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N0VEM3EE 5, 1925 LONDON AEROPLANE CLUB DURING the week flying was only possible on three daysand the total flying time was 16 hrs. 25 mins. The following members were under instruction :—N. Jones,G. W. Quirk, G. H. Craig, R. V. Banks, Mrs. Eliott-Lynn, N. J. Hulbert, P. G. Lucas, W. E. P. Johnson, R. P. Cooper,Major Beaumont, R. Thomas, D. P. H. Esler, E. S. Brough, G. N. Warwick, J. S. M. Michie, J. Barros, J. A. R. Stevenson,W. Roche Kelly, E. K. Blyth, A. R. Ogston, E. D. Moss, R. J. Bevington. P. G. Lucas, N. J. Hulbert, G. N. Warwick, and Mrs. Eliott- Lynn all flew solo during the week. On Friday, October 30, Mrs. Eliott-Lynn commenced the tests to qualify for her Aviator's Certificate. Having com-pleted the figures of eight she went up for the height test. Shortly after starting it became misty and it was impossibleto see the aerodrome at a height of 1,000 ft. After making three landings to ascertain her whereabouts, Mrs. Eliott-Lynneventually came down at Slough, where the machine was housed for the night and it was flown back to Stag Laneaerodrome on the following day by Mr. Witcombe, the pilot instructor. During the flight Mrs. Eliott-Lynn reached6,000 ft. and proved herself thoroughly capable of handling the " Moth " by selecting suitable places for landing andgetting off. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE MEMORIAL FUND A MEETING of the Executive Committee of the Fund washeld at Iddesleigh House, on Wednesday, October 21. Lord Hugh Cecil was in the Chair, and there was a very full atten-dance of Members of the Committee. The Committee approved of the issue of Grants made bythe Grants Sub-Committee and the Secretary between the period July 1 to date, and which amounted in all to£1,626 11*. Id. Air Marshal Sir John Salmond, Chairman of the VanbrughCastle School Sub-Committee, obtained the sanction of the Executive Committee for the expenditure of a sum of moneyfor improving the School as regards the provision of a Sick Bay, a new Class Room and a Fire Staircase. The School isat present full, forty boys being in attendance. It was reported that between July 1 and the date of theMeeting, the Grants Sub-Committee, of which Lieut-Comdr. H. E. Perrin is Chairman, has dealt with, at their Meetings,120 cases, and that in the same period the Secretary had dealt with 94 cases. Three applications for assistance in an educational sensefrom the Salting Benefaction were put forward and recom- mended by the Grants Sub-Committee, and were approvedby the Executive Committee, As in the past two years, the Committee authorised thepurchase of a wreath to be placed at the foot of the R.A.F. War Memorial on the Victoria Embankment, on ArmisticeDay, November 11, 1925, and it is hoped that the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief-Marshal Sir H. M. Trenchard, will, asin the past two years, perform this ceremony. With regard'to the Scottish National'War Memorial,which is being erected in Edinburgh in memory of Scots of all services who fell in the Great War, and with special referenceto the R.A.F. Bay, the Committee were informed that the work was proceeding and the Secretary was directed to furnishto the Committee of the Scottish National War Memorial the subscription from the Memorial Fund, which was authorisedat a Meeting of the Executive Committee on July 1 last. Similarly, it was reported to the Committee that a Panel,to be erected in the Royal Military College, Sandhurst War Memorial Chapel, and towards which the Executive Committeeare contributing the cost, is likewise in process of being erected. The next meeting of the Executive Committee of the Fundwill take place on December 16, 1925, at 3 p.m. The usual meeting of the Grants Sub-Committee of theFund was held at Iddesleigh House on October 29. Mr. Walter S. Field was in the chair, and the other members ofthe committee present were Mrs. L. M. K. Pratt-Barlow, O.B.E., and Squadron-Leader E. B. Beauman. The Com-mittee considered in all 12 cases, and made grants to the amount of £118 15s. The next meeting was fixed for Novem-ber 12, at 2.30 p.m. R.A.F. War Memorial, Victoria Embankment, London THE Executive Committee of the Royal Air Force Memo-rial Fund wish to announce that on Wednesday, November 11, a wreath will be deposited at the memorial at 11.45 a.m.,by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief-Marshal Sir H. M. Trenchard, Bart., G.C.B., D.S.O. The Air Chief-Marshalwill be accompanied by the Chaplain-in-Chief, Royal Air Force, and a small personal staff, and by members of the Exe-cutive Committee and others, and the ceremony will be quite informal and very brief. All relations and friends interestedarc invited to attend. Should any relatives or friends living at a distance from London desire, to send wreaths tobe placed on the memorial, the Secretary of the Fund will be pleased to do so, but it is essential that any such wreathsshould reach him at the offices of the Fund at 7, Iddesleigh House, Caxton Street, London, S.W.I, not later than 4 p.m. ,on November 10. Napiers in Sweden : This photograph shows the Hein- kel-Napier two- seater reconnais- sance biplane recently built under licence in Sweden. The machine is stated to have a top speed of 152 m.p.h. and a ceil- ing of 26,000 ft. 736
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