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•wheels are 26 ins. by 3 ins., and a spring leaf is used for thetail skid. A streamlined handle is fastened to the top of the skid to facilitate handling the tail when taking the machinein and out of the hangar. A 60 h.p. three-cylindered, air- cooled " Kinner" engine is mounted in the nose of thefuselage. The principal characteristics of the Span O.A.length Height .. Gap Chord ' Airster " are :— .. 26 ft. 3 ins... 19 ft. 6 ins. .. 7 ft. 6 ins. ,..M 4 ft. 6 ins.4 ft. 0 ins> Stagger ..Decalage DihedralWing area Wing curveWeight empty Weight loadedWeight/h.p. Weight/sq. ft.Speed range Climb (ground)Ceiling Range .. • . V DECEMBER 6, 1923 9 ins. 200 sq. ft.R.A.F. 6. 550 lbs.1,000 lbs. 16-7 lbs.5 lbs. 30-90 m.p h.1,000 ft./min. • 13,000 ft.350 miles. IKe Roi/al &ero Clci of the Ujxited Kii\gdoi OFFICIAL ASOTICE5 TO ME.MBER5 COMMITTEE MEETING A SPECIAL Meeting of the Committee was held on Wednesday,November 28, 1923, when there were present : Brig-General Sir Capel Holden, K.C.B., F.R.S. (in the Chair), Group-Capt.F. W. Bowhill, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.F., Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Colonel F. Lindsay Lloyd, C.M.G., C.B.E., Capt. D. G. Murray,Lieut.-Col. M. O'Gorman, C.B., H. E. Perrin (Secretary). The following officials at Lympne were in attendance :Major-General Sir W. S. Brancker, K.C.B., Lieut.-Col. M. O. Darby, Lieut.-Col, F. JC- McClean, A.F.C., Lieut.-Col. A.Ogilvie, C.B.E. Commander Sable, representing M. Peyret, protested thatno result had been given of the last flight made by M. Maneyrol in the Altitude Competition at Lympne Motor-Glider Com-petitions on Saturday, October 13, 1923, and that he had been requested by M. Peyret to make a formal appeal against theaward. Lieut.-Col. A. Ogilvie, the Clerk of the Course at LympneMotor-Glider Competitions, representing the officials, read a report outlining the method adopted in determining the heightattained by competitors. In the case of last flight by M. Maneyrol the two barographscarried by him were found to be so damaged that all efforts to calibrate them failed. Mr. R. McKinnon Wood, the official measurer, had givena certificate to this effect. .• Decision.—The Committee were of opinion that everyeffort had been made to arrive at the height reached by the late M. Maneyrol, but the damaged state of the two barographshad made this impossible. The certificate of the official measurer must, therefore, be accepted. The appeal was unanimously dismissed. ;.; - . RACING COMMITTEE A MEETING of the Racing Committee was held on Friday,November 30,1923, at which there were present: Major-General Sir W. S. Brancker, K.C.B. (in the Chair), Group-Capt. F. W.Bowhill, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.F., Lieut.-Col. W. A. Bristow, Capt. R. J. Goodman Crouch, Lieut.-Col. M. O. Darby,Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean, A.F.C., Mr. W. O. .Manning, Lieut.-Col. A. Ogilvie, C.B.E. In attendance : Brig.-General R. K. Bagnall-Wild, C.M.G.,C.B.E. (Air Ministry) ; Mr. C. R. Fairey, Capt. Acland, Mr. F. Handley Page (Society of British Aircraft£onstructors);H. E. Perrin, Secretary. Two-Seater Light Aeroplane Competition, 1924.—Letter from the Air Council outlining the suggested conditions for a Two-Seater Light Aeroplane Competition in 1924 wasconsidered. Representatives of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors attended and submitted their suggestions to theRacing Committee. THE SELFRIDGE 50-MILE GLIDING PRIZETHE Royal Aero Club has received an entry from Mr. W. E. Gray of Berwick to compete for the £1,000 prizeoffered by Messrs. Selfridge and Co., Ltd., for a glide of 50 miles. Mr. Gray, who did a considerable amount of flying duringthe War, has constructed his own glider, and proposes to make his attempt from the high slopes on the south side of theCaledonian Canal. The competition closes on December 31, 1923. Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON. W. i. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. H H H 0 H H H H H H H H H SI Britain in theDutch East Indies : A VickersViking amphi- bian flying-boatat the aircraft section of theNetherlan d s Indies Fair atBandoeng (Java). On the samestand may be seen a Napier"Lion" engine. a SHBEHEHE 736
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