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I.L.I.S. FLIGHT, MAY 15, 1931 The Stockholm International Aero Show May 15-31, 1931 P L A N JNTER.NATIONELLA LUFTFART-S UTSTAU.NINGEN I STOCKHOLM I.L.I.S. : On the left, an artist's idea of how the Stockholm Aero Show will appear from the air. On the right, a sketch plan of I.L.I.S. The tent hangars O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, are reserved for machines which are to be demon- strated during the Show. "XDER the patronage of H.K.H. the Crown Princeof Sweden, an international aero exhibition will be opened in Stockholm to-day, May 15, and willremain open until the end of the month. It may be recollected that this exhibition had been plannedfor the period September 6-28 last year, but had to be postponed until this year. The exact reason for the post-ponement was something of a mystery, the exhibition authorities giving as the explanation that the buildingscould not be finished in time, while others claimed that lack of exhibitors was the cause. However that may be,the show was postponed, and is taking place this year. The I.L.I.S., as the exhibition is called from the initialletters of its Swedish title, Internationella Luftfartsutstall- ningen i Stockholm, is planned on orthodox lines as regardsthe exhibition material, i.e., aircraft, aero engines, instru- ments, equipment and accessories, plus historical, statisticaland other material. In other respects, however, it will differ a good deal from previous exhibitions of this nature.It may be said that the Stockholm Aero Show will consist of two parts, a " stationary " exhibition, which is of theusual aero show character, and the " mobile " section, which takes the form of tent hangars in which exhibitorscan house machines intended to be taken out and demon- strated during the exhibition. This applies more particu-larly to seaplanes, as the land space adjoining the exhibi- tion is too small to permit of landplanes taking off fromand alighting on it. Firms who wish to demonstrate their landplanes will have to keep them at the Stockholm AirPort, some distance away. The general plan of the exhibition is indicated on theaccompanying two sketch plans, from which it will be seen that there is a main exhibition building flanked by tenthangars. The latter will be used for demonstration machines only while the " stationary " exhibits will behoused in the larger building, on the stands A to N. W e are informed by the exhibition authorities that avia-tion material will be exhibited by France, England, Italy. Holland, Germany, Czecho-Slovakia, and Norway, in addi-tion, of course, to the Swedish exhibits, which will doubt- ifss form a large proportion. o <•> '<enal Photographs for Irish Free State Publicity, THE possibility of aerial photographs for advertiiiag t'-.t country was discussed recently by the Executive Com-mittee of the Irish Tourist Association, Dublin. The ;'• mand for photographs has increased largely within theJU-L two years, and if the present negotiations are success- T'^ a booklet will be issued for next year containing aerial V|jws of a number of Irish beiuty spots. It is not known England's share in the Stockholm Aero Show will, aswe pointed out in FLIGHT last week, be relatively small,due very largely to the holding of the Buenos Aires exhibi- tion recently, upon which the energies of the British air-craft industry were concentrated. The importance of the Stockholm show should not, however, be overlooked, andin this connection we would remind the industry of Lord Amulree's remarks at the A.I.D. Annual Dinner, recordedin last week's issue of FLIGHT. A small nation is alwaysat a disadvantage when it comes to holding exhibitions, and no one will expect the I.L.I.S. to equal in size or im-portance such old-established and world-famous shows as those in Paris, for instance. But there is little doubtthat thousands interested in flying will visit Stockholm from the Scandinavian countries, the Balkan States, etc.,and thus there should be a very good opportunity to de- monstrate machines at the Stockholm Air Port. Thisapplies, perhaps, particularly to machines of the light 'plane class, and we must admit we are a good deal dis-appointed to find that not only will there not be a single British light aeroplane shown in the exhibition building,but, as far as we can gather, very few of the light 'plane firms are contemplating sending machines over for demon-stration purposes. We have not yet received a list of exhibitors, but we shall be surprised if Germany, forexample, does not take the opportunity of making a good show with light aeroplanes and seaplanes. It seems a pityif foreign countries should be well represented and Great Britain, whose light aircraft are the finest in the world,should be entirely absent. There is still time to send machines to the Stockholm Air Port if not to the exhibi-tion itself, and a collective "circus" of British light 'planes could still be got together for the purpose of payinga visit. A " flotilla," consisting of one each of the well- known types of British light 'planes, such as Avian, Blue-bird, Civilian Coupe, Desoutter, Comper Swift, Cierva Autogiro, Moth, Hendy 302, Parnall Elf, Redwing andSpartan, would be a welcome sight in the sky above Stock- holm. Many of these types are available as seaplanes, atype which should be particularly suitable for Scandinavian conditions. whether the photographic work will be done by the ArmyAir Corps, which has done a considerable amount of work for the Archaeological Research Commission with excellentresults, or a commercial organisation. The possibility of this type of publicity was discussed some time ago inIreland, and, although a film was made for advertising an Irish factory, with some aerial views, no definite companywas formed for exploiting this form of publicity. 421
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