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APRIL 10, 1924 Married JAMKS BURNEY BARRETT, R.A.F., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barrett, was married on March 25 at St. Mary Abbot's, Kensington, to JOAN MARGARET HEXTALL, youngest daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. Henry Hyde Hextall, of 24, Cottesmore Gardens, London, W. 8. Maj. CHARLES ELLIOTT-SMITH, R.A.F., was married on March 28, before the Registrar, St. George's, Hanover Square, to MARGOT, youngest daughter of Mr. F. E. PIFFARD, LT.C.S., Bengal (retired). To be Married The marriage between Capt. GUY V. LEATHER, late R.N.A.S., younger son of Colonel and Mrs. Gerard Leather, of Middleton Hall, Belford, Northumberland, and OLIVE, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. SEALS WOOD, of Johannesburg, will take place at the Cathedral, Johannesburg, on April 16. The engagement is announced between Flight-Lieut. T. MONTGOMERY, R.A.F.M.S., son of the late Mr. Samuel Montgomery and Mrs. Montgomery, of Parkhall, Antrim, and MARY, only idaughter of Mr. ROBERT DARRAGH, J.P., and the late Mrs. DARRAGH, of 3, Easton Gardens, Cliftonville, Belfast. The marriage of Air-Marshal Sir JOHN SALMOND to the Hon. MONICA GRENFELL, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady DESBOROUGH, will take place at St. Margaret's, Westminster, on Monday, June 2. Air-Marshal Sir John Salmond will be home from Baghdad this month. The marriage between Flight-Lieut. F. G. C. WEARE, M.C., and Miss CHERRY-DOWNES will take place at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, on Wednesday, April 30, at 2.30. Killed Flight-Lieut. KENNETH CROMAR, who was accidentally killed on service on March 11, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. TILMAN, Wallasey. His age was 27. Items Lieutenant Aviateur WILLY COPPENS, Air Attache at the Belgian Embassy, has left London for Brussels. Mr. William Leach, M.P., Under-Secretary of State for Air, has appointed Mr. R. J. WILSON, M.P., to be his Parlia mentary Private Secretary. H H H H UNVEILING OF " R. 38" MEMORIAL THE memorial to the British and American officers and airmen and others who lost their lives in the airship "R.38" will be unveiled by Air Vice-Marshal Sir Vyell Vyvyan, K.C.B., D.S.O., Air Officer Commanding Coastal Area, Royal Air Force, and dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Hull, assisted by the Reverend H. D. L. Viener, C.B.E., M.A., K.H.C., Chaplain-in-Chief to the Royal Air Force, and bv the Reverend W. Moffat, M.A., B.D., Staff Chaplain, Royal Air Force, in the Western Cemetery, Hull, at 3.15 p.m., on Friday, this week, April 11. The memorial, which has been subscribed for by individual officers and airmen of the Royal Air Force and others interested, was designed by Major Winton Newman, F.R.I.B.A., and executed by Mr. Wrigglesworth of Hull. It is in the form of a Celtic cross in Portland stone, about 16 ft. high, with two bastions on either side. There is a bronze plaque on the left bearing the names of the British officers and airmen ; on the right is a similar plaque with the names of the American officers and airmen, and in the centre a dedicatory bronze with the following inscription :— TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND OF THE RIGID AIR DETACHMENT UNITED STATES NAVY. MEMBERS OF THE STAFFS OF THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY AND OF THE ROYAL AIRSHIP WORKS. LOST IN AIRSHIP R.38 (z.R.2) AUGUST 24*H, 1921. H H H H French Government Air Prizes for 1924 SOME substantial prizes are being offered by the French Government for air events this year, mainly with the object of maintaining or recovering French world's aviation records. They comprise the following :— 140,000 francs to the constructor of a French aeroplane which restores to France the world's speed "record," and 60,000 fjancs to the constructor of the engine. 100,000 francs to the constructor of a French machine which recovers for France the world's speed " record " for seaplanes, and 50,000 francs to the constructor of the engine. 50,000 francs to the constructor of the French aeroplane which recovers for France the world's distance " record," with an additional 50,000 francs if the world's duration " record " is beaten at the same time. The constructor of the engine will receive 50,000 francs, with an additional 20,000 francs if the two " records " are simultaneouly beaten. If the existing world's altitude " record " for aeroplanes is beaten in France, once or several times before the end of 1924, a prize of 25,000 francs will go to the French constructors who hold the world's "record " on December 31, 1924. A similar prize will be offered for seaplanes. If in the course of the competition for the Beaumont Cup certain speed " records" other than existing world's " records " are beaten a prize of 15,000 francs will be gained by the French constructor of the machine with which the " record " was beaten, with 5,000 francs to the constructor of the engine. Hendon an R.A.F. Station ? WE understand that negotiations are proceeding between the Grahame-White Company and the Air Ministry with a view to the latter taking over the London Aerodrome, Hendon, and using it as an R.A.F. air station. Besides being the head quarters of at least one regular flying squadron and one Territorial unit, Hendon station, if it comes into being, will also play an important part in the aerial defence of London scheme. It is to be hoped that this proposal, should it materialise, will not prevent the holding of any civil flying events at this familiar and, we think, popular aviation centre—especially in view of the fact that the " Tube " will very shortly have a station outside the aerodrome, thereby- enabling Londoners to get to and from the aerodrome with the greatest possible ease. Turkish Air Mission's Visit A TURKISH aeronautical mission is now in London with the object of visiting Royal Air Force stations and making a general study of the British system of air administration and development. Colonel Muzaffer Bey is at the head of the mission, which is being assisted in its task by an officer of the Air Ministry. Round Australia Flight WING-COMMANDER GOBLE and Flying Officer Mclntyre left Melbourne at dawn on Sunday, April 6, flying a Fairey seaplane, for a 9,000-mile flight round Australia, the object of which is to obtain a survey of the coast for defence purposes, aircraft bases, and collect data in connection with the effect of tropical conditions on aircraft. After a journey of 10 hrs! 20 mins. they completed the first stage of their tour on reaching Sydney. British Air Mission's Visit to France NINE " D.H.9" machines conveyed the British Air Mission, which has been invited to make a tour of inspection of the French military aviation centres, to Le Bourget on April 6. The Mission, under the command of Commodore Brooke-Popham, and consisting of seven officers, was received on arrival by General Dumesnil, Director of French Military Aeronautics, and Squa'dron-Leader Sewell, British Air Attache in Paris. 214
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