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Flight, January 11, 1923 CHT AIRCRAFTENGINEER. TR§HIPS 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. 733. (No. 2, Vol. XV.) JANUARY IT, 1923 fWeekly, Price 6d.L Post free, 7d. The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2 Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828 Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free : United Kingdom .. 30s. 46. Abroad .. . . 33s. od" 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 At it Again .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 Watch America .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. 16 The Paris Aero Show, 1922 17 Personals . .. .. .. 22 Gliding, Soaring and Air-Sailing 3 Metal Aeropl mes .. 24 Royal Air Force 5 Air Ministry Notices 5 London Terminal Aerodrome .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 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 : 1923 Jan Algiers Gliding Competition Jan. 11 ... Juvenile Lecture, " Testing Model Seaplanes," by R. A. Frazjr, bafore R.Ae.Soc. Jan. 12 .... Discussion, "Gliding and Gliders at Itford," at I.Ae.E. Jan. 18 ... Lecture, " Flying Boats," by Maj. J. D. Rennie, before R.Ae.Soc. Jan. 26 .... Lecture, " Wind Tunnel Work at the N.P.L.," by W. L. Cowley, before I.Ae.E. Feb. 6-7.... Third Air Conference at the Guildhall Feb. 9 .... Lecture, " Seaplane Design," by W. 0. Manning, before I.Ae.E. Feb. 23 Lecture, " Aerofoils," by Dr. A. P. Thurston, before I.Ae.E. Mar. 15 ... Entries close for Dutch Height Indicator Com- petition. Apl. 12 .... Lecture, " Some Controversial Points in Aircraft Design," by F. T. Hill, before I.Ae.E. May 11 .... Lecture, " Experimental Flying," by Maj. M. E. A. Wright, before I.Ae.E. . June 25-30 International Air Congress, London •• June 30 R.A.F. Aerial Pageant Aug. 6-27 French Gliding Competition, near Cherbourg Dec. 1 .... Entries close for French Aero Engine Com- petition 1924 ... i Mar. 1.... French Aero Engine Competition. • - ' EDITORIAL COMMENT. HE Morning Post, taking the very able review of Civil Aviation given by General Sir Sefton Brancker at a luncheon of the London Commercial Club recently, as an opportunity to renew the old and, we had thought, discredited argument in favour of a separate Naval Air Service, uses certain which we cannot allow to pass un- In his review, General Brancker very rightly pointed out that the air services to Paris and Brussels were of very little commercial use. Those to Berlin and arguments challenged. At it Again Cologne were better because they went farther, but, in order to reap full benefit of air transport, we had to go farther still. The Morning Post professes to have some doubts as to the soundness of this argument, saying " It seems to us that it is equally probable, at least, that the longer the journey the less profitable the enterprise." We should have thought that by now it would be obvious to anyone who professes to take any interest at all in commercial aviation that the longer the distances over which air services are operated the better the prospects of commercial success. In fact, we cannot believe that the Morning Post seriously doubts the truth of the statement. The reason, or one of the chief reasons, why the London-Paris service is not more extensively used is precisely that it is rather short and is already extremely well catered for by excellent train and boat services. Thus, in the case of mails, the saving in time effected by air mails is so small as to be of little value. But in the case of the Cairo-Baghdad air mails the saving in time is very great, amounting on occasion to several weeks. Here the use of the air mail is a very definite advantage, and in this connection it is worthy of note that the Baghdad air mail is used very extensively. The reasons why the saving in time over long distances is much greater than over short distances are, of course, quite obv.ous. A certain amount of time is spent in getting from the city to its aerodrome, and again at the other end time is wasted getting from the aerodrome to the city. Assume, for the sake of argument, that these two journeys take
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