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JANUARY 10, 1929 AIR MINISTRY NOTICE TO AIRMENProcedure for Aircraft Reporting their Passage Across the Irish Sea 1. PILOTS of aircraft proceeding to the Irish Free State from thiscountry are advised that the following arrangements have been made for reporting their passage across the Irish Sea between Holyhead and BaldonnellAerodrome :— (i) The Holyhead Meteorological Station to be notified direct by the Pilot of(a) the proposed time of crossing of any aircraft, (6) the type of machine and the registration marking and (c) the names of the £rew and passengers.Telegraphic address :—" Meteorological Office, Holyhead." Telephone number :—Holyhead 30. In the event of the proposed time of crossing being during the week-end,Holyhead Meteorological Station should be notified not later than 1,300 hours on the Saturday.(ii) Aircraft to circle over the Meteorological Station, Holyhead, before crossing the coast. The Meteorological Station is situated on Salt Island to the immediateN.E. of Holyhead town. (iii) The Holyhead Meteorological Station to notify, by telephone or tele-gram, the Officer Commanding, Army Air Corps, Irish Free State, Baldonnell Aerodrome (Tel. No. Clondalkin 22. Telegraphic Add. " Aviation Baldon-nell ") of the time of the aircraft's passage over Holyhead " Priority " message. (iv) The Meteorological Station, Holyhead, to observe the true coursemade good by the aircraft as long as possible. (v) Baldonnell to notify the time of arrival of aircraft to the MeteorologicalStation, Holyhead. " Priority " message. (vi) In the event of the non-arrival of an aircraft after one hour has elapsedfrom the departure from Holyhead :— (a) Baldonnell to notify Seaforth W/T Station (Telephone number :—Waterloo 245; Telegraphic Address :—" Seaforth Radio "), the Meteorologi- cal Station, Holyhead, and the Department of Industry and Commerce,Transport and Marine Branch, Dublin. " Priority " messages. b) Meteorological Station, Holyhead, to notify Seaforth W/T Station of anyinformation available as to the course made good by the aircraft. " Priority " message. (c) Seaforth W/T Station to broadcast shipping, giving all details available. 2. In the case of aircraft returning from the Irish Free State, a similarprocedure is to be carried out in the reverse direction, viz. :— (l)-^-(a) The proposed time of crossing of any aircraft, b) the type ofmachine and the registration marking, (c) the names of the crew and passengers and (d) the destination, to be notified direct by the pilot to the Officer Com-manding, Army Air Corps, Irish Free State, Baldonnell Aerodrome (Telephone number :—Clondalkin 22. Telegraphic Address :—" Aviation Baldonnell "),who will then advise the Holyhead Meteorological Station accordingly. 'Priority "messages. In the event of the proposed time of crossing being during the week-end,Holyhead Meteorological Station should be notified not later than 1300 hours on the Saturday. (ii) Aircraft to circle over the Meteorological Station, Holyhead, aftercrossing the Irish Sea. (iii) The Holyhead Meteorological Station to notify, by telephone or tele-gram, the Officer Commanding, Army Air Corps, Irish Free State, Baldonnell Aerodrome (Telephone number :—Clondalkin 22. Telegraphic Address :—" Aviation Baldonnell ") of the time of the aircraft's passage over Holyhead. " Priority " message. (iv) In the event of the non-arrival of an aircraft after one hour has elapsedfrom the departure time from Baldonnell:— (a) The Holyhead Meteorological Station to notify Seaforth W/T Station,and the Officer Commanding, Army Air Corps, Irish Free State, Baldonnell Aerodrome (Telephone number :—fclondalkin 22. Telegraphic Address :—" Aviation Baldonnell ") of all the facts. Baldonnell Aerodrome will notify in addition the Department of Industry and Commerce, Transport and MarineBranch, Dublin. " Priority " messages. (6) Seaforth W/T Station to broadcast shipping, giving all details available.3. In order to obviate any unnecessary signals and expense it is of particular importance that pilots taking advantage of the system should ensure thatupon landing at Baldonnell on the outward journey, or at a British aerodrome on the inward journey, an arrival signal is immediately despatched to Holy-head. 4. This procedure is applicable for all flights in either direction betweenHolyhead and Baldonnell irrespective of what the British aerodrome of initial departure or final destination may be, but whenever it is desired to use anaerodrome other than an appointed customs aerodrome, arrangements must be made in advance for customs clearance elsewhere. 5. " Air Pilot."—A copy of this notice should be inserted in the " AirPilot—Great Britain" after Page 12A (published in A.P.M.S. 11) and num- bered pages 12B, C and D. 6. Notices to Airmen Nos. 51 and 102 of 1927 are hereby cancelled.(No. 82 of 1928) m m m m THE following is 1928-29 :— 1929.Jan. 10. R.AE.S. AND INST.AE.E. Official Notice the Lecture Programme for the second half of Session " The Performance THE WESTLAND AIRCRAFT SOCIETY A VERY warm welcome was given to Wing-Commander R. M. Hill, M.C.A.F.C., R.A.F., when he visited Yeovil on January 2, to give an illustrated lecture on " The Cairo-Baghdad Air Mail," under the auspices of the WestlandAircraft Society. Commander Hill, who is now an instructor at the Staff College, was formerly in charge of the squadron responsible for this service,and his visit to Yeovil was particularly interesting, in view of the fact that he is a brother of Capt. G. T. R. Hill, of the Westland Works, designer of theHill-Pterodactyl tailless aeroplane, and also because the Westland Works chief test pilot, Flt.-Lieut. L. Paget was formerly a member of the Air MailSquadron under Commander HUJ, and the audience had no difficulty in recognising him amongst the cheery group depicted on one of the interestingseries of lantern slides made from snapshots taken by the lecturer. Wing-Commander Hill opened his address by remarking that in 1921,when the momentous decision was taken to open a desert route from Trans*- jordania to Iraq, it brought Baghdad, roughly speaking, about 19 days nearerto London. It could not have been pioneered by a civil organisation, as the first crossings were in the nature of a military operation. A track wasmade over the proposed route by wheel tracks of motors supplemented by the marks of a tractor, by means of which the aeroplanes were guided tokeep their course. There were special landing stages at intervals and two huge underground petrol stores. The desert, or steppe land, was shown tobe quite treeless, with uneven landing surfaces, particularly in the region of the black basalt hills, and subject to intense heat and sudden flooding in thewinter months. Without wireless it would have been almost impossible to carry on a regular service. Not only mails, but urgent medical supplies,sick and injured people and tiny children were carried. In 1926, the service was handed over to the Imperial Airways, who introduced machines speciallydesigned for the climate. It was hoped to extend the service to India early this year, and eventually on to Australia. The lecturer was introduced by Mr. P. W. Petter, managing director ofPetters, Ltd., in the absence, through indisposition, of the president, Mr. R. A. Bruce, O.B.E., and Flt.-Lieut. Paget, in proposing a vote of thaaks tothe lecturer, referred humorously to the lighter side of his own experiences during his service in Wing-Commander Hill's squadron.On one occasion, he said, they had on board a large box of kippers, a«d owing to the combined effects of the heat and a three-days forced landing,it became a question as to whether the pilot or the box of kippers should fly the machine. Eventually the matter was settled by giving the offendingkippers a decent burial at least half-a-mile from the 'plane, to allow the pilot to recuperate sufficiently to finish the journey ! m m m m PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED The Woodworker. Annual Volume No. XXXII. 1928. Evans Brothers, Ltd., Montague House, Russell Square, London, W.C.I. Price 6s. 6d. net. Air Pilot Monthly Supplement. No. 49. November, 1928. Air Ministry, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. The South American Handbook, 1929. Edited by J. A. Hunter. South American Publications, Ltd., Atlantic Honse, Moorgate, London, E.C.2. Price 2s. 6d. net. Pictorial Calendar, 1929. " Way Down East : Blackburn Iris." The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co., Ltd., Ambefley House, Norfolk Street, London, W.C.2. m m m m AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS (Abbreviations: Cyl. = cylinder j 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 January 10, 1929 INDA-RUBBER, GUTTA PERCHA & TELEGRAPH WORKS CO., LTD.,and W. L. AVERY. Brakes for the landing-wheels of aircraft. (302,385.) H. R. RICARDO. Multi-cylinder reciprocating engines. (302,464.) T. B. SLATE. Airships. (302,413.) APPLIED FOR IN 1928Published January 10, 1929 CESKA ZBRO JOVKA AKCIOVA SPOLECNOST V. PRAZE. Machine guns for aircraft. (291,037.)O. KRELL. Hangars of airships. (302,552.) H. CAMINEZ. Cylinders of i.e. engines using cam driving-gear.(302,559.) TELEFUNKEN GES. FURDRAHTLOSETELEGRAPHIE. IMrr< tioD-finduigaerials for use on aircraft. (299,016.) Prof. iB. Melvill-Jones, A.F.C., F.R.Ae.S. of the Streamline Aeroplane.",, 24. Informal Discussion and Dinner. Subject: " The Compression Ignition Engine tor Aircraft." St. Ermin's Hotel, West-minster, 7.30 p.m. Tickets 6s. 6rf. ., 31. Mr. W. S. Farren, F.R.Ae.S., M.I.Ae.E. " Monoplane or Biplane ?"Feb. 14. Mr. A. H. R. Fedden, F.R.Ae.S. " Air-Cooled Engines in Ser- vice."„ 28. Mr. R. A. Frazer, B.Sc, A.F.R.Ae.S. " The Flutter of Aeroplane Wings."Mar. 7. Mr. C. N. H. Lock. " Airscrew Body Interference." „ 14. Wing-Commdr. C. B. Hynes, D.S.O., R.A.F. " Engine PerformanceTests." ,, 18. Mr. V. Isacco. " The Helicogyre."Apr. 11. M. Lapresle. " Wind Tunnel Methods of the Eiffel Laboratory." „ 18. Col. V. C. Richmond, O.B.E., A.F.R.Ae.S. " R. 101."It is also hoped to arrange for the following lectures :— Group Capt. H. M. Cave-Browne-Cave, D.S.O., D.F.C. " The Results and Experiences of the Far East Flight."Major G. H. Scott, C.B.E., A.F.C. " Mooring and Handling of Airships." Major C. K. Cochrau-Patrick, D.S.O., M.C. " Aerial Survey in EastAfrica." Capt. F. Tymms, M.C., A.Fr.Ae.S. " Experiences in Egypt."Capt. D. Sinclair, M.I.Rad.E. " Wireless Telephony as Applied to Aircraft."Not*.—With the exception of the Dinner and Discussion on January 24, all lectures will be held at 6.30 p.m. at the Royal Society of Arts, 18, JohnStreet, Adelphi, W.C.2. 24,304. 24,725. 25,040. 15,318. 17,077.19,053. 30,179. FLIGHT, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone: Holborn3211. Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. " FLIGHT " SUBSCRIPTION RATES.UNITED KINGDOM s. d. . 7 7 .15 2 .30 4 3 Months, Post Free 6 12 ABROAD* 5." d. 3 Months, Post Free. . 8 3 6 „ ,, ..16 6 12 „ „ . .33 0 • Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. Cheques and Post Office Orders should be made payable to the Proprietors 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 obfain each issue direct from the Publishing Office, by forwarding remittance as above. 36
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