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FH£ht, August 2, 1928 ENGINEER. •- First Aeronautical Weekly in the World. Founded January, 1909 Founder and Editor : STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interest*, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 1023. (No. 31. Vol. XX.) AUGUST 2, 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: Holborn 3211. Telegrams: Truditur, Westcent. London. Annual Subscription Ratt-s, Post Free. United Kingdom . . 30s. Ad. Abroad . . . . 33s. (Id.* * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. CONTENTS fiditorial Comment : PAGE Empire Aviation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 657 The Orly Meeting 658 Armstrong Whitworth " Starling " .. .. .. .. .. 66U African Air Routes .. . . . . . . .. . . ., 665 Halton Pageant 666 A Spanish Round the World Flight 669 Private Flying ; French Light 'Plane Meeting .. .. .. 67(1 Light'Plane Clubs 672 British Empire League Luneh to Sir Alan Cobhani . . .. .. 674 Airisms From the Four Winds .. .. .. .. .. .. 675 Short's Sports .. .. .. 676 Civil Aviation in Parliament .. .. .. .. .. .. 678 Royal Air Force .. .. .. 679 Air Post Stamps 680 Air Ministry Notices .. .. .. .. .. ,. .. 680 " 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. 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 Aug. 4 .... Close of Philadelphia Bulletin Atlantic Flight Prize Aug. 27-31 U.S. National Baby 'Plane Meeting, Milwaukee Oct. 7-28 International Aircraft Exhibition, Berlin Oct. 8 .... Aero Golfing Soc.—Team Match v. Stage G.C. Oct. 24 .... Aero Golfing Soc.—" Cellon " Challenge Cup 1929 Oct. 31 .... Guggenheim Safe-Aircraft Competition Closes EmpireAviation EDITORIAL COMMENT HE statement which lias appeared recently that Sir Alan Cobham has, on behalf of the Cobham-Blackburn Air Lines, Ltd., been requested to prepare and present an estimate of the cost of running" an"air line between Alexandria in Egypt and Kisumu in Kenya is to be warmly welcomed, it is to be hoped that something concrete will materialise once that estimate has been submitted to the Air Ministry and carefully examined. The warning given in a recent issue of The Times as to the urgent need for haste if Great Britain is not to lose her chance of establishing an all-red air route from Egypt to Capetown is timely and in no way ex- aggerated. Moreover, much the same arguments apply to other Imperial air routes, and it really is highest time that a thorough re-consideration of the whole problem be given. As we see it, the position is broadly as follows : Civil aviation in the various parts of the Empire is progressing as well as might be expected ; excel- lently in some, not quite so well in others, but on the whole not unreasonably, having regard to all points of view. But the great stumbling-block seems to us to be the linking up of the various sec- tions. In some instances the difficulties are geo- graphical and climatic. In others political. The fact remains, however, that England, situated as she is in a corner of the map of Europe, is unfavour- ably placed, and that before we can begin to talk of all-red air routes from London to distant parts of the Empire, it is absolute! ' essential for us to develop aircraft capable of covering fairly long stages. Only in that way may we become independent of the countries over which such air lines would of neces- sity have to operate. It is this very fact, we believe, which has caused the Air Ministry to revive our airship policy, the view being held that the airship more than any heavier-than-air craft is likely to give the solution to the problems of covering, economically, what we ma 7, perhaps, be forgiven for terming the " missing links " in our chains of Empire air routes.
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