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Flight, October 11, 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. 772. (No. 4r; Vol. XV.) OCTOBER 11, 1923 rWeekljr, Price 6d.L Post tree, 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 The Light 'Plaue Meeting at Lympne Cambridge University Aeronautical Society Winners of the French " Grand Prix " Light 'Plane Competitions at Lympne United States Air Mail Experiments Aircraft and the Navy PACE fil5 Slfi 617 618 629 630 French Airship's Record Voyage .. .. .. .. ., ., 630 Royal Air Force .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 631 R.A.F. Intelligence .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 631 Correspondence .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 631 Air Post Stamps -.. . .. .. 632 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 ;— Oct. 8-13 Light 'Plane and Glider Competitions, Lympne Oct. 12 .... "Some Aspects of an Attempt to Fly Round the World," by Maj. W. T. Blake, before I.Ae.E. Oct. 14 .... Beaumont Cup Race at Istres, France Oct. 18 .... "The Manoeuvres of Inverted Flight," by Sq.-Leader R. M. Hill, before R.Ae.S. Oct 26 .... "Three-Ply in Aircraft Construction," by Capt. R. N. Liptrot, B.A., before I.Ae.E. Nov. 1 .... " Present Developments in Aircraft Instru- ments," by Major Wimperis, before R.Ae.S. Nov. 9 ... "Soaring Flight," by Dr. E. H. Hankin, before I.Ae.E. Nov. 15 .... "The Thermodynamics of Aircraft Engines," by Mr. H. R. Ricardo, before R.Ae.S. Nov. 29 .... "Airmanship at Sea," by Sqd.-Ldr. Maycock Nov. 30 .... "The Result of Twelve Years' Welded Tube Construction and the Development of Cantilever Wings," by A. H. G. Fokker, before, I.Ae.E. Dec. 1 .... Entries close for French Aero Engine Com- petition Dec. 9 .... '.' Water-Cooled Aero Engines," by A. J. Rowledge, before I.Ae.E. EDITORIAL COMMENT. IP to the present the weather has not been very favourable for the light 'plane competitions now being held at Lympne aerodrome, near Hythe, Kent. On the opening day—Monday, October 8—in the early morning hours there was an almost complete absence / of wind, but the visibility was very poor, and several of the competitors therefore decided to wait till later before making a start. During the day the wind got up, and thus reduced i i^tT^oi both the speeds made, over the course Light Plane , ,. J., I .. ,, . .Meeting ancl the mileage per gallon that could at Lympne be accomplished. Tuesday and Wednes- day were bad as regards weather condi- tions, and if the machines have nevertheless done a very great amount of flying and established some excellent performances the fact emphasises all the more the capabilities of the low-power aeroplane to face adverse atmospheric conditions. Moreover, it should be remembered that in the majority of cases pilots have not had much time before the start of the competitions to become familiar with their machines, most of which were not finished until the eleventh hour. By now they have had a g<5od deal of practice, and if the weather is at all favourable . during the last three days of the week there is little doubt that some very remarkable performances may be put up. Already one thing may be said to have been estab- lished : There is no difficulty in making light aero- planes which will fly—and fly quite strongly—with engines of 750 c.c. capacity, or even less. The " Wrens," with their tiny 400 c.c. A.B.C. engines, fly remarkably well, and appear to have at least as large a percentage of reserve power as do some of the other machines fitted with much larger engines. They are not very fast, naturally, but even in a gusty wind they do not seem to be troubled by the " bumps," while their controllability is good, even at very low speeds. More one could scarcely ask from machines fitted with engines of a nominal 3| horse-power. Next to the generally excellent manceuvrability of the light 'planes, and the absence of that appearance
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