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Plight, June 8, 1922 First Aero Weekly in the World. Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 702. (No. 23, Vol. XIV.) JUNE 8, 1922 [Weekly, Price 6d. Post free, 7d. FligHt, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. i Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828 Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free : United Kingdom .. 30s. 4Z. Abroad .. .. 33s. od.' These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnorma' conditions and to increases in postage rates * European subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS Editorial Comment The Whits un Race Meeting at Waddon The Night Flight to Paris Croydon Meeting A New Low-Power German Aero Engine : The Siemens Halske Aviation in Australia Air Ministry Notices London-Continental Services A Strength Calculator for Aeroplane Details The Longren Two-Seater Biplane .. PAGE 321 322 323 326 327 .. 328 .. 328 33° 331 DIARY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in the following list: 1922. June 19 June 23-25 June 24 .. June 27 .... July 29 .... Aug. 6-20 Aug. 6 .... Aug. 7 .... Aug. (last fortnight) Sept. Sept Sept. or Oct. Sept. 22 .... 1923. Deo. 1 .... 1924. Mar. 1 .... Independent Air Force, R.A.F., Dinner, Hotel Cecil International Competition for Touring Aero planes, Brussels Royal Air Force Pageant, Hendon Royal Aero Club 21st Anniversary Banquet Aerial Derby, starting at Waddon French Gliding Competition Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race, Geneva R.Ae.C. Race Meeting, at Waddon Schneider Cup Seaplane Race, at Naples Tyrrhenian Cup, Italy Italian Grand Prix R.Ae.C. Race Meeting, at Waddon Coupe Deutsche (800 kil.) Entries Close for French Aero Engine Com petition French Aero Engine Competition. INDEX FOR VOL. XIII. The Index for Vol. XIII of FLIGHT (January to December, 1921) is now ready, and can be obtained from the Publishers, 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C. 2. Price Is. per copy. (Is. Id. post free). fORIAL COMMENT. WO outstanding facts were brought to light at |the Third Croydon Aviation Meeting held on June 3. One is that people will not go to Waddon on a Saturday preceding Whit Mon day in anything like the numbers which have been found to visit the aerodrome on a Bank Holiday or Easter Monday. The other is that, apparently, the racing interferes with the " legitimate " business of the aerodrome, and must, not un- WbJtsu naturally, await the arrival or departure Race Meeting °* commercial machines. The attend- at Waddon ance on Saturday was very far below that of Easter Monday. In fact, we should not think that'the number was more than one- fourth or one-fifth of that of the latter day. Evidently people had set aside Whit Monday for their outing, and the idea of going to see the racing at Waddon on a Saturday afternoon preceding it did not appeal to them. At least that is the conclusion to which one must come, in view of the pronounced falling off in attendance. The moral is, of course, simple enough —Hold future meetings (of a minor character) on the Monday. The second fact to which we have referred is not quite so easy to settle, although settled it will have to be if air racing is to continue. We have on several occasions questioned the desirability of holding race meetings at Waddon aerodrome, not only because the aerodrome is very far from being a good one for the purpose, but also because it is quite obvious that the regular traffic cannot, and should not, be inter fered with by air racing. On Saturday the start of the first race had to be postponed on account of an incoming machine, which was reported to be approach ing the aerodrome. It finally arrived, and the race started over half an hour late. Later in the day, another race was due to start, when it was reported that four machines were approaching Waddon. t
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