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FEBRUARY 9, 1928 R.AE.S. AND INST.AE.E. Official Notices The Trustees of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aero-nautics have, for the second year in succession, made the munificent grant of S5.000 to the Royal Aeronautical Society. The grant made in 1927 provedto be of the utmost value to the Society, enabling it to extend its scope and influence and take part in bringing about that state of air-mindedness which isso much a part of its objects as it is that of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund. During the year the membership of the Society was greatly increased, thesize of its Journal was doubled, many papers were published which would, without the grant from the Fund, have had to be held over, and a number ofnew branches were started. The Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics wasfounded in 1925 by Daniel Guggenheim of New York. The object of the Fund is exactly that stated by its title, and though it is American in its origin, itsscope is world-wide. The generous gift of S10,"00 to a British Aeronautical Society is only one example of the broad outlook of the Trustees of the Fund.The Trustees have offered §150,000 in prizes in a Safe-aircraft Competition which is open to the whole world. The first five entries were received fromBritish inventors. The competition has already given a great impetus to the study of safety devices and will result in a notable advance in the wholefield of aeronautics. The closing date of entry is October 31, 1929, or any time prior to that date which the Fund may consider that the object of thecompetition has been achieved. The full rules for the competition are pub- lished in the Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society for June, 1927. Postponement of Lecture.—The lecture arranged for February 23 by Dr.Hele-Shaw on "Variable Pitch Propellers" has be;n postponed until the results of the full-scale tests are known. It is hoped that the postponedlecture will be delivered some time towards the end of March. J. LAURENCE PRITCHARD, Secretary. SOCIETY OF MODEL AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS THE Annual General Meeting of the S.M.A.E. was held at the Y.M.C.A..Tottenham Court Road, on January 27. After the reading of the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting and the Accounts for the year, atten-tion was given to the election of officers for 1928. Results by ballot were as follows :— President : Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, K.C.B., A.F.C. Vice-presidents: Dr. A. P. Thurston, D.Sc., F.R.Ae.S., and F, de P. Green. Chairman: R. M.Balston. Vice-Chairmen: A. F. Houlberg and Capt. F. L. M.Boothby, C.B., R.N. Hon. Secretary: S. H. F. Crouch. Hon. Treasurer : W.E.Evans. Technical Secretary : R. N. Bullock. Members of the Couiuil :Capt. V. Dibovsky, J. Pelly-Fry, S. C. Hersom, R. Hutchinson, S. G. Mullins, T. H. Newell, H. C. Onion, D. A. Paveley, L. Plater, A. Rasmussen. Following this, the rules for the Sir Charles Wakefield Cup InternationalCompetition, having previously been passed by the Committee, were read before the meeting for final approval, and were subsequently passed asbelow:— General Rules for all Competitions 1. The Cup shall be known as "The W7akefield Cup for InternationalCompetition," hereafter referred to as " the Cup." 2. The Cup shall be perpetual, and shall remain the property of the Societyof Motlel Aeronautical Engineers (Great Britain), hereafter referred to as " the S.M.A.E."3. The Cup shall be competed for annually, unless the S.M.A.E. give its consent to suspension owing to exceptional conditions.4. The Cup shall be awarded to the Society represented by the entrant of the winning model. 5. Any money prize shall be awarded to the entrant of the winning model.6. Suitable bond for the proper care and return of the Cup shall be required by the S.M.A.E. from any Society into whose possession the Cup may at anytime be delivered. 7. All entries shall be made through the Society in each country affiliatedto the International Aeronautical Federation, or through such a Society's model section, or through the Model Building Society recognised by such anaffiliated society. Though entries must be made through a society qualified as stated in this rule, entrants need not of necessity be members of the societythrough which they make their application. 8. There shall be a fee of 5s., or its equivalent in foreign currency, per, entrant, to be paid through each competing society and sent with the notice of entry. This fee shall be returnable after the event for each model, whichis received by the latest date fixed for the receipt of models. 9. The entrant must be the owner of the model be enters,l'l. No entrant may enter more than one model. 11. At least three models must compete, otherwise no competition can beheld and the Cup shall be returned by the holder to the S.M.A.E. until the following year's competition.12. Each country shall be responsible for the selection of its entrants, who shall not number more than six. 13. The competition shall always be held in open air and on an aerodromeapproved by the International Aeronautical Federation. 14. The competition shall always be for mode! aircraft being neithersupported wholly nor in part by any form of aerostat or aerostats. 15. The first competition shall be he'd in Great Britain and successivecompetitions in the country which last won the cup. 16. The rules for each competition shall be made by the S.M.A.E. inconjunction with the Society holding the cup until such time as the formation of an International committee. 17. Models may be flown by a proxy appointed by the entrant.18. In the event of the entrant not being able to attend in person or able to appoint a proxy, every effort must be made by the Society last Winning thecup and in whose country the competition is being held, to appoint an experi- enced mode! flyer to fly such a model, but no responsibility for damage to orby such a model need be accepted by that society, or its agent. Rules for Competition to be held in Great Britain during 1928. 1. The competition shall be held in Great Britain subject to rule number 13of the General Rules. '2. Each model must rise from the ground from a standstill entirely underits own power. 3. The competition shall be for duration of flight, such duration being takenfrom the time the model is released until it first touches some solid obstacle after flight or until passing out of sight of the judges. 1. Each entrant shall be allowed three attenpts during the competition.The best of the three attempts to be counted. 5. When called by the judges each model must be ready for flight within3 minutes, or the entrant will be liable for disqualification from that round, except in circumstances which are considered satisfactory by the judges. 6. Minor adjustments may be made between competition flights, but trialflights may only be made with the permission of the judges. 7. The design of the model is not restricted, except that rubber motors,air containers and fuel tanks must be concealed and that the fuselage or fuselages be fully covered and conform to the following formula : —The minimum value of the maxmum /Length of model from nose to tail\2 cross-sectional area of t.ach fuselage ~ \ [Q J 8. Any form of power plant may be used.9. No model must weigh more than 11 lbs. avoirdupois (5 kg.). 10. The decisions of the judges shall be final.It is hoped that it will be possible to publish the list of flying fixtures, including the International competition, and their dates, next week. S. H. F. CROUCH (Hon. Secretary),23, Mayfair Avenue, Essex. Aero Golfing SocietyTHE following is a list of fixtures for the above society for 1928—February 9, Team Match v. Music IndustriesGolfing Society, St. George's Hill, Weybridge ; March 3, Team Match v. Moor Park Golf Club, Moor Park, Rickmansworth ;March 15 (Winter Meeting). The Sir Samuel Instone Chal- lenge Cup, Coombe Hill Golf Club, Kingston Hill ; May 17(Spring Meeting), FLIGHT Challenge Cup, Porters' Park GolfClub, Radlett, Herts. ; June 9-10, Team Match v. R.A.F. (Martlesham and Felixstowe), Felixstowe Golf Club, Felix-stowe ; June 20, Team Match v. Porters' Fark Golf Club, Porters' Park ; October 8, Team Match v. Stage GolfingSociety, Moor Park ; October 24, " Cellon " Challenge Cup, Denham Golf Club, Denham. Captain s Prize.—The captainfor 1928, Mr. Percivale Barry,-will present a prize at the end of the year to the member who puts in the lowest aggregatenet score in the Three Society Challenge Cups (Medal Rounds). R.A.F. RugbyTHE dates for the Inter-Service Rugby matches, in which the R.A.F. meets the Navy and Army, are as follows :•—February 11, R.A.F., v. Navy; March 3, Navy v. Army ; March 24, R.A.F". v. Army. All three matches will be playedat Twickenham. SIDEWINDMr. C. B. KAY, the general works manager of the Sunbeam Motor Car Co., Ltd., has been appointed to a seat on theboard of directors, in appreciation of his many years of service with the company. Mr. Kay joined the company22 years ago, subsequently taking charge of the experimental and racing departments, and in 1912 he became assistantengineer to Mr, Louis Coatalen. Two years later Mr, Kay was made general works manager, which position he still holds,and his appointment to the directorate marks the high esteem- in which he is held. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS (Abbreviations : Cyl. = cylinder ; i.e. = internal combustion ; m. = motorThe numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc.) APPLIED FOR IN 1926Published February 9, 1928 17,304. U. NISTRI. Camera apparatus for aerial photograph '. (255,096.)24,796. F. E. HELLYER. Apparatus for measuring b.h.p. of aero engine and the efficiency of its propeller and the attachment of a screwpropeller to its driving-shaft. (283,618.) 25,419. AIRSHIP GUARANTEE CO., LTD., and B. N. WALLIS. Lighter-than-air aircraft. (283,635.) APPLIED FOR IN 1927 Published February 9, 1928 25,500. A. ROHRBACH. Monoplane with wings attached to the sides of thefuselage. (278,020.) FLIGHT, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone: Gerrard 1828. Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. 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