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Flight, March 28, 1929 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. 1057. (No. 13. Vol. XXI.) MARCH 28, 1929 fWeekly, Price 6d.L Post free, 7d. tutorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2 Telephone: Holborn 3211. Telegrams: Truditur, Westeent, London. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free. United Kingdom .. 30s. 4d. Abroad .. .. 33s. (id* * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. CONTENTS Editorial Comment ; PAGE Transatlantic Flying .. .. .. .. .. .. 251 Cabin Accommodation .. . • .. .. • - .. 252 Ue Havilland " Hawk Moth " 253 Further Details of Burnelli Monoplane „ .. .. .. 254 Western Cauada Airways Carries On .. .. .. .. .. 256 Progress of Civil Aviation iu Canada .. .. .. .. .. 257 Airisms From tbe Four Winds .. .. .. .. .. .. 258 THE AIRCRAFT ENGINEER .. .. .. .. .. .. 258a Private Flying : Iu Search of Better Flying Climate.. .. .. 259 Light 'Plane Clubs 260 Eddies 262 Correspondence .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 263 K.A.F. Memorial Fund 264 Royal Air Force .. .. .. .. 265 la Parliament .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 265 Air Ministry Notices .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 265 DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates o) important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list— Mai. 29-30 Cinque Ports Flying Club Easter Meeting, Lympne. April 11 .... Lecture, «• Wind Tunnel Methods of the Eiffel Laboratory," by M. Lapresle, before R.Ae.S. and Inrt.Ae.E. April 18 .... Lecture, «• R.101," by Col. V. C. Richmond, before R.Ae.S. and Inst.Ae.E. i *pru • Exhibition of Sporting and Touring Aircraft, Switzerland. »ay 21 .... Northampton Air Pageant. jnDe It'll FIA- Conference, Copenhagen. T i co Rotterdam International Air Meeting. July 5-6 .... Kinr'i Cup Race. ™T «„••• E-A-F- DisPlayat Hend<»>- Vn, VLZ7 - 7th International Aero Exhibition, Olympia. fnl *** ••• ^"national Flying Meeting, Sweden. Anl' it "• Fre;ioa Llgn: P'ane M e in8. O-'y-«J.t 1% — Jotwnational Balloon Race, Poland. B^r ?n, on"" Sonn8lder Trophy Race, Solen:.»e Pl. iu-^o Aero Club de France Meeting, Le Baule. Gordon-Benaett Balloon Race, St. Louis, U.S.A. Guggenheim Safe-Aircraft Competition Closes. p. 10Oct. 1 Oet 31 Trans. at Ian tic Flying EDITORIAL COMMENT HE subject of transatlantic flying is somewhat appropriate just now, partly because, apparently, the " silly " season for transatlantic aviators has started, as evidenced by the start, just as these notes are being written, of a Spanish flight across the South Atlantic, and partly in connection with a letter published in our Correspondence column this week, in which an American reader of FLIGHT brings up the subject. The attitude of FLIGHT towards transatlantic flights is already well known. The crossing of the Atlantic has been accomplished, and we can see no useful purpose served by spasmodically repeating the feat. Our correspondent pleads for the inauguration of a flying-boat service between Newfoundland and Ire- land, pointing out that the trail was blazed by Alcock and Brown, ten years ago. While that is perfectly true, it is an unfortunate fact that many of these trails refuse to " stay blazed," so to speak. The magnificent flight by Alcock and Brown, magnifi- cent because it was the first to span the distance between Newfoundland and Ireland, demonstrated the possibility of accomplishing a flight from the New World to the Old. But many other attempts, about the same time and since, have demonstrated, equally convincingly, that the undertaking is attended by considerable risk, and that it is full early yet to talk of a regular and commercial service. We should be the last to deny that very great pro- gress has been made since 1919. Aero engines have become lighter, have better fuel consumption, and have become very much more reliable. Thus, as we said in another connection some time ago, the technical obstacles have, to a large extent, been overcome. We agree with our correspondent that the operation between Newfoundland and Ireland of a flying-boat service could now probably be under- taken with a fair amount of certainty if multi- engined flying-boats of large size were employed. The Secretary of State for Air, Sir Samuel Hoare, has let it become known that England is about to produce, among other new types of aircraft, the B 2
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