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Flight, February 7, 1924. IMP? /i W |^ f ENGINEER. 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. 789. (No. 6, Vol. XVI.) FEBRUARY 7, 1924 [Weekly, Price 6d. I 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. 4d. 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 Editorial Comment Progress Eighteen Years of World's Records Progress of the U.S. Air Mail Service Air Ministry Notices " Helicopteracione " .. Some Aspects of Aviation : By the Duke of Sutherland. Moscow-Kiinigsberg Correspondence Royal Air Force R.A.F. Intelligence . Formation of Home Defence Area Air Post Stamps Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers 71 73 7b 77 77 78 80 So 81 81 81 82 82 fT. 4N this issue of FLIGHT we publish tables and graphs showing the world's avia tion records as they have been estab lished from the time world's records were first recognised, i.e. from 1906, to the present day. In the graphical representation of the records, only the peak performances of each year are shown, while in the tables all the separate meritorious performances, which stood as records until beaten during the same year, have been included. The figures are based upon DIARY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dales of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in the following list:— Feb. 7 .... "Airmanship at Sea," by Sgd.-Ldr. Maycock, O.B.E., R.A.F., before R.Ae.S. Feb. 21 .... " Aerial Photography and Survey," by Mr. H. Hamshaw Thomas, before R.Ae.S. Mar. 1 .... French Aero Engine Competition. Mar. 6 .... "Sound Detection," by Major Tucker, before R.Ae.S. Mar. 20 .... " The Report of the Aeronautical Research Committee's Panel on Scale Effect," by Capt. W. S. Farren.' Mar. 24 .... British entries close for Schneider Cup and Gordon Bennett Balloon Races April 1 .... Entries close for Schneider Cup and Gordon Bennett Balloon Races April 3 .... " The British Aviation Mission to the Imperial Japanese Navy," by Colonel the Master of Sempill, before R.Ae.S. June 15 .... Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, Belgium June 21.... F.A.I. Conference Opens, Paris Aug. 10 .... Tour de France for Light 'Planes Progress information contained in the Bulletin of the F.A.I. and should, therefore, be correct, although in one or two instances some doubt arises. The Bulletin is marred by several misprints in the figures relating to performance, and also in one instance a misprint occurs in the year column. Various other inaccuracies are met with in the official Bulletin, a fact to be regretted in view, not only of the official character of the publication, but also because of the wide international appeal of the subjects dealt with. To mention but one instance : Landmann's world's duration record is given in the Bulletin as having been established at Villesauvage, which is, of course, incorrect, the record having been established over the Johannisthal aerodrome near Berlin. The matter is not one of vital importance, certainly, but one is entitled to expect strict accuracy in an official publication like the Bulletin of the F.A.I. In the tables compiled by us, any such inaccuracies, where discovered, have been corrected. On the other hand, it is possible that we may have introduced certain slight differences, notably in converting speeds into m.p.h. for the benefit of English readers. We have made use of a 20-in. slide-rule, and have used the conversion figure of 0-62 mile to a kilometre. This is slightly on the short side, and when it comes to very high speeds, such as those established during 1923, the error thus introduced may reach an appreci able amount. Since, however, official world's speed records are always homologated and only recognised in the metric system, we have thought this fact to be of relatively minor importance, as the effect is to reduce only by a fraction of a mile per hour the
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