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JULY 14, 1927 THE COPENHAGEN AERO SHOW August 20—September 2, 1927 A FEW weeks ago we were able to announce briefly in FLIGHT the fact that it had been decided to hold an international aero exhibition in Copenhagen during August and September of this year. Some further particulars are now available, and as it appears likely that several British firms will be exhibiting, it is thought that a few notes on this show may be of interest. The International Aircraft Exhibition at Copenhagen, Denmark, will be held in the Forum, a new large exhibition hall situated practically in the centre of Copenhangen. The Forum is a structure oval in plan form, measuring 90 m. (295 ft.) in length and about 50 m. (165 ft.) in width. One great advantage of an aero show at Copenhagen is that the civil aerodrome of Copenhagen (Kastrup) on the Island of Albert V. Jorgensen, Barrister of the Supreme Court, and Lieut. Pauli Krause-Jensen, Secretary. The Copenhagen Aero Show will include the usual range of aeronautical articles from complete machines and engines to boats, boat motors, &c, navigational equipment, instruments, machinery and tools, manufactured aircraft parts, photo- graphs and tableaux, maps and charts, books, inventions, and aviation clothing, etc. The stand charges for aircraft are 20 Danish Kroner (about 18s. 6rf.) per sq. m. up to 200 sq. m., 18 Kr. up to 300 sq. m., and 16 Kr. above 300 sq. m. For aero engines the charges are somewhat higher, i.e., from 30 Kr. per sq. m. down to 27 Kr. We understand that a representative of the exhibition is at present in this country with a view to securing British 00000 000 El Entering Den- mark by Air: This photograph, taken by a Danish Army pilot, shows a new "landmark," erected by private means recently, at the harbour of Rodby Havn on the Danish island Lolland. It is at this point that commercial aero- planes from Germany enter Danish territory, and doubtless many readers of "Flight" will see it on their •way to the forth- coming Aero. Show at Copen- hagen. Arnager, is only 10 minutes from the Forum by car, so that exhibitors who so desire may readily have a machine flying there daily during the exhibition, thus demonstrating'the machine in actual flight as well as showing it at the exhibition. The Exhibition Committee has requested H.R.H. the Crown Prince of Denmark to become the Patron of the Exhibition, a request which was readily granted as the Crown Prince takes a very keen interest in flying. The Committee includes the directors of the leading Danish commercial associations, and the Honorary Presidents are : The Minister of Defence, the Minister of Traffic, the Minister of Commerce and the Prefect of Copenhagen. The members of the Execu- tive Committee are : Tyge Rothe, former Minister of Com- merce, President. August Gihm, General Commissary. H H The Gloster " Gamecock II " OUR attention has been called to an error in our description of the Gloster " Gamecock II " for Finland in the issue of FLIGHT for June 2, 1927, in which the weight( >f petrol (52 gallons) was given as 595 lbs. This should have been 395 lbs., which would have made the weight of power unit 1,370 lbs. instead of 1,570 lbs., and the total loaded weight 2,854 lbs. The consequent reduction in power loading and wing loading would bring these figures to 6-8 lb./h.p. and 10-85 Ib./sq. ft. respectively. Will readers please note. 0 0 E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H 0 H00HHHHH exhibits. It had been hoped that concerted action might be taken by the S.B.A.C, but failure of the Air Ministry to secure Treasury sanction for a small grant was responsible for the abandoning of this idea. There is, however, a good prospect of several British firms exhibiting, although at the moment no official statement as to the identity of the firms can be published. Copenhagen is becoming an important aviation centre in Northern Europe, and doubtless visitors from all the Scandi- navian countries, the Baltic states, Germany, France, Holland and Belgium, will make a point of visiting the Forum during the exhibition. As many of the nations surrounding the Baltic are potential purchasers of aircraft, it is somewhat regrettable that it has not been found possible for the S.B.A.C. to arrange a combined exhibit. H 13 A Lufthansa Report A REPORT just issued on the first year's working of the Lufthansa since it was formed by the amalgamation of Junkers and Aero-Lloyd, shows a gross turnover of /345.000, as against current overhead costs of only ^62,500. With the exception of /400, the whole of the profit, £283,000, has been devoted to writing off the relatively high book value of the machines and motors, as a measure of precaution against rapid technical developments. The number of machines owned by the company rose from 100 to 120 during the year, and the personnel from 934 to 1,527. 477
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