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The Institution of Aeronautical Engineers TO-NIGHT (Thursday, the 12th inst.), at the Engineers' Club, Coventry Street, W., commencing at 6.30 p.m., Mr. F. T. Hill, A.F.R.Ae.S., Member, will read before the Institu- tion a paper entitled " Some Controversial Points in Aircraft Detail Design." Mr. Hill's paper is awaited with great interest, and a large and representative attendance is expected. The paper will be followed by a discussion, and any who would like to do so are invited to attend and to join in the discussion. Tickets are not required. Students' Section, Royal Aeronautical Society' ...-.-.• " THE Students' Section of the Royal Aeronautical Society is giving a Smoking Concert for members of all grades of the Society, and their friends, at the Engineers' Club on Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. Tickets, price Is. 6d. each, are obtainable from the Secretary of the Society at 7, Albermarle Street, W. 1. Royal Air Force Reserve THE Regulations for the Royal Air Force Reserve have just been issued by the Air Ministry. We gave a preliminary summary of these regulations in our issues for February 15 and March 29, but in the Air Publication No. 938 referred to above, and which may be obtairted from the Air Ministry, Kingsway, W.C. 2, the regulations are set forth in greater detail, so we would refer our readers to same, as lack of space prevents our publishing these in full. We may repeat, however, that approximately 300 ex-Service pilots or qualified civil pilots (Classes A and A.A.) are required this year for the Reserve of Air Force officers, and also a small number of officers for technical duties (Classes B and B.B.). No appli- cations are desired at present for the C and D Classes of the officers' section of the Reserve, nor for the men's section (Class E). Vacancies in Royal Air Force Nursing Service THE Air Ministry announces that a few temporary Staff Nurses are required for the Royal Air Force Nursing Service. Candidates must be between 25 and 40 years of age, and have had three years' training in a recognised training school. Preference will be given to those holding additional certificates. Candidates under 35 years at the time of appointment will be considered for transfer to the permanent staff when vacancies occur. Pay and allowances are the same as those paid to the permanent members of the Service. Candidates should apply in writing to the Matron-in-Chief, Royal Air Force Nursing Service, Air Ministry, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2, before April 20, stating age, certificates held and experience. m m m m COMPANY MATTERS Rolls-Royce, Ltd. AT the annual meeting of the shareholders of Rolls- Royce, Ltd., held at Derby on March 29 last, Lord Wargrave, in moving the adoption of the balance-sheet and report, stated that during the past year Rolls-Royce aero engines had added to their already long list of achievements, notably in the King's Cup Circuit of Britain Race, the winning De Havilland being fitted with a Rolls-Royce engine. The company's aero department was exceptionally equipped from the designing and manufacturing point of view, backed by the ability of Mr. Royce and his capable designing staff. Their work was so highly thought of by the Government that during the War a greater horse-power of Rolls-Royce aero engines was put into the air than any other make. Since then the company had secured the services of Mr. A. J. Rowledge, whose name was so intimately associated with the, design of other well-known aero engines. Whether the company's magnificent organisation in this respect was to continue depended on the future policy of the Government as to the size and efficiency of the air fleet they might deem necessary for the protection of this country. The directors were anxious and troubled because of a proposal which had been made, and which was being considered by the Government, that the various companies engaged in the running of air services should be combined in one large undertaking, which would be a monopoly subsidised by the Government. It was suggested that if this subsidised combination was brought into existence it would, as a matter of economy, order engines from only one engine maker and planes from only one plane maker. This monopoly would practically put out of business all the other engine makers and plane makers, and from a national point of view it was difficult to believe that such action could be other than* disastrous in the event of war or rumours of wars, seeing that these various organisations would not be at the disposal of the Government for the immediate manufacture of aero APRIL 12, 1923 engines and aircraft. On the other hand, as long as the Government and the air services were giving these I various concerns a sufficient number of orders to keep them going even to a limited extent the designing staffs would be main- tained, and the Empire would be kept abreast, if it did not forge ahead, of the other countries of the world in respect of aero design and manufacture. He was glad to note that the Air Minister was alive to the danger, for in the House of Lords last week he stated that '.' from the point of view of national security another important factor is the keeping . alive and encouraging of the aircraft industry in this country, so that in the event of war an immediate expansion could : be made in the number of machines required for military s. service." . NEW COMPANY REGISTERED WORLD FLIGHT FILMS SYNDICATE, LTD, 6, Adam Street, Adelphi,W.C. 2.—Capital £4,200, in 4,000 pref. sharesM £1 each and 4,000 ordinary shares of Is. each. First directors, N. Macmillan and G. H. Malins. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Gliding and Soaring Flight, By J. Bernard Weiss. London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd. Price 5s. net. Department of Overseas Trade. Report on the Economic and Financial Conditions in Bulgaria, January 31, 1923. By D. MacKillop. London : H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, W.C. Price 6(2. net ; by post, Id. Report on the Health of the Royal Air Force for the Year 1921. Air Publication 934. London: H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, W.C. 2. Price 5s. net. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : cyl. — cylinder ; I.C. —• internal combustion ; m. — motor The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc. APPLIED FOR IN 1921 Published April 12, 1923 30,031. VICKERS, LTD., O. H. D. VICKERS and M. K. INOOLDBV. Control of aircraft. (194,745.) 30,542. L. G. FRISE and BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO., LTD. Control-surfaces for aircraft, etc. (194,753.) 30,661. C. L. WILSON. Petrol, etc., tank. (194,755.) 34,225. W. J. MUTTON. Aeroplanes, etc. (194,802.) 34,277. F. L. M. BOOTHBY. Fuel tanks. (194,806.) "** APPLIED FOR IN 1922 . I..Published April 12, 1923 ..••... 5,494. H. O. SHORT. Landing-gear. (194,913.) 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