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NOVEMBER 13, 1924 of plywood. The total length of the fuselage is 19 ft. and the maximum width at the pilot's cockpit is 2 ft. 4 ins. Dual control is fitted, each cockpit being provided with the necessary " gadgets." The front cockpit is fairly well •forward, while the rear cockpit is immediately beneath the rear portion of the top plane. The engine is a three-cylinder radial air-cooled Anzani, developing 30-35 h.p., driving direct a 6-ft. diameter tractor screw. Only the heads of the cylinders project through the cowling. The fuel tanks are located within the fuselage, at the rear of the engine, giving a normal range of action of three hours. The petrol tank has a capacity of 8-3 gals., and the oil tank a capacity of 2 gals.—the latter being on the large size in order to allow an extra or larger petrol tank being fitted should it be required to increase the range of the machine. A conventional V-type landing gear is fitted, consisting of two V's of streamline steel tube carrying, by means of the usual Sandow shock-absorbers, a tubular axle and two wheels, 1 ft. 8 ins. diameter. The wheel track is 4 ft. 3 ins. The main characteristics of the Holland H.l biplane are :— Span (top) . . . . . . 24 ft. 6 ins. Span (bottom) Chord Overall length Area of main planes Weight, empty Weight, laden . . . . ' .'. Useful load (including fuel) . . Weight per sq. ft. Weight per horse-power Speed range ft. 25 ft. 6 ins. 4 ft. 5 ins. 21 ft. 150-6sq 484 lb. 869 lbs. 385 lbs. 5-74 lbs. 24-2 lbs. 22-71 m.p.h <3> <•> <$> <$> Married HERBERT JAMES COCKMAN, D.F.C., Malayan Civil Service, spn of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Cockman, was married on November 5, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, to MARY CAMPBELL, only daughter of Mr. H. C. RUTTER, J.P., and Mrs. RUTTER, Hazelwood, Morden. Sqdn.-Leader PERCY C. SHERREN, M.C., R.A.F., second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sherren, of Crapand, Prince Edward Isle, Canada, was married on October 29, at St. Mark's, North Audley Street, \V., to JOYCE, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. TILDEN SMITH, of 13, Upper Brook Street, W. To be Married The marriage will take place on Thursday, November 13, at All Souls', Langham Place, of Flying Officer HORATIO SLEIGH, 216 Squadron, R.A.F., Heliopolis, Cairo, son of the late Mr. Thomas Harper Sleigh and Mrs. Sleigh, of Burv, Lanes, with DOROTHY, widow of Dr. J. G. OGLE, of Mount <$> <$> The New Under-Secretary of State for Air JUST as this week's issue of FLIGHT is about to go to press it is announced that Mr. Baldwin has appointed Sir Philip Sassoon to the post of Under-Secretary of State for Air. The appointment has come as somewhat of a surprise, as it had been generally expected that the Duke of Sutherland, who held the post under the previous Baldwin Government, would be chosen again. The absence of His Grace from the list of new ministers will be regretted bv many, as he had shown a very thorough grasp of aviation matters during his previous term of office. On the other hand, there is no reason to doubt that in Sir Philip Sassoon we shall have an Under- Secretary of State for Air eminently suitable in every way. Sir Philip, it will be recollected, has been M.P. for Hythe since 1912. Formerly a Major in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry, he became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Transport in 1919, and later Parliamentary Secretary to Mr. Lloyd George. Armistice Day Honour for " A.A.C." ON Armistice Day, November 11, members of the Anti-Aircraft Corps of the R.N.V.R. who served during the war, were notified by the Admiralty that they were entitled to wear a -war medal. Famous French Ace Killed A REGRETTABLE double fatality occurred at Bizerta on Armistice Day, November 11,, on the occasion of the unveiling of the monument to Garros. Capt. Madon, the famous French Ace, was flying over the monument during the ceremony, when he suddenly crashed to earth. On striking the ground the machine fell on a spectator, Dr. Aragon, who, together with the pilot, was killed. Capt. Madon, during the war, brought down (officially) 41 German machines—actually, however, he accounted for very many more. A French Speed Record ON November 8, Adjutant Bonnet, of the French Army Air Sendee, created a new French speed record at Istres Cottage, Redhill, and daughter of Mrs. William Hunter, of Polewood, Cranbrook, Kent. Killed Flying Officer JOHN HAYWARD GODFREY FRANKLIN, R.A.F., who was killed on October 11 in an aeroplane accident at Shaibah, Iraq, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Franklin, late of H.M. Dockyard, Devonport. He was 20 vears of age. ' Deaths LIEUT. REGINALD J. P. GREBBY, D.F.C., died of pneumonia on November 4, at Geneva, aged 29 years. Flight-Cadet JOHN EDWARD (JACK) HENRY, R.A.F. Cadet College, Cranwell, who died from meningitis on October 15, at the R.A.F. Central Officers' Hospital, Finchley, was the younger son of Maj. and Mrs. W. T. Henry, of 63, War rington Crescent, W. His age was 20. MAJ. GILBERT B. REDGRAVE, late R.A.F., who died at Abinger on October 23, aged 40, was the younger son of Gilbert R. Redgrave. <s> <•> aerodrome, when he attained a speed of 389.890 km.p.h. (241 m.p.h.), on a Ferbois-Bernard monoplane (450 h.p. Hispano-Suiza, with Lamblin radiators), thus beating the previous record of 375 km.p.h. (232.5 m.p.h.) made by Sadi Lecointe. British Flying Boat Crew Rescued WHILST on her way to China on November 5, H.M.S. Weymouth picked up the crew of a wrecked flying boat (4094), 15 miles south of St. Catherine's Point, I.O.W. The crew consisted of three officers and two ratings, from Calshot, and they were landed at Portland Harbour uninjured. Irish Free State and the International Air Convention THE position of the Irish Free State as regards the International Air Convention has been defined as follows :— The Irish Free State is to be considered, since the coming into force of its constitution on December 6, 1922, by virtue of a Proclamation of His Britannic Majesty, as one of the British Dominions mentioned in Article 40 of the Convention for the Regulation of Aerial Navigation dated October 13, 1919. This Convention and the additional Protocol of May 1, 1920, having been signed and ratified on behalf of the British Empire before that date of December 6, 1922, are in force for the Irish Free State. The Protocol of October 27, 1922, concerning an amendment to Article 5, is also valid as regards the Irish Free State. The Protocol dated June 30, 1923, relating to an amendment to Article 34, has been signed by a representative of the Irish Free State, and it is understood that it -will be subse quently ratified by His Britannic Majesty on behalf of the British Empire. The applications for derogations from Article 5 of the Convention made by Belgium, France and Canada have already been accepted on behalf of the British Empire. The application made by Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been accepted by the Irish Free State as well as by the other British Dominions and India. 724
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