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ana THE ROYAL AIR FORCE MEMORIAL FUND A MEETING of the Executive Committee was held at Iddes- leigh House, Caxton Street, on February 18. Lord Hugh Cecil was in the chair, and there was a large attendance of members of the Committee. The most important matter discussed was concerned with the future of the Vanbrugh Castle School, and the question of its enlargement was considered and a Sub-Committee was appointed to go carefully into the matter and to report to the next meeting of the Executive Committee. This Sub- Committee is to be presided over by Air Marshal Sir John Salmond, K.C.B., who has accepted re-election as a member of the Executive Committee. With regard to the School, it was announced that it was opened for the spring term on January 6, with a full attendance of 40 boys. The Committee approved of a sum of /1,139 55. \d, which had been paid by way of grants to ex-officers and ex-airmen and their dependents between December 17, 1924, and the date of the meeting. It was announced that the R.A.F. Memorial Fund Cottage, built at the expense of the Fund at the request of the Enham Village Centres' Council, Enham Village, Andover, is nearing completion, and it is hoped very shortly to find a suitable ex-R.A.F. pensioner who has been trained at the Centre to occupy the cottage. The next meeting of the Executive Committee will take place on April 22, at the offices of the Fund, at 3 p.m. The Committee have just issued two leaflets, which give particulars of the objects of the R.A.F. Memorial Fund, what it has done, and other interesting details. The secretary will be pleased to send copies of these leaflets to any of our readers who may be in sympathy with the move- ment, and who send a stamped addressed envelope to him at 7, Iddesleigh House, Caxton Stieet, S.W. 1. Paris-Dakar Airmen Return Home CAPTAINS LEMAITRE AND ARRACHARD. who made a plucky attempt to fly from Paris to Dakar without a stop recently, started on their return flight, via the Sahara, from Timbuctoo, on February 20. For some days no news was received as to their progress—telegraph and wireless facili- ties being somewhat scanty along the route taken—but ou February 26 it was reported that they had arrived safely at El Goleah. It appears that they lost their bearings, and, running short of petrol, had to descend at A in Mezzer Oasis, about 90 miles south-west of El Goleah. Brussels-Congo Flight LIEUT. THIEFFRY, who is flying from Brussels to Belgian Congo, on a 3-engined Handley Page biplane, arrived at Niamey on February 25. He took the opportunity here of paying a visit to Col. Vuillemin and Capt. Dagnaux, who are in hospital at Niamey as a result of their accident to the Bleriot, on which they were flying from Paris to Lake Chad, and who are now well on the road to recovery. Cape Town-Durban Air Mail THE Cape Town to Durban air mail service was inaugu- rated on March 2, when two Defence Force aeroplanes, carry- ing 456A lbs. of mails from the "' Windsor Castle," left Vyn- berg aerodrome and arrived at Durban 2 hrs. 40 min. ahead of schedule time. The flight covered four stages, relays being made at Oudtshoorn, Port Elizabeth and East London Royal Air Force Club THE annual general meeting of the Royal Air Force Club will take place at 5 p.m. on VVednesdav, March 11. 1925. Sir Sefton Brancker's Homeward Flight SIR SEFTON BRANCKER left Karachi for Baghdad on February 25 in the D.H. 50 biplane (230 h.p. Siddeley " Puma ") piloted by Alan Cobham. Flying in easy stages via the Persian Gulf, the 1,700 miles to Baghdad was accom- plished in three days, the famous City of Caliphs being reached on February 28. Sir Sefton Brancker states that it has been definitely decided to make Karachi the first experimental airship base in India, the cos** of which would be about £1,250,000. French Government Aviation Prizes THE French Under-Secretary of State for Air, M. Laurent Eynac, has announced that about 600,000 fr. (£6,650) is offered in prizes to aeroplane and aero engine manufacturers whose machines succeed in establishing air records during 1925. MARCH 5, 1925 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Militarwissenschaftliche uttd Technische Mitteilmigen. Vol. LVI. January-February, 1925. Stubenring 1, Vienna. The Accessory. Vol. II, No. 113. February, 1925. Brown Brothers, Ltd., Great Eastern Street, London, EC. 2. Illustrated Calendar, 1925. E. Hamel and Co., Palmerston Street, Nottingham. Art In Industry. By Sir Lawrence Weaver, K.B.E. The British Commercial Gas Association. Calendar and Blotter, 1925. The Gas Light and Coke Co., Westminster, London, S.W. The Air Pilot Monthly Supplement, No. 4. February, 1925. The Air Ministry, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Tenth Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1924. U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Lapping Machines. Bethel Player and Co., Ltd., 17, Philpot Lane, London. E.G.3. Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Memoranda : No. 939 (Ac. 160).—On the Effect of Inertia on the Lateral Motion of an Aeroplane under the Influence of Gusts and Control Movements. By L. W. Bryant and D. H. Williams. October, 1924. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Price 6rf. net. Calendar and Dot" Block for 1925. R. T. Lang, S«ls, Ltd., 168, Fleet Street, London, E.C.4. Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Memoranda : No. 918 (Ac. 144).—The Strength of Struts: A Review of Progress made in Theory and Experiment during the War. By R. V. Southwell. September, 1924. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, Wr.C2. Price Is. 9d. net. Rendiccmti Tecnici delta Direzione Supcriore del Genio e delle Costruzioni Aeronautichc. Vol. XIII. No. 1. January, 1925. Commissariato di Aeronautica, Direzione Superiore del Genio e delle Costruzioni Aeronautiche, Viale Giulio Cesare, Rome. Price 40 L. it. m m m m NEW COMPANY REGISTERED AIRCRAFT .MATERIALS, LTD.—Capital £3,000, in £1 shares. Manu-facturers of and dealers in all materials for the construction, equipment, maintenance or running of aeroplanes, airships, hydroplanes, flying boats.and for aeronautical or other engines or motors, etc. First directors : C. W, Meredith (permanent). Aldwych House, Aldwych, W.C. ; J. H. Meredith,Llanfair House. Kington, Hereford. Solicitors : Crec and Turner, 109, Jermyn Street, St. James's, S.W. l.s x * a AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : Cyl. «= cylinder; i.e. «- internal combustion ; m. <-= motor. The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc. APPLIED FOR IN 1923 Published March 5, 19125'28,158. A. ROHRBACH. Wings for flying-machines. (206,843.) 28.256. E. K. A. IUUMAVV. Supporting planes of aeroplanes. (228,637.) APPLIED FOR IN 1924Published February 26, 1925 2.885. N. W. AKIMOFF. Hub appendages for propellers. (228,343.)2.886. N. W. AKIMOFF. Propelling means for aircraft, etc. (228,344. 8,327. C. C. WALKER. Hulls for hydroplanes, etr. (228,392.) 21,286. Soc. AVON, DES AVION? M. WIBAULT. Aeroplane wings. (224,504.) Published March 5, 1925 3,399. J. W. BL'RBIDGF.. Screw propellers. (228,707).6,949. ROHRBACH-METAI.L.-FLIGZF-1.TG.-BAIJ GES. Flying machines. (214,214.) FLIGHT The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2. Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828. 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