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Flight, September 28, 1922 First Aero Weekly in the World. Founder and Editor : STANLEY SPOONKR 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. 718. (No. 39, Vol. XIV.) SEPTEMBER 28, 1922 (•Weekly, Price 6d. L Post free, 7d. FligHt, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. a Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828 Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free : United Kingdom .. 30s. 4d. Abroad .. .. 33s. ad.* These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormal conditions and to increases in postage rates * European subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE Inter-City Championship Air Races .. .. .. .. .. 553 The New British Air Routes 554 The Forthcoming Gliding Competition .. .. .. .. 554 An Impression of "Mars I " : From the Original by Roderic Hill .. 555 Map-Making and Aerial Photography .. .. .. .. .. 556 The Bellanca CF Five-Seater " Sesquiplan" .. .. .. .. 557 Royal Aero Club Official Notices .. .. .. .. .. .. 559 Gliding. Soaring and Air-Sailing .. .. .. .. .. .. 560 Inter-City Air Race .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 562 Coupe Deutsch .'. .. .. .. .. .. . - .. 563 London-Continental Servi;es .. .. .. .. .. .. 564 London Terminal Aerodrome .. .. .. .. .. .. 564 Smith Altimeter 565 Airisms from the Four Winds .. .. .. .. .. .. 566 Royal Air Force .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 567 R.A.F. Intelligence 56 Personals 56 Royal Aeronautical Society Official Notices .. .. .. .. 568 Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers .. .. .. .. .. 568 Side-Winds 56 DIARY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous oj announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in the following list i 1922. Sept. .... Sept Sept. 30 .... Oct. 16-21 Dec. 15- Jan. 2 192S. June Dee. 1 .... 1924. Mar. 1 .... Mar. 15 ... Tyrrhenian Cnp, Italy Italian Grand Prix Coupe Dentscb (800 kil.) Daily Mail £1,000 Gliding Competition Paris Aero Exhibition International Air Congress, London Entries Close for French Aero Engine Com petition French Aero Engine Competition Entries close for Dutch Height Indicator Com petition Inter-City Champion ship EDITORIAL COMMENT. F certain practical difficulties can be overcome, the suggestion of instituting annual inter-city championship air races, which has been made by Lieut.-Col. Spenser Grey, appears to be an eminently sound one, and one which would undoubtedly do a very great deal towards spreading an in terest in and understanding of aviation. As Col. Grey remarks, it is no manner of use to clamour for a large air service and at the same time insist on rigid economy, and by encouraging towns and cities all over the country Air°Races to subscribe towards the building of one or more aeroplanes for such a race, a material addition could be made to our aerial strength. Keen as was the interest displayed at all the controls during the race for the King's Cup, it would be a hundred-fold greater if all the cities at which there were controls were represented by their own m achines in the race. It is scarcely to be doubted that, if handled properly, the suggestion should meet with general approval, and we imagine that the number of towns which would decide to enter machines would *be very considerable. The suggestion that the machines thus brought into being should be earmarked for the new Auxiliary (or Territorial) Air Force, recruiting for which is to begin next spring, is also excellent, providing a way can be found to make the machines both suitable for the race and useful to a Territorial Air Force. That there are difficulties to be overcome is hardly to be denied, and a great deal of goodwill on all sides will be necessary to make the scheme workable. For instance, in the very nature of things the pro posed race will have to be a handicap one, as not only will the Territorial Air Force require several types of machines, but also the subscriptions of individual towns will vary in amount from a few hundred pounds to several thousands. Figuratively speaking, it shculd be possible for a very small town or large village to enter an Avro Baby, while London might provide a large • high-power twin-engined bomber, and Southampton a large amphibian flying boat. Thus the race is limited from the very beginning to being a handicap one. That is not, perhaps, any
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