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APRIL 29, 1926 THE ROYAL AIR FORCE MEMORIAL FUND THE fortnightly meeting of the Grants Sub-Committee of the Fund was held at Iddesleigh House on April 15. Lieut- Commander H. E. Perrin was in the Chair, and the other members of the Committee present were :—Mrs. L. M. K. Pratt-Barlow, O.B.E., Mr. W. S. Field, Squadron-Leader E. B. Beauman. The Committee considered in all 13 cases, and made grants to the amount of /75 2s. 9d. The next Meeting was fixed for today (April 29) at 2.30 p.m. THE second meeting of the year of the executive Com- mittee of the Fund was held at Iddesleigh House on April 21. In the unavoidable absence of the chairman, Lord Hugh Cecil, P.C., M.P., the chair was taken by Air Marshal Sir John Salmond, K.C.B. The secretary informed the Committee that 1,500 copies of the Annual Report for 1925 had been duly distributed to all concerned, to the press, and kindred societies, between the dates February 20 and 28 last. It was announced that Vanbrugh Castle School, which is maintained by the fund for the education and upbringing of sons of deceased airmen, was reopened after the Easter holidays on April 21, with a complete roll of 39 boys. A further case of application for benefit arising out of the "Salting Benefaction" for the education of the son of a deceased officer was considered and approved. It was announced that the Grants Sub-Committee at their fortnightly meetings, since the previous meeting of the Execute Committee on February 10, had dealt with 61 cases of appeal for assistance, and that in the same period the secretary had dealt with 79 cases. The meeting, at its close, passed a resolution unanimously directing the Secretary to telegraph to the President of the Fund, H.R.H. the Duke of York, K.G., the hearty congratu- lations of the Committee on the happy event of the birth of a daughter, which took place at 17, Bruton Street on the day of the meeting, and which telegram has been very kindly acknowledged in a telegram received in reply from His Royal Highness himself, conveying his own and the Duchess of York's thanks for the message. The next meeting of the Executive Committee as already fixed will take place at the offices of the Fund on June 9, at 3 p.m. leader of this glorious exploit, together with the sincere wishes of my directors for your future success in carrying the colours of Spain to further triumphs in the air. " To you, Senor de Alda, as a participator in the flight upon whom rested the great responsibility of navigating the Plus Ultra to its destination. " To you Senor Duran who acted as observer on the flight. " And to you Senor Rada, for seeing to it So well that the Napier Lions of England did their duty to the Air Lions of Spain—as I hope sincerely they will continue to do always and everywhere." PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED lr.S. National Advisory Committee Reports. No. 216. The Reduction of Airplane Flight Test Data to Standard Atmo- sphere Conditions. By W. S. Diehl and E. P. Lesley. No. 219 Some Aspects of the Comparison of Model and Full-scale Tests. By D. W. Taylor. No. 224. An Investi- gation of the Coefficient Discharge of Liquids through Small Round Orifices. By W. F. Joachim. No. 227. The Variable Density Wind Tunnel of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. By Max M. Munk and E. W. Miller. No. 230. Description and Laboratory Tests of a Roots Type Aircraft Engine Supercharger. By Marsden Ware. The United States National Advisory Committee for Aero- nautics, Navy Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Technical Note No. 231. The Resistance to the Steady Motion of Small Spheres in Fluids. By R. A. Castleman. February, 1926. The United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Navy Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. The Air League Bulletin. April, 1926. Vol. IV. No. 61. Air League of the British Empire, 26, George Street, Hanover Square, W.I. Price Ad. The Rugby Engineering Society Proceedings, Session 1924-5. Vol. XIX. Industrial Engineering Department, British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., Rugby. Rules and Programme, 1926. The Royal Air Force Rifle Association, R.A.F. Cadet College, Cranwell, Lines. Le Document Aeronautique. April, 1926. Vol. I, No. 1. Le Document Aeronautique, 40, Quai des Celestins, Paris. Napiers and Comandante Franco ON April 15 D. Napier and Son, Ltd., gave a dinner in honour of Comandante Franco and his crew at the Palace Hotel, Madrid, at which about 35 well-known guests were present, including Gen. Soriano (late Chief of Military Aviation) who presided, Tenicute Col. Kindelan, Duque de Estremera (President of the Aero Club of Spain). In presenting the members of the remarkable Transatlantic flight with a small memento of their exploit, Mr. Winter, on behalf of D. Napier and Son, Ltd., made the following speech : " I am sure that you will understand the intense personal pleasure and satisfaction I feel in this meeting with the heroes of the Spanish-Argentine flight as the representative of the British firm of Napiers, and of the aero engine department of that firm. " There are none who can know better than an aero engineer the tremendous feat which your aviators have performed, because we know the trying conditions an aero engine must withstand on such a flight, the strength and the endurance required, and we know also that all these qualities of the engines would be useless without even greater qualities in the men who control them—qualities of endurance both of body and mind, of purpose and spirit, of courage and daring, and of technical skill and knowledge. Our Napier Lion engines have been associated with many great feats of aviation, but with none which have required greater ability and courage on the part of the aviators, with none in which we have been allowed to share so glorious a triumph, with none which has raised such enthusiasm and admiration throughout the members of the Napier Company, from the directors down to the humblest worker. " We have all felt honoured that Senor Franco selected the Napier Lion engines for his long and dangerous flight, and I greatly regret that my lack of knowledge of your language debars me from expressing as fervently as I should wish, the feelings of the Napier Company. My directors have, however, honoured me by sending me here to present to the members of the crew of the Ne Plus Ultra, a small gift to each as a memento of their exploit and as a slight tribute from the firm of D. Napier and Son, Ltd., which I trust you will honour them by accepting. " I present this memento to you, Senor Franco, as the AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations: Cyl. •= cylinder; i.e. -= internal combustion : m. — motor.The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specihcations will be printed and abridged, etc. 31,146. O. GEISLEK. APPLIED FOR IN 1924 Published April 29, 1926Aircraft. (249,915.) APPLIED FOR IN 1925 Mooring-masts L. CHOKLTOK. Published April 29, 1926 969. AIRSHIP GUARANTEE CO., LTD., and B. N. WALLIS.or mooring-gear. (249,949.) 3,497. LORD INVERNAIRS (\V. BEAKDMORE) and A. E.Casings for i.e. engines. (249,974.) 13,426. L. RENAULT. Aeroplanes. (245,408.) 13,467. A. TAMMEO, E. CAMINADA, P. FOPPIANO, and C. SCOTTI. Aeroplanesin connection with their transverse and steering equilibrium. (236,177.)21,774. H. JUNKERS. Rolling contact bearings for use with oscillating members. (242,600.) FLIGHT The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telegraphic address: Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828. SUBSCRIPTION RATES " FLIGHT " will be forwarded, post free, at the following rates:— UNITED KINGDOM ABROAD* s. d. s. d. 3 Months, Post Free.. 7 7 3 Months, Post Free .. 8 3 6 15 2 6 16 6 12 „ „ ..30 4 j 12 ., „ ..33 0 * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. 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