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MARCH 8, 1928 R.AE.S. AND INST.AE.E. Official Notices The annual general meeting will be held on March 27, at 5.30 p.m., at theoffices of the Society, 7, Albemar'.c Street, London, W.I. Agenda.—(i) To receive and deliberate upon the Report of the Councilon the state of the Society, and the balance sheet of Aerial Science, Ltd., as printed in the Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society withwhich is incorporated the Institution of Aeronautical Engineers for March, 1928.(ii) To receive the report of the scrutineers appointed by the meeting to check the ballot papers and receive the list of names of those whohave been elected to fill the vacancies on the Council, (iii) To elect the Auditors for the ensuing year.(iv) To consider any other business o which proper notice has been given.* (* Any voter desirous of proposing any motion before the annual generalmeeting shall give notice in writing to the secretary, which shall be received by him by noon on March 13, 1928.) THE lecture by Dr. Rudolf, on " Testing of Materials Used in AircraftConstruction," has been postponed from March 15 to a later date in the session, as owing to very heavy pressure of work, Dr. Rudolf has not beenable to prepare all the necessary material from the very wide experience which he has had. Flight-Lieut. B. C. H. Cross, D.F.C., will, however, give a lecture on thisdate, at 6.30 p.m., at the Royal Society of Arts, 18, John Street, Adelphi, W.C.2. " The title of his lecture will be " Flying-Boat Maintenance and Equipment."Flight-Lieut. Cross was a member of the Flying Boat Cruise in the Baltic of last year. He has had very considerable experience of flying-boat opera-tion, and as a result of his experience he will raise a number of points in his lecture about the design and construction of flying-boats, and particularlyhow the general equipment of flying boats can be improved for long-range work. The lecture will be very fully illustrated, and it is hoped that a cine-matograph film will be shown in the course of the lecture. J. LAURENCE PR1TCHARD, Secretary. AIR MINISTRY NOTICES NOTICE TO GROUND ENGINEERS Avro 504N " Lynx " Modifications 1. THE modifications described herein must be embodied in all existingAvro 504N " Lynx " aircraft before any such aircraft is submitted for re-inspection for renewal of the Certificate of Airworthiness.2. Modification No. 19.—The present design of petrol-cock control handle in the front cockpit is unsuitable owing to the ease of accidental operation.This handle must be replaced by a knurled disc or similar type of handle. 3. Modification No. 21.—The altitude control lever is" unsuitable in itspresent form, due to the facility with which it can be accidentally operated. The lever must be shortened by approximately 2 inches. 4. No certificate of airworthiness will be issued or renewed in respect ofany Avro 504N " Lynx " aircraft unless the above modifications have been embodied. 5. Drawing of these modifications can be obtained on application andprepayment from the Drawings Library, Air Ministry, Kingsway, London, (No.'l of 1928.) Aircraft Carriers of the World THE official Return of Fleets issued on Maxell 1, shows says The Times, that the new Japanese aircraft-carriers " Akagi " and " Kagi " are to carry an armament of ten 8-in. and four 4-7-in. guns, in addition to twelve 4-7-in. anti-aircraft guns and six torpedo tubes. They will thus be the most powerfully-armed carriers in the world, with an armament equal, if not superior, to that of any cruiser of which particulars are given in the Return. The next most power- fully-armed carriers are the " Lexington " and " Saratoga," in the United States Navy, which carry eight 8-in., twelve 5-5-in. A.A., four smaller guns, and four torpedo tubes. The French aircraft-carrier " Beam," completed in 1927, has a main armament of eight 6 1-in. guns. In the British Navy the five completed aircraft-carriers each have different armaments, the " Eagle " carrying nine 6-in., the " Furious " ten 5-5 in., the " Hermes " seven 5-5-in., the " Courageous " sixteen 4-7-in.. and the "Argus" only the anti-aircraft battery of six 4-in. high-angle guns. The " Eagle," " Furious," and " Hermes " have also 4-in. anti-aircraft guns in addition to those mentioned, but no British carrier has any torpedo tubes. Italy Training Afghan Pilots A PARTY of twenty-five Afghan youths have left their country for Italy, where they are to undergo a course of training as pilots for the Afghan Air Force. A number of pilots recently trained in Russia have now returned to Afghanistan. Crowded Croydon THERE were so many air passengers waiting at Croydon air port on February 22 that two extra machines had to be brought into service. The traffic constituted a record for any February day since the services were commenced in 1919.A Japanese Fatality WHILE making a trial flight between Tokio and Omura, on February 29, an aeroplane crashed and caught fire. Mr. Yukichi Goto (who proposed to attempt a trans- Pacific flignt), one of the occupants, was burnt to death, but two othera escaped, . Air Travel SIR SEFTON BRANCKER, Director of Civil Aviation, lectured at the Portsmouth Port Library on " Commercial Air Routes," on February 22. He said that although Britain had made considerable progress in organised air transport during recent years, we were still a long way behind Germany and America, the reason for this being the want of money. Last year, about 20,000,000 miles were flown throughout the world. In England, the total was 17,600 miles, and to-day we only had 1,292 miles of organised air routes, with 175 miles in Europe. Australia had done extremely well, having about 8,000 miles of routes ; Canada was just beginning, but other parts of the Empire had done nothing. America had between 20 and 25 air transport companies in operation, and it was possible to get from New York to San Francisco in 32 hours. In aircraft itself, England was very good, Germany being our greatest rival, whilst America eventually would be. m m m m PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Sonnets and Some Others. By Clarence Winchester. The Wessex Press, Taunton. Price 2s. 6d. net. La Vie des Hommes Jllustres de I'Aviation. By Jacques Mortane. G. Roche D'Estrez, 5, rue de l'lsly, Paris. Price 15 francs. Report on the Health of the Royal Air Force for the Year 1926. Air Publication 1297. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Price2s.6rf.net. The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society. No. 205. Vol. XXXII. January, 1928. Reyal Aeronautical Society, 7, Albemarle Street, London, W.I. Price 2s. 6d. NEW COMPANY REGISTERED SCOTTISH FLYING CLUB, LTD., 101, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2.A company limited by guarantee, without share capital. Objects : to carry on business as indicated by the title. The directors are :—G. C. Walker,H. W..Smith, A. M. Dunlop', A. X. Kingwill, B. R. Millar, K. Mclntosh, Lord Weir, J. G. Weir, H. E. Yarrow, G. F. Luke, J. D. Cormack, and H. L. MurrayPhilipson. Secretary : Harry W. Smith. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS (Abbreviations : Cyl. =* cylinder ; i.e. = internal combustion ; ro. = motor.The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc.) APPLIED FOR IN 1926Published March 8, 1928 25,385. V. C. RICHMOND and G. H. SCOTT. Airships. (285,109.)27.881. H. E.TAFT. Propelling airships, planes, etc. (285,117.) 3(1,265. G. G. PARSALL and H. BOLAS. Control mechanism peculiar to aircraft. (285,190.)31,195. J. ALLEN. Hydroplane boats, seaplane floats, etc. (285,197,) APPLIED FOR IN 1927Published March 1, 1928 fi,214. NIEUPORT-ASTKA. Wing surfaces. (267,503.) 9,952. DR. C. DORNIER AND DORNIER-METALLBAI'TEN GES. Arrangementof driving units for large aeroplanes. (272,458.) 10,643. B. NAGLER. Hying machines employing rotating wing systems.(280,849.) 24,917 ROHRBACH METALL-FLUGZSX-GBAU GES. Seaplanes. (277,978.) Published March 8, 1928201. D. KAY. Means for controlling angle of incidence of aero revolving blades or wings and propellers. (285,213.)1,136. A. HONEY. Propellers, airscrews, etc. (285.219.) 8,856. J. S. CANDRAY. Lighter-than-air craft. (285,273.)15,450. M. A. BI.AIN. Variable-pitch screws. (272,530.) 19,130. M. LETORD. Device for rapidly emptying the petrol tanks of aero-planes, etc. (285,312.) FLIGHT, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT OUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone : Holborn 3211. Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. 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