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Flight, July 9, 1925 AIRCRAFTENGINEER. 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. 853. (No. 28, Vol. XVII.) JULY 9, 1925 TWeekly, Price 6d.[_ 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. 0d* 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 Editorial Comment PAGE The King's Cup Race .. .. .. .. 429 Air Mails in S. Africa .. .. .. .. .. ., .. 43(1 The King's Cup .. .. .. .. .. 431 Avro Triplaue .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 441 The Zenith of Success .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 442 In Parliament 444 Personals 4 Royal Air Force .. .. .. .. .. 445 R.A.F. Intelligence 445 R.A.F. Memorial Fund 6 DIARY 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 Jnly 26-Aug. 9 Vanville Light 'Plane and Glider Meeting. Aug. 1-3 .... Royal Aero Club Race Meeting at Lympne. F.I.A. Conference at Prague.Sept. 19-28 Oct. 8 Aero Golfing Soc. Autumn Meeting, WaltonHeath. Oct. 24-29 Schneider Cup Race, Baltimore, U.S.A. 1926 Auff. .... Light Aeroplane Competition. COMMENT. HE history of the King's Cup air races is one of steadily increasing confidence in the powers of aeroplanes and pilots, and in the reliability of aero engines. In 1922 and 1923 two days were devoted to a circuit of Great Britain, measuring roughly 800 miles. In 1924 the circuit was accomplished in one day. In 1925 a complete circuit was made twice on con- secutive days. It is true that only three aeroplanes completed the two circuits, and that „. J,he,-, only four got home on the first day,King's Cup , r •, A J. j. i ± r it. x rRace out °* 14 starters ; but tor that fog was mainly responsible. Fog can be dealt with on an organised air line ; and perhaps the one advantage of using Croydon, instead of Hendon as the terminus for the race was that spec- tators could contrast the wholesale braking effects of fog upon the racers with the impressive regularity of the arrivals and departures of the cross-Channel aeroplanes. The cross-Channel pilots know their routes, so to speak, blindfold ; and the possession of wireless apparatus gives them a confidence in facing thick fog which is of inestimable advantage. It was far otherwise with the racers. Without wireless they were for the most part helpless, and the wonder of Friday is not that six of the 14 were brought to earth by the fo'g bank over the Chilterns, but that eight won through to Harrogate and seven to New- castle. Another marvel is that no one was hurt in the forced landings. There is, however, more than one gratifying feature of the 1925 King's Clip race. The first may be found in a scrutiny of the list of entries. In 1922, when the King first presented a cup, it was raced for by a field composed almost entirely of antiquated aero- planes, and the only consolation which obtained from the contest was that there was still plenty of life in the old dogs of the British designers. In the 1925 race all the aeroplanes were respectably modern. There were two Avros ; but an Avro is never anti- quated. You merely put in a modern engine and
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