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thought people ought to appreciate the relative responsibilities of the two sides of the work. The fact that they had had to devote the last three years to the formation of" a service, had no doubt somewhat over-occupied their time, but with out that service they would be as dissatisfied as they could be as citizens of this great country, and therefore when they heard or read unsupported attacks upon the Ministry in that connection, they should take the broadest possible view of the necessity for the whole service being built up in this country, and being put into a position of sufficient security to keep pace with developments in anv other land. He did not suppose anyone believed in the subsidy as a permanent doctrine, but during the stages of infancy it was essential that the State should come to the rescue and assist in the best way it could. He looked forward to the time when civil aviation would not need* this artificial support, but so long as the period of suspense remained there would be no stronger advocate than himself of the system of subsidies in this connection. Mr. F. G. Kellaway, the Postmaster-General, said he admired the audacity of the entry into aviation of the Daimler Hire Co. If the air services could give him good terms for carrying his goods those goods would be at their disposal. The three considerations necessary to the successful carrying of mails were speed, cheapness, and reliability, and the most important of all was reliability. The outlook now was brighter than it had been at any time since 1919. He did not know how far the technical men had got towards solving the problem of night flying, but that was one of the difficulties that stood in the way of a very considerable use of the air services for carrying mails between England and Paris. The London business man could post a letter tonight, and have it delivered in Paris next morning, and until the air services could fly at night they would not beat that. He hoped that during this year the mails would be carried to Brussels by air, and that the service would be extended through Brussels to Germany. For the conveyance of air mails to Amsterdam, they were again relying on the services of the Royal Dutch Air Co. He was now in communication with the French Post Office regarding mails from Paris to Prague, Vienna, and Budapest, but the outstanding examples of what could be done in carrying mails by air was the Cairo- Baghdad service. The ordinary mails going from this country to Baghdad took twenty-seven days, but the Air Ministry was carrying them in ten to nine days, and they hoped this year to reduce it to eight. The extent to which that service was used was remarkable, for he was informed that something like 45 per cent, of the letters sent between this country and Baghdad were sent by air. If the Air Ministry, or any of the civil aviation companies could guarantee cheap, swift, and reliable communication, he, as Postmaster-General, and the Post Office as a whole, would be only too glad to use the whole of their organisation to place in their hands for transport the largest quantity of letters and parcels which they could possible carry. He saw no practical difficulty in the way of having an air service which would enable letters posted in London today to be delivered in Australia within a week's time. If that could be done, think not only of its commercial advantages, but of the extent to which it would make all the peoples of this Empire one great family. It would be a case of audacity overcoming insuperable difficulties. Col. Frank Searle, the Managing Director of Daimler Hire, Ltd., said they had built up their business upon service to the public—value for money—and they intended to follow upon the same principle with the Airway. He thought the Paris-London service could be now run with the subsidy, but he hoped in a year to give figures that would prove the service could be run without a subsidy. Once they could prove they could work at a profit, they would be prepared to go anywhere with a full service. He maintained that the expense for business people in travelling by air to Paris and back in the day was less than by the pre-historic methods by train and boat, absorbing two days, at least, with all its extra expenses. He wanted the agencies to look after the airway more individually and encouragingly than they had done. Col. Searle then paid a high tribute to Messrs. Napiers, the engine manufacturers, who were giving an immense amount of help to the companies who were operating, and also to Capt. de Hayilland, who designed the machines. He was most sympathetic and receptive of suggestions of a practical (not engineering) nature, and had as far as possible, embodied them in his machines. Amongst those present were : The Duke of Sutherland, Lord Gorell (Under Secretary for Air), Major-General Sir F. Sykes (Controller-General of Civil Aviation), Sir J. Norton Griffiths, M.P., Sir H. White-Smith, General Sir H. C. Z. Holden, Colonel Grant Morden, M.P., Colonel O. C. Armstrong (President, Federation of British Industries), Brig.-General Sir W. T. F. Horwood, Sir Halliwelle Rogers, Brig.-General P. R..C. Groves, Sir A. J. Hobson, Mr. P. J. Hannan, M.P., Major-General Sir W. S. Brancker, Brig.-General R. K. Bagnall-Wild, Mr. F. Handley Page, Captain de Havilland, Lieut.-Col. W. D. Raikes, Sir Samuel Instone, Lieut.-Col. Mervyn O'Gorman, Lieut.-Col. Heckstall Smith, Lieut.-Col. W. D. Beatty, and Commander F. B. Armstrong. K m m m THE LONDON AERO-MODELS ASSOCIATION THE Propeller Competition held on March 25 proved popular, there being fifteen entrants. The judges were kept busy testing up to 10.30, and had to continue on the following Tuesday, to complete their task. The first prize was won by Mr. W. E. Evans, second by Mr. L. Lansdown, third by Mr. F. de P. Green. Mr. F. J. Camm will give full data of the competition in due course. Re Competition No. 2, for R.O.G. duration. Models limited to 4 ozs. minimum. No other restrictions. To be held on Wormwood Scrubbs, Sunday, April 16, at n a.m. (The word " minimum " was omitted in error in the announce ment of March 23). On Thursday, the 6th inst., Mr. W. E. Evans w^ll give a short lecture on " How to Design a Model Aeroplane Propeller." The Secretary has been requested to draw members' attention to General Rule No. 3. Meetings are held every Thursday at 20, Great Windmill Street, Piccadilly, W. 1, at 7.30 p.m., when full particulars of membership can be obtained.—Hon. Sec, A. E. Jones. I H I I NEW COMPANY REGISTERED. AEROMOTORS, LTD.—Capital £900 in £1 shares (300 " A " and 600 " B "). Aeronautical ana general engineers. Permanent directors : W. Harris, D. F. H. Fitzmaurice. Solicitors: Wedlake, Letts and Birds, 11, Serjeants' Inn, E.C. 4. m m m u 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 April 6, 1922 25,812. B. J. DEMOCRATIS. Parachutes. (176,406.) 30,725. ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY MOTORS, LTD., J. LLOYD and H. N. WYLIE. Means for securing metal tubes in sockets. (176,432.) 31,712. R. VERDUZIO and U. SAVOIA. Aeroplane wing bracing. (153,595.) 33,316. H. E.S.HOLT. Holt landing lights or flares for attaching to aircraft. (I76.455-) 34,819. P. W. SCHOLLAR and E. R. CALTHROP s AERIAL PATENTS, LTD. Parachute launching devices. (176,518.) 36,475. D. J. MOONEY and E. E. BROWN. All-metal aeroplane wings. (176,565.) APPLIED FOR IN 1921 Published April 6, 1922 1,167. ZEPPELIN- WERKE GES. Fastening for radiators for aircraft. (157,272.) 5,028. H. BEDNALL. Head-gear for use on aircraft. (176,638.) 6,644. M. KAPFERER. Wheels. (160,460..) . ffi ffi ffi & NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS All Advertisement Copy ' and Blocks must be delivered at the Offices of "FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C. 2, not later than 12 o'clock on Saturday in each week for the following week~'s issue. FLIGHT The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2. Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828. 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