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Fortunately for the visitors, who, it is hoped, will crowd to Waddon on August Bank Holiday, other items have been included in the programme of the meeting, and there should thus be plenty of good flying to watch. The team race for the Air League Challenge Cup, which is at present held by Kenley, should provide quite a good deal of amusement, competitors having to alight and hand batons to other members of their teams, who will then make a circuit and again pass the batons to the last repre sentatives, who will complete the race, the repre sentative first crossing the finishing line securing the Cup for his station. In addition to the team race there will be a handi cap in which all the Derby machines have been entered, plus three other machines, to be flown by Lieut.-Col. Spenser Grey, Major Chris. Draper, and Lieut. Robb respectively. Thus, if all the Derby machines take part, the handicap should include 13 machines, which should be sufficient to provide good sport. We are rather looking forward to seeing James covering two laps of the eight miles course on the Mars I. If he is not to lose too much on the corners he will have to do some vertical banks, and as these short races are always flown at a very low height, spectators should get a very good idea of the speed of this machine. Major Chris. Draper has promised to give some exhibition flights, and as he is one of the finest exponents of trick flying his performance should be well worth watching. *• * • The regulations governing the circuit of CBritain°f Britain for the CuP presented by His for the Majesty the King have now been King's Cup published, and will be found on another page of this issue of FLIGHT. The impetus which will be given to civil aviation by this gracious act on the part of His Majesty must be very great, and it is to be hoped that owners of machines, and others who have the necessary capital to enter machines, will come forward in large numbers and so help to make the race the success it deserves to be. Already, the Duke of Sutherland, President of the Air League, has promised.to enter a machine, RECONSTITUTION AN Order in Council, to be published shortly, enacts that the Air Council shall consist of the following members :— One of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, who shall be President of the Air Council. The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Air. The Chief of the Air Staff. Air Member for Personnel. Air Member for Supply and Research. The Secretary of the Air Ministry. The main intention of the new Order in Council, which replaces that of October 13, 1920, is to redistribute the business of the Air Council and adapt the organisation of the Air Ministry in such a way as to meet new requirements and increased responsibilities, and in particular to relieve the Chief of the Air Staff of some portions of the detailed administration of the Royal Air Force, which were previously under his direct control. The main changes are as follows :— (1) The title of Air Member is given to each of the Members of Council serving in offices held bv officers of the Royal Air Force, and the Chief of the Air Staff is described as the first and_senior Air Member of Council and principal adviser to the secretary of State in the direction of the Air Force. (2) Subject to (i) above, the Air Member for Personnel will be responsible to the Secretary of State for the adminis tration of business relating to the personnel, discipline and organisation of the Air Force, and the Air Member for Supply AUGUST 3, 1922 and has thus, with others, set' an example which we hope many more will follow. As one of the conditions is that machines must be entered by individuals and not by companies, here is an excellent opportunity for wealthy supporters of aviation to come forward and help matters along by entering machines. Up to the present we have had few Mecsenates in the aviation world, but the splendid example set by His Majesty can scarcely fail to induce others to give their encouragement, by offering prizes or in other ways. We would suggest that a tremendous amount Qf good would be accomplished if His Majesty could be induced to be present at Waddon either on the day of the start for the race or the next day to witness the winning of his Cup. As to the race itself, as this is to be a handicap, all sorts of machines will be admitted, and there appears to be good prospects of a representative fist, including many of the modern commercial aeroplanes that are being used on the London-Paris services. There is even a probability of one or two amphibians taking place. The Circuit of Britain which was to have been flown in 1914 had to be abandoned owing to the outbreak of war. That race was, it will be remem bered, to have been for seaplanes, and frankly we should have preferred to see the present race flown by this type of machine also. It is, however, unlikely that there are in existence today, under civilian ownership at any rate, a sufficient number of seaplanes to provide the necessary number of entrants, and the decision to make the race an aeroplane contest would, therefore, naturally follow. At the same time it is regrettable that this country has so far neglected seaplanes that a sufficient number for a race around Britain cannot be found. Even as long ago as 1914 we could muster quite a number of seaplanes, enough for a purely seaplane race, whereas today that does not seem to be possible. There is a warning in this state of affairs which those respon sible for our air development would do well to ponder. Probably at least three types of seaplanes, or rather amphibians, will be represented in the Circuit of Britain, and thus, for the first time in our aviation history, we shall see a race in which both aeroplanes and seaplanes are competing. H H OF AIR COUNCIL and Research (lately Director-General of Supply and Research) will, in addition to the business already allocated to him under the previous Order in Council, be responsible to the Secretary of State for the administration of business relating to the equipment of the Air Force. The Order also provides, having regard to the recent termination of the post of Controller-General of Civil Aviation, and its replacement by a post of Director of Civil Aviation responsible to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, that the Under Secretary of State shall in turn be responsible to the Secretary of State for business relating to Civil Aviation. The Air Council, as reconstituted, is composed as follows :— Secretary of Sfate and President of the Air Council, Capt. the Right Hon. F. E. Guest, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.P. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Vice- President of the Air Council—The Right Hon. Lord Gorell, C.B.E., M.C. Chief of Air Staff and Senior Air Member of Council— Air Chief Marshal Sir H. M. Trenchard, Bart., K.C.B., D.S.O., A.D.C. Air Member for Personnel—Air Vice-Marshal O. Swann, C.B., C.B.E. Air Member for Supply and Research—Air Vice-Marshal Sir W. G. H. Salmond, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., p.s.c, Secretary—Sir W. F. Nicjiolson, K.C.B.
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