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Flight, January 2, 1931 Pi 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. 1149. (Vol. XXIII. No. 1.) JANUARY 2, 1931 r Weekly, Price 6d.LPost free, 7id. Abroad, 8d. Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY W.C.2. Telephone : (2 lines), Holborn 3211 and 1884. Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free. United Kingdom .. 33s. Od. United States .. $8-75. Other Countries .. 35s. Od.* * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency Sec last Editorial Page.) CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE Three Lines .. .. .. .. .. • • • • • • 1 Saro "Cutty Sark" 3 Focke-Wulf " Ente" 4 Puss Moth in Canada .. . . • - . . - - - - • - 8 Prudden-Whitehead Monoplane .. .. .. .. •• •• 1" Snapshots from South Africa .. .. .. .. .. •• 11 Private Flying and Club News .. .. .. .. .. •• 12 Gliding 13 Correspondence 4 Croydon Notes .. .. .. • • •. • • • • • • 1» Air Transport .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 Airisms from the Four Winds .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 Book Reviews 20 Royal Air Force 1 De Havilland Notices 2 Air Ministry Notices 2 DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Clui Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the doits of importantfixtures mre invittd to send particulars for inclusion in this list— 1931 " Evaporative Cooling of Aero Engines," Lecture, by J. E. Ellor, before R.Ae.S., Hull." Early Aviation," Lecture, by E. C. Gordon England, before London Gliding Club." Some Aspects of the Design and Construction of Sea-Going Aircraft," Lecture, bv A. Gouge, beforeR.Ae.S. " Aircraft Production Methods in America," Lecture,by R. A. Bruce, before Westland Aircraft Soc. "Armoured Cars in Desert Warfare," R.U.S.I. Lec-ture, by Sqdn.-Ldr. G. E. Godsave. 3 pjn. Association Football : R.A.F.V Corinthians, Wycombe."Deck Flying," Lecture, by Sqdn.-Ldr. W. R. D. Acland, before R.Ae.S." Model ^Aeroplanes," Lecture, by W. Rigby, before Westland Aircraft Soc."Glider Construction," Lecture, by C. H. Lowe- Wylde, before London Gliding Club.Association Football : RA.F. v. Football Assoc. XI., Uxbridge." Development and Construction of Sailplanes and GUders," Lecture, by Herr A. Lippisch, beforeR.Ae.S. " Machining and Working of Stainless Steel," Lecture,by R. Waddell, before Westland Aircraft Soc. " Gliding and Soaring," Lecture, by Col. the Masterof Sempill, before R.Ae.S., Hull. " Wapiti in Australia," Lecture, by Sqdn.-Ldr. C. T.Anderson, before Westland Aircraft Soc. De H. Aeronautical Technical School Ball, at Port-man Hooms. Jan. 2 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan.8 . Jan.14 Jan. 17Jan.22 Jan.22 Jan.28 Jan.28 Jan.29 Jan.29 Jan.30 Feb.5 . Feb. 6 . The Editor of FLIGHT tenders his sincere thanks and hearty reciprocation for the numerous Christ- mas and New Year greetings which have been sent from all parts of the world, by sea, land, and air. He earnestly hopes that 1931 will be a prosperous and Happy New Year for everyone. EDITORIAL COMMENT IMPROVEMENT of aircraft, in the direction of increased aerodynamic efficiency, proceeds but slowly, but it does proceed. Now and again an aeroplane is produced in which a maximum L/D far in excess of the average is achieved. The Fairey long- distance monoplane was one such type. Retractable undercarriages, Townend rings around radial engines, and engines arranged in the form of the letter " H," are other lines of LinesT development towards better aero- dynamic efficiency. These, coupled with gradual " cleaning up " of the aircraft itself, may and almost certainly will bring commercial aviation closer to the day when it can " fly by itself," and are to be welcomed as aids to greater operational economy. Out of them it is likely that the fast mailplane of the future will emerge. Mr. Radcliffe, in his series of articles on the subject, has pointed the way. But with all our search for greater effici- ency, are we getting much nearer to the aeroplane which is " safe " ? This is the beginning of the new year, and therefore a time for resolutions. Might it not be a very good thing if one of our resolutions for 1931 were to be that we would treat more seriously the search for safety ? The present tendency is, rightly and naturally, towards better performance of aircraft, commercial as well as private. But this better performance appears, in a large percentage of cases, to be attained by increased wing loading and increased landing speed. In commercial aircrafi this is probably of no real serious consequence Commercial aircraft are, as far as Great Britain concerned, flown by pilots of outstanding skill a' very long experience, and another 10 miles per he B
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