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JULY 2, 1925 The Royal &ero Clu of the UratecL Kii\gdoi OFFICIAL MOTICES TO ME.MBERS COMMITTEE MEETING A MEETING of the Committee was held on \Vednesday>June 24, 1925, when there were present :—The Dnke of Sutherland, in the Chair ; Lieut-Col. M. O. Darby, O.B.E. ;Lieut.-Col. John D. Dunville, C.B.E. ; Lord Edward A. Grosvenor ; Wing-Commander T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C.A.F.C. ; Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean, A.F.C. ; Lieut.-Col. M. O'Gorman, C.B. ; Mr. F. Handley Page, C.B.E. ; Maj.S. V. Sippe, D.S.O. ; Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, C.B.E. ; and the Secretary. Election of Members.—The following new Memberswere elected :— John Edward Chorlton.Robert Miller Stirling. Kenneth Robertson. Cyril John Pym. Gerald Arthur Atkinson. Flight-Lieut. Frank Ormond Soden.Vincent Neville Dickinson. Gaspard Ponsonby.Flight-Lieut. Charles Goldby Hetherington. Claude Miller.Flving Officer William Alan Foot. Flying Officer S. B. Croyden. Arthur Hammond Dalton.Frederick Ellam. William Lawrence Langley Taylor. Robert Ducas. Racing Committee.—The report of the Racing Com-mittee was received and adopted. The report dealt with the following matters :— The King's Cup Air Race. August Race Meeting at Lympne.Light Aeroplane Competition, 1926. Federation Aeronautique Internationale.—Lieut.-Co). M. O'Gorman, C.B., was appointed the Club's delegate to attend the Conference to be held at Prague on September 19 to 25 next. It was decided that the Club should put forward a proposal to the Conference to limit the landing speed of aircraft in all high-speed races to 75 m.p.h. London Aeroplane Club.—The formation of the London Aeroplane Club to carry out the Air Council's scheme for light aeroplanes was reported, and the following were appointed as the first Committee and directors :— Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean, A.F.C.Wing-Commander T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C., A.F.C. Maj. R. H. Mayo. Col. the Master of Sempill.Capt. C. B. Wilson, M.C. The King's Cup Air Race.—The following timekeeperswere appointed :— Cvoydon.—Col. F. Lindsay Lloyd, C.M.G., C.B.E.Harrogate.—A. Fattorini. . . Newcastle-m-Tyne.—Maj. B. M. Dodds. Renfrew.—A. G. Rennie.Shotwick.— Wing-Commander T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C., A.F.C.Bristol.—A. G. Reynolds. Racing Fund.—The following donations were reported :— Sir Charles Greenway, Bart. Maj. T. P. Searight ' Blackpool Corporation Blackpool Tower, LtdCustoms Carnet for Touring Aircraft Abroad.—it was reported that the Customs Carnet for Touring Aircrafthad been finally approved and was now in force. The exchange of guarantees with, the Aero Clubs of the following countrieswas reported : Switzerland, Holland, Italy, France, Belgium, Roumania, and Great Britain. The issue of the Carnet in Great Britain is in the hands ofthe Royal Aero Club, and a fee of f ±\ Is. will be charged foreach carnet. £100 5 50 25 s.0 5 0 0 d.0 0 0 0 THE KING'S CUP, JULY 3 AND 4, 1925 Start and Finish Croydon Aerodrome THE start each morning will be about six o'clock and competitors are expected to return to Croydon each evening between five and seven o'clock. The Royal Aero Club has decided to admit the public free to the north-west corner of Croydon Aerodrome. There will be a special reserved enclosure on the south- west end of the aerodrome for which a charge of 2s. will be made. Motor cars will also be charged 2s. Members and associates of the Royal Aero Club and the London Aeroplane Club will be admitted free on presenta- tion of their membership badges. Offices : THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary Air Liner to Follow Progress of King's Cup Race ALTHOUGH not entered in the race, a large D.H.34commercial aeroplane, with 450-h.p. Napier " Lion " engine, will, we understand, cover the entire course of the King's CupRace. This machine, which is the property of Imperial Airways, Ltd., will be piloted by Capt. Hinchcliffe, and willcarry, in addition, a mechanic and five passengers. It is hoped to make landings at all the controls on both days. To the Pole by Air CAPT. AMUNDSEN has stated that he intends to make another attempt to reach the Pole by air. It is further reported that Norwegian men of science are making an appeal to their countrymen to form an Amundsen Fund for the promotion of Norwegian geographical research similar to the Nansen Fund created in 1896. The German Zeppelin constructor, Dr. Eckener, has sent a telegram to Captain Amundsen wherein he expresses the hope that Amundsen will co-operate in his new Polar expedition with Zeppelins—referring, no doubt, to the same plan which Dr. Eckener discussed with Dr. Nansen during his visit to Berlin recently. Air^Manoeuvres in Somerset Wfl^Mosr of the bombing aircraft which took part in the R.A.F. Display at Hendon on Saturday, proceeded after the " show " to Weston Zoyland, near Bridgwater in Somerset, where they will take part in a series of air-defence manoeuvres. A New Gyro-Control TestedA NEW gyroscopic-rudder control for aircraft evolved at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, has beentested on a three-engined Handley-Page operated by Imperial Airways between London and the Continent. It is statedthat this device will maintain the machine automatically on any desired compass course, without any action on the partof the pilot other than setting the device to the particular course. It can be put out of action at any moment, andnormal control resumed. Pilots who have tested this gyro- rudder control state that the mechanical labour is consider-ably reduced by its use and that they can leave the machine to itself for long periods. Transfer of Air Ministers' OfficesTHE Air Ministry announces that Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for Air, and Sir Philip Sassoon, UnderSecretary of State for Air, with their personal staffs, have removed their offices fro n Adastral House, Kingsway, toGwydyr House, Whitehall, which will in future be their official address. The Air Ministry as a whole remains atAdastral House. 423
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