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flight, April 14, 1927 GHT AIRCRAFTENGINEER- 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. 955. (No. 15, Vol. XIX.) APRIL 14, 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. Orf.* * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. CONTENTS Editorial Comment : PAGE The Bournemouth" Easter Egg" .. .. .. .. .. 213 The First Bournemouth Meeting 213 " Private Flying" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Bournemouth 1910 Meeting 215 Bournemouth Flying Meeting, 1927 . . .. .. . . . . 215 Bournemouth 1910 Meeting 8 Private Flying : How to Become a Pilot . . . . . . . . . . .. 221 Privately-owiM-d Aircraft in Great Britain . 222 London Aeroplane Club 223 Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club . . .. .. .. .. 226 Mr. Stack on His Flight to India .. .. 228 Institution of Aeronautical Engineers" Dinner .. .. .. .. 228 Airisnis From The Four Winds . 229 Light 'Plane Clubs 229 Royal Air Force . . .. .. . . .. .. . . . . 23t> " 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 Apl. 15-18 Bournemouth Easter Races. April 19 .... " Flying for Air Survey Photography." Capt. F. Tymms, M.C., before Inst. Ae.E. April 19 .... Aero Golfing Soc. Match, Moor Park. April 25 .... Annual Dinner, 29th Division Association, Cafe Royal, London. April 27 .... Inst.Ae.E. Visit to Works of De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware. April 28 .... « Seaplane Design." Major R. E. Penny, before R.Ae.S. ;^ay 10 .... Aero Golfing Soc. Match, Berkhamsted. Jay 10 .... " Aerial Survev," Maj. H. Hemming, A.F.C., etc., before Inst.Ae.E. INDEX FOR VOL. XVIII. The Index for Vol. xviii of " Flight " (January to December, 1926) is now ready, and can be obtained from the Publishers, 36, Great Queen Street, Kings- way, W.C.2. Price Is. per copy (Is. Id. post free). HE Royal Aero Club has excelled itself in the matter of Easter fare. The Bournemouth meeting, which com- mences on the afternoon of Good Friday, is the first aviation meeting of the year, and from what can be gathered it should be one of the most interesting air race meetings we have had for a very long time. The entries list is probably the largest one on record in this country, since the war, at any rate, the number „ The .. of races scheduled being no less thanBournemouth ir, . ,. ? £ ,."Easter Egg"12, and the average number of machine-; entered for each race being 12 or so. Altogether, some 153 machines have been entered judged on this basis. This does not, of course, mean that actually there will be 153 machines at Bourne- mouth, but merely that many of those present will fly in all or nearly all of the races. For all that, the meeting should be one very well worth watching, and all who can possibly do so should make a point of visiting Bournemouth during the holidays. A list of the entries, and brief particulars of the various events, will be found elsewhere in this issue. There is little need to add anything to this, but it may be shortly pointed out that the " private," as distinct from the " trade," element is well to the fore, the great majority of the machines taking part being owned either by private individuals or by the Light Aeroplane Clubs. This is, we consider, a very healthy sign of the times, and we trust that this feature of the 1927 Bournemouth Easter Meeting may be accepted as a happy augury for the future. The meeting will not have the peculiar attraction of ultra high speed, but, on the other hand, so many of
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