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Flight March 13, 1931 AIRCRAFTENGINEER 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. 1159. (Vol. XXIII. No. 11.) MARCH 13, 1931 r Weekly, Price 6d.LPost free, 7*d. Abroad, 8d. Editorul Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone : (2 lines), Holbom 3211 and 1884. Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free. United Kingdom .. 33s. Od. United States .. 18-75. Other Countries .. 35s. Od.* • Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency (See last Editorial Page.) CONTENTS Editorial Comment : The Air Estimatesduration and Distance A New Autogiro ...... British Fmpirr Trades Exhibition, Buenos Aires, 1931 Aeronautics in the Argentine : By C. Rivers Anderson Gliding Private Flying and Club News Airport News Air Transport International Aeronautical Conference Air Estimates Airisms from the Four Winds R.A.F. Cape Fli'ht Floatplane Survey in the Sudan Correspondence .Meteorology and Air Navigation : By Lt.-Connndr. J. W. Josselyn Public Economy and the Air Council Report of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Models Royal Air Force Air Post Stamps PAGE 217 219 220 221 225 '226 •111 228 229 230 231 235 237 237 238 239 2411 240 240 241 242 DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTSClub Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to setid particulars for inclusion in this list:—1931 Mar. 14. Opening of British Empire Trade Exhibition, BuenosAires. Mar. 14. Association Football : R.A.F. v. Army.Mar. 14. No. 10 Sqdn. R.F.C. and R.A.F. Reunion Dinner at Ye Old Pindar of Wakefield, Grays Inn Road.Mar. 19. "Research in the Berlin Technische Hochschule." Lecture, by Dr. W. Hoff, before R.Ae.S.Mar. 19. "Care and Maintenance of Engines." Lecture by K. Smith, before R.Ae.S. (Glos. and Chelt.).Mar. 25. R.Ae.C. Annual General Meeting. Mar. 27. "Flying of High Speed Seaplanes." Lecture, bySqdn.-Ldr. A. H. Orlebar, before R.Ae.S., Hull. Mar. 28. Association Football : R.A.F. v. R.N. & R.M., Mill-wall. Mar. 28. Rugby Football: R.A.F. v. Army, at Twickenham, 3 pjn.Mar. 31. " Injection, Ignition and Combustion in High-Speed, Heavy-Oil Engines." Lecture, by Dr. S. J. Daviesand E. Glffen, before R.Ae.S. April 7. Air League Children's Fete, Hanworth Air Park.April 11-19. National Aircraft Show, Detroit, U.S.A. April 16. "Aircraft Noise." Lecture, by Dr. A. H. Davis,before R.Ae.S. April 22. Air League Annual Dinner, at Dorchester House,Park Lane. April 27. Closing date of British Empire Trade Exhibition,Buenos Aires. April 30. " Aerodynamics of Sails.'' Lecture, by Dr. M. Curry, before R.Ae.S.May 14. "Metal-Clad Airship." Lecture, by C. Fritsche, before R.Ae.S.May 15-31 Stockholm Aero Show. May 30 London-Newcastle Air Race, for "Newcastle EveningWorld" Trophy June 6. Newcastle Ae.C. Meeting, at Cramlington.June 28. Flying Display and Air Pageant, Bristol Airport. EDITORIAL COMMENT N increase of a quarter of a million in the net total of the Air Estimates complies well with the present demand for economy. A programme of steady though slow increase is in operation, and increased numbers must mean increased expenditure. However great may be the demand for economy, this growth in the strength of the Royal Air Force cannot be abandoned. We are still far below the safety limit, and even when the present programme has been „. completed, we shall still be short of a The Air .*. . , . , Estimates position in which we can contemplate an air attack with confidence. So the expansion must needs go on, though its pace is being kept very slow. Extravagance, or judicious economy, or even parsimony, still implies an increase in the Estimates. It is only by considering the amount of the increase that we can form an opinion as to which of the three above-mentioned principles has been at work in framing the Estimates. The present Estimates provide for the formation of three new regular squadrons for the Air Defence of Great Britain, and one new flight for the Fleet Air Arm. We may for the moment disregard the last-named unit, as its cost does not come into the net Estimates. It is paid for by the Admiralty by an appropriation in aid. This is quite right, for the Fleet Air Arm adds to the strength of the Royal Navy, and not to the strength of the Air Defence of Great Britain. We wish that the cost of the Army Co-operation Squadrons and of the School of Army Co-operation were likewise paid for by the War Office, as they ought to be, as they are concerned with Land Defence and not with Air Defence. We may pause here to consider a somewhat puzzling remark of the Secretary of State for Air in the Memorandum which accompanies the Esti- mates. He says that, if one disregards two appro- priations in aid, namely, the contributions from Dominion and Colonial Governments towards the opening of the Africa air route, and also Lady Houston's contribution towards the cost of defending the Schneider Trophy (incidentally the name of Lidy Houston is not mentioned), the gross Estimates
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