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FLIGHT, JUNE 20, 1929 until yesterday he was President of their Council. Heasked them not to lose heart. They would expect a great deal of him in the future, and he hoped they would not bedisappointed. The Indian Air Mail, continued Lord Thomson, wasfunctioning regularly and successfully. One single mail had amounted to over 20,000 letters. The African servicewas being pressed forward. He was aware, he said, of the great responsibilities of hisgreat position, he was proud of it, and he was embarking upon it in a spirit of hope and modesty. He had beenbrought into close association with the leaders of British aviation, and wanted to utilise their energy, skill andknowledge, not only for the Royal Air Force—possibly the finest the world had ever seen—but for the development ofcivil and commercial aviation. It was on those great objects that his mind was set, and considering aviation in relationto the commonwealth of British peoples there was immense scope for their efforts. After Lord Thomson's speech there were repeated criesfrom the guests for a speech from Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, who was not down to speak. Sir Arthur rose reluctantly,and spoke briefly and with extreme modesty. It was not only the pilot and navigator, he said, who brought the machineacross the Atlantic. They had to thank the men who built the engine and machine, and the financiers. Stress had been laid upon aviation of ten years ago, as though it ]ia(ibelonged to a sort of dark age, but what could have been more successful or reliable than engines or aeroplanes whichdid the work for which they were designed ? The toast of " The Chairman " was then proposed bySir Robert McLean and the proceedings terminated. Amongst the guests invited were :—Mr. J. Alcock, AirMarshal Sir J. Higgins, Air Vice-Marshal Sir E. Ellington, Air Vice-Marshal Sir G. Salmond, Air Vice-Marshal F. R.Scarlett, Air Vice-Marshal C. Lam be, Air Vice-Marshal Sir J. Steel, Air Vice-Marshal F. Halahan, Air Vice-MarshalSir Vyeli Vyvyan, Mr. F. G. L. Bertram, Mr. R. K. Pierson, Mr. F. Handley Page, Mr. C. R. Fairey, Mr. R. BlackburnMr. H. Bolas, Mr. H. O. Short, Mr. J. D. Siddeley, Mr. T. O M'. Sopwith, Capt. P. D. Acland, Mr. C. C. Walker, Mr. F. Tymms,Sir Alan Cobham, Sqdr.-Ldr. Hinkler, Col. The Master of Sempill, Mr. G. Parnall, Mr. H. V. Paine, Sir Alliott RoeMr. S. E. Saunders, Major R. H. Mayo, Sir F. K. McClean, Lord Melchett, Major Mealing, Mr. Maxwell Muller, Lt.-Col.Mervyn O'Gorman, Mr. John Lord, Mr. W. Lappin, Capt. Lamplugh, Maj. J. Buchanan, Mr. H. G. ffiske, Mr. S.Phillip Foster, Brig.-Gen. Groves, Maj. Hemming, Maj Woods Humphrey, Mr. C. P. Robertson, Sqdr.-Ldr. A.Kubita, Sir H. A. Lawrence, Maj. H. G. Brackley, Capt. S. Cockerell, Mr. C. Bullock, Lieut.-Col. N. G. Thwaites and MajO. Villiers. Tribute to this historic flight has been paid, on the occasionof the tenth anniversay, by three great French pioneer airmen —Louis Bleriot, who made the first cross-Channel flight in1909 ; Henri Farman, who won the Daily Mail ^100 prize for a quarter-mile " out-and-home " flight in 1908; and LouisPaulhan who won the London-Manchester race in 1910— who sent the following messages to the Daily Mail :— From Louis Bleriot.—" I should never forgive myself if Ifailed to add my tribute of admiration to the two heroes of the air Alcock and Brown, who, ten years ago, flew theAtlantic without a stop from Newfoundland to Ireland. " In the Great Book of the conquest of the air their exploitmust be inscribed among the most successful and most daring, and also as one of the most sagely carried out, since theysteered their course with the then still precarious means which airmen possessed at that time." From Henri Farman.—" It is a great pleasure to me torecall that ten years ago Alcock and Brown flew the Atlantic for the first time and won the prize, given by the Daily Mail. " This exploit was a wonderful feat, but what is still moreremarkable is that it was accomplished in a very ordinary type of machine and not one built specially for the crossing. " This was an act of supreme courage which every sportsmanmust be proud to applaud." From Louis Paulhan.—" The Daily Mail asks me my appre-ciation of the historical exploit of the first crossing of the Atlantic by the heroic Alcock and Brown. " I can but bow down respectfully to those who blazedthe trail of the future and express the homage of my admira- tion. It is men such as they who teach future generationsnot only courage but the road which they themselves must open in their turn. " During the past twenty years aviation has progressedwith giant strides. It is advancing ceaselessly and I foresee in a brief space of time the day when flying liners will carryin a few hours a host of passengers from the Old to the New World. It was men like Alcock and Brown who opened theroad to overseas aerial travel. Glory to them." • o KING'S CUP AND SIDDELEY TROPHY TOUR THE Royal Aero Club has issued the following announce- ment in connection with the King's Cup and Siddeley Trophy Tour, to.be held on July 5 and 6. Nottingham (Hucknall Aerodrome) will be a Turning Point only and Competitors will not alight there. The turning point will be a white cross on the Aerodrome. Approaching Hucknall from the North, competitors must pass the white cross leaving it on their right at a distance not exceeding 300 yards and at a height of not more than 500 feet. Verification of Aircraft.—Competitors are informed that the placed aircraft will be examined at the conclusion of the race, and engines may be stripped in order to verify the particulars given on the entry form. In view of the large number of entries and the necessary work entailed in the examination of the aircraft, competitors are requested to have their aircraft at Heston as early as possible on Thursday, July 4, 1929. 4 p.m. is the latest time, but the examiners will be available from 10 a.m. Blackpool Control.—Competitors will be accommodated for the night at the Queen's Hydro, Blackpool. There will be no charge for this accommodation. Competitors are requested to write at once to the Lancashire Aero Club, Wood- ford, near Stockport, if they wish to avail themselves of this facility. To avoid any misunderstanding the Royal Aero Club is not responsible for providing any personnel for the handling of machines on the ground. Additional Entries.—No. 57 (AAGJ). Entrant, Air Com- modore J. G. Weir, C.M.G., C.B.E. Cierva Autogiro C.17, Mark II, Avro Alpha II. Pilot, A. H. C. A. Rawson. No. 58, (EBVK). Entrant, G. Mackinnon. D.H. Moth X, Cirrus II. Pilot, F/O. M. Brunton. No. 59 (AAMA). Entrant, J. <•'• Peel. Simmonds Spartan, Cirrus III. Pilot, G. E. F. Boyes. No. 60 (AAIV). Entrant, S. B. Mond. D.H. Gipsy Moth, D.H. Gipsy. Pilot, Capt. G. A. Pennington. Correction.—The entrant of No. 39 (Gloster Grebe, J.7o-0) is Sir WTalter Preston, M.P., and not D. Longden, as pub- lished in our issue of June 13. <•> First Channel Flight, 20th Anniversary JULY 25 will be the twentieth anniversary of the firstflight across the English Channel, which was accomplished on that date in 1909 by M. Louis Bleriot. Arrangements arebeing made to celebrate this event, and honour the French pilot-constructor, next month, when M. Bleriot will pay aflying visit to this country. The originator of this move- ment is Mr. Alexander Duckham, a personal friend of M.Bleriot and companion in many of the latter's early flights— and who erected the monument at Dover commemorating 500 M. Blenot's landing. The visit was, in fact, to be ?>ire'ya private visit, but Mr. Duckham decided, in view rn tne public interest in the anniversary, to waive his personal -^ai™sin the matter in favour of one big national tribute, in which tuc Royal Aero Club, Royal Aeronautical Society, and otherbodies might take part. Further particulars of the event will be announced later, but Mr. Duckham informed a DailyMail representative that M. Bleriot would not be able to vis" London on the actual anniversary, July 25, but will nyCroydon on the 27th, after a visit to the Mayor of Dover.
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