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MARCH 19, 1925 route from Marseilles via Alexandretta to Iraq ; and the reasons for thedecision given ? Sir S. Hoare : Tentative proposals were made last year by a Frenchpromoter for a French flying-boat service from Marseilles to Alexandretta, and for a combined Anglo-French service from Alexandretta to Iraq. Theseproposals were made known to the Air Ministry as well as to the French Government. The technical and financial assumptions on which the schemewas based did not appear to the Air Ministry to be valid, and the matter was allowed to drop so far as any question of British support was concerned.It is not known to what extent, if any, the proposals commended themselves to the French Government. Pilots, Machines, and Constructors MAT. GLYN asked the Secretary of State for Air what is the total numberof pilots' licences now issued ; what is the total number of air-worthiness certificates now issued ; what is the total number of factories in GreatBritain engaged in the production of aeroplanes, seaplanes, and flying-boats. respectively ; and how do all these present-day figures compare for theyears 1916, 192(1, 1923 ? Sir S. Hoare : The number of pilots' licences issued and current onDecember 31. 1921), December 31, 1923, and March 1(1, 1925, were 175, 131, and 142, respectively. The numbers of certificates of air-worthiness issuedand current at the same dates were 240, 157, and 183, respectively. Such licences and certificates were not issued prior to 1919, and there are thereforeno corresponding figures for 1916. The numbers of firms engaged in the production of aeroplanes, seaplanes, and flying-boats were 43, 18, and 17 inthe years 1916, 1920, and 1923, respectively; the present number is 20. Air Ministry Costing Department MR. HOMAN asked the Secretary of State for Air whether a costingdepartment exists in the Ministry '( Sir S. Hoare : There is no separate costing department in the Air Ministry,but branches of the directorates of Contracts and Accounts undertake costing work of a technical and a financial kind, respectively. THE ROYAL FORCE London Gazette, March 10, 1925General Duties Branch The follg. Pilot Officers are promoted to rank of Flying Officer : H. L. R.Gough ; Jan. 14. N. J. Wiltshire; Feb. 14. R. Scott-Taylor: Feb. 15. S. R. Sunnucks ; March 9. G. T. Gaynor ; March 12. T. R. Wheatley ;March 14. Flying Officer G. \, Carroll (Lieut., R.N., retd.), is granted the hon, rank oi Flight Lieut. ; Jan. 27. Flying Officer E. K. Stafford is trans-ferred to Reserve. Class C ; Sept. 2, 1924. Flight Lieut. K. B. Waite relinquishes his short service comn. on account of ill health and is permittedto retain his rank; March 11. Flying Officer R. F. Browne relinquishes his short service comn. on account of ill-health ; March 11. Stores BranchFlying Officer J. J. Ironmonger is granted a permanent comn. in rank stated: March II. Flving Officer C. E. Whinnev is placed on ret. list ;March 11. ' " Accountant BranchThe follg. are granted permanent comns. as Pilot Officers on probation, with effect from Feb. 23, and with senioritv of Nov. 10 1924 • \. McBroomG. Gooda]]. Medical BranchFlight Lieut. A. F. Rook, M.R.C.P., D.P.H., is promoted to rank of Sqdn. Leader ; March 8. Reserve of Air Force OfficersH. V. Stammers, D.F.C., is granted a comn. in Class A, General Duties Branch, as a Flying Officer on probation; March 10. W. W. Saundersis granted a comn. in Class B, General Duties Branch, as a Flying Officer ; March 10. The follg. are confirmed in rank :—Flying Officers.—J. C. Croft ; Feb. 12.D. M. Deighton, A.F.C. ; March 9. Pilot Officer.—R. A. Coulthurst ; Feb. 14.Pilot Officer G. Goodall resigns his comn. ; Feb. 23. The comns. of the follg. Pilot Officers on probation are terminated on cessation of duty :—C. P. Abbott; Dec. 2, 1924. B. Spaven ; Feb. 17. Memorandum The permission granted to Sec. Lieut. J. G. Hall to retain rank is withdrawnon his enlistment in the Territorial Army ; Feb. 6. ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force arenotified ;— General Duties BranchAir Commodores : D. L. G. Pitcher, C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., to No. 7 Group H.Q., Andover, to command: 1.4.25. A. M. Longmore, C.B., D.S.O., toAir Ministry, on appointment as Director of Equipment; 1.4.25. Group Captain W. R. Freeman, D.S.O., M.C., to Central Flying Sch.,Upavon, to command ; 22.4.25. Squadron Leader J. T. Whittaker, M.C., to Aircraft Depot, India ; 6.3.25.Flight Lieutenants: G. A. H. Pidcock, to No. 7 Group H.Q., Andover; 27.2.25. S. E. Adams, to Armament and Gunner Sch.. F.astchurc.h ; 23.3.25.S. A. Turner, M.B.K., to No. 2 Flying Training Sch., Digby ; 2.3.25. W. V. Simons, to No. 1 Flying Training Sch., Netheravon ; 2.3.25. N. C. Saward toNo. 3 Sqdn., Upavon ; 16.3.25. E. R. Whitehouse, to No. 9 Sqdn., Manston ; 20.3.25. G. W. Biles. D.F.C., to No. 5 Flying Training Sch.. Sealand : 16.3.25.B. R. Carter, A.F.C., to JSo. 99 Sqdn., Bircham Newton ; 19.3.25. W. V. Hyde, to No. 3 Sqdn., Upavon ; 19.3.25. ]. A. Slater, M.C.. D.F.C., to No. 3Sqdn., Upavon ; 1.4.25. W. E. C. B. C. Forsyth, to Sch. of Tech. Training (Men), Manston ; 18.4.25. H. I. T. Beardsworth, to No. 99 Sqdn., BirchamNewton ; 1.4.25. Flying Officers: H. E. Kirk, D.C.M., and E. A. Scales, to Inspector ofRecruiting; 1.4.25. S. H. Cooper, to Sch. of Army Co-operation (No. 16 Sqdn.), Old Sarum ; 16.3.25. W. G. Jones, to No. 99 Sqdn., Bircham Newton,instead of to No. 58 Sqdn. as previously notified ; 18.3.25. F. C. T. Rowe, to H.Q., Palestine ; 24.2.25. H. A. J.deS. Barrow, to Sch. of Army Co-operation(No. 16 Sqdn.), Old Sarum : 16.3.25. G. R. Oliver, to Electrical and Wireless Sch., Flowerdown ; 13.4.25. W. R. Day, to No. 56 Sqdn., Biggin Hill:31.3.25. F. K. Damant, D.F.C.. to No. 41 Sqdn., Northolt ; 1.4.25. W. Morgan, to Inland Area Aircraft Depot, Henlow ; 1.4.25. T. N. Stack, toNo. 58 Sqdn., Worthy Down ; 22.4.25. H. J. Toye, to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training (Boys), Halton ; 1.4.25. Stores BranchFlight Lieutenant T. T- Organ, to H.Q., Coastal Area, on transfer to Home Estabt. ; 16.3.25.Flying Officers : R. G. Fussell, to H.Q., Egypt ; 7.3.25. F. E. Shersby, to R'.A.F. Base, Malta ; 27.2.25. Accountant BranchFlight Lieutenant R. F. C. Metcalfe to H.Q. Accountant Office, Iraq, 10.12.24. Pilot Officers: G. Goodall and A. McBroom to Sch. of Tech. Training(Men), Manston, on appointment to Permanent Commns. on probation, 23.2.25. A. E. West, to R.A.F. Base, Leuchars ; 19.3.25. Medical Branch Group Captain H. Cooper, D.S.O., B.A., to H.Q., Inland Area ; 7.3.25.Flight Lieutenants : C. T. O'Neill, O.B.E., M.B., to R.A.F. Hospital, Cran- well, 25.3.25. E. A. Lumley, M.C. M.B. to H.Q., Iraq, 19.2.25. D. McLaren,M B. to Aircraft Depot, Egypt, 14.2.25. W. J. G. Walker to Palestine General Hospital, 14.1.25. (Hon. S.'Ldr.) W. R. Reith to Central Med. Board,Hampstead 30.3.25. H. B. Troup, to R.A.F. Depot (Non-effective Pool), on transfer to Home Estabt.; 17.1.25. E. N. H. Gray, D.P.H., and J. D.Leahy, M.C., M.B., B.A., to H.Q., Iraq ; 1.2.25. P. A. Hall, M.B., B.A., to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training (Boys), Halton ; 17.3.25. *«i Flying Officer L. C. Palmer-Jones, M.B., to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training(Boys). Halton : 12.3.25. Chaplains' BranchRev. J. H. P. Still, B.A., to Station Commandant, Iraq ; 21.2.25. Dunning Memorial CupThe Dunning Memorial Cup, which is given annually to the officer who is considered by the Air Council to have performed the most distinguishedservice in connection with co-operation with the Navy, has been awarded to Observer Officer William Arthur Thompson, School of Naval Co-operation,Lee-on-Solent, for 1924. The Waziristan Campaign AMONGST the awards given by H.M. the King for valuable services rendered in the field in connection with military operations in Waziristan. April 21, 1923, to March 31, 1924. is that of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Flight-Lieut. T. F. W. Thompson. In the list of those mentioned by . General Lord Rawlmson in his dispatch dated June 11, 1924, are the following :— Flying Officer II. Ford, D.F.E. A.C.I. No. 343192 R. Chadwick. Flight-Sgt. No. 314431 W. Webb. A Paris-Angora Air Service ON March 16 a new Paris-Angora aeroplane service was inaugurated. The first machine left Le Bourget for the Turkish capital at 6 a.m , and was sighted over Basle at 10.15. It was expected to reach Prague about six o'clock in the evening. Extension of Northolt AerodromeTHE Air Ministry has completed the compulsory purchase of the athletic ground at Northolt Junction, belonging tothe Bedford College for Women, the ground being required for the extension of the aerodrome. The college is makiag arrangements to acquire a site at Headstone Lane, near Pinner, for their new ground. Brussels-Congo Flight THE Ministry of National Defence received the following telegram dated from Leopoldville, March 13, 3.35 p.m. :— According to news received from Ubangi, the aeroplane (a three-engined Handley Page), Princesse Marie Jos6, piloted by the Belgian airman Thieffry, having gone out of its course in consequence of the flood in the district of Lake Chad, has landed without accident on the banks of the river Shari, between Fort Lamy and Fort Archambault. Rio-Pernambuco Two Breguet aeroplanes belonging to the Lignes Late- coere, and which are at present flying in South America in order to test the possibilities of air routes, made a flight of about 1.250 miles recently, when, leaving Rio de Janeiro on Friday, March 6. they arrived at Pernambuco the next day, having covered the distance in 16 hours' flying time, with one intermediate landing at Bahia. 171
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