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Flight, September 18, 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. 821. (No. 38, Vol. XVI.) SEPTEMBER 18, 1924 r Weekly, Price 6d. L Post free, 7d. Flight The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. ? Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828 Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free : United Kingdom .. 30s. id. Abroad .. .. 33s. Od* 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 ——• PAGE Editorial Comment Day and Night Air Mails 571 The Lympne Competitions.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 572 Sopwith-Hawker " Woodcock" .. .. .. .. .. .. 573 U.S. Air Mails .574 Royal Aero Club Official Notices 575 Light 'Plane and Glider Notes 6 Supermarine Sports Club .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 579 Royal Air Foice Cadctships 580 Royal Air Force 581 R.A.F. Intelligent World-Flights 2 Air Post Stamps 58 Society of Model Aeronautical Engineer! .. .. .. .. .. 582 Imports and Exports 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 Sept. 27 28 Eliminating Tests for Light 'Plane Competition at Lympoe. „ 27- Oct. 8 Wireless Exhibition at Albert Hall, Kensington. „ 29- Oct. 4 2-Seater Light 'Plane Competition at Lympne. Oct. 2 .... Aero Golfing Society. Autumn Meeting, at Moor Park Golf Club, for A.G.S. Challenge Cap presented by Cellon (Richmond) Ltd. ,, 2 .... Lieut.-Col. H. T. Tizard, A.F.C., F.R.Ae.S. (of the Department of Scientific and In dustrial Research), Chairman: Inaugural Lecture. „ 4 .... Grosvenor Challenge Cup Race at Lympne. .... Schneider Cup Race, Baltimore. „ 16 .... Dr. A. Rohrbach (of the Rohrbach Metall- Flugzeugbau Co.) " Large All Metal Sea planes." before R.Ae.S. ,, 30 .... Major J. S. Buchanan, A.F.R.Ae.S. (of the Technical Department, Air Ministry): " The R.Ae.C. Light Aeroplane Competi tions," before R.Ae.S. Dec. 5-21 Paris Aero Show. Day and Night Air Mails EDITORIAL COMMENT. |N page 574 of this week's issue of FLIGHT we publish a brief report on the United States regular day-and-night air mail service carried out from July 1 of this year. The experimental service had shown that night flying along a properly organised route was not only possible but that it might reasonably be expected to give the same regularity as that obtained with the original day-time service, when mails were transferred to trains for transport at night. So far the results obtained on the regular day-and-night service have been most encouraging, and it is of interest to note that out of a total of 80,400 miles flown during the first 15 days of the service not a single flight was cancelled. That this was not due to a small percentage of the flying being done at night is obvious from the statement that no less than 26,500 miles were flown-during the night time. Out of the 15 nights during which flying was carried out eight were stormy, with gales and electrical disturb ances. " But ", the report states, " the mails went through." There is in that statement a justifiable pride in the achievement, and one is irresistibly reminded of the early days of America's history, when the " Pony Mail " was carried through by daring riders who had to contend with adverse climatic conditions, not to mention the risks of attack by Indians. It would appear that the same proud spirit, and the same traditions are to be found among the " riders of the air," who are now doing just as important pioneer work as were the pony riders of old. We have had in this country a some what similar experience, although on a much smaller scale, in the early days of the old A.T. and T., when pilots took their machines across the Channel, no matter what the weather conditions, and that at a time when ground organisation was practically non-existent. Even at the present time our civilian pilots are doing pioneer work in laying the foundation for the great air routes of the future, although their task is now rendered somewhat less hazardous by a fairly good
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