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Flight, April 26, 1923 AIRCRAFTENGINEER. 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. 748. (No. 17, Vol. XV.) APRIL 26, 1923 ("Weekly, 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. id. Abroad .. .. 33s. 0d.* 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 The Daily Mail Prize 221 Air Regulations and the Light 'Plane 222 The Loening Control 3 London-Continental Services .. .. .. .. .. .. 223 Royal Aero Club Official Notices .. .. .. .. .. .. 224 The Grosvenor Challenge Cup.. .. .. .. .. .. 225 The Duke of Sutherland's Motor Glider Competition .. .. 225 The Daily Mail Motor Glider Competition .. .. .. .. 226 Light 'Plane and Glider Notes .. .. .. .. .. .. 226 Coventry Victor Engine .. .. .. .. .. . . . . 228 The "Turkey Buzzard" Glider . .. 229 London Terminal Aerodrome .. .. .. .. .. .. 232 Royal Air Force 233 R.A.F. Appointments .. .. 233 In Parliament .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 233 Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers .. .. 234 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; May 11 ... June 23...June 25-30 JuneJuly July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Dec. 30... 20 ...1 .... 3-146 ... 6-278-12 .1.4 23 28....1 .... 1924 Mar. 1 .... Lecture, " Experimental Flying," by Maj. M. E. A. Wright, before I.Ae.E.Grosvenor Challenge Cap, Lympne International Air Congress, London S.A.F. Aerial Pageant Air Race for King's Cup Gothenburg Exhibition Entries close frcm British Competitors forSchneider Cup Rhon Gliding Competition Aerial Derby French Gliding Competition, near Cherbourg PI A. Conference, Gothenburg. Light 'Plane and Glider Competitions Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, Belgium ' >.. Schneider Cup Seaplane Race at Cowes Entries close for French Aero Engine Com- petition French Aero Engine Competition. . INDEX FOR VOL. XIV. The Index for Vol. XIV of FLIGHT (January to December, 1922) is now ready, and can be obtained from the Publishers, 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C. 2. Price Is. per copy (Is. Id. post free). EDITORIAL COMMENT. NCE more the Daily Mail has come forward with a generous offer of a £1,000 Prize for the encouragement of aviation. The long list of donations by the Harmsworth family is already too well known to readers of FLIGHT to need repetition here, but it should be recalled that it was undoubtedly the £1,000 Prize given by the Daily Mail last year which brought into prominence the subject of gliders and gliding in this country. The present very " DaiiyhMail" lively interest in the subject of the Prize hght 'plane is largely the direct outcome of last year's gliding competition at Itford. When the announcement was made that His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, Under-Secretary of State for Air, had offered a Prize of /500 for a British machine, piloted by a British pilot, which covered the longest distance on one gallon of petrol, we welcomed the news as likely to produce a type of machine in which economy was one of the most important features. Then came the announcement that the £1,000 Prize offered by the proprietors of the Daily Mail was to be awarded for exactly the same performance, i.e., mileage per gallon. While greatly appreciating the generosity of the Daily Mail, we felt that it was a mistake to offer this prize for the same purpose as was already covered by the Duke of Sutherland's Prize, and that by so doing the £1,000 was not likely to do as much good as it might, were it devoted to the promotion of other features than economy. We consequently addressed to the Editor of the Daily Mail a letter stating our point of view. This letter it was not found possible to publish in the Daily Mail, and we are therefore publishing it elsewhere in this issue of FLIGHT, thinking that the opinions there expressed may be of some assistance, and /•
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