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Flight, April 23, 1925 ^- We —-S AIRCRAFT ENGINEER- 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. 852. (No. 17, Vol. XVII.) APRIL 23, 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. Od.' These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormal conditions and to increases in postage rates • Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS PAGE Editorial Comment R.33 233 Stalled Flight 234 No Lympne in 1925 234 The Boulton and Paul " Bugle " 235 Control at Stalling Speed 9 Progress of Civil Aviation in Germany 244 Royal Aero Club Official Notices 245 R.33's Night Out 246 Royal Air Force 9 R.A.F. Intelligence 9 Personals 250 Imports and Exports 250 DIAEY 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 Commander C. D. Barney, C.M.G., M.P., R.N.: " The Position of the Airship in Aerial Transport," before I.Ae.E. Wilbur Wright Lecture, Rear-Admiral D. W. Taylor : " Some Aspects of the Comparison of Model and Full-Scale Tests," before R.Ae.S. Aero Golfing Soc. Spring Meeting, Worplesdon. Capt. W. H. Sayers, Hons. Member: " A Resume of Achievements in Aviation daring the Past Year," before I.Ae.E. Visit to the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, by I.Ae.E. Aero Golfiing Soc. Match, Cassiobury Park. R.A.F. Middle East Dinner. Aero Golfing Soc. Match, Oxhey. Race Meeting at Hendon Aerodrome. Visit to Croydon Aerodrome, by I.Ae.E. Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, Brussels- Aero Golfing Soc. Match, Mid-Surrey. Royal Air Force Display, Hendon. King's Cup Race. 9 Vauville Light 'Plane and Glider Meeting. Apr. Apr. May May May May May May June June June 24 .... 30 .... 7 8 .... 20 .... 21 .... 28 29 .... 6 .'.'.'.' 7 .... Jane 25 .... Jane 27 .... July 8-4 .... July 26-Aag EDITORIAL COMMENT. REAT BRITAIN has resumed airship work with a vengeance. There is no doubt at all about it. And our usual airship luck still seems to hold. No sooner have we got one of our old ships into the air again than she is put on the mast and as promptly torn away from it. However, the little adventure of R. 33 the other night, alarming as it appeared at one time, and serious as undoubtedly it was, much more so than is generally realised, is notR -33 altogether to be placed on the debit side of the ledger. In fact, quite the reverse. Of course nobody could wish the " skeleton " crew of 19 (and one first officer) such an experience, but if it had to come it was, perhaps, as well that it came when it did. The first news, that the airship had torn away with but six men on board, gave rise to grave anxiety, since obviously the airship could not have been handled by them, but when the correct statement came along it was felt that, provided the weather did not get worse, the crew might have a chance, a slim one possibly, but still a chance, to save the airship. And, as we now know, they did so very gallantly and very skilfully. It would be early in the day yet. to attempt to draw hasty conclusions from the R. 33 adventure. Not only might one make oneself ridiculous (as did the Morning Post by stating that the mishap showed that the Air Ministry does not know how to handle airships and that these can only be handled properly by the Navy ! !), but to base opinions on what happened to an airship that was never from the beginning intended to be tethered to a mast might lead to quite erroneous conclusions. It should be realised that the R. 33 is at best a patched-up job, having had bits put in here and there and having had her nose strengthened for mast-mooring. At the moment it is not even quite clear that it was the airship hull structure which failed, and there are indications that the mast gear gave way first. In any case, the mast itself is as much of a makeshift affair as is the airship, and the root of the whole trouble is, if we come down to solid facts, that the B 2 I
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