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Flight, March 3, 1927 /ZURCW^FTENGINEER^ First Aeronautical Weekly in the World. Founded January, 1909. 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. 949. (No. 9, Vol. XIX.) MARCH 3, 1927 [Weekly, Price 6d.L Post free, 7d. The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2 Telephone : Gerrard 1828. Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free: United Kingdom .. 30s. 4d. Abroad .. .. 33s. 0d.* * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE The Movement Grow~ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 109 The Psychological Moment 110 The Seaplane Again ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 110 H'mlton & Paul "Bugle" at Norwich Air Display Ill Aerial Rally at Norwich 112 Light'Plane Club Doings 1 IS Airisms From The Four Winds IB Mviss African Flight II" Aviation in Australia ... 118 'I he Public. Aviation and the Press: Royal Aero Club House Dinner 1 19 Koyal Air Force 121 In Parliament i21 " FLIGHT " PHOTOGRAPHS. To those desirous of obtaining copies of "Flight" Photographs, these can be supplied, enlarged or otherwise, upon application to Photo. Department, 36, Great Queen Street, W.C.2 DIARY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list :— 1927 Mar. 2-3... R.A.F. Boxing, Halton Camp. Mar. 3 .... " The Spinning of Aeroplanes." Mr. L. W. Bryant, beiore R.Ae.S. Second House Dinner of Inst.Ae.E., at Engineers' Club. . "Portable Hangars." Major H. N. Wyllie, before Inst. Ae.E. . R.A.F. India Command 4th Reunion Dinner, New Princes Restaurant. . inst. Ae.E. Visit to the Factory of A.D.C. Aircraft, Ltd., Waddon. . «Line Squalls." Mr. M. A. Giblett, M.Sc, before R.Ae.S. Aero. Golfing Soc. (Sir S. Instone Cup), Sun- ningdale. ''Aircraft Law." Mr. Lawrence A. Wingfield before Inst.Ae.E. Schneider Trophy Race at Venice. Mar. Mar. Hat. Mar. Mar. >;;..r. Sept. 4 8 12 16 17 17 21 25 AKING the nation air-minded" is a phrase that was, if we remember rightly, coined by the Secretary of State for Air, Sir Samuel Hoare, It would be difficult to imagine a better way of helping that happy phrase to materialise than by giving as many members of the general public as possible opportunities of becoming intimately and personally familiar with flying, its pleasures, its possibilities, and even its limitations. • The Tjp j-() tne present time nothing has grows done more towards realising that ideal than the organisation of light aeroplane clubs in various parts of the country. It is true, of course, that until ways and means are found for providing these clubs with very many more machines than they at present have available, the number of club members who can hope to become pilots must necessarily be a smaller proportion than one could wish, but as time goes on and machines become cheaper (and the experience gathered by the British light aeroplane clubs has been largely instrumental in bringing about the reduction in price that has already become possible, and which will, doubtless, be continued at a more rapid rate in the future) this drawback will gradually lessen. The whole problem is largely a " snowball " affair. Until machines are built in larger quantities it is difficult to reduce the price. Until the price is reduced it is difficult to sell a sufficient number of machines. Once, however, we begin to enter upon the production of cheaper machines—cheaper because of simplified design and improved methods of manufacture, and not on account of the use of inferior materials or scamped workmanship—the whole movement is bound to gather speed at an ever-increasing rate. Signs are not lacking that this stage in the develop- ment has now been reached. The makers of one very popular low-powered aeroplane have been able to reduce their prices this year. Other firms are announcing similar or even lower figures, and alto- gether, although these little -machines are not yet
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