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LONDON AERO-MODELS ASSOCIATION THE General Purposes Committee have been engaged at the last two meetings preparing a programme of competitions for the ensuing six months. A copy of the same will be sent to all members in due course. On March 25 at 6 p.m., a Propeller Competition will be held at Club Headquarters. Entry forms and full particulars of same to be had from the Competition Secretary, Mr. C. A. Rippon, 52, Fairbridge Road, Holloway, N. 19. The Official Observer for the South-West District, Mr. D. A. Paveley, gave a lecture on Tuesday evening, March 7, MARCH 16, 1922 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1921-1922 AEROPLANES, airships, balloons and parts thereof (not shown separately before 1910). For 1910 and 1911 figures see "FLIGHT" for January 25, 1912; for 1912 and 1913, see "FLIGHT" for January 17, 19145 for 1914, see "FLIGHT" for January 15, 1915; for 1915, see " FLIGHT " for January 13, 1916; for 1916, see "FLIGHT" for January 11, 1917: for 1917. see "FLIGHT" for January 24, 1918; for 1918, see "FLIGHT" for January 16, 1919; for 1919, see "FLIGHT" for January 22, 1920; for 1920, soe " FLIGHT " for January 13, 1921 ; and for 1921, see " FLIGHT " for January 19, 1922. Exports Re-Exportation 1921. 1922. 1921. 1922. £ £ £ £ 87,128 76,552 2,285 23 59,829 69,129 19 1,100 Tan. .. Feb. .. Imports 1921. 1922. £ £ 4.459 i.i52 2,379 567 A S-.fi 1 am A fine cup which has been presented to the London Aero-Models Association by Mr. Felix Kelly for the best duration flight with a compressed-air-driven model. to the Meccano Boys at Emanuel College, Wandsworth, the subject being " Early History of Flight, Heavier-than-Air Machines, incorporating Model Aeronautics." At the con clusion there were many enquiries from possible recruits to membership of L.A.M.A. Rule No. 3 of the Association states that " members not having paid their subscriptions to date, shall not be eligible to vote at meetings, or participate in competitions." Meetings held at Headquarters every Thursday evening, 20, Great Windmill Street, Picadilly, W. 1, at 7.30 p.m. Full particulars can be had from the Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. E. Jones, of 48, Narcissus Road, West Hampstead, N.W 6 Gliders IN view of the activity in gliding experiments in other countries, it has been suggested that facilities should be offered in this country to those who are interested in these experiments. The Royal Aero Club, 3, Clifford Street, London, W. 1, will be pleased to hear from all those who contemplate taking an active interest in gliders. German Air Enterprise in Colombia CONFIRMATION has been received through the British Department of Overseas Trade that a contract has been drawn up between the Colombian Government and the Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aereos, whereby the company will operate a weekly air mail service from Barranquilla to Neiva and vice versa, with numerous inter mediate landings, in return for a small subsidy. This service and another between Barranquilla and Cartagena were in actual operation in January, although at that time the contract still awaited the sanction of the Government. Apparently the affair is a very live proposition, from particulars recently to hand. Mid-Air Collision Fatality FROM Allahabad it is reported that 00 March 3 two aeroplanes, returning from Lahore to Ambala. collided at an altitude of 4,000 ft. and crashed to the ground, near Amritsar. The four occupants, Flight-Comdr. Fox, Flying Officer Buck- land, Sergt. Hemings and Air-Mechanic Richardson, are stated to nave been killed instantaneously. 1,719 146,957 145,681 2,304 1,123 Sa SS HB VR PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Cours Pratique d'Aviation. By Capt. Gambier and Lieut, de Vaisseau J. Amet. Librairie Delagrave, 15, Rue Soufflot, Paris. Price 12 fr. La Photographie Ae'rienne. By A. H. Carlier. Librairie Delagrave, 15, Rue Soufflot, Paris. Price 28 fr. Scientific Papers of the Bureau of Standards. No. 427. Some Effects of the Distributed Capacity between Inductance Coils and the Ground. By G. Breit. Department of Com merce, Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. Vol. LXV, Part V. March, 1922. Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow. Technical Note No. 85. Air Force and Three Moments for " F-5-L " Seaplane. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Navy Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. & m m & AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : cyl. =• cylinder ; I.C. — internal combustion ; m. — motors The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc APPLIED FOR IN 1920 Published March 16, 1922 J. DEMOCRATIS. Parachutes. (175,308.) GOODYEAR TYRE AND RUBBER CO. Airships. (154,578.) W. GRUNOW. Devices for transference of articles between aircraft and vessels at sea. (175,367.) F. W. SCARFF. Control of aircraft. (175,378.) APPLIED FOR IN 1921 Published March 16, 1922 N. BASENACH. Airship anchoring devices. (157,198.) ARMSTRONG-SIDDELEY MOTORS, LTD., and F. M. GREEN. Air-cooled I.C. engines with radial cylinders. (175,554-) 23,359- 31.141- 31,738. 31.9"- 1,070. 8,678. 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