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Plight, February 12, 1925 AIRCRAFTENGINEER^ First Aero Weekly in the World Founder and Editor : STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, ftftd Progress of Aeri&l Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 842. (No. 7, Vol. XVn.) FEBRUARY 12, 1925 ["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. Od* 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 PAGE Editorial Comment The Croydon Accident .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 77 Light Plane and Glider Notes 79 Light'Plane Club Doings XI A New Air Mail Route in South Africa. By Captain J. L. Carlin .. H2 Croydon Report .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ., 83 Croydon Disaster Inquiry .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 85 Correspondence .. .. ., .. .. .. .. .. .. 86 Flying in Australia 87 Royal Air Force 9 R.A.F. Intelligence 9 Personals 9 Royal Aeronautical Society Official Notices 90 DIAKY 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. 12 .... Colonel F. Searle : " The Maintenance o! Commercial Aircraft," before R.Ae.S. Feb. 18 .... Air Chief Marshal Sir H. M. Trenchant, Bart., 6.C.B., D.S.O. : (Subject to be announced later), before C.U.Ae.S. Feb. 19 .... Lieut-Col. L. F. E. 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. Mar. 5 .... Lieut-Col. C. B. Heald, C.B.E. (Medical Adviser to the Director of Civil Aviation, Air Minis- try) : " Some Medical Aspects of Air Trans- port," before R.Ae.S. Mar. 6 .... M. E. Dewoitine : " The Advantages Of Metal Construction," before I.Ae.E. The Croydon Accident EDITORIAL COMMENT. LSEWHERE in this issue of FLIGHT will be found the full text of the report of the Court of Inquiry appointed by the Secretary of State for Air to investigate the accident to aircraft G-EBBX at Croydon on December 24 last, in which the pilot and seven passengers lost their lives. The report does not, perhaps, bring out much that is new, but certain very important statements are made to which we feel attention should be called. The section of the report which deals with the previous history of the machine is valuable in showing the care taken by all concerned, and, incidentally, should effectively contradict certain statements that have appeared in sections of the German aeronautical press to the effect that the machine was old and worn out, and that this was the cause of the accident. It is rather curious that these statements should have appeared in similar form in several journals, the fact almost giving the impression that the statements must have been " inspired " by some person or persons antagonistic not only to Imperial Airways, Ltd., but to British aviation in general. The facts relating to the return of Hinchliffe to Amsterdam, owing to indications of fluctuating oil pressures, and the subsequent happenings are given at some length in the report, the Chairman of the Inquiry giving his reasons for dealing with these points in detail. He expresses the opinion that on those occasions the trouble may have been not with the oil pressure itself, but with the indicator, whicli may not have shown the real oil pressures. The fact that the engine power was, apparently, quite satis- factory seems to lend strength to this supposition. In view of the allegations as to negligence on the part of Imperial Airways, Ltd., the sentence " I am satisfied that every reasonable precaution was taken by Imperial Airways, Ltd., to prevent any detectable defect in the engine being overlooked, and that Mr. Clark was fully justified in signing the daily certificate of safety of aircraft referred to above " is of vital importance, as is also the conclusion that a test flight
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