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1930
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PLIGHT. JANUARY 3, 1930 Birthday Messages—continued From MR. T. O. M. SOPWITH, C.B.E., F.R.Ae.S., Joint Managing Director (with Mr. F. Sigrist) of the H. G. Hawker Engineering Co., Ltd. " Hearty congratulations on your 21st birthday, and best wishes for a long and prosperousfuture to continue your good work in the cause of aviation." From MR. F. SIGRIST, F.R.Ae.S., Joint Managing Director with Mr. Sopwith of the H. G. Hawker Engineering Co., Ltd. * " Congratulations on attaining your majority. I hope that the future will see as great an exten-sion in your activities as the past." From SIR ALLIOTT V. ROE, O.B.E., F.R.Ae.S., v Joint Managing Director with Mr. John Lord of ,! \ Saunders-Roe, Ltd., and one of the pioneers of British Aviation." How well I remember my visits to the " Auto " offices in St. Martin's Lane, and Mr. Stanley Spooner's cheery smile when I used to tell him about my experiments with model aeroplanes,as the " Auto " used to devote some of its space to aeronautical matters. " It was a real pleasure and an inspiration to talk with Mr. Spooner, as he took such a greatinterest in those pioneer efforts. " This was before the birth of FLIGHT, and therefore it was not a matter for surprise when itwas decided to produce a weekly paper solely devoted to aeronautical affairs " It has been a great source of pleasure to see FLIGHT hold the high position it does in the worldof weekly aviation papers. Mr. Spooner has the support of a keen and loyal staff, and those interested in aviation can rest assured that FLIGHT will always be trying to improve its alreadymost interesting and instructive paper." " I heartily congratulate all concerned on the success of their past achievements." Ci From MR. H. OSWALD SHORT, F.R.Ae.S., Managing Director of Short Brothers. " Many congratulations to yourself and staff on the occasion of the 21st birthday of FLIGHT." The period covered from the date of your first issue up to the present time covers also the complete history of practical achievement in aerodynamic flight in Great Britain, and rendersyour Journal a real pioneer amongst the Aeronautical journals of the world. " All your readers will wish FLIGHT a long and successful existence to fight, as it always has donein the best traditional manner of British journalism, for the advancement of aviation generally." From O. E. SIMMONDS, A.F.R.Ae.S., * - Chairman and Managing Director of Simmonds Aircraft, Ltd. §• " Tt affords me the greatest pleasure to be able to congratulate FLIGHT and its indefatigablefounder and editor, Mr. Stanley Spooner, who, to their widely recognised maturity of judgment have now added the maturity of years. It was once said of a certain journal, not aeronautical'that the items which were not interesting were not true, and those which were true were not interesting. Of FLIGHT the very reverse may be affirmed, for with an accuracy which is almostproverbial amongst those who fly and make to &y, it has combined a style at once lucid and attractive. To FLIGHT also is the credit for strong and successful advocacy of many a worthycause which might otherwise have drifted hopelessly in the flat calm of technical conservatism or foundered in the seas of political antagonism. " To-day I know of no greater service that FLIGHT can render to British aviation and to theEmpire than to give of its best to the cause of the large flying boat—a craft so essential to our Imperial position—a craft which timidity alone is keeping from us. It is with the utmostrelief that I have recently perceived the entry of FLIGHT into the fray ; so yet again, my thanksand my congratulations ! " : From MR. R. A. BRUCE, O.B.E., M.I.M.E., M.Inst.C.E., Managing Director of Westland Aircraft Works. " Congratulations on your work for aviation in the past, and best wishes for your success in thefuture. The healthy growth of the infant during adolescence should be a heartening forecast of vigorous maturity." 22
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