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Flight, May 27, 1926 'RAFTENGINEER^ First Aero Weekly in the World Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Joarnal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 909. (No. 21, Vol. XVIII.) MAY 27, 1926 ["Weekly, 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. Od* 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 PACE Some Statistics 3U3 The Blackburn " Sprat " 305 THE AIRCRAFT ENGINEER 308a Royal Aero Club Official Notices 310 Light'Plane Club Doings 310 The Royal Air Force ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 311 R.A.F. Intelligence 1 In Parliament 311 Air Post Starrps 2 Club DIARY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important 1926 May June June June July July July Aug. Sept. Sept. Oct. 30 .... 11 .... 11-13 12 8-24 .... 9-10 ... 11-27... 9-15 10-17 18 .... Nov.-Dec fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in the following list:— 1 Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race, Antwerp. Independent Force (R.A.F.) Dinner Club ' Annual Re-union Dinner, Ccnnaught Rooms, Great Queen Street, Kingsway. Belgian Light 'Plane and Touring Aeroplane | Competition. Inst. Ae.E. visit to Croydon Aerodrome. Royal Tournament, Olympia King's Cup Race, Hendon. German Seaplane Competition at Warne- munde. French Light 'Plane Competition. Two-Seater Light Aeroplane Competition, Lympne. Grosvenor Challenge Cup, at Lympne. Schneider Cup Race at Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A.Paris Aero Show. EDITORIAL COMMEHT. JLTHOUGH the aircraft industry, like every other industry in the country, was affected by the general strike, it would appear that in the majority of cases work was maintained for the greater part of the duration of the ^^ strike, although naturally at somewhat reduced speed, and if the constructional side has suffered to some extent, as is almost inevit- able, the operational side may be said more than to have made up for this morally by the increased Some activity which the stoppage of all Statistics regular transport called into being, and so on the whole, perhaps, it can be accepted that the strike did quite a lot of good, so far as aviation is concerned. A very good picture of aviation in the strike period was given by Com- mander Perrin in last week's issue of FLIGHT, in which the secretary of the Royal Aero Club set out an account of the work done by that section of the emergency air services of which he was in charge. This week, in the Official Notices of the Royal Aero Club, published on page 310, some statistics are found which help to throw further light on the extent to which civil aeroplanes of all sorts came to the assist- ance of the country during a very trying period. Before commenting on the story which these statistics tell, we would call attention to some remarks in Commander Perrin's article in our May 20 issue. On page 297, the third paragraph from the top in the left-hand column stated that : " Our experiences emphasise, incidentally, the need for a more adequate official gazetteer, or some such volume, dealing not only with main aerodromes and alighting-points but also with landing facilities all over the country on a much wider and more comprehensive scale. Our pilots in these recent flights could provide much practical information, and what is needed is a new committee to go into this question forthwith. The development of popular flying makes it one of urgent importance." It may be recollected that during the last Royal Aero Club Monthly House Dinner, Mr. Alan Cobham
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