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limited to the greatest distance which the slowest machine entered can cover in the time available. One may easily prove that this may lead to absurdities, by supposing, for example, that somebody entered a " Wren " monoplane with a cruising speed of 45 m.p.h. Assume head winds, etc.. to reduce this to an average of 35 m.p.h., and grant that the machine can put in 10 hours' flying in a day. Then, if the race is to be confined to one day, the course must obviously be limited to 350 miles. That no such machine is likely to be entered does not greatly affect the argument. Fairly slow machine? will doubtless be entered, and the above limitations consequently have to be taken into account. Quite apart from this consideration of speed, a race around Britain is a costly affair to organise, and it may be taken for granted that it is this question of cost which has prevented the Royal Aero Club from planning this year's King's Cup Race on more ambi- tious lines. Thus, while the arrangements for increas- ing " air-mindedness " with this year's race are not all that might be desired, they probably represent fairly well all that is practically possible. TheCopenhagen , Aero Show the request It is greatly to be regretted that the Treasurv should have seen fit to decline of the Air Ministry for what was really a very modest grant towards defraying the expenses of a really repre- sentative British exhibit at the forthcoming inter- national aero exhibition at Copenhagen. The Gothenburg aero show was a great success for British aviation. On that occasion a small grant was made, and the result was that Britain was worthily represented. This year at Copenhagen we JULY 14, might easily have done even better, for Britis;: aircraft and aero engines have made enormou; strides since 1923. But the parsimonious short sightedness of the Treasury has effectively put ,L stop to concerted action by the S.B.A.C. It may be argued that but little business is tt. be done at a show like that at Copenhagen. With that we do not agree. It is true that the Scandi- navian countries are relatively small, that their rate of exchange is now back to normal, and that they cannot afford to spend a great deal on the purchase of foreign aircraft. While this is not to be denied, it should be remembered that Denmark alone, the smallest of the three, has already purchased British aircraft representing a not inconsiderable sum Moreover, Copenhagen has been called the " Paris of the North," and just as the Paris aero show- attracts representatives from all over the world, so a Copenhagen aero show may confidently be expected to be visited not only by representatives from the other two Scandinavian countries, but also from Finland (where England is just beginning to secure orders), and the Baltic States. There was a time when Britain was practically debarred from selling aircraft abroad, owing to unfavourable rates of exchange and the consequent high cost of British aircraft. We are sure, however, that nowadays there is a growing realisation that although British machines and engines may be somewhat more expensive in first cost, their strong, solid construction and hard wearing qualities more than make up for this, so that they are in reality far less expensive than the first cost might indicate. That being so, we cannot but regret that the British aircraft industry will not be as extensively represented as should have been the case. ?SntE^P^tND"AMERICA-ENGLAND FLIGHT : This photograph shows the Dornier Wai on which Cart.Frank Courtney, Fhght-Lieut. Downer and Mr. Little are to attempt the double crossing of the Atlantic. The engines are Napier "Lions." •••~^u' :-'-i"^--r ••••••• • • ' 470 ...... - -
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