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NOVEMBER 16, 1922 offered by Mr. A. V. Roe, Mr. Blazdell, Mr. Colvert and Mr. Roferson. Mr. Tinson has since obtained the remarkable distance of 920 ft. (or a gliding angle of 1 in 15^) with a paper model weighing 1J ozs. The model was flying against H & An Opportunity for the British Aircraft Industry THE official Gazette of Madrid announces that the Spanish Government is asking for tenders for seventy aeroplanes of three different types, i.e., thirty "Chasers," thirty Recon naissance machines, and ten Bombers. These tenders should form an excellent opportunity for the British aircraft industry, as doubtless the types accepted will be definitely adopted by the Spanish Government. Already there are in Spain a fair number of British machines, and they are all well liked by the Spanish pilots. Owing, however, to intensive French propaganda, the French industry has scored rather heavily, indicating once more the extremely great value of timely and consistent propaganda where aircraft is concerned. The assistance given to French aircraft firms by the French Government has enabled them to send out missions to a number of countries, with the result that French machines have, in many instances, been adopted, whereas if British firms had been equally well represented there is little doubt that this country would have received a good many more orders than has been the case. Spain is a country offering great possibilities, and signs are not lacking that it intends to take up aviation on quite a large scale. This will be even more the case when the proposed airship route to South America begins operations. In preparation for that time it is worth while to get British aircraft introduced in the largest possible numbers, and the present demand for tenders would appear to offer an excellent opportunity for doing so. Manchester Chamber of Commerce Support Aviation THE importance of rapid transit is appreciated nowhere in the world more than in Manchester, and the constant suc cess of the Daimler Airways Manchester-London service is already bearing valuable fruit. On November 13 the service was referred to at a meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce by the President, Mr. W. Clare Lees. Manchester, he said, with its large foreign trade, offered a splendid opening for the development of an aerial mail service, and it was the business of the commercial community to let the aviation the wind for the greater part of the time, and while out over the aerodrome, where one would not expect any up-currents, it darted up from a height of about 12 ft. to over 50 ft. from the ground. H m companies and the Post Office authorities know what develop ments to the air service would be of most service to trade. He, therefore, proposed that the chamber should form a committee to watch commercial aviation. The committee would be composed of members having interests in Man chester's foreign trade, together with men whose practical experience of aviation would enable the committee to keep its discussion within the bounds of possibilities. The board, unanimously approved of the formation of a committee, with the president as chairman. German Aircraft Firm in Denmark FROM Copenhagen it is reported that arrangements have been completed for the German " Rofawerke " to establish a branch in Denmark. Mr. Erik Hildesheim, who, in spite of his German name, is a Dane, is mentioned as the Danish manager, and it is stated that Herr Ing. Rohrbach will be technical director of the new firm. At first it is intended, the report states, to build twin-engined seaplanes fitted with two Rolls-Royce " Eagle " engines. With reference to above announcement, we have received from Rolls-Royce, Ltd., the following statement :— " We should be obliged if you would make it clear to your readers that we are not supplying engines to the Rofawerke firm, nor have we had any communication with them. " It seems probable, therefore, that if the Rofawerke firm are fitting Rolls-Royce aero engines to aircraft intended for German use the engines are the old type of engine (known as ' Eagle VIII '), which were designed and built many years ago, and are now completely out of date. We are now pro ducing a later and considerably improved design known as the ' Eagle IX.' "It is known that the British Government had a large number of the now obsolete ' Eagle VIII ' engines on hand at the time of the Armistice, and we believe that these redundant engines are still being disposed of, directly or indirectly, to foreign governments and others. " B. JOHNSON, General Manager, Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 14-15, Conduit Street, W. I. Nov. 10, 1922." H H H H THE LONDON-CONTINENTAL SERVICES FLIGHTS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 5 AND NOVEMBER 11, INCLUSIVE Route (including certain diverted journeys) ights * <R 0 0 ssenger s M-t No . 0 No. of flights carrying a> Ma i « Go o journey s pleted f 0 5 d ° ge flyin g im e 2^ Av e Fastest time made by Type and (in brackets) Number of each type flying Croy don-Paris Paris-Croydon Croydon-Brussels- Cologne Cologne-Brussels- Croydon Croydon-Rotterdam Rotterdam-Croydon Manchester-Croydon- Amsterdam Amsterdam-Croydon- Manchester 12 12 4| 4§ 5 3 711 10U 57 34 32 10 16 5 42 30 169 4 2 I 3 5 3 1 3 22 9 8 — — 5 3 2 27 10 9 4 4 5 3 6 10 5i h. m 2 41 3 1 4 1 5 18 2 29 3 22 5 8 — . H.P.W.8B G-EBBG (2h. 1 im.) H-P.W8B G-EBBG (2h.27m.) D.H. 18 G-EAWX (3h. 37m.) D.H. i8G-EAWW(4h. 46m.) Fokker H-NABM (ih. 53m.) Fokker H-NABR (2h. 54m.) D.H 34 G-EBBY (5I1. 2m.) B. (1), D.H. 9 (3), G. (5), H.P.W.8B (3). B. (1), D.H. 9 (2). G. (4), H.P.W.8B. (3). D.H. 4 (1), D.H. 18 (1), D.H. 34 (2)-D.H. 4 (1), D.H. 18(1), D.H. 34 (2). F. (4). - F- (3). D.H. 34 (3)- D.H. 9 (1), D.H. 34 (3). Total for week * Not including " private " flights. t Including certain journeys when stops were made en route. % Croy.-Brus. 1. §~Brus.-Croy. 1. || Man.-Croy. 3, Croy.-A'dam. 2. *[f A'dam.-Croy. 4, Croy.-Man. 6. Av. = Avro. B. = Breguet. Br. = Bristol. Bt. «- B.A.T. D.H.4 = De Havilland 4. D.H.9 (etc.). F. = Fokker. Fa. = Farman F.50. G. = Goliath Farman. H.P. = Handley Page. M. = Martinsyde. Sp. = Spad. Vi. = Vickers Vimy. Vu. = Vickers Vulcan. W. = Westland. The following is a list of firms running services between London and Paris, Brussels, etc., etc.:—Co. des Grandes Expresses Aeriennes ; Daimler Hire, Ltd.; Handley Page Transport, Ltd. ; Instone Air Line; Koninklijkie Luchtvaart Maatschappij ; Messageries Aeriennes. Incidental Flying.—Messrs. Courtney, Macmillan, Perry, Piercey and Capt. Stocken between them tested five Avrosandone D.H. 9 at Croydon for the Aircraft Disposal Co., and flew them to Brussels. 672
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