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Flight, January 10, 1930 AIRCRAFT ENGINEER AND AIRSHIPS 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. 1098. (No. 2. Vol. XXII.) JANUARY 10, 1930 rWeekly, Price 6d.L 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. 4d. Abroad .. .. 33s. (id.* * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. (See lastEditorial Page.) CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE 1929 95 The Caproni Ca. 79 97 Royal Aeronautical Society and FLIGHT. . .. .. .. .. 99 Wasp Junior .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 101 Royal Air Force Quarterly .. .. .. .. •. .. • • 102 Private Flying and Club News .. .. . . .. .. .. 103 Air Transport .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 105 Airisms from the Four Winds .. .. .. .. .. .. 106 The Third Route 107 Correspondence .. .. .. .. .. •• .. •• 110 Royal Air Force Ill A Desoutter Improvement.. ., .. .. .. .. .. 112 DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list— 1930 Jan.22 .... "The Strategical Mobility ol Air Forces," Lecture, by Gp.-Capt. C. L. Courtney, before Royal United Service lost. Feb. 5 .... Banquet, Royal Aero Club, in conjunction with R.Ae.Soc, Air League of the British Empire, and Soc. Brit. Aircraft Constructors, at Savoy Hotel. Mar. 5 .... " Air Co-Operation with Mechanised Forces," Lecture, by Wing-Corn. T. L. Leigh- Mallory, before Royal United Service Inst. June 28 .... Royal Air Force Display, Hendon. Sept. 6-28 .... Aero Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden. HOT. .... Paris Aero Show expected EDITORIAL COMMENT AKING it all round, the year 1929 must be put down as a fairly good one for aviation. From a financial point of view, there may have been a good deal of room for improvement. The industry, as a whole, cannot yet, by any means, be regarded as being in a " flourishing " state. The system in force of placing orders spasmodically, instead of spreading them over a period of years, with conse- quent disorganisation, interruption of work, loss of time, and waste all around, has not yet been adequately remedied, and until it is, the British aircraft industry, the greater portion of which still relies mainly upon the Air Ministry for orders, cannot be to attain the smooth and continuous working which alone can ensure the successful applica- tion of ordinary business methods. From a technical point of view, however, 1929 has been one of the most interesting in the history of aviation, certainly of post-war aviation. At home, the year has been marked by the production of quite a large number of new types of aircraft, while abroad, this has been augmented by the completion and initial flying tests of heavier-than-air craft, larger by far than any hitherto built. Concerning the latter, it is too soon to form an opinion of the extent to which the new large machines are, as they stand, likely to be perpetuated as practical types. That they have been, and are, intensely interesting from a technical point of view, none will deny. Space does not permit of going into great detail concerning the new types which appeared in 1929, but a brief review may be helpful in " taking stock " of the situation at the beginning of the new year. On the service side, although quite a number of aircraft types have been produced in the various classes, it is probably true to say that greater steps forward have been made with the single-seater fighter than with any other class. The advance in perform- ance has been extremely gratifying, although Air Ministry restrictions prevent us from backing up this statement by actual figures. There was a time
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