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AUGUST 13, 1925 Married BERNARD G. POOL, R.A.F., was married on August 8, at St. Mark's Church, Gillingham, to INES HARKER, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harker, British Consulate, Valencia, Spain. To be Married An engagement is announced between Mr. ERIC HUGH CLARKE, late R.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Clarke, of Hendon, Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica, and AILEEN MARGARET, daughter of Dr. E. F. CRABTREE, of Ashurst Lodge, Worthing The marriage of Flight-Lieut. CYRIL N. ELLEN, D.F.C., R.A.F., son of the late Mr. William Ellen, of Seaham Harbour, and Mrs. Ellen, and GLADYS LILY, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GARDNER, of Highgate, will take place on Saturday, October 3, at 2 p.m., at St. James's, Muswell Hill. A marriage has been arranged, and will take place in Hong Kong in November, between MICHAEL H. TURNER (late Capt., R.A.F.), son of the late Sir George Turner, M.B., and Lady Turner, to DAISY MAINWARING FAIR, only daughter of CANON LOCKETT FORD, of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and sister of the Rev. S. Ford, Vicar of All Souls', South Hampstead. An engagement is announced between . Flight-Lieut. FREDERICK ROBERT WYNNE, M.B.E., R.A.F., eldest son of Dr. Frederick Edward Wynne, M.B., D.P.H., and Mrs. Wynne, of 327, Fulwood-road, Sheffield, and KATHLEEN ANNE POLE, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Reginald Pole Stuart, of 29, Westbourne Gardens, Folkestone. The marriage arranged between Flight.-Lieut. J. W. YOUNG, M.B.E., R.A.F., younger son of James Young, Esq., Princes Street, Thurso, Scotland, and OLIVE, only child of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. CATTELL, Coningsby House, Hemingford Abbots, will take place at St. Columba's (Church of Scotland), Pont Street, S.W., on August 29, at 2.30 p.m. Death IT is with regret we note the death, at the age of 23, of Mr. GEOFFREY C. BRIGHT, only son of Sir Charles and Lad> Bright, and grandson of Sir Charles Tilstan Bright, M.P. Geoffrey Bright gained distinction both at Eton and Oxford, and a very promising career has thus been cut short. His father, Sir Charles Bright, it will be remembered, has been an invaluable help in vital matters affecting aviation, his share in the work of the Committee on the administration and command of the R.F.C. in 1916 standing out conspicu- ously. Item The will of the late HENRY GRAEME ANDERSON, M.D., F.R.C.S., of Maida Vale, W., consulting surgeon to the R.A.F., surgeon to St. Mark's Hospital, and senior assistant surgeon to the Belgrave Hospital for Children, has been proved at £5,282. Dr. Graeme Anderson served during the Great War with the original R.N.A.S. Expeditionary Force, and was the author of several books on surgery, including " The Medical and Surgical Aspects of Aviation." He died on June 28, aged 43. R.A.F. Flying Accident THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as a result of an accident at Hinaidi, Iraq, to a D.H.9A. of No. 55 Squadron, Hinaidi, on August 5, 1925, No. 355635 Sergeant John Reginald Gaze, the pilot of the aircraft, and No. 353435 L.A.C. Francis Young were killed. Rating of the Naval Air Arm THE Admiralty has issued a notification that a limited number of volunteers is required from the wireless telegraphv branch for duty as W/T. operators and aerial gunners in air- craft of the Fleet Air Arm. Accepted candidates will be required to undergo a course of training in aircraft W/T. sets and in aerial gunnery. Extra pay will be allowed to selected ratings at Is. a day during the preliminary training, and thereafter 2s. a day continuously whilst detailed for the above duties. Petters, Ltd., and Aviation AT the fifteenth annual general meeting of Petters, Ltd., which was held at Yeovil, on July 23, the Chairman, Sir E. W. Petter, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said in referring to the aviation section of the company (Westlands), that they maintained a highly-skilled technical and production staff, and he thought they could claim that they kept themselves as regards capacity for production in theforefront of the industry. The great difficulty they had to contend with was the more or less long periods between contracts when they had very little work to employ their staff. This resulted in the profits made on contracts executed being to a large extent absorbed by losses during the slack time. If they could have continuity of work they would avoid this drawback, and it did seem a pity that a well- equipped factory such as theirs should have these periods of slackness, which to a large extent neutralised the efforts made while contracts were being executed. 170,000 Miles with One Napier Aero Engine THE quality, reliability and speed of the Napier aero engine are renowned factors in aviation circles, and the latest record of a machine still in service, and which has covered 170,000 miles during the past three years, is a very practical tribute to the " Napier." An enlightening comparison might be made between a car and an aeroplane in this instance. With a car, a fairly average mileage is 10,000 miles a year, and, working on this computation, the distance covered by the Napier engine, equivalent to nearly seven times round the world, would, therefore, take a car about seventeen years to accomplish. This engine is in use by Imperial Airways on their Continental air routes. Were it not for the fact that there are great difficulties in securing records of the mileage covered by similar engines in use by the Royal Air Force, we should, no doubt, obtain some very illuminating statistics. AN AVRO FOR GREECE : We show above an Avro-Lynx seaplane about to start on a test flight i before being delivered to the Greek Government. ~2
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