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light, March 20, 1924 First Aero Weekly in the World. Founder and Editor : STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, a&d Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 795. (No. 12, Vol. XVI.) MARCH 20, 1924 [Weekly, Price 6d. L Post free, 7d. Flight The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Utorial 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. 0d* lese 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 litorial Comment Air Estimates in the House .. .. .. .. 157 The Flight Around the World 158 ilian "N" Type Scmi-Rigid Airship 9 i American Light 'Plane Engine. The Morehouse "S.P.E. " .. 162 liation in Army Estimates .. .. .. .. .. 163 le Air Estimates in the House 164 jyal Air Force .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 167 Parliament 16 ir Post Stamps .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 168 iciety of Model Aeronautical Engineers .. .. 16 iports and Exports 16 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. 20 "The Report of the Aeronautical Research Committee's Panel on Scale Effect," by Capt. W. S. Farren, before R.Ae.S. Mar. 24 .... Annual Meeting of Inst.Ae E. Mar. 24 British entries close for Schneider Cnp and Gordon Bennett Balloon Races. Mar. 26 .... Visit to Works of S. Smith and Sons (M.A.), Ltd.. Cricklewood- Inst. Ae. E. May 31 June 9 Third Czecho-Slovak International Aero nautical Exhibition. Prague April 1 . Entries close for Schneider Cnp 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. April 11... " Radial Engines for Aircraft," by Mr. S. M. Viale, before Inst. Ae E- April 23.... Visit to National Physical Laboratory, Tedding- ton. Inst. Ae. E. April 25 .... Aero Golfing Society Team Match, Oxhey Golf Clnb. June 15 Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, Belgium. June 21.... F.A.I. Conference Opens, Paris. Aug. 10 .... Tour de France for Light 'Planes. Air Estimates in the House EDITORIAL COMMENT. HE Air Estimates themselves were dealt with in last week's issue of FLIGHT, when a resume of the various main items was published. Since then (on March 11) the House has gone into Committee of Supply on these, and an abstract of the debate is published elsewhere in the present issue. The debate itself brought to light little that was new, but the introductory remarks of the Under-Secretary of State for Air, Mr. Leach, contained several interesting statements, and one or two surprises. The information vouchsafed by Mr. Leach relating to the manner in which very- considerable reductions had been made possible as a result of the taking over by the R.A.F. from the Army of Iraq and of similar reductions in Palestine, at Aden, and elsewhere confirmed information already published and gives very striking proof of one sphere which, although once upon a time considered outside its scope, the R.A.F. is fulfilling in the most creditable manner. Incidentally, it is extremely gratifying to have a statement 'from such an admitted pacifist as Mr. Leach to the effect that those who had been in the habit of criticising the use of the R.A.F. for work of this nature could rest assured that the Air Force in Iraq was not engaged in shedding blood, nor was it offensively using the air weapon for purposes of terrorising. Similar statements from other sources have, it is to be feared, failed to convince those who did not wish to be convinced that this use of the R.A.F. was fully justified, and that the work was being carried out in a manner of which no Englishman need be ashamed. Perhaps these doubters will be.satisfied now that they have been .told the same thing by the present Under-Secretary for Air. The reference to the units for co-operation with the Navy is interesting, and seems to show that as regards the supply of first-line machines the Navy has had little cause for complaint. Mr. Leach stated that the total " flights " (each flight consisting of six machines) were 21. This figure referred to first-line machines only, and not to spares and reserve machines. Thus, in spite of the continued obstinate—not to say
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