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Flight, March 6, 1924 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. 793. (No. 10, Vol. XVI.) MARCH 6, 1924 [-Weekly, Price 6d, L Post Iree, 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 • PACE Editorial Comment The Government's Real Air Policy .. .. .. .. .. 127 The 1924 Light Aeroplane Competitions 128 A German" Glider".. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 129 Light'Plane and Glider Notes .. .. .. .. .. .. 130 Two-Seater Light Aeroplane Competitions .. .. .. 132 Canadian Helium for Airships . 133 Aerial Photographic Survey : By H. H. Thomas (Conclusion) .. .. 134 Air Ministry Notices.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 137 Royal Aeronautical Society Official Notices .. .. .. 137 Personals 138 Royal Air Force 139' R.A.F. Intelligence .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 139 Questions in Parliament .. .. .. .. ,, .. .. 139 Air Post Stamps 140 Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers .. .. .. .. -. 140 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. 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. 1ENT. „N our issue of February 21, in comment ing on the Labour Government's air policy, and particularly on the fatuous speech in the House of Commons by the Under-Secretary of State for Air, Mr. Leach, we expressed the opinion that the Air Minister, Lord Thomson, would not, unless we had formed an entirely wrong impression of him, subscribe to some of the statements made by Mr. Leach. The state ment by the Secretary of State for Air The in the House of Lords on March 4 appears °VeRe^ieD St° Dear out our contention, and to show Air Policy that the new Air Minister, although a member of the Labour Cabinet, is fully alive to the importance of the subject of home air defence. The debate in the Lords, following a resolution moved by Lord Londonderry, a resolution couched in exactly the same terms as those used by Sir Samuel Hoare when he moved his resolution in the Commons, provided an opportunity for Lord Thom son to make his first omcial statement on Air Policy. Taken all round, the Air Minister's speech created a favourable impression. He is pledged to exploring all avenues that might conceivably lead to a reduc tion in armaments, naturally, but at the same time, as he put it, for the Labour Government the flower of idealism was rooted in common sense. Making certain allowances for utterances possibly made " for other ears " than those of the Opposition, the Labour Government's real Air Policy appears to be reasonably satisfactory, inasmuch as it is continu ing the sound and progressive policy formulated during Sir Samuel Hoare's term of office. That the new Government should reserve itself the right, while carrying out the expansion scheme commenced during the late Government, to confer with other nations and to attempt to reach a solution as to arma ments by agreement, is easily understandable, nor need it give any cause for alarm. All sections would welcome a reduction all round in armaments. That they are progressing with the expansion schemes, even if but " by stages," shows that there is no inten tion to jeopardise unduly the safety of the country while that ideal state of total disarmament is being attained. c
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