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Flight, July 3, 1924. First Aero Weekly in the World. Pounder 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. 810. (No. 27, Vol. XVI.) JULY 3, 1924 rWeekly, Price 6d. L Post free, 7d. Flight EDITOR] COMMENT. 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 The R.A.F. Pageant 417 The Grosvenor Cup 8 The R.A.F. Aerial Pageant 9 Royal Aero Club Official Notices 425 Prince of Wales Visits Supermarine Aviation Works 426 Progress in the Big Flights 428 Britannia Trophy •• 42 Independent Force, R.A.F 9 Personals 430 Air Ministry Notices 43 Royal Air Force 1 R.A.F. Intelligence -43 In Parliament 43 Air Post Stamps 2 Sidewind 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 .'— 1924 July 24 Aug. 10 Tonr de France for Light 'Planes Aug. 4 .... Aerial Derby at Lympne ., 4 .... Holiday Light Aeroplane Handicap at Lympne „ 12 .... King's Cap Race Sept. 8-13 Light 'Plane Competitions at Lympne Oct. 2 .... Aero Golfing Society. Autumn Meeting, at Moor Park Golf Club, for A.G.S- Challenge Cup presented by Cellon (Richmond) Ltd. October .... Schneider Cup Race, Baltimore, U.S.A. The R.A.F. Pageant organisation, taking part PERFECT weather, perfect organisation, and perfect flying marked the fifth Royal Air Force Aerial Pageant, which was held at Hendon Aerodrome on Saturday of last week, and we are pleased to be able to record once again the fact that, in spite of the apparently hazardous nature of some of the events, everything went off without an accident or mishap of any kind. That five aerial displays of such magnitude should have been held without any untoward incident is a matter for congratulation, and reflects the greatest credit on those responsible for the no less than on the officers actually in the flying demonstrations. As we have repeatedly pointed out in these columns, the Air Force pageants have established a reputation for excellent organisation, and last Saturday's display was no exception to the rule. Every event was run off to time with clockwork regularity, and the only fault that could possibly be found—and one would have to be super-critical to bother about it—was that in one or two cases there was, perhaps, an unnecessarily long delay between events, certain of the demonstra tions taking, apparently, rather shorter time than was expected. However, that is really a matter of little consequence, and taking it as a whole the 1924 Pageant was a worthy successor to the four that have preceded it. As regards the programme itself, this is fully dealt with elsewhere, and we do not propose to dwell upon it here, except to make one or two comments. Broadly, one may divide the items into two classes : the spectacular and the directly useful. By this we do not in any way intend to convey the idea that the spectacular are not useful, but merely that their usefulness is incidental rather than a primary con sideration. On the spectacular side the " torpedo ing " of the armed merchant raider was the piece de resistance, and as a spectacle it was undoubtedly one of the finest ever staged in this country : certainly the best the R.A.F. has ever done. Incidentally, to c
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