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SEPTEMBER 18, 1924 business transactions. The rates are considered reasonable —the charge being 8 cents per ounce (or fraction thereof) for each zone or part of zone in which mail is carried by aero plane. There are three zones—New York-Chicago, Chicago- Cheyenne, and Cheyenne-San Francisco. Thus the rate for the total coast-to-coast service is 24 cents per ounce. It is hoped that better co-ordination with the rail services out of the main stations along the route will soon be effected, result ing in considerably improved mail facilities throughout a greater part of the United States. Special air mail boxes are erected in many of the large U.S. cities. The table on page 574 of the summer schedule gives the times of arrival and departure at and from the various stations along the route. <$> <•> <$> <$> IKe ROCSCLI &ero Clu. of the Uixited Kh\gdo 3BB OFFICIAL /HOTICE.5 TO MEMBERS COMMITTEE MEETING A MEETING of the Committee was held on Wednesday, September 10, 1924, at 5 p.m., when there were present :— Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean, A.F.C., in the Chair, Air Vice- Marshal Sir W. S. Brancker, K.C.B., Lieut.-Col. M. O. Darby, Brig.-Gen. Sir Capel Holden, K.C.B., F.R.S., Colonel F. Lindsay Llovd, C.M.G., C.B.E., Lieut.-Col. A. Ogilvie, C.B.E., Lieut.-Col. M. O'Gorman, C.B., Mr. F. Handley Page, and the Secretary. Election of Members.-—The following new Members were elected :— Henry Baring. A. Kingsley Barrett. Flying Officer Wallace Ferrier Hamilton. Flight-Lieut. David Frederick Lucking. John Martin Oakey. Flight.-Lieut. Charles Harold Potts. Squadron-Leader Cecil Arthur Rea. Pilot Officer Joseph Herbert McCarthy Reynolds. Walter Potter Savage. Thomas Claude Sharwood. Capt. William Rodney Winterbottom. Aviators' Certificates.—The following Aviators' Certifi cates were granted :— 7960. Hugh James Shaw Kennedv. Julv 22, 1924. 7961. Shamrao Rewaji Dighe. June 26, 1924. Committee.—Letter was read from Group-Capt. F. W. Bowhill tendering his resignation as a Member of the Committee on his being posted abroad. Racing Committee.—Report of Meetings of Racing Committee held on August 7, 21, and 27, 1924, was received. The following items were included in the Report:— Arrangements for King's Cup Air Race. Two-Seater Light Aeroplane Competitions. Schneider Cup. Air League Challenge Cup. Light Aeroplane Clubs.—Lieut.-Col. M. O. Darby reported that he and the Secretary had attended the Conference at the Air Ministry and had intimated that the Royal Aero Club would be responsible for the organisation of Clubs in the London District. It was also reported that the Club was negotiating with its affiliated Clubs in Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham with regard to the Air Ministry scheme. Air Vice-Marshal Sir W. S. Brancker also reported on the progress of the scheme. Michelin Prizes.—Letter was read from M. Andre Michelin intimating that he would place £800 at the disposal of the Royal Aero Club for prizes to be competed for by Light Aeroplane Clubs. ROYAL AERO CLUB RACING FUND Lieut -Col. John D. Dunville, C.B.E., Vice-Chairman of the Royal Aero Club, has contributed £100 to the Club's Racing Fund. Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. I. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary M. Oemichen Wins Helicopter Prize ON September 14 Oemichen made further record flights on his helicopter at Arboans, when he made three successive tests, each at a height of about one metre, and lifting respect ively deadweights of two, three and four cwts. The stability of the machine was good, and the flights were officially observed. As a result of these tests the French Government has awarded M. Oemichen a prize of 40,000 fr. An Italian Flight Across the Mediterranean ONE of the Dornier Wal seaplanes, fitted with 360 h.p. Rolls-Royce " Eagle IX " engines, which are being built for the Spanish Government by the Societa di Construzioni Meccaniche of Pisa, made a fine flight across the Mediter ranean from Pisa to Melilla, Morocco, on August 27 last. The route followed was via Tolone, Palamos, Barcelona, Alicante, Cartagena and Cape Tres Forcas, a total distance of about 1,000 miles. This was covered in a non-stop flight of 10 hrs. 27 mins. at an average speed of 94 m.p.h. The machine carried a load of 5,071-7 lbs., which included pilot and two passengers. Carlisle-Belfast Air Mail Service ON September 2 Northern Air Lines inaugurated a new air service between Carlisle and Belfast for the purpose of carrying mails and newspapers to and from those two places. The first flight was made from Carlisle at 9 a.m. under ideal weather conditions. The route taken is across the Solway Firth, along the Scotch coast as far as Stranraer, thence to Lame and Belfast. It is proposed to make one trip each way per day, and next year it is hoped passengers will be carried as well. An Air Base at Auckland THE Government of New Zealand is establishing as part of. the Dominion's defence policy, an aviation base at Auckland. In addition to a private aircraft factory there which has been purchased by the Government, further aircraft equipment will be obtained, all of which will be handed over to the Defence Department as an auxiliary branch. Manchester Aerodrome to Go ALL efforts to save Alexandra Park as an aerodrome have failed, and instructions have now been issued to put up the whole of the ground to be sold by auction in small lots. If the ground could not be kept on as an aerodrome, efforts were being made to retain it as an open space or exhibition ground for the town, but even these efforts failed. A Fine Flight by Sacadura Cabral COMMANDER SACADURA CABRAL, of the Portuguese Navy, who flew across the South Atlantic in 1922, recently made a non-stop flight from Amsterdam to Bordeaux. On this occasion he was flving a Fokker T.III monoplane, fitted with a Rolls-Royce " Eagle IX " engine, and in addition to a mechanic, a quantitv of baggage and spares were carried. The flight took just under nine hours to complete, and was carried out under very bad weather conditions, against a strong head wind. From Bordeaux the flight was later continued to Lisbon. Tribute to Portuguese Airmen MAJS. BRITO PATA, Sarmento de Beires and Lieut. Gouveia, the Portuguese airmen who, starting from Lisbon last April, flew to Macao, a distance of 11,000 miles in 118 hours, were entertained at a dinner given at the Trocadero Restaurant on September 4 by members of the Portuguese Colony in London, the Portuguese Ambassador presiding. Responding to the toast ' The Portuguese Airmen," proposed by the Portuguese ambassador, Maj. Paia said he wished to express their appreciation of the assistance given them by the English authorities in India and Egypt, and also referred to the " splendid attempt made by the English aviators to fly round the world, who had contended successfully with many obstacles and had won the admiration of the world." 575
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