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THE SOCIETY OF MODEL AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS (London Aero Models Association) THE lecture given by Mr. A. F. Houlberg on " Power Plants for Model Aeroplanes " was enthusiastically received by the members. The discussion on same will be continued on Friday evening, April 6, at 7.30 p.m. There will be no meeting at Headquarters on the 30th inst. March 31, at 3.30 p.m., Wimbledon Common.—A competi- tion for the " D. H. Pilcher " Challenge Cup. April 14.—Attempts at the General Records will be made at "Wimbledon Common, at 2.30 p.m. A. E. JONES, Hon. Sec. PADDINGTON DISTRICT AERO CLUB (Affiliated to the S.M.A.E.) AT a General Meeting of the above Club, held on March 20, it •was resolved to continue affiliation with the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers. The pre-War subscription of Is. per month will be resumed as from April 1. Mr. W. E. Evans reluctantly resigned the offices of secretary and treasurer. Mr. M. Levy was unanimously elected to carry on those offices for the ensuing year. The Club's programme for the coming season was entrusted to a sub-committee, Messrs. Evans, Levy and Woolley.• .*.v •• . Mr. F. de P. Green was elected a member. It is the Club's intention to work in harmonious co-operation with the S.M.A.E. W. E. EVANS, late Hon. Sec. K * K K SIDE-WINDS AN important announcement comes from Titanine, Ltd., of 175, Piccadilly, W. 1. This is to the effect that they have recently purchased and taken over the good-will, stocks, patents trade marks, etc., of the British Emaillite Co., Ltd. (in liquidation), in so far as appertains to the aircraft trade. While they will continue to supply " Emaillite " products when specified, this will in no way interfere with their main activity—the sale of the well-known " Titanine " products. Perhaps we shall see a new dope on the market called " Tite Ema" or " Emanine" ? " .._.... ,• - • OWING to the large increase in demand, not only for " Cellon " dope, but particularly for " Cerric " materials, Cellon (Richmond), Ltd., find a call for much closer co- operation between certain office departments and the Works. Therefore they have decided to move the following departments from the head office (22, Cork Street, W. 1) to the Works, as from March 26 : Sales Department, Buying Department, and Accountants Department. All correspondence after the above date should, therefore, be addressed: Cellon Works, Petersham Road, Richmond, Surrey. (Telephone, Richmond 2213; telegrams, A.J.W.A.B., Richmond, Surrey.) .••-_•-*.-,4 Mr. T. STANDARD JONES, B.SC, A.I.C., late of the Air Ministry Inspection Laboratories, has taken up a position in the Research Department of Titanine, Ltd., of 175, Piccadilly and Hendon. m m m m *..-- ^ . ••. Mercantile Aircraft Carriers AMONG the interesting papers submitted for discussion at the first annual meeting of the Institution of Naval Archi- tects on March 21 was one by Sir Eustace d'Eyncourt and Mr. John H. Narbeth, entitled " A Proposed Aircraft-carrying Mail Steamer." The paper pointed out that experience gained with naval aircraft carriers had proved that flying on to and off from ships at sea was now becoming thoroughly practicable, and outline drawings were given of an ocean- going mail steamer which was also an aircraft carrier. The authors pointed out that it might well be that we had now got to a point where the aircraft carrier would become rela- tively as important to the mercantile marine as to the Navy. The paper called attention to the similarity in the problems of the mercantile marine and the mercantile air service. The question that arose, the paper, stated, was: "Could any practical proposals be made which would place British commercial air services on a more commercial basis ? " The authors suggested that one way might be to make use of the British steamship companies, and regarding the air service as the handmaid of the steamer services. They suggested that a considerable amount of time could be saved if the large trans-oceanic vessels had accommodation for aircraft on board and were fitted with flush decks from which aircraft could start and on which they could alight. Before a vessel bound from London, to New York reached the coast aircraft could be sent away with urgent mail, and would reach its destination long before the steamer. Another machine could, MARCH 29, 1923 for instance, be dispatched to Montreal, which would be reached by the aircraft before the steamer arrived in New York. The possibilities -are immense, and it is extremely gratifying to find men like Sir Eustace d'Eyncourt so thoroughly alive to them that they put forward such very practical suggestions as those contained in this paper. A good deal still remains to be discovered regarding the best ; type of aircraft to use—land machine or seaplane, flying boat or float seaplane, single-purpose machine or amphibian—but the very fact that the problem is now being discussed at the Institution of Naval Architects is in itself extremelyipromising, and tends to show that aircraft, so far from being a com- petitor to steamships, should rather be regarded as a very valuable complementary service. a m m m •• PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Milsu Zinynas. No. 10, 1923. " Musu Zinynas," Karo Mokslo Skyrius, Laisves Aleja No. 12, Kaunas. Department of Overseas Trade. Report on the Economic and Financial Conditions in Belgium, December, 1922. By J. Picton Bagge. London : H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, W.C. Price 2s. 6d. net. By post 2s. 8d. The Professional Photographer. March, 1923. Kodak. Ltd., Kingsway, W.C. 2. Atti dell' Associaxione Italiana di Aerotecnica. Associazione Italiana di Aerotecnica, Lungitevere Michelangelo, 10, Rome. Price, Lire 15. Technical Note: No. 123. An Optical Altitude Indicator for Night Landing. By J. A. C. Warner. January, 1923. • Catalogue. Brittain's Electric Motors. Brittain's Electric Motor Co., 110, Cannon Street, London, E.C. 4. m m m * AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : cyl. -• cylinder ; I.C. — internal combustion ; ni. — motor The nnlnbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc.APPLIED FOR IN 1931 Published March 29, 1923 22,819. INTERNATIONAL ALL-STEEL AIRCRAFT SYND., LTD., H. BOLAS and G. G. PARNALL. Aircraft. (193,880.) 31,812. PAXTON GYROSCOPE CORPORATION. Gyroscope compasses. (172,029.) 33,299. R. HARRIS. Engine starter. (194,011.) APPLIED FOR IN 1922 / ~ ' Published March 29, 1923 4,445. D. J. MOONEY and D. H. EMBY. Metal spars. (194,114.) 18,083. A. RATEAU. Means for increasing feed pressure in I.C. engines. (182,786.) If you require anything pertaining to aviation, study ** FLIGHT'S " Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory, which appears in our advertisement pages each week (see pages iii and xiv). NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS All Advertisement Copy and Blocks must be delivered at the Offices of " FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C. 2, not later than 12 o'clock on Saturday in each week for the following week's issue. FLIGHT ; The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2. Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone: Gerrard 1828. 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