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Flight, August 14, 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. 816. (No. 33, Vol. XVI.) AUGUST 14, 1924 fWeekly, Price 6d. L Post tree, 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.m 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 Progress of Civil Aviation 505 The King's Cup Race 6 The King's Cup Race, 1924 8 Royal Aero Club Official Notices 512 Light 'Plane and Glider Notes Light Aeroplane Flying Clubs 513 Aeronautical Prints and Drawings .. .. .. .. .. .. 513 Progress of Civil Aviation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 514 Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College, South Kensington .. 515 Notes on the Methods Employed in the Air Arm, Iraq .. .. .. 517 Progress of the Big Flights 518 A Flying Boat on Wheels 9 Royal Air Force 51 R.A.F. Intelligence Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers 520 In Parliament 52 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 Aug. 22 Sept. 5 27-28 27- Entries Close at Ordinary Fees for Light 'Plane Competition at Lympne. Entries Close at Double Fees for Light 'Plane Competition at Lympne. Eliminating Tests for Light 'Plane Competition at Lympne. Oct. 8 Wireless Exhibition at Albert Hall. Kensington. Sept. 29- Oot. 4 2-Seater Light 'Plane Competition at Lympne. Oct. 2 .... Aero Golfing Society. Autumn Meeting, at Moor Park Golf Clnb, for A.G.S. Challenge Cup presented by Cellon (Richmond) Ltd. » 4 .... Grosvenor Challenge Cup Race at Lympne. October .... Schneider Cup Race, Baltimore. Dec. 5-21 Paris Aero Show. EDITORIAL COMMENT. flN spite of its statistical character the annual report of the Director of Civil Aviation is always a most interesting document, the dryness of its tables being relieved by a considerable amount of explanatory matter. The report covering the period April 1, 1923, to March 31, 1924, is no exception to this rule, and is, if anything, of even greater interest than previous reports. For one thing, finishing as it does at the date on which the four Progress ajr jme companies ceased to work as Aviation independent firms and became merged into one, known as Imperial Airways, Ltd., this year's report, a brief resume of which is published elsewhere in this issue of FLIGHT, carries us up to what may be termed the " peak " of civil aviation as hitherto operated in this country. The next report will, of course, deal with the first year's operation by Imperial Airways, Ltd., and will there fore form an interesting means of comparison between independent and monopoly operation. A fact which also adds considerably to the value of this year's report is the addition, for the first time, of statistics dealing with civil flying accidents. Hitherto these have not been included in the annual report of the D. of C. A., but in the introduction to the report it is stated that "It is considered that the publication of details of the work carried out by the Inspector of Accidents in conformity with these regulations is beneficial to the growth of an informed public opinion in regard to civil flying accidents." As regards the work of the regular subsidised air lines the progress has, it will be seen, been steady if somewhat slow, and 1,004,000 miles have been flown by the companies in 5,012 flights, as against 778,000 miles in 4,000 flights during the previous year. Apart from the extra mileage flown it will be seen that the average length of each flight has very slightly increased, being 200 miles for the present year as against 194 for the previous period. A similar increase in the number of passengers and quantity of goods carried is to be noted, and it is satisfactory to find that British firms have continued to carry the greater proportion of the traffic. c
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