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Flight, June 6, 1929 AIRCRAFTBNGINEER. First Aeronautical Weekly in the World. Founded January, 1909 Founder and Editor : STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interert.. Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 1067. (No. 23. Vol. XXI.) JUNE 6, 1929 r:eekJy, Price 6d. Post free, 7d. Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2 Telephone: Holborn 3211. Telegrams: Truditur, Westcent, London. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free. United Kingdom .. 30s. id. Abroad .. .. 33s. 04.* * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS Editorial Comment : PAGE The King's Cup Race .. 455 The Rotterdam Meeting .. .. 456 Avro "Antelope" .. .. .. .. 457 How Wireless Helps American Air Mail Services 459 New Armstrong Whitworth " Argosy " .. 4fil Airisms From the Four Winds 462 Private Flying: Heston Air Park 4H4 Light 'Plane Clubs 46fi Royal Aero Club Official Notices 468 Parachute and its Development 9 Napier Stag Dinner 470 Royal Air Force .. .. .. 471 DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates 0 important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list— 1929. Royal Tournament, Olympia. Entries close for King's Cup Race. Cambridge Air Meeting (Marshalls). Cambridge Aero Club Display, Conington v. Aerodrome. F.I.A. Conference, Copenhagen. Rotterdam International Air Meeting. King's Cup Race and Siddeley Trophy Tour. R.A.F. Display at Hendon. 7th International Aero Exhibition, Olympia. Bleriot Cross-Channel Flight Anniversary Fete, Calais. International Flying Meeting, Sweden. French Light Plane Meeting, Orly. International Balloon Race, Poland. Schneider Trophy Race, Solent. Aero Club de France Meeting, Le Baule. Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race, St. Louis, U.S.A.Guggenheim Safe-Aircraft Competition Closes. BayJune June June June June June 23-8 7 .. 9 .. 10-11 19-22 27-30July 5-6 July July July July Aug. Ang. Sept. Sept. Oct. 13 .. 16-27.. 25 28 .. 1-14 15 6-7 .. 10-20 1 .. Oet. 31 EDITORIAL COMMENT ULL particulars of the course for this year's race for the King's Cup are now- available, and reveal the fact that the race is very nearly a " Circuit of Britain," as this particular race very properly ought to be. In past years we have had some rather peculiar courses, and FLIGHT has always main- tained that, whatever is done with other races and meetings, in the very nature of things the race for the cup presented by His Majesty should afford an opportunity to as many of His Majesty's subjects as possible to see the competing machines. King'sC *s tnere^ore with all the more satis- Race faction that we place on record the fact that this year the inhabitants of quite a large number of English towns and districts will have an excellent opportunity to see the thirty or so aeroplanes which will compete. Detailed particulars of the King's Cup course, with a sketch map, will be published next week. In the meantime, it will suffice if we point out here that the race is to start, on July 5, from Heston aerodrome, and that on the first day of the race the competing machines will call at Norwich, via Henlow, at Lympne, via Hadleigh and Hornchurch, at Southampton, Bristol and Blackpool, where a halt will be made for the night. The next morning the machines will go to Renfrew via Silloth, to Newcastle via Dunbar, to Leeds, Nottingham, Birmingham, and back to Heston. The mileage to be covered on the first day is 595, and on the second 584, giving a total of approximately 1,180 miles. During the first day's flying the longest single stage will be from Bristol to Blackpool, a distance of approximately 165 miles, and on the second day some slightly smaller stages are called for, although these have turning points en route. At the controls there will be compulsory stops of 40 minutes, and thus visitors to the 11 aerodromes concerned will have an excellent opportunity not only of witnessing the progress of the race, but also of inspecting the machines taking part in the race. The basis for this year's King's Cup Race will be a handicap *' on form," i.e., the handicappers will use
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