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JANUARY 26, 1928 IKe Royal Xlero Cluof the, llx\ited OFFICIAL /NOTICES TO MEMBERS RACING COMMITTEEof the meeting of the Racing Committee held at the Royal Aero Club on January 18.Present.— Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, in the chair ; Captain R. J. Goodman-Crouch ; Captain W. Dancy ;J. F. Leeming ; R. J. Parrott ; Colonel The Master of Sempill. In attendance.—H. E. Perrin, secretary ; B. Stevenson,assistant secretary. King's Cup Race.— It was decided to hold the race for theKing's Cup in the month of July. The race will occupy two days and will be over a circuit of approximately 1,000 miles.The circuit will include the aerodromes of practically all the light aeroplane clubs, where the competitiors will makecompulsory stops for re-fuelling. .Siddeley Prize.—Mr. J. D. Siddeley has presented to theRoyal Aero Club a Challenge Trophy and prizes of £250 for a competition amongst the light aeroplane clubs. Forthe year 1928 Mr. Siddeley has agreed that the Competition should be included in the Race for the King's Cup. TheCompetition is open to aircraft, the weight empty not to exceed 1,000 lbs. Weight empty means the total weight ofthe aircraft in flying order. The following weights are not included :—Petrol, oil and crew. The weight of water in theradiators shall count in the weight empty. The aircraft must be owned by a club or member of a club. The pilotsmust be members of the club entering, and in the case of privately-owned aircraft the owner must be the pilot. Paidpilot instructors are excluded. ASSOCIATED CLUBS' GENERAL COUNCIL REPORT of meeting of the General Council held at the RoyalAero Club on Wednesday, January 18, 1928, at 11 a.m. Lord Thomson, chairman, presided. The following dele-gates were present:— Royal Aero Club : Lord Thomson ; Lieut.-Col. M. O.Darby ; Lieut.-Col. M. O'Gorman. Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club : Col. D. C. Robinson.Halton Aero Club : F./Officer W. F. Shaylor. Hampshire Aeroplane Club : R. J. Parrott ; O. E.Simmonds. Lancashire Aero Club : J. F. Leeming ; A. R. Good-fellow. London Aeroplane Club : The Hon. Lady M. Bailey ;Captain A. G. Lamplugh. Newcastle-on-Tyne Aero Club : B. M. Dodds ; P. F.Heppell. Nottingham Aero Club : Cecil R. Sands.Yorkshire Aeroplane Club :H. S. Chamerlain. In attendance:—Harold E. Perrin, secretary; B.Stevenson, assistant secretary. Official Aviation Race Meetings.—The following datesfor the Official Aviation Race Meetings in the Provinces were approved :—Western Area . . Bristol . . .. Saturday, May 5. Southern Area .. Hamble . . Monday, May 28.Midland Area . . Castle Bromwich Saturday, June 9. Northern Area _. . (Place not fixed) Saturday, July 7.These dates are subject to arrangements to be completed with the Air Council.The pooling scheme, whereby all Associated Clubs partici- pate in any profits was agreed. This scheme only appliesto Associated Clubs represented on the General Council on January 1, 1928. Air League Challenge Cup.— The race for the Air LeagueChallenge Cup will be held in the Eastern Area, probably from Norwich on Monday, August 6, and the organisation isin the hands of the Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club. Society of British Aircraft Constructors' ChallengeCup.—An Inter-Club Competition will be held at each of the Official Race Meetings, open to aircraft registered in thename of the club and flown by ah initio pilots. Marks will be awarded as follows :—5 for a win ; 3 for a second, and1 for a third. The club gaining the most marks will be awarded theChallenge Trophy and Cash Prize of £75 offered by the Societv of British Aircraft Constructors. THE AIRSHIP CLUBTHE Airship Club has decided to enter for the Gordon Ben- nett Balloon Race to be held in Detroit on June 30, 1928.Members wishing to take part are requested to forward their names to the secretary. A fund has been started with theobject of assisting in the expenses incurred in sending out the team and balloon to Detroit. The following donations havebeen received :—Mr. Griffith Brewer, /10 10s. ; Sqdr.-Ldr. R. S. Booth, £\0; The Hon. A. F. de Moleyns, ^5; Capt G. F.Meager, £5 ; Maj. Eustace Moves, /5. Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT IN CANADA WE are able this week to confirm previous reports in FLIGHTregarding the establishment in Canada of a branch of the de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., of Stag Lane, Edgware.The decision to establish a Canadian branch is the result of the visit recently made to the Dominion by Mr. F. E. N.St. Barbe, the Business Manager of The de Havilland Aircraft Company—to which reference has already been made in FLIGHT.Canada, as our readers are aware, is making an ever- increasing use of aircraft, especially for air survey and photo-graphic work, forestry patrol, and air mail services to remote districts, while there is promise of considerable developmentin other branches of aeronautics throughout the Dominion. Mr. St. Barbe was, in fact, greatly impressed by the vastservice which light aeroplanes can render to the Dominion, not only for the work mentioned above, but for privatetravelling, and, as he rightly says, if aviation is to succeed quickly in Canada, it has to be cheap, and cheap flying meanscheap aeroplanes. Thus, the establishment of a " Moth Farm " and the breeding of " Moths " on the spot shouldprove to be a very successful, if not desirable, proposition. We understand the headquarters will be located at Toronto,a small factory being set up at Leaside Aerodrome, which is situated about four miles outside the city. For the time being,this Canadian branch will take the form of a service station for the large number of " Moths " already operating in Canada,and also as an assembly depot for new machines which will be shipped from the " Mother " Country. ; subsequently, itis possible that certain components may be manufactured at the Canadian factory.The Canadian branch—which will be opened on March 1— will be under the management of Mr. R. A. Loader—thepopular and energetic Assistant Business Manager of " D.H.'s," who has been associated with the company in this capacityfor over four years. Incidentally, we—and, no doubt, many of our readers will join us—will miss Mr. Loader's presence inthis country, but we nevertheless feel certain that our loss will be Canada's gain and that the new venture could not bein better hands Mr. Loader is taking with him a small staff of expert air-craft mechanics to form the nucleus of personnel for the new branch, which will, in all probability, be registered as aseparate company under the title of " The de Havilland Air- craft Company of Canada, Ltd."Here's every success to the House of D.H. across the water! 54
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