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Flight, February 28, 1924. First Aero Weekly in the World. Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Loeomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERQ CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 792. (No. 9, Vol. XVI.) FEBRUARY 28, 1924 [Weekly, Price 6d. L Post free, 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. 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 Short Service Commissions for Dominion Candidates Aviation Meetings in 1924 Lifht Seaplanes? Niagara as Seen from the Air SwansonFreeman " SS.4 " Biplane Reliable Formula for Estimating Aeroplane Performance Royal Aero Club Official Notices Low-Powered Flying: By W. O. Manning Aerial Photography and Survey : By H. H. Thomas Air Defence in Parliament Royal Air Force R.A.F. Intelligence Air Ministry Notices .. Air Post Stamps PAGE 113 114 115 115 116 117 118 119 121 123 125 125 125 126 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 :— Mar. 1 .... French Aero Engine Competition. Mar. 5 .... Cinematograph films, etc., before C.U.Ae.S. Mar. 6 .... " Sound Detection," by Major Tucker, before R.Ae.S. Mar. 7 .... " Braided Rubber Shock Absorber Cord for Aircraft," by Mr. L. Rowland, before Inst. Ae.E. Mar. 12 .... " Safety Precautions in Aeroplanes," by Major J. H. Ledeboer, M.B.E.. before C.U.Ae.S. Mar. 20 .... Annual Meeting of Inst.Ae.E. & Mar. 20.... " The Report of the Aeronautical Research Committee's Panel on Scale Effect," by Capt. W. S. Farren, before R.Ae.S. 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. COMMENT. 3MONG the immediate results of the Imperial Conference held in London during the latter part of last year there are few which, in air matters at any rate, are of greater practical importance than the offer by the Air Council to grant short-service commis sions in the Royal Air Force to Dominion candidates. The suggested scheme should make very strongly for closer co-operation between the Mother Country and the Dominions, Short Service and may thus be regarded as one very Commissions promising phase in the development of for Dominion' T • i A • T> v T, • j Candidates an Imperial Air Policy. It is under stood that the offer has been extended to Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, and that the proposed scheme involves one year's training in Great Britain, four years on the active list, and another four years in the Dominion reserve. Up to the present the only Dominion to make a public statement on the scheme is New Zealand, whose Government, according to The Times' correspondent at Wellington, is now considering the proposal. It is sincerely to be hoped that the proposal will be received with favour, not only in the case of New Zealand but also by the Governments of the other Dominions to which the offer has been extended. A few relatively minor difficulties apart, the scheme appears such a thoroughly sound one as to deserve the widest support, and as it will throw no extra financial burden on the Dominions it may be assumed that they will all express themselves in its favour. Without wishing to enter into such details as will obviously need close consideration, we should like to point out that the acceptance and carrying into effect of the scheme by the Dominions must not mean a reduction in the number of short-service commissions granted to candidates at home. We take it that, as a matter of fact, there is no intention on the part of the Air Council to make any such reduction, and assuming that to be the case we can see nothing but good resulting from the proposal. The advantage of having at all times a reserve of trained pilots throughout the Empire is too obvious to need enlarg ing upon, and the fact that the Dominions will be able to have available, without extra cost to them-
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