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MARCH 22, 1928 IKe ROCSCLI £Iero Clu of the UixitecL Kizxgcloi OFFICIAL /NOTICE5 TO MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THE annual general meeting of the members of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom will be held at 3, Clifford Street, London, W.I, on Wednesday, March 28, 1928, at 6 p.m. Agenda 1. Chairman's Report. 2. To announce result of ballot for committee. 3. To elect President and Vice-President for the ensuiug year. The following are recommended by the Committee :— President : Brig.-General the Duke of Atholl, K.T., G.C.V.O., D.S.O. Vice-President : The Duke of Sutherland. Ballot for Committee.—Ballot paper for the election of committee for the ensuing year is enclosed in the Notices to Members. The attention of members is drawn to the instructions set out on the ballot paper, which must be re- ceived at the Club in the accompanying envelope not later than 12 noon on Tuesday the 21th instant. Aircraft Touring Abroad.—The Royal Aero Club, as the representatives of the Federation Aeronautique Inter- nationale in Great Britain, issues Customs Carnets for air- craft travelling abroad. The Carnet enables the holder to travel without having to make payments for Customs dues on aircraft when arriving in a foreign country. The charge for the Carnet is £1 1 Is. 6d., and they are not restricted to members of the Club. In making application for the Carnet, the following par- ticulars must be supplied :— 1. Name and address of pilot. 2. Proposed date of departure from England. 3. Type of aircraft. 4. Regis- tration mark. 5. Value of aircraft. 6. Weight empty. 7. Span. 8. Wing area. 9. Colour of aircraft. 10. Number of seats (including pilot's). 11. Type of engine. 12. Horse power. 13. Manufacturer's number. Applications for Carnets are to be made to the Royal Aero Club, 3, Clifford Street, London, W.I. COMMITTEE MEETING A MEETING of the Committee of the Royal Aero Club was held on Wednesday, March 14, 1928, at 5 p.m. Present : Lieut.-Col. Sir Francis K. McClean, A.F.C., in the chair ; Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, K.C.B., A.F.C. ; Mr. Griffith Brewer ; Lord Edward A. Grosvenor ; Brig.-General Sir Capel Holden, K.C.B., F.R.S. ; Mr. E. J. B. How ; Mr. F. Handley Page ; Maj. Henry Petre ; Capt. C. B. Wilson. In attendance : H. E. Perrin, Secretary ; B. Stevenson, Assistant Secretary. Election of Members.—The following members were elected :— Flying Officer Leslie William Cannon, Capt. Edward Keith Davies, Flight-Lieut. Guy George Houssemayne Duboulay, Flight-Lieut. Frank George Gibbons, Flying Officer Brendan John O'Connor-Hanstock, Pilot Officer Kenneth Evelyn Parker, Flying Officer Philip Edward Gerald Sayer, Flying Officer Joseph Summers, Flying Officer Wilfrid Arthur Wadley, Flying Officer Terence Richard Wheatley, Henry Lees Buckley, Flying Officer Arthur Gabbetis Cooper, Flying Officer Alan Porteous McClare, John Wallis. Aviators' Certificates.—The following aviators' certi- ficates were granted :— 8207. John Harold Walton Wilcox, Nottingham Aero James Charles Sleigh, Suffolk Aeroplane Club. John Swires Ellison, Yorkshire Aeroplane Club. Derek Arthur Rivers Cripps, Hampshire Aeroplane Club. 8208. 8209. 8210. Club. 8211. Arthur Rowland Thomas Kirby, Hampshire Aero- plane Club. 8212. Henry Arthur Hallam, Nottingham Aero Club. 8213. Cyril Harry Sands, Nottingham Aero Club. Ronald Edwin Henry Caldecott, Lancashire Aero8214 Club. 8215 8216 8217 8218 8219 8220 8221 Sydney Elmer Schofield, Suffolk Aeroplane Club. Henry Seely Whitby, Nottingham Aero Club. Walter Samuel Browning, Lancashire Aero Club. Charles Edward Cox, Nottingham Aero Club. Robert Anthony Blake, Nottingham Aero Club. Hugh Melvin Samuelson, London Aeroplane Club. Herbert Basil Goldwyer-Michelmore, London Aero- plane Club. 8222. Geoffrey Willian Hall, London Aeroplane Club. 8223. Gerald Martin Randall, Scottish Flying Club. 8224. Basil Cecil Gibaud, Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club. Committee.—The following ten nominations for the nine vacancies on the Committee were reported :— Air Vice-Marshal Sir W. S. Brancker, K.C.B., A.F.C. ; Sir Alan J. Cobham, K.B.E., A.F.C. ; Capt. R. J. Goodman Crouch, O.B.E. ; Lord Edward A. Grosvenor ; E. J. B. How ; Col. F. Lindsay Lloyd, C.M.G., C.B.E. ; Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, M.C., M.P.; Lieut.-Col. M. O'Gorman, C.B. ; Maj. H. A. Petre, D.S.O., M.C. ; Brig.- General Lord Thomson, P.C., C.B.E., D.S.O. The Secretary was instructed to issue the necessary ballot papers. President and Vice-President.—It was unanimously decided to recommend to the annual general meeting the re- election of the following : President : The Duke of Atholl. Vice-President : The Duke of Sutherland. Britannia Trophy.—The Britannia Trophy for the year 1927 was unanimously awarded to Lieut. Richard Reid Bentley for his flight from London to Cape Town. Lieut. Bentley on a D.H. " Moth," fitted with a Cirrus Mark II engine, left London on September 1, 1927, and arrived at Cape Town on September 28, 1927 having flown a distance of approximately 7,250 miles. Offices: THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. Aircraft Touring Abroad THE Royal Aero Club, as the representatives of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale in Great Britain, issues Customs Carnets for aircraft travelling abroad. The Carnet enables the holder to travel without having to make payments for customs dues on aircraft when arriving in a foreign country. The charge for the Carnet is £1 11s. 6d., and they are not restricted to members of the Club. In making application for the Carnet the following particulars must be supplied :— 1. Name and address of pilot. 2. Proposed date of departure from England. 3. Type of aircraft. 4. Registration mark. 5. Value of aircraft. 6. Weight empty. 7. Span. 8. Wing area. 9. Colour of aircraft. 10. Number of seats (including pilot's). 11. Type of engine. .12. Horse-power. 13. Manu- facturer's No. Applications for Carnets are to be made to the Royal Aero Club, 3, Clifford Street, London, W. 1. 192 New U.S. National Balloon Race Trophy A NEW National Balloon Race trophy, for competition in the United States, replaces the original trophy retired in 1927. It has been presented to the National Aeronautic Association of America by P. W. Litchfield, President of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company and the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation of America. The new trophy will be contested for initially in the 1928 national event, to be held early this summer. Mr. Litchfield was also the donor of the first American ballooning trophy. Rules for the second Litchfield trophy will correspond to those governing the first trophy, Pilot Instructor Required WE understand that the London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane Aerodrome, requires the services of a pilot instructor. Applications should be made by letter to the Secretary of the Club, at 3, Clifford Street, London, W.I.
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