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NOVEMBER 25, 1926 IKe f o Clcz of the United. Kii\gdoi OFFICIAL MOTICE.S TO MEMBERS FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTER-NATIONALE World's Records AT the Conference of the Federation Aeronautique Inter- nationale held in Rome in October last, the Royal Aero Club was represented by Lieut.-Col. M. O'Gorman, C.B. It was decided that the carrying of parachutes is compul- sory in all attempts for records, with the exception of speed records. A minimum weight of 10 kg.s. per parachute must be allowed, and is not included in the " weight of merchan- dise " carried. Greatest Load carried to 2,000 m.—The present record is 6,000 kgs. It was decided that additional load should go up in steps of 500 kgs. These regulations will come into force on April 1, 1927. Schneider Cup.—The proposal of the Royal Aero Club that the Schneider Cup should be competed for bi-annually instead of annually was adopted. Subsequent to this decision the race for the Schneider Cup took place in America, and Italy won the Cup. The next race will therefore be held in 1928, in Italy. Women Pilots.—It was decided that women pilots are eligible for all records. The question of creating a distinct class for women pilots was referred to the January conference, to be held in Paris. The following questions were also referred to the Paris Conference to be held in January :— (1) Uniform method of arriving at value of aeroplanes for customs purposes. (2) Slow-speed requirements for aeroplanes attempting high-speed records. (3) Classification for light aeroplanes for record purposes. (4) Instruments for recording temperature in height records. (5) Automatic timing for high-speed records. Offices : THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. IMPERIAL AIR COMMUNICATIONS THE report of the Air Communications Special Sub-Com- mittee, of which Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for Air, was chairman, one of the several committee reports issued in connection with the Imperial Conference, was published on November 22. In our issue for November 4 we gave a report of the discussion on Imperial Air Communications, and this week we give the texts of the report referred to above. The Sub-Committee heard evidence from various experts of the Air Ministry in London in regard to certain matters dis- cussed, including the technical aspects of airship develop- ment and the meteorological organization required for the purpose of experimental flights with a view to the subsequent operation of regular airship services. The Sub-Committee, having reviewed the present state of air communications in the Empire in the light of the com- prehensive information supplied to the Imperial Conference by the Secretary of State for Air, have considered what concrete steps can be taken to further the development of Imperial air services in the immediate future ; and, as a result of their deliberations, submit the following report :— I. The Sub-Committee are convinced that the development of Imperial air communications, both by airship and aero- plane, is of sufficient importance to merit the early and con- tinuous attention of the Governments of the several parts of the Empire. II. Accordingly, the Sub-Committee recommend that the Imperial Conference should place on record the following resolutions :— The Imperial Conference, being impressed with the great benefits, both political and commercial, to be derived from the speeding up of Imperial communications by air— (1) Takes note with satisfaction— (a) Of the prospective opening of a regular air service between Cairo and Karachi and an experimental ser- vice between Khartoum and Kisumu. (b) Of the decisions of His Majesty's Government in Great Britain and in the Union of South Africa to carry out a series of experimental nights to connect so far as possible with this latter service ; and (c) Of the decisiou of His Majesty's Government in Aus- tralia to arrange for flights by the Royal Australian Air Force from Australia towards Singapore to link up with similar flights of the Royal Air Force from Singapore towards Australia. (2) Recommends that the development of other air services should receive the early consideration of the Governments concerned ; and that in this connection particular attention should be paid to the maintenance of existing and the con- struction of new aeroplanes so far as local resources permit with a view to the ultimate creation of a complete system of Empire air routes. (3) In view of— (a) The great potentialities of the airship ; and (b) The present lack of constructional and other facilities which must prove a serious obstacle to the early development of regular airship services— recommends that the Governments of the Dominions con- cerned and of India should examine the possibility of erect- ing nucleus mooring mast bases to be available for demonstra- tion flights in 1928-29 by the two airships now under con- struction, and of instituting such preliminary meteorological investigations as may be necessary to facilitate these demon- stration flights ; and that His Majesty's Government in Great Britain should consider the erection of a second shed at the Royal Airship Works at Cardington. (4) Recommends that an Imperial Air Conference should be held in 1928 or 1929—the precise date to be determined later—at some suitable Imperial centre, to report progress and to consider what further action can be taken for the development of Imperial air communications ; and takes note with appreciation of the invitation of the Dominion of Canada that this Conference should take place in Canada. III. Finally, the Sub-Committee are of opinion that the present system of communicating information in regard to civil aeronautics should be continued and recommend that, with a view to ensuring still closer co-ordination throughout the Empire, exchanges should be effected from time to time between the Civil Aviation officials of Great Britain and the Dominions and India so far as limitations of staff and local considerations permit. At the final meeting of the Imperial Conference, on November 22, the following conclusions, regarding Air communications, were reached :— (a) The Conference takes note with satisfaction of the sub- stantial progress that has been made since 1923 in building up the Air Forces and resources of the several parts of the Empire. (b) Recognising that the fullest mobility is essential to the effective and economical employment of air power, the Conference recommends, for the consideration of the several Governments, the adoption of the following principle : the necessity for creating and maintaining an adequate chain of air bases and refuelling stations. (c) Impressed with the desirability of still closer co-ordina- tion in this as in all other spheres of common interest, and in particular with the advantages which should follow from a more general dissemination of the experience acquired in the use of this new arm under the widely varying conditions which obtain in different parts of the Empire, the Conference recommends for consideration by the Governments interested the adoption in principle of a system of mutual interchange ot individual officers for liaison and other duties, and of complete air units, so far as local requirements and resources permit. 766
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