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is such that a float can be quickly removed without inter- fering with the undercarriage structure in general. As regards the general handling of the S.II, the machine is said to be very pleasant to fly, to get " unstuck " very easily and quickly and to land very slowly. The lateral control is said to be very effective, and although a trimming tail is not fitted, the tail plane can be so adjusted that with the engine running all-out the machine becomes tail-heavy, i.e., climbs, while at cruising speed it flies horizontal and with engine throttled it goes into a glide quite automatically. MARCH 19, 1925 In other words, the machine can be made to " fly on the throttle." The weight of the machine empty is 1,700 kgs. (3,740 lbs.), and with petrol for five hours at full throttle, pilot, gunner, machine guns and ammunition, wireless outfit and camera, the total loaded weight is 2,450 kgs. (5,400 lbs.). The top speed is stated to be 185 km./h. (115£ m.p.h.), and the range 925 km. (575 miles). The climb to 1,000 metres (3,280 ft.) occupies 4 £ minutes, and to 2,000 metres (6,560 ft.) 10 minutes. No figures as to landing speed are available. 3> <$> The JRoyczl &ero Clcz of the UiKitecL Kh\gdoi OFFICIAL MOTICES TO MEMBERS m BANQUET TO AIR VICE-MARSHAL SIR SEFTON BRANCKER AND MR. ALAN J. COBHAM THE Royal Aero Club and the Society of British Aircraft Constructors will entertain Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker and Mr. Alan J. Cobham at a banquet at the Savoy Hotel on Monday, 23rd inst., at 7.30 p.m. Tickets £1 Is. each may be obtained from the Secretary, Royal Aero Club, 3, Clifford Street, London. W. 1. NAMES 1.2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. OF MEMBERS NOMINATED FOR THE COMMITTEE Darby, Lieut.-Col. M. Ormonde, O.B.E. Dunville, Lieut.-Col. John D., C.B.E. Holden, Brig.-Gen. Sir Capel, K.C.B., F.R.S. Hubbard, Wing-Commdr. T. O'B., M.C., A.F.C. McClean, Lieut.-Col. F. K., A.F.C. Manning, W. O. Ogilvie, Lieut.-Col. Alec, C.B.E. Page, F. Handley, C.B.E. Sippe, Maj. Sydney, V., D.S.O. Sopwith, T. 6. M.; C.B.E. Wilson, Capt. Charles B., M.C, ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THE Annual General Meeting will be held at the Club premises, 3, Clifford Street, London, \V. 1, on Wednesday, March 25, 1925, at 6 o'clock. Agenda 1. Chairman's Report. 2. To announce result of ballot for Committee. 3. To alter Rule 50 as follows :— The subscription for members shall be /5 5s. per annum. and for lady members £2 2s. per annum, or such other sum as may be decided upon in General Meeting, and the entrance fee such sum as the Committee may from time to time determine. The subscription for numbers who are officers serving in the Royal Air Force or the Royal Air Force Reserve, or officers (past and present) engaged in the Air Ministry Departments, or naval and military officers attached to the Royal Air Force for service, shall be £2 2s. per annum. 4. To elect Vice-President and Council for the ensuing year. The following are recommended by the Committee :— Vice-President.—The Duke of Sutherland. Council.—The Earl of Lonsdale ; Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Beatty, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., D.S.O. ; the Right Hon. Lord Hugh Cecil, M.P. ; the Right Hon. Lord Weir the Lord Howard de Walden ; the Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, K.C.I.E., C.S.I. ; Admiral of the Fleet the Right Hon. Sir Edward Seymour, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O. ; Admiral the Hon. Sir Edmund Fremantle. G.C.B., C.M.G. ; the Right Hon. Sir Samuel Hoare, Bart., C.M.G., M.P. ; Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh M. Trenchard, Bart., G.C.B., D.S.O. ; Sir David Salomons, Bart. ; Sir Basil Zaharoff, G.B.E., G.C.B. ; Count Henry de la Vaulx ; the Right Rev. Bishop Welldon ; Martin Dale ; Andre1 Michelin. 5. Motion by Comm, F. L. M. Boothby, R.N. :— " That the Committee should render an explanation of their failure to carry out the resolution of the General Meeting in 1924 with regard to the allocation of their funds in fair proportion for the encouragement of aeroplanes, seaplanes, and airships." Offices : THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W.I. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary At the Levee AT the Levee held on March 10 at St. James's Palace by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on behalf of H.M. the King, the following were present : Air Marshal Sir John Salmond, Principal Air Aide-de-Camp ; Group Capt. C. Kilner ; Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for Air : Comdr. J. C. Hunsaker ; Comdr. Don j. A. Games; Maj. Silvio Scaroni ; Maj.-Gen. Ren-ichiro Okamoto ; Senor Col. Don Fernando Rich ; Col. Mossberg , Col. J. T. C. Moore- Brabazon ; Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrev H. S^lmond, etc. Amongst those presented to the Prince of Wales were : Flight-Lieut. H. Collins : Flight-Lieut. A. Elliott; Sqdn.-Ldr. R. Field ; Flight-Lieut. W. Fry, M.C. ; Wing-Comdr. C. Gould ; Scidn.-Ldr. E. Grenfell, M.V., D.F.C., A.F.C. ; Flight-Lieut. H. Hampton, D.F.C. ; Group Capt. C. Kilner, D.S.O., A.D.C. : Sqdn.-Ldr. F. Laws, O.B.E. : Air Commodore C. Newall, C.M.G., C.B E., A.M. ; Flight-Lieut. W. Nicholl ; Flying Officer A. Padley ; Air Marshal Sir John Salmond, K.C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O.," D.S.O., A.D.C. ; Air Vice-Marshal F. Scarlett, C.B., D.S.O. , Sqdn.-Ldr. F. Snwrey, D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C. ; Flight-Lieut. F. Wright, etc. Air Ministry Officials Entertained THE Secretary for Air (Sir Samuel Hoare) and Air- Marshal Sir John W. Salmond, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond, Air Vice-Marshal J. M. Steel, Sir Geoffrey Butler, Sir Sigmund Dannreuther, Mr. H. W. W. McAnally, Mr. B. E. Holloway, Mr. C. LI. Bullock, Mr. J. A. WTebster, Lieut.-Col. I. A. E. Edwards, and Squadron-Leader A. R. Boyle, of the Air Ministry staff, were entertained at luncheon recently at Claridge's Hotel by the Foreign Air Attaches and the Naval and Military Attaches accredited for air duties. Capitaine de Fregatc Sabl£, Air Attache at the French Embassy, presided. Ministerial Air Tour of the East THE delegation, headed by Mr. Amery and Sir Samuel Hoare, which is leaving for Iraq and Palestine today, will consist of about eight persons, and two aeroplanes will be needed for the aerial voyages of the party. Mr. Amery will be assisted by Captain Wallace, his Parliamentary private secretary. The party are due to leave Ismailia by air on March 26, arriving at Baghdad on the following day. The programme provides for a stay of 17 days in Iraq. The first week is to be given up to conferences, and if these are completed in time the Air Secretary will spend ten days in inspecting the air stations at Mosul, Kirkuk, Basrah, etc. The visitors will leave Baghdad by air on or about April 14. arriving at Ramleh, for Jerusalem, on the following day They will fly from Jerusalem to Cairo, and will leave Alex- andria for home on April 24. Travelling by way of Brindisi and Rome, Mr. Amery and Sir Samuel Hoare should be back in London on May 1. Aircraft at Wembley THE Committee of Management of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors has decided not to proceed further with the scheme for a proposed Aircraft Exhibit at Wembley this year. The subject has been gone into with the Air Ministry, who were prepared to give financial assistance, but the heavy expenditure which would fall upon the industrv has decided the Committee not to proceed with the scheme. 160
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