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Flight, October 9, 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 Transporl OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 824. (No. 41, Vol. XVI.) OCTOBER 9, 1924 rWeeklv, Price 6d. L Post free, 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. 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 Lympne 647 Air League Challenge Cup Race 649 Two-Seater Light Aeroplane Competitions at Lympne 650 Grosvenor Cup Race 658 Lympne Wind-Up Dinner 66 Air Ministry Notices 1 Personals 662 Royal Air Force 663 R.A.F. Intelligence Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers .. .. 664 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 Oct. „ 16 30 Nov. 13 „ 27 Dec. 4 5-21 18 .. 1925 Feb. 5 Schneider Cup Race, Baltimore. Di. A. Robrbacb (of the Rohrbach Metall- Flngzeugbau Co.) " Large All Metal Sea planes," before R.Ae.S. 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. Professor L. Birstow, C.B.E., F.R.S., F.R.Ae.S. (Zaharoff Professor of Aeronautics, Univer sity of London): " Skin Friction." Dr. G. C. Simpson, C.B.E., F.R.S. (Director, Meteorological Office): "Thunderstorms." Colonel F. Searle, C.B.E., D.S.O. (Managing Director, Imperial Airways, Ltd.) : " The Maintenance of Commercial Aircraft." Paris Aero Show. Mr. A. R. Watson Watt (Superintendent, Radio Research Board Station): " Recen| Studies on Radiotelegraphic Atmospherics. Air Commodore C. R. Samson, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., A.F.R.Ae.S.: " The Operation of Flying Boats in the Mediterranean." EDITORIAL, COMMENT. STARTED in gloom, figuratively speak ing, the Air Ministry Competitions for Two-Seater Light 'Planes, may be said to have finished in sunshine. The large number of machines eliminated before the actual trials, and the rela tively small progress made during the first two days rather indicated that the competition was likely to be somewhat of a failure. In fact, there were those who, by Tuesday evening, were already applying the term fiasco, or its modern slangy equivalent "wash-out," to the whole thing, and who were prepared to believe that light 'planes were of no use, and never would be of any use. Then, slowly at first, but with increasing pace, the outlook changed. Good performances were put up, engines which had been refractory became tract able, and during Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning a feverish activity reigned which entirely dispelled the gloom of the first two days. And, finally, in the Grosvenor Cup Race, on Saturday afternoon, no less than nine machines completed the 100 miles' course at full speed, a percentage which had scarcely been expected. Altogether it can, we think, be said that the Lympne week has been a success, and that, although it may be a little difficult to realise at the moment, we have really discovered a great deal which can be made use of in the future. Probably the aircraft industry is, generally speak ing, somewhat disappointed with the Lympne week. Mainly because so many machines were denied an opportunity to show what they can really do. This was, of course, due mainly to the difficulty of the high-speed tests, which, in spite of having been reduced from two sets of six laps each to two of five laps each, were still far too severe for the majority of the engines. It is, of course, easy to be wise after the event, but FLIGHT can at any rate claim to have pointed out before the competition the severity of the tests, and in our issue of September 25 we stated that " if there were such an institution as a society for prevention of cruelty to engines, it would undoubt edly step in and, on ' humane ' grounds, prevent the c
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