air Force Sports Board K.A.F. Boxing Association.-—The Annual Air Force Individual Boxing Championships- will take place this year in the R.A.F. Depot Gymnasium at Uxbridge, on April 6 and 7. Entries are unlimited for both officers and airmen, but the weights for officers are confined to heavy, middle, welter, light and feather. Entries should reach the Hon. Sec, R.A.F., B.A., not later than March 31. Air Board in India IN the Summary for the half-year to December last of the Air Board it is stated that in September, 1921, the ad ministration of Civil Aviation was transferred from the Depart ment of Commerce to the Public Works Department. The Air Board now consists of the following members :— President.—Colonel Sir Sidney Crookshank, K.C.M.G., etc. Members.— Mr. G. R. Clarke, C.S.I., C.B.E., I.C.S.; Mr. E. Burdon, CLE., I.C.S.; Air-Commodore J. I. Webb-Bowen, C.B., C.M.G. ; Doctor G. T. Walker, C.S.I., F.R.S.; Mr. R. P. Hadow, Secretary. The programme for the year 1922-23 has been discussed, and the board has decided to recommend the following expenditure :— (1) Balance of expenditure on Allahabad Aerodrome, Rs. 5,000 ; (2) Upkeep of existing aerodromes, Rs. 10,733 ; (3) Investigation of accidents, Rs. 5,000 ; (4) Investigation of conditions affecting aircraft in India, Rs. 77,000; (5) Calcutta- Rangoon route, Rs. 500,000 ; (6) Share of expenditure on Cairo-Karachi route, Rs. 12,400 ; total : Rs. 610,133. This, with an allowance of Rs. 21,760 for establishment, amounts to Rs. 631,893, Hut it is considered unlikely that funds will be available for this programme. The Part of 'Planes at Johannesburg 'PLANES quickly brought into action in the Rand mine strikes have without question helped to bring much nearer the end of the trouble than could otherwise have been the case. In their use there is an uncanny persuaviness to respect the peace—keeping powers that be and the com munity's laws, which the red Bolshie finds it difficult to resist—yet the average " superior " man will still ask " What's the use of aircraft, anyway ? " It is very regrettable that so good an officer as Capt. Carey Thomas should have been reported killed in the attacks. The following item, from an official communique issued from Pretoria on the 12th, reflects the effects upon the rioters of the use of aeroplanes : " The revolutionaries in the Brixton area surrounding two squadrons of police who have been holding out most gallantly for the last day or two were heavily bombed at daybreak today, thirty-two bombs being dropped, causing a large number of casualties. This effectually reversed the position, many of the revolutionaries surrendering to-the police and others taking shelter in the native location, where they were safe from the bombing." The Monaco Meeting THE following list of entrants for the " croisiere " Marseilles-Monaco is now announced : 1, Chantiers de la Mediterran6e, Maicon, on E. Romano type R.I., 130 h.p. Clerget; 2, G. Minier, Minier, on Farman type F.40, 80 h.p. Renault; 3, Caudron, no pilot announced, Caudron type C,66, 140 h.p. Hispano-Suiza ; 4, Cauldron, no pilot announced, Mr. G. Murray : What is the rank of these two officers ? Captain Guest : To the best of my recollection, one is an air commodore and the other a group captain. Mr. Raper : If, as I suggest, France has withdrawn her air attaches as unnecessary, will the right hon. gentleman consider doing the same ? Captain Guest : We will certainly consider it. Rear-Admiral Sir R. Hall : If it be the fact that France is withdrawing her air attaches, could the right hon. gentleman ascertain who is doing the work ? Captain Guest : I feel convinced that the work is being done by somebody Round-the-World Flight MR. RAPER asked whether the proposed flight round the world to be undertaken by Sir Ross Smith will be financed or subsidised in any way by His Majesty's Government ? Captain Guest : The answer is in the negative. Air Estimates Mr. G. LOCKER-LAMPSON asked whether the Air Estimates for 1922-23 have been framed in accordance with the Cabinet instruction of 1919, on the assumption that no great war is to be anticipated within the next 10 years ? Captain Guest: The answer is in the affirmative. The Air Ministry COL. MILDMAV, OH March 13, asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the prospective Debate on the Air Estimates on Monday next, he can find it possible to lay upon the Table of the House the memoranda of the First Sea Lord and of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff—if such were compiled for the information of the Cabiuet—with reference to the policy of terminating the existence of the Air Force and Air Ministry as at present constituted, and of merging the force in the Navy and Army ? ' Mr. Chamberlain : No, sir ; without saying*whether or not papers have been laid, I think my hon. friend will see that I could not undertake to publish papers which, if presented at all, would be of a most confidential kind relating to questions of public defence, and must be so treated. <•> <3> Caudron type C.65, 130 h.p. Clerget; 5, Marcel B^sson, Jules Duclos, on Marcel Besson, 130 h.p. Clerget ; 6, Cie. des Transaeriens de tourisme et Messageries, Clot, on Savoia S. 13, 250 h.p. Isotta-Fraschini ; 7, Sotiete Breguet, Thierry, on Breguet T4T bis, 280 h.p. CV. Renault; 8, Caudron, no pilot announced, Caudron C.30, 3-130 b.p. Clerget ; 9, Drouilh. Henry Drouilh, on Georges Levy, 300 h.p. Renault; 10, Aero- Navale, no pilot or machine announced, one 300 h.p. DD. and two 270 h.p. Hispano-Suiza; 11, Aero-Navale, no pilot announced, Liore and Olivier, one Salmson 250 h.p. and two Hispano-Suiza 300 h.p. Enterprise A STRIKING instance of the way in which the use of aircraft can accelerate communication was furnished by the de Havilland Hire Department in connection with the delivery of films of the Royal wedding. Four machines were used for conveying films of the wedding to Manchester, Newcastle and Leeds, with the result that the films were being shown in those towns shortly after 6 p.m. on the same day. G-EBAW, piloted by Wilson, left at 2 p.m. for Manchester, arriving at 3.59 p.m. At 2.55 p.m. G-EAYU, piloted by Cobham, left for Newcastle, arriving at 5.50 p.m. Broad, on G-EAAC left for Manchester at 3.25 p.m., arriving at 5.30 p,m., and at 4 p.m. Barnard left on G-EBAX, arriving in Leeds at 5.45 p.m. In no other way would it have been possible to get the films to these towns in anything like so short time, and the de Havilland Aircraft Co., no less than the film company, are to be congratulated on their enterprise. The performance, apart from the immediate object in view, was one of great value, as demonstrating the very practical value of " hustling " by air. Royal United Service Institution Prize THE result of the Prize Essay Competition for 1921, organised by the Royal United Service Institution, upon the subject of " The Influence of the Future of Aircraft on Problems of Imperial Defence," was announced at the anniversary meeting of the Institution last week. The Council have awarded the Gold Medal of the Institution and a prize of thirty guineas to Flight-Lieut. Mackay, R.A.F., and prizes of twenty and ten guineas to Squadron-Leader Walser, R.A.F., and Capt. the Hon. R. Plunkett-Ernie-Erle-Drax, R.N., Director of the Naval Staff College, respectively. The judges of the competition were Air-Marshal Sir H. Trenchard, Maj.-Genl. Sir P. Radcliffe, and Rear-Admiral Fuller, to whom a hearty vote of thanks was accorded. Aeroplane Tent-pegging. WONERFUL possibilities are suggested by the unpre meditated removal by the Bristol 10-seaterof Handley-Page Transport, of a portion of Le Bourget aerodrome last week. The incident is referred to under our London Terminal Aero drome Notes, but we now learn that, as a matter of fact, it was not a single post carried away by the machine but three large planks, measuring 7 ft. by 9 in. by 2 in. thick. The pilot was entirely unaware of their presence in the under carriage until, on landing at Cfoydon, one of them perforated the lower plane How the planks got into the undercarriage is still a mystery, but the incident seems to indicate unusual strength in the Bristol. Apart from the punctured lower plane no other damage was done to the machine.
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