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Flight, April 22, 1926 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. 904. (No. 16, Vol. XVIII.) APRIL 22, 1926 TWeekly, Pric« fed.|_ Post free, 7d. 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. Ad. Abroad .. .. 33s. 0d.* These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormal conditions and to increases in postage rates. * Foreign subscriptions must he remitted in British currency. CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE Manchester to the Fore 233 Light'Plane Competitions 4 R.A.F. Reorganisation 4 Formation Flying at Manchester ... ... ... ... ... ... 235 Flying at Manchester 236 Light 'Plane Club Doings 9 Airship Club 239 D.H. Moths for Australia 240 The Future of Flying 2 Stores Officers 244 " Quantas " 5 French Light 'Plane Competition 247 Belgian Light'Plane Competition 8 A Flight of 33,000 Miles. By the Marquis dc Pinedo 249 Royal Air Force 251 R.A.F. Intelligence 1 In Parliament 1 Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers 252 Imports and Exports 252 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 :— 1926 April 22 April 29 May 11 May 19 30 .... June 11-13 June 12 .... July 9-10 .... Capt. G. T. R. Hill. " The Tailless Aeroplane," before R.Ae.S. Lieut.-Col. V. C. Richmond. "Results of Recent Airship Flight Tests," before R.Ae.S. Capt. W. H. Sayers. " The Modern Theory of Aerofoils and its Application to Aeroplane Design," before inst.Ae.E. Inst. Ae.E. visit to the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington. Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race, Antwerp. Belgian Light 'Plane and Touring Aeroplane Competition. inst. Ae.E. visit to Croydon Aerodrome. King's Cup Race, Hendon. German Seaplane Competition at Warne- munde. Manchester to the fore ! EDITORIAL COMMENT. F an answer were required to those pessi- mists who profess to believe that the British general public is not interested in flying, none better could, surely, have been found than the Manchester meeting, held by the Lancashire Light Aeroplane Club, at the Woodford aero- drome, on Sunday last, when, it is estimated, some 15,000 people visited the home of that enterprising club. It is trvie, of course, that no admission fee was charged, but as against that fact must be placed the relative inacces- sibility of the Woodford aerodrome, which is something like 10 miles outside Manchester, and can only be reached by road. Many of the thousands of people who visited Woodford on Sunday must have travelled on bicycles, or even on foot, to witness the displays that had been " staged " ; and none could have gone away feeling disappointed. The flying displays, the bombing of the " fort," &c, were small editions of the famous R.A.F. displays at Hendon, and considering the relatively meagre equipment available, it must be conceded that the Manchester club scored extra- ordinarily well, and is to be congratulated upon having set an example which the rest of the light 'plane clubs—not least the London one—might well follow. The actual meeting, as well as the presentation by Sir William Letts, on behalf of the directors of Crossley's, of the Avro biplane, promised the club at a dinner in November last, are reported elsewhere in this issue of FLIGHT, and need not, therefore, be referred to here, but attention should, we think, be called to the significance of the enormous success— for as such it must be put down—of the event. If this means anything at all, it means that, pro- vided the problem is tackled in the right way, the light 'plane clubs can be made an extremely power- ful agency in the popularisation of flying. We believe that the Lancashire club, by offering " joy- rides " to visitors enrolling as members, increased its membership very considerably on Sunday last. Moreover, for every new member thus enlisted,
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