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applications of proof stress, fatigue range, Brinell, Izod, bend and reverse bend tests. Protection of materials against atmospheric and other deteriorating effects. (4) Construction and Strength of Aircraft.—Lectures by Mr. Farren, twice weekly, followed by class work, laboratory experiments and Drawing Office, under Mr. Farren and Assistant Professor Hill. The Lectures include :—-The loads on an aeroplane in flight and their distribution in the structure ; manoeuvres and extreme conditions. Load factor and factor of safety. Materials and specification of strength. Wing structures ; types ; spar and strut design ; fittings. Fusel ages, undercarriages, and control surfaces. Redundancy in aeroplane structures. The treatment of structures in three dimensions. The relative importance of weight and head resistance in structural parts. Metal and composite con struction in aircraft. The class work includes :—Numerical examples on the lectures. The calculation of the strength of a typical aero plane (wing structure and fuselage) in detail. The Drawing Office work includes:—The design of spars, struts, and details for the aeroplane dealt with in the class work. (5) Engine Design.—Lectures, twice weekly, with Labora tory Work by Dr. Moss and Mr. Stern, and Drawing Office under Assistant Professor Hill, followed by class work and Drawing Office under the Lecturers and Assistant Professor Hill. The lectures include :—Essential features of a heat cycle ; practical limitations ; the piston engine ; heat and work balance ; avoidable and unavoidable losses ; engine accessories ; carburettor ; ignition system ; fuel system ; the effect of altitude. Typical aircraft engines. Lines of future development. The injection engine. Light alloys and their application. Torque curves of stationary and rotary engines ; Inertia forces ; Forces on connecting-rod, crank pin, crankshaft, cylinder walls ; Torsional vibrations ; Balance. Properties of fuels ; Mixture strength ; Volumetric efficiency ; Measurement of fuel and air ; Measurement of I.H.P., B.H.P., and frictional losses. (6) Airships.—Lectures by Mr. Richmond, once a week, with class work and Drawing Office. The lectures include :— Aerostatics. The resistance of airships and the manner in which it is affected by their form. The aerodynamical forces acting on "an airship in straight or curved flight and the characteristics which result. The loading of airships. Types of non-rigid and semi-rigid airships. Airship fabrics and the manufacture of envelopes and gasbags. The pro pulsion of airships. Stresses in non-rigid airships. General description of the hull structure of rigid airships and the H H Another Round Australia Flight THREE Australian Air Officials, Colonel Brinsmead (Controller of Civil Aviation), Captain Jones (Superintendent of Flying Operations), and Mr. Buchanan, a civil aircraft inspector, left Point Cooke (near Melbourne) on August 7, on an attempt to fly around Australia. Busk Studentship in Aeronautics THE trustees of this studentship, founded in memory of Edward Teshmaker Busk, who lost his life in 1914 while flying an experimental aeroplane, have appointed Mr. John Cowan Stevenson, of Glasgow University, to the vacant studentship. A Correction Ax unfortunate error crept into the advertisement of Messrs. C. C. Wakefield (" Castrol ") which appeared in our last issue of FLIGHT, in which the winner of the 1922 King's Cup was given as Capt. C. F. Barnard. This, of course, should have read " F. L. Barnard." We offer as an excuse the fact that there are two Barnards—both well-known pilots—and the mixing up of the two initials passed unnoticed in the rush of going, to press. Prizes for Italian National and International Aviation Records THE Italian Higher Committee for Aeronautics has decided to award the sum of 300,000 lire for records, either Italian or international, put up by Italian- pilots before December 31 next. Swedish Air Mail Services ACCORDING to the, Department of Overseas Trade, the Florman brothers have concluded an agreement with the Finnish Postal Administration for the conveyance of Finnish mails on the Helsingfors-Stockholm airline. This agreement followed by a similar contract with the Swedish Government. The regular service commenced operations on June 23 last, methods of calculation the stresses set up therein. Generalised methods for calculating primary stresses in rigid hulls. The design of redundant frameworks. The consideration of some secondary stresses in the hull structure. (7) Air Navigation and Instruments.—Eight lectures on Air Navigation and Instruments, by Mr. Wimperis. A course of about 20 lectures, with practical instructions and class work, by Mr. Wimperis. Students entering for this course are expected to have sufficient knowledge of Mathematics. (8) Mathematics.—-Classes in Mathematics will be arranged. Students who complete this course satisfactorily can pass on to a course of Aeronautical Research. (Course C of Air Ministry Order, No. 336.) II. METEOROLOGY. Bv the Assistant Professor and other members of the Staff :— (1) An introductory general course on the structure of the atmosphere and the meteorology of the globe. (2) Short technical courses of about four lectures each on one or more special subjects, as meteorological organisation, the practice of observing, the practice of forecasting, special local conditions, cloud layers, the bearing of meteorology on the practice of aerial navigation, terrestrial magnetism, etc. (3) A course of about 20 lectures with class work and practical work on dynamical and physical meteorology. (4) Meteorological research. For the Session 1924-25 the following are the courses :— (1) Introductory General Course, first half-Session. (2) Discussions of the Incidents of the Weather Charts of the previous week, Tuesdays at 10.15 a.m. during term time. (3) Technical Courses, Spring Term :— (a) Meteorological Optics. (b) Radiation. (4) Advanced Meteorology, Dynamical and Physical, once a week during the winter and spring terms. (5) Meteorological Research by arrangement. (6) Meetings for discussion of Recent Contributions to Meteorological Literature. Alternate Mondays during term time at 5 p.m., beginning Monday, October 20th, 1924. Students in the Meteorological Division will be expected to have a knowledge of Dynamics, including Elementary Rigid Dynamics and Hydraulics, and of certain branches of Physics —the gaseous laws, specific heat, latent heat and the rudiments of the thermodynamics of gases, vapours and mixtures. Courses of instruction for R.A.F. Officers detailed for special service will be arranged as occasion requires. and on July 2 last the Florman Company started a service between Malmo and Hamburg. The French Dewoitine Company Active WHILE extending the works at Toulouse the Dewoitine Company is erecting a factory for new aircraft types at Chatillon-sous-Bagneux, near Paris. A new transport machine is being erected in temporary sheds, and is expected to make its first appearance towards the end of this summer. This machine is a thick-wing monoplane, with a 420 h.p. engine, and it will have a range of about S00 km. (500 miles), with a commercial load of at least 600 kgs. (1,320 lbs.). Breguet Machines for Serbia THE Serbian aviation authorities recently placed an order with the Breguet Company for 100 Breguet type XIX machines. Demonstrations with this type of machine were carried out bv M. Thiery at Novisad aerodrome, in the presence of numerous Serbian military aviation officials. Amsterdam-Batavia Flight FOLLOWING the example of France in sending Lieut. D'Oisy on an aerial dash to the Far Fast, Holland is proposing to send a pilot from Amsterdam to Batavia, Java. Plans for this flight, which will probably start on October 1, are alreadv in hand. Heer van der Hoop, one of the R.L:M. commercial pilots, will make the attempt on a Fokker F.VII, fitted with a 360 h.p. Rolls-Royce " Eagle," which is em ployed on the London-Amsterdam service. This machine will be withdrawn from its commercial service in September next, and will then be overhauled, fitted with new engine and reserve petrol tank, ready for the big flight. The route to be followed, which totals some 15,000 miles, will include Prague, Belgrade, Constantinople, Angora, Aleppo, Baghdad, Bushire, Bunder Abbas, Charbar, Karachi, Multan, Ambala, Allahabad, Calcutta, Akyab, Rangoon, Bangkok, Singora, Medan, Padang, and Batavia.
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