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Flight, December 4, 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. 832. (No. 49, Vol. XVI.) DECEMBER 4, 1924 [Weekly, 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. 0d* 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 Editorial Comment Paris 751 Paris Aeronautical Salon .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 753 Testing the Flettner " Rotor " in Actuai Flight 759 The King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions for the Royal Air Force .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 760 Royal Air Force 761 R.A.F. Intelligence ' 76 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 Dec. 4 Dec. 5-21 Dec. 12 . Dec. 18 1925 Jan. 9 Jan. 23 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Colonel F. Searle, C.B.E., D.S.O. (Managing Director, Imperial Airways, Ltd.) : " The Maintenance of Commercial Aircraft," before R.Ae.S. Paris Aero Show. Commander J. C. Hunsaker (C.C.), U.S.N., Assistant Naval Attache to the American Embassy, London: " Notes on Seaplane Design," before I.Ae.E. Mr. A. R. Watson Watt (Superintendent, Radio Research Board Station) : " Recent Studies on Radiotelegraphic Atmospherics," before R.Ae.S. Mr. R. J. Parrott, Hons. Member: The History and Evolution of the Avro Training Machine," before I.Ae.E. Lieut. N. A. Olechnovitch, Member : " A Few Experiments with Shock-Absorbing Hulls for Flying Boats," before I.Ae.E. 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," before. R.Ae.S. Professor E. G. Coker, D.Sc, F.R.S. : " Photo- Elastic Methods of Measuring Stress," before I.Ae.E. Paris 'ITORIAL COMMENT. HE Ninth International Aero Exhibition, or 9e Exposition Internationale dc I'Aeronantique, which opens tomorrow, December 5, to remain open until December 21, promises to be like previous Paris Aero Shows—inter national mainly in name. Great Britain will be represented, it is true, but not on a scale in accordance with our importance in the aviation matters of the world. Holland will be represented by Mynheer Fokker's Com pany, and it is to be hoped that the treatment meted out to the famous Dutchman this year will not be a repetition of that accorded him on a previous occasion of painful memory. There seems to be a possibility that Czechoslovakia may be repre sented, and probably Italy will also have a stand in the Grand Palais, but all these fail to combine to make the exhibition international in the true sense of the word. Germany will certainly not be repre sented, nor will many other nations which have produced aircraft or engines worthy of being shown side by side with those of France and Great Britain. There are, of course, various reasons for this lack of participation in the Paris Aero Shows, but, as far as Great Britain is concerned, at any rate, the main obstacle is the somewhat peculiar system by which the French authorities allocate stands. It is some what difficult for outsiders to follow the details of the method, but put briefly it seems to work somewhat as follows : The French constructors ballot for the main stands, and if any space is left over after the ballot, this is allocated to the representatives of foreign countries. Usually, however, French participation in the Show has been such that all the good stands have been taken up, and foreign exhibitors have had to be content with odd corners under galleries or similar unsuitable positions. Under the circum stances, therefore, it is scarcely to be wondered at if foreign firms have hesitated to incur the expense which a show in Paris entails. The system is not at all in accordance with British ideas of fair dealing, and past experience has shown that very often such British firms as have decided to take their chance on
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