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Flight, February 1, 1923 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. 736. (No. 5, Vol. XV.) FEBRUARY 1, 1923 fWeekly, Price 6d.L Post Dree, 7d. Flight 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. 4d. 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 • PACE Third Air Conference .. .. .. .. 57 London-Prague-Budapest .. .. .. .. .. .. 58 A New " Bristol " Machine 59 The Paris Aero Show, 1922 (Conclusion) 60 Royal Aero Club Official Notices .. .. .. .. .. .. 65 Gliding, Soaring and Air-Sailing 66 London Terminal Aerodrome .. .. .. .. .. .. 66 Royal Air Force .. .. .. .. 67 R.A.F. Appointments .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 67 London-Continental Services . .. 67 Royal Aeronautical Society Notices .. .. .. .. .. 68 Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers .. .. .. .. .. 68 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 Feb. 1 ... Lecture, " Ten Years' Testing of Model Sea- planes," by G. S. Baker, before R.Ae.S. Feb. 6-7.... Third Air Conference at the Guildhall Feb. 9 .... Lecture, " Seaplane Design," by W. 0. Manning, before I.Ae.E. F<)c 15 .... Lecture, "The Practical Aspects of the Sea- plane," by Wing-Commander Cave-Brown- Cave, before R.Ae.S. Feb. 23 .... Lecture, " Aerofoils," by Dr. A. P. Thurston, before I.Ae.E. Mar, 1 .... Lecture, " Helicopters," by Major F. M. Green, before R.Ae.S. Mar. 1 ... Entries close for the Schneider Cup Mar. 15 .... Entries close for Dutch Height Indicator Com- petition. Mar. 15 Lecture, "The Control of Aeroplanes at Slow Speeds," by Professor B. Melvill Jones, before R.Ae.S. Mar. 17 ... Entries close for Gordon Bannett Balloon Race 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 ""-::." J June 30 R.A.F. Aerial Pageant -•>,- '•'-'.. July .... Air Race for King's Cup • r ' July 20 Gothenburg Exhibition -, , ,.r- V -.;• Third Air Conference N Tuesday of next week (February 6), the' Lord Mayor will open, at the Council Chamber of the Guildhall, the third Air Conference, called by the Air Ministry to provide an opportunity for the examination and discussion, by representative members of all sections of the community, of the problems associated with the development of air transport. As was the case last year, the Conference will last two days, the first of which will be devoted to the reading during the morning session of papers, dealing mainly with air transport problems, and during the afternoon session papers will be read which are chiefly of a technical nature. A list of these is given elsewhere in this issue. The second day of the Conference will be devoted to a discussion of the papers read during the first day. On Monday, February 5, there will be a visit to the Croydon aerodrome, and those who choose to stay at the aerodrome sufficiently late will have an opportunity of witnessing the beginning of the night-flying experiments which are to be carried out on the London-Paris route for a few weeks. The Conference should assist materially towards bringing together those manufacturing and operating aircraft, on the one hand, and representative members of the sections of the community likely to be potential users of air transport, on the other. With reference to the papers to be read, we are glad to see that, judging by their titles, controversial subjects have been kept out as far as possible. At last year's Conference, we commented on the way in which various speakers took up conflicting views, with the result that the discussions resolved themselves into questions of detail, such as wood versus metal, thick wings versus thin wings, single engines versus multi-engines, etc., problems for the discussion of which the Royal Aeronautical Society is the proper place, but not an Air Conference. Let it be remembered that the object of the Con- ference is to afford those connected with aviation an opportunity of pointing out to potential users of air transport the advantages which this has to offer. That is not done usefully by giving the outside world
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