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NOVEMBER 15. 1928 CORRESPONDENCE The Editor does not hold himself responsible jor opinionsexpressed by correspondents. The names and addresses of the writers, not necessarily for publication, must in all cases accom-pany letters intended for insertion in these columns A CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL STATION [2176] After the lessoos of the war, in regard to thevalue of scientific experiment, it was said that this country- was to turn over a fresh leaf, and encourage systematicallythose who came forward with new ideas. We are afraid, however, that in many cases if is littlemore than lip service we are still paying in this country to invention and research.Take aeronautics. Daily we are brought into touch with inventors. Many, we find, are devoting their ingenuitytowards solving problems in aviation. Many, too, ask our advice as to having their inventions tested without delayin an independent and technically conclusive way. What can one say ? The Air Ministry has too small agrant for purely experimental work. It is unable, for lack of funds, to explore many avenues which its experts seekurgently to traverse. It cannot be expected to have time or funds for investigating promptly, on an experimentalbasis, a large number of outside ideas. As for the aircraft industry, it has as much as it can do,generally speaking, to keep its head above water, and certainly cannot devote the time it would like to experiment.Inventors are between the devil and the deep sea. Officially we starve aeronautical research, while our firms,•with a few exceptions, are unable to bear the burden of experimental work.In Germany, where they lead the world in air research, arrangements are made officially whereby laboratories allover that country—chiefly those connected with universities— are in a position to investigate any and even* idea of privateorigin which seem worthy of being tested. It is agreed that aviation is vital to the Empire. Thatbeing so we suggest that it is essential that there should be in this country some central, completely-equippedlaboratory and experimental station staffed by experts whose sole task it would be to probe thoroughly and imme-diately every new air idea submitted by inventors for its consideration. It should be in a position also to conductfull-scale trials in cases where these were justified. One realises that many schemes submitted would beunworkable. But we are perfectly certain that it would repay a thousandfold to foster, rather than neglect, the cleverbrains outside official or trade circles which are now seeking so ardently to improve the speed, safety and practicabilityof aerial travel. BARIMAR, LTD., C. W. BRETT,London, W.C.I. Managing Director &Z 3&C 3&1 Xtt »£ ZE 3*5 »3 R.AE.S. AND INST.AE.E. Official NoticeON Thursday, November 22, 1928, Major T. M. Barlow, F.R.Ae.S., will lecture before the Royal Aeronautical Society in the lecture hall of the RoyalSociety of Arts, at 6.30 p.m., on " Weight of Aircraft." From the earliest days of aviation, aircraft designers have been engagedin a constant struggle to reduce the weight of aircraft consistent with strength and safety. In the course of his lecture, which will be fully illustrated,Major Barlow will point out how weight has been saved during the past 10 years, and how further reductions in weight can be foreshadowed. MajorBarlow deals with all aspects of the problem, from the effect of weight and size on performance to the possibilities of reducing engine weight, chassisweight, airscrew weights, etc., and shows that with present materials engines and construction, there is a definite limit for the aeroplane, and adefinite limit to the range which can be expected from it. The whole problem is considered in close detail, and the results given are of the great importanceto everv designer. m m m m Air Council's Award to Steam Trawler's CrewTHE Air Ministry announces :—The Air Council have awarded a piece of plate to Mr. Harry Reeve, skipper of the steam trawler " Kittiwake," ofLowestoft, and a sum of money to the mate, chief engineer, and six other members of the crew, in recognition of their services in effecting the rescueof the officers and airmen of Southampton flying-boat No. 1125, which came down in Cardigan Bay on June 30, 1928. The Board of Trade have beenrequested by the Air Ministry to present these awards on behalf of the Air Council.Royal Air Force Flying Accidents THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the result of an accidentnear Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire, to an Avro machine of No. 2 Flying Training School, Digby, on November 7, Pilot Officer Richard Harold Coupe,the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, was killed. As the result of an accident at Preston Moor, Yorkshire, to an Atlas machineof No. 26 (Army Co-operation) Squadron, Catterick, on November 6, Pilot Officer Charles Lilburn Myers, the pilot of the aircraft, and 359460 A.C.2Henry Chadwick, were killed. As the result of an accident near Buckingham to a Hawker Horsley machineof No. 100 (Bombing) Squadron, Bicester, on November 8, 351106, Sergeant Herbert Edward Lockwood, the pilot of the aircraft, was killed, and 365544A.C.2 Charles Robert Thane was seriously injured. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS AEROPLANES, airships, balloons and parts thereof (not shownseparately before 1910.) For 1910 and 1911 figures see FLIGHT for January 25, 1912.For 1912 and 1913, see FLIGHT for January 17, 1914.For 1914, see FLIGHT for January 15, 1915, and so on yearly,the figures for 1927 being given in FLIGHT, January 19, 1928. Imports. Exports. Re-Exports. 1927. 1928. 1927. 1928. 1927. 1928.: Jan. . .Feb. .. Mar. .. April . . May .. June .. July . . August Sept. Oct. .. £1,850 679 7,087 822 1,258 1,249 1,798 2,453 2,045 1,013 20,254 £1,220 1,772 4,805 2,904 2,513 5,916 2,025 2.566 4,240 6,098 34.059 /49,021 63,080 106,478 71,190 82,708 149,907 104,167 78,742 61,946 93,004 860,243 £157,598 118,622 125,901 134,126 118,804 86,245 108,746 97,303 72,475 77,027 1,096,847 £•. 2,270 785 640 162 750 59 45 4,711 £330 345 1,307 3 640 1,317 521 100 3,183 315 8,061 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVEDAeronautical Research Committee Reports and Memoranda. No. 1121 (Ae. 294).—The Experimental Determination ofthe Trajectory of Aircraft Bombs. By H. E. Wimperis. June, 1928. Price Is. Sd. No. I138.—The Determinationof the Elastic Moduli of a Mild and a Medium Steel. By H. E. Smith and H. L. Cox. June, 1927. Price 6rf. net.H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Some Regions of Formation of Depressions in the NorthAtlantic. By L. Doris Sawyer, B.A. Air Ministry, Meteoro- logical Office : Professional Notes No. 50. H.M. StationeryOffice, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Price Ad. net. The Law in Relation to Aircraft. By L. A Wingfield, M.C.,D.F.C., and R. B. Sparkes, M.C. Longmans Green & Co., Ltd., 39, Paternoster Row, London, EC.4. Price 12s. 6d.net. m m AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS (Abbreviations : Cyl. = cylinder ; i.e. = internal combustion ; m. = motor.The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc.) APPLIED FOR IN 1927 Published November 15, 1928D.E.TURNER. Rotary i.e. engines, etc. (298,690.) SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO. Automatic steering of dirigible vehicles.(299,087.) YICKERS, LTD., and R. K. PIKRSON. Tail skids. (299.087.!T. R. CAVE-BROWNE-CAVE. Airships. (299,123.) A. SOLDENHOFP. Aerofoils. (299,124.)F. DURRET. Helicopters. (299,168.) ROHRBACH METALL-FLUGZEUGBAU GES. Monoplanes. (279 458.)M. LOBELLE. Controlling-devices for aeroplanes. (299,192.) H. HOCKE. Aeroplanes with stabilizing surfaces. (299,212.)PHOTOGRAMMETRIE GES. Cameras for taking aerial photographs. (282.422.) APPLIED FOR IN 1928 Published November 15, 1928 H. GRUSEWALD. Flying-apparatus. (289,829.) P. DE F. HIBNER. Rotary i.e. engines. (298,937.) H. t>. FOWLER. Planes for aircraft. (299,274.) UDET-SCHLEPPSCHRIFT GES. Displaying advertisements l>y means of aircraft. (291,396.) FLIGHT, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone: Holborn 3211. Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. "FLIGHT" SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 13,381.19,309. 19,401.21,171. 21,272.25,745. 27,787.28,651. 32,405.33,988. 1,258.6,653. 13,689.14,895. UNITED KINGDOM s. d.3 Months, Post Free 7 7 6 „ „ .. 15 2 12 ,. .... 30 4 ABROAD* s.3 Months, Post Free 8 6 16 12 33 d.3 60 Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. Cheques and Post Office Orders should be made payable to theProprietors of " FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C.2, and crossed Westminster Bank. Should any difficulty be experienced in procuring " FLIGHT from local newsvendors, intending readers can obtain each issue direct from the Publishing Office, by forwarding remittance as above. 996
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