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follows:—Length, 10.7 ms. (35 ft. 1 in.); span, 17 ms. (55 ft. 10 ins.); area, 63 sq. ms. (678 sq. ft.); weight empty, 1,360 kgs. (3,000 lbs.) ; fuel, 420 kgs. (925 lbs.); useful load, 680 kgs. (1,500 lbs.); total loaded weight, 2,400 kgs. (5,280 lbs.) ; power loading, 14.3 lbs./h.p. ; wing loading, 7.8 lbs./sq. ft. No performance figures are available, except that the esti- mated speed is 185 kms. (115 miles) per hour. The Farman Commercial machine, as already mentioned, does not impress one as being a very " commercial " proposition, with its power expenditure of 600 h.p. for the transportation of but eight passengers. The machine is stated to have been designed for the new Farman 600 h.p. engine. With the exception that but one engine is fitted, in place of the usual two on the wings, the new machine hardly appears to differ from the " Goliath." It shows the same straight wings with sawn-off ends, and the same rectangular flat-sided fuselage. The dimensions may vary slightly, but in general appearance the machine, except for the change in power JANUARY 4, 1923 plant arrangement, is to all intents and purposes a " Goliath." The cabin is most luxuriously equipped, and folding tables are provided for each of the eight passengers. The seats can even be pulled out to make couches on which the weary passengers, if there be not too many of them, may rest full length. As, however, the amount of fuel carried is only sufficient for 5 hrs., this should scarcely be necessary, and a sounder plan might have been to arrange for carrying another five or six passengers. The main characteristics of th& machine are :—Length, 15 ms. (49 ft. 3 ins.); span, 25.3 ms. (83 ft.); area, 150 sq. ms. (1,615 sq. ft) I weight, empty, 3,000 kgs. (6,600 lbs.); fuel for 5 hrs. 620 kgs. (1,365 lbs.) ; useful load (pilot, mechanic and 8 passengers), 960 kgs. (2,110 lbs.); total loaded weight, 4,580 kgs. (10,000 lbs.) ; power loading, 16.6 lbs./h.p. ; wing loading, 6-2 lbs./sq. ft. ; speed 180 kins. (112 miles) per hour. To be continued.) NEW YEAR HONOURS IT is announced in a Supplement to the London Gazette, that the King has been pleased to signify His Majesty's intention of conferring the following Honours :— Knighthood Manville, Edward, Esq., J.P., M.Inst.E.E., M.P. For services to the Board of Trade. Royal Victorian Order Atholl, John George, Duke of, K.T., C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O. Order of the Bath C.B. Military Division) Masterman, Air-Commodore Edward Alexander Dimsdale, C.M.G., C.B.E., A.F.C., R.A.F. Bonham-Carter, Group Capt. Ian Malcolm, O.B.E., R.A.F. C.B. (Civil Division)Webster, James Alexander, Esq., D.S.O., Principal Assistant Secretary, Air Ministry. Order of the British Empire '• .-. ; 7 O.B.E. Military Division) Butler, Squadn.-Leader Albert James, M.C., A.F.C., R.A.F. Smart, Squad.-Leader Harry George, D.F.C., R.A.F. (dated December 30, 1922). M.B.E. Military Division) " " • Brown, Flight-Lieut. Horace George, R.A.F. Cullen, Flight-Lreut. Ian, A.F.C., R.A.F. (dated Decem- ber 30, 1922). Oakey, Flight-Lieut. Wesley Howard, R.A.F. ; Wynne, Flying Offr. Frederick Robert, R.A.F. (dated December 30, 1922). Jackson, No. 402325 Sergeant-Major 1st Class Percy John, R.A.F. AWARDS AND PROMOTIONS 7 r Air Ministry, fanuary 1, 1923 The King has been pleased to approve of the following awards to the undermentioned officers and airmen of the Royal Air Force :— Bar to the Air Force Cross.—Flight-Lieut. Thomas Edward Barham Howe, A.F.C. Air Force Cross.—-Flight-Lieut. Edward Rodolph Clement Scholefield, D.C.M. Air Force Medal.—No. 314986 Sergt. William Charles Whitfield. PromotionsThe undermentioned officers are promoted to the ranks stated, with effect from January 1 :— General Duties Branch Group Captain to be Air Commodore.—Eugene Louis Gerrard, C.M.G., D.S.O. Wing Commanders to be Group Captains.—Wilfrid Rhodes Freeman, D.S.O., M.C., Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair, M.C., Arthur Wellesley Bigsworth, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C. Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—Thomas Gerard Hetherington, C.B.E., Alan Howard Jackson, Owen Tudor Boyd, O.B.E., M.C., A.F.C., Justin Howard Herring, D.S.O., M.C., John Hugh Samuel Tyssen, M.C. Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders.—Arthur John Capel, Ralph Towlerton Leather, A.F.C., Vyvyan Arthur Hemming Robeson, M.C., John Henry D'Albiac, D.S.O., Francis Percival Den, George Brindley Aufrere Baker, M.C., Harley Alec Tweedie, O.B.E., A.F.C., Roy Maxwell Drummond, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C., Arthur Hicks Peck, D.S.O., M.C., Arthur Noel Gallehawk, A.F.C. Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.—James Humphrey Butler, Charles Ronald Steele, D.F.C., Cyril Fraser Brewerton, D.S.C., Philip Herbert Mackworth, D.F.C., John Mecredy McAlery, Malcolm Dent Nares, A.F.C., Robert Sydney Pearce Boby, Gilbert Formby Smylie, D.S.C., Louis George Paget, A.F.C., Gerald Ernest Gibbs, M.C., John Whitworth Jones, George Oswald Venn, Sylvester Lindsay Quine, M.C., Edgar Theodore Carpenter, A.F.C., Cedric Walters Hill, Paul Richard Tankerville, James Michael Isidore Camille Chamberlayne, A.F.C., Charles Robert Davidson, M.C., Lance Harold Browning, M.C., D.F.C., Ralph Edgar Meek, Lee Roy Lowerison Brown, D.F.C., Edric William Broad- berry, M.C., John Potter, Tom Oswald Clogstoun, Henry Dunboyne O'Neill, A.F.C., Cuthbert Joseph Stanley Dearlove, Kenneth Cromar Tilman, Harney Lancelot Macro, D.F.C., Walter George Preston, D.FX., Edward Irwin Bussell, James Huddart Dand, M.B.E., Henry Basil Pett, M.C., Henry Edward Walker, M.C., D.F.C., Arthur Harold Beach- Leslie Millington lies, A.F.C., Jack Cottle, M.B.E., D.F.C., Anthony Lauderdale Paxton, D.F.C., Albert Oliver Lewis- Roberts, D.F.C., Charles William Attwood, Gerald Morning- ton Bryer, A.F.C., Guy Yelverton Tyrrell, M.C., David Craik, D.F.C., Albert Frank Lang, M.B.E., William Elliot, D.F.C., Frederick Robert Wynne, Kenelm Arthur Lister - Kaye, Ivor Morgan Rodney, Claud Vernon Aristrides Bucknall, John Whitford, George Stairs Napier Johnston. Stores Branch Squadron Leader to be Wing Commander.-—William Robert Bruce, O.B.E. Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders.—William Edgar Aylwin, O.B.E., Henry Lumsden Crichton, M.B.E. Flying Officer to be Flight Lieutenant.—Henry Edwin Thomas Crocker. Stores Branch Accountants Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders.—Arthur Geoffrey Nevill Belfield, Herbert George Jones, Herbert Francis Fuller, James Leask Robertson. Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.—Ralf Harry Cleverly, Percy Jack Farmer, Harry George Bushell, Frank Owen Hall, Frederick William Arthurton, Geoffrey Noel Simon, Percival Hay, M.C., Walter Rodgers Westcombe, Kenneth Robertson Money, O.B.E., John Sullivan. Medical Branch Wing Commanders to be Group Captains.—Henry Cooper, D.S.O., B.A., Martin William Flack, C.B.E., M.B., M.A. Squadron Leader to be Wing Commander.—Harold Edward, Whittingham, M.B., D.P.H., D.T.M. Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders.—Joseph Mary Aloysius Costello, M.C., M.D., M.Sc, John Hutchinson Wood, M.C., M.B., D.P.H., Arthur James Brown, D.S.O. Director of Music Flying Officer to be Honorary Flight Lieutenant.—John Henry Amers. THE King has been pleased to approve of the award of the Medal of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire to the undermentioned, to be dated Dec. 28, 1922 :— No. 1287 Flight Sergeant James Kemp Tough, R.A.F. (To be dated December 30, 1922.) No. 334286 Sergeant Frank Lowry, R.A.F. ; No. 60056 Corporal (A/Sgt.) Herbert Sydney Allen, R.A.F. ; No. 331463 Corporal William Victor James Bancroft, R.A.F. ; No.'541282 Corporal Harry Bowick, R.A.F. 8
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