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Flight, November 8, 1928 AIRCRAFTENGINEER. First Aero Weekly in the World. Founder and Editor : STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Intereits, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 776. (No. 45, Vol. XV.) NOVEMBER 8, 1923 Mkly, Prlc* 6d.Post tret, 7d. Flight 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. Od.* 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 PAGE 679 680 680 681 Editorial Comment The Pulitzer Race Britain in America Next Year What About Some Light Plane Records ? A Bristol "Jupiter" Makes History in France St. Louis Meeting .. .. .. ., __ _ gg3 London Terminal Aerodrome .. .. .. ., 685 light 'Plane and Glider Notes .. .. ., . _ _ 686 A New American Bombing 'Plane: The Douglas D.T.4 .. ., 688 Some Recent Developments in Aircraft Instruments .. .. 688 Correspondence: Light 'Planes with " Sidecar .. 689 Personals 690 Royal Air Force .. .. .. .. ., .. 691 R.A.F. Intelligence .. .. .. .. . .. 691 An Ingenious Model Glider .. .. .. ., .. .. .. 691 Air Post Stamps .. .. ,. .. _ _ 692 DIABY 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 :— Nov. 9 ... "Soaring Flight," by Dr. E. H. Hankin, before I.Ae.E. Nov. 10.... Display by Civil and Service Aeroplanes at CroydoK • Nov. 15 .... "The Thermodynamics of Aircraft Engines," by Mr. H. R. Bicardo, 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. 0. Fokker, before, I.Ae.E. Dec. 1 .... Entries close for French Aero Engine Com- petition Dec. 5 .... R.A.F. Wireless Re-union. Dec. 7 .... " Water-Cooled Aero Engines," by A. 3. Rowledge, before I.Ae.E. Dec. 13 .... " Air Strategy," by Wing Cmdr. Edmonds Dec. 14 .... " Leader Cable Systems for Electrical Steering of Aeroplanes," by J. Gray, before I.Ae.E. 1924 Jan. 10 .... " Materials from the Aeronautical Point View," by Dr. Aitchison and Mr. North Jan. 24 .... ." Fabric and Dopes," by Dr. Ramsbottom of EDITORIAL COMMENT. ^N this week's issue of FLIGHT we publish an account of the St. Louis aviation meeting, and more particularly of the race for the Pulitzer Trophy. After digesting the facts one is left with a feeling of admiration for the enormous strides made by the United States in aviation during the last two years, or even during the last year. It is not so very long ago that it was the fashion in Europe to sneer at American aviation, and to regard every report ofa new " record " established on the Race other side with scepticism, as being closely allied with " bluff." Whether or not that attitude was justified does not greatly matter. What does matter at the moment is that America has now unquestionably left behind her any fumbling and blundering that may in the past, rightly or wrongly, have been laid at her door, and has attained a position in the world's aeronautics second tc none, at any rate so far as quality is concerned. WTe are saying this, not in a spirit of envy, but rather in one of admiration for the determination, backed by designing and engineering skill, which has enabled America in a few months, figuratively, not only to catch up but to overtake the rest of the world in several spheres of aviation activity, as the number of records now standing to the credit of American aviators testify. It may be asked what is the real importance to a country of gathering in as many world's records as possible. The answer to this cannot be set down in a few words, but one thing is certain, the prestige of a country, and particularly of its aviation industry, is thereby vastly enhanced. Thus when a foreign country is intending to purchase machines abroad and is looking around for suitable types, it will inevitably turn first to a country which holds most of the world's records, be they for speed, altitude, distance or load carried. In other words, as M. Laurent Eynac, French Under-Secretary of State for Air, once so aptly said, world's records are the publicity of a nation's aircraft progress. But from that it naturally follows that achievements attaining such publicity should have the support of the Govern- 7;
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