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Flight, May 24, 1928 AIRCRAFTENGINEER. First Aeronautical Weekly in the World. Founded January, 1909 Founder and Editor : STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 1013. (No. 21. Voi. XX.) MAY 24, 1928 ["Weekly, Price 6d.L Post free, 7d. Flight The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone: Holborn3211. Telegrams: Truditur, Westcent. London. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free. United Kingdom .. 30s. Ad. Abroad .. .. 33s. 0d.* • Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. CONTENTS Editorial Comment : PAGE Good for the Semi-rigid .. .. .. .. .. .. 375 " Brighter Flying" .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 376 A Visit to Brough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 378 Gloster" Goring" .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 382 Private Flying : Cape Town—England Flight 385 Light'Plane Clubs 387 Bristol " Jupiter" Family (1) 389 Airisms From the Four Winds 393 Royal Air Force .. 394 In Parliament .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 394 Personals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 394 " FLIGHT " PHOTOGRAPHS To those desirous of obtaining copies of "Flight" Photographs, these can be supplied, enlarged or otherwise, upon application to Photo. Department, 36, Great Queen Street, W.C.2. For Sizes and Prices, see Advert, on page xxiv. DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list— 1928 May 24— June 9 Royal Tournament, Olympia May 27-28 Light 'Plane Meeting, Hamble May 30 .... Wilbur Wright Lecture "The Slotted Wing." Mr. F. Handley Page, before R.Ae.S. and Inst.Ae.E. June 3-9 R.A.F. Rifle Association Prize Meeting June 7 .... 7th Annual Middle East Dinner June 8 .... Banquet to Mr. A. V. Roe at Savoy Hotel June 9 .... Light 'Plane Meeting, Castle Bromwich June 9-10 Aero Golfing Soc. Team Match v. R.A.F. June 20 ... Aero Golfing Soc.—Team Match v. Porters Park G.C. June 26-29 F.A.I. Annual Conference, Brussels June 29— July 15 Paris Aeronautical Salon EDITORIAL COMMENT HATEVER other flights may yet be made, and whether or not the North Pole is reached, the 67 hours' cruise of Signor Nobile's airship " Italia" last week in the Polar regions should put heart into the champions of the semi-rigid airship. A vessel which can cruise around in very unfavourable conditions and return safely to a base which is not, it may be assumed, all that a base in more temperate climates would be, must have a very fG°th* considerable number of uses in more Semi-rigid " civilised " regions. Not that we would for one moment criticise Signor Nobile's use of the " Italia " for Polar exploration. Far from it. As a matter of fact, no other vehicle known could have done what the " Italia " did in anything like the same time. What we mean is that if a semi-rigid airship can withstand the necessarily rough usage which operating from an Arctic base entails, then it should have very many spheres of utility in other directions. The airship is the long-distance aircraft par excel- lence, and a duration of 67 hours, which probably does not in any case represent the maximum of which the " Italia " is capable, is enough to be of practical utility even if it does not approach the range which it is hoped to attain with the new rigid airships now being built. In other words, if airships are proved to be practical propositions, the semi-rigid type should not be overlooked for use where the extreme ranges attained by the larger rigids are not required. An Empire network of air routes is often visualised as a relatively few trunk routes operated by rigid airships, and with heavier-than-air machines operating " feeder lines." While there is little doubt that in a general way this is a very sound scheme, there is quite a possibility that some of the longer " feeder lines," or, conversely, some of the shorter of the main " trunk lines," could with advantage be operated with semi-rigids. From what little can be gathered at this stage, the " Italia " has had some pretty rough treatment,
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