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Flight, February 5, 1925 /AIRCRAFTBNGINEEFL 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. 841. (No. 6, Vol. XVH.) FEBRUARY 5, 1925 TWeekly, 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 abnormalconditions and to increases in postage rates * European subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS PAGEEditorial Comment That " Air Sense " 63 British Aerodromes : Aerial View of Croydon Airport 65 New De Havilland Air Liner .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 66 Wright Aero Engines 9 Cobham's Everest Flight 70 Light 'Plane and Glider Notes t Light'Plane Club Doings 2 Bristol " Jupiter " 100-Hour Test 73 Croydon Disaster Inquiry .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74 Royal Air Foroe .. .. .. .. .. . . . .. 75 R.A.F. Intelligence 75 Air Post Stamps . .. 76 Side-Winds .. 6 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 :— 1925 Feb. 5 .... 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. Feb. 6 .... Mr. H. L. J. Hinker : " Flying in Australia," before I.Ae.E. Feb. 11 .... W. S. Farren, Esq., M.A. : " The Process of Aeroplane Design," before C.U.Ae.S. Feb. 12 .... Colonel F. Searle : "The Maintenance of Commercial Aircraft," before R.Ae.S. Feb. 18 .... Air Chief Marshal Sir H. M. Trenchard, Bart., G.C.B., D.S.O. : (Subject to be announced later), before C.U.Ae.S. Feb. 19 .... Lieut.-Col. L. F. R. Fell : " Light Aeroplane Engine Development," before R.Ae.S. (Society of Arts). Feb. 20 .... Professor E. G. Coker, D.Sc, F.R.S. : "Photo- Elastic Methods of Measuring Stress," before I.Ae.E. Feb. 25 .... H. Richardo, Esq., M.A.: (Subject to be announced later), before C.U.Ae.S. Mar. 4 .... Alan Chorlton, Esq. (Managing Director of Messrs. Beardmore, Ltd.) : " The All Steel Aircraft," before C.U.Ae.S. That •' Air Sense' EDITORIAL COMMENT. ,,T has been stated so often that by now everybody believes it, that if we are " to make any real headway with avia- tion, commercial no less than service aviation, it is essential to develop in - the general public the " air sense " and to make Great Britain a nation of aviators much in the same way that in the past we have been a nation of sailors. With that very excellent sentiment few will probably quarrel, and that our young men (and the not-so-young as well, for the matter of that) have an aptitude for flying was • abundantly demonstrated during the War, when our pilots were admitted on all hands to be the finest in the world. In spite of these facts, however, what is the position in practice ? It is that at the present moment there are hundreds of young men keen on learning to fly, but without any possibility of doing so because of the financial obstacles with which most of them are faced. The light 'plane clubs were calculated to changer tout cela, ibut, although the various clubs that have been formed all over the country have had very good response and already number quite large member- ships, it has to be admitted that, practically speaking, these young men are no nearer their heart's desire than they were many months ago. We understand that a meeting has been called, to take place at Leeds on Saturday next, February 7, between representatives of all the clubs approved by the Air Ministry to discuss the position, and this therefore appears to be a good opportunity for examin- ing the main causes of the present deadlock. It will be recollected that, briefly, the Air Ministry scheme was to assist each approved light 'plane club with a grant of £2,000, provided the club subscribed a similar amount, and that the clubs were only to use light aeroplanes approved by the Air Ministry. On the face of it this appeared a not unreasonable proposition, but in working out practical details several snags have cropped up. The main obstacle has, of course, been that the Air Ministry decided, after last year's Lympne competitions, that the machines, or more particularly the engines, were not B 2 '•V:..
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