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Flight, September 20, 1923 AIRCRAFTBNGINEEfL 1 , 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. 769. (No. 38, Vol. XV.) SEPTEMBER 20, 1923 rWeekly, 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. Qd* 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 Schneider Cup International Seaplane Race 555 The Cierva '• Autogiro " 557 Light 'Plane and Glider Notes 558 The Vickers "Viget" Light'Plane 9 The Handasyde Light'Plane 563 Royal Aero Club Official Notices 6 London Terminal Aerodrome .. .. .. .. .. .. 566 The Royal Air Force 567 R.A.F. Intelligence 7 Air Post Stamps. By Douglas B. Armstrong 568 Imports and Exports .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 568 Sept. Sept, Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. . 23. 28.. 4 ..8-13 12 .. 14 .. 18 . 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 :— Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, Belgium Schneider Cup Seaplane Race at Cowes R.Ae.S. Inaugural Lecture Light 'Plane and Glider Competitions, Lympne "Some Aspects of an Attempt to Fly Round the World," by Maj. W. T. Blake, before I.Ae.E. Beaumont Cup Race at Istres, France "The Manoeuvres of Inverted Flight," by Sq.-Leader R. M. Hill, before R.Ae.S. " Three-Ply in Aircraft Construction," by Capt. R. N. Liptrot, B.A., before I.Ae.E. " Present Developments in Aircraft Instru- ments," by Major Wimperis, before R.Ae.S. "Soaring Flight," by Dr. E. H. Hankin, before I.Ae.E. "The Thermodynamics of Aircraft Engines," by Mr. H. R.tBicardo, before R.Ae.S. "Airmanship at Sea," by Sqd.-Ldr. Maycock "The Result of Twelve Years' Welded Tube Construction and the Development of Cantilever Wings," by A. H. 6. Fokker, before, I.Ae.E. Entries close for French Aero Engine Com- petition :; •. -• Oct26 .... Nov. 1 .... Nov. 9 ... NOT. 15 .... Nov. 29 ... Nov. 30 .„. •sjL — Dec. 1 .... EDITORIAL COMMENT. "]N Thursday of next week, September 27, the navigability and watertightness tests in connection with the Inter- national seaplane race for the Schneider Cup will be carried out off Cowes, Isle of Wight. A change has been made in this year's regulations in so far as the navigability tests precede the mooring and watertightness tests. Thus, if a machine springs a leak in its hull or floats during the taxi-ing or The alighting, and the leak is of any con-Schneider sequence, the machine will not be able Cup to spend the required six hours at its International buoy without foundering. If it isS< RacaCe remove(i from the buoy the machine forfeits its right to fly in the Friday's race. It may be thought that this is a somewhat stiff test to impose, but, on the other hand, if one is to combine speed with a fair amount of seaworthiness, thus avoiding that the Schneider Cup International Races degenerate into producing nothing but racing freaks, incapable of weathering even a very moderate sea, some such precaution seems to be necessary, and we think the Racing Committee of the Royal Aero Club has done quite right in stipulating that the mooring test shall be carried out after the machines have done their taxi-ing, etc. And, after all, the conditions are the same for all competitors, so that the new regulation does not handicap one type more than another. Just as we go to press this week it is learned that the Italians have withdrawn from the race. This is very much to be regretted, as the Savoias and Macchis have always been well to the fore in the Schneider Races, and will be greatly missed at Cowes next week. No reason for the withdrawal is given, but it may be assumed that the present conditions in Italy are'Hot such as to favour the expenditure of large sums of money on seaplane racing. While the Schneider Races were held in Italy—as a result of Janello's plucky performance at Bournemouth in 1919—the expenditure was confined to the construction of machines. This year, thanks to Capt. Biard's magnificent performance on the Supermarine " Sea Lion " at Naples last year, the race has been trans- ferred to this country^ and the expense to Italian
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