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Flight, May 22, 1931 A1RCRAFTENGINEER 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. 1169, (Vol. XXIII. No. 21.) MAY 22, 1931 Weekly, Price fed.[Post free, 7*d. Abroad, 8d.r E4Uorim Offtces: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET. KINGSWAY, W.C.2 Telephone: (2 lines), Holborn3211 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 See last Editorial Page.) CONTENTS Editorial Comment: PAGK Uur Airship Policy .. .. .. .. .. .. . • 441 Tnur nt France .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . • 443 Speed 446 Stockholm Aero Exhibition .. .. .. .. .. .. 447 Private Flying and Club News 451 Gliding 454 Royal Aero Club Official Notices . . . . . . . . • • . • 455 AHsms from the Four Winds .. .. .. .. .. . • 456 Air Transport 458 Airport News .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 459 Our Airship Policy 460 "Z.JI.C.2" Metal Airship 461 Royal Air Force 5 NPW Companies . . . . .. ,. .. .. .. .. 466 DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS CJ«i Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of importantfixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list:— 1931 May 23. Start of Whitsun Continental Cruise, Heston.May 23-25. Inter-Club Gliding Rally, Balsdean, Sussex. May 24. N.F.S. Air Pageant, Nottingham.May 25. Scarborough Ae. C. Opening Mretlng. May25-26. Northamptonshire Ae.C. Flying Meeting at Sywell.May 28-June 13. Royal Tournament at Oljmpia. May 30. Air Union Reception of Capt. Costes, CroydonAerodrome. 30. Heston-Newcastlc Air Race, for " Newcastle EveningWorld " Trophy. 31. N.F.S. Air Pageant, Sherburn-in-Flmet, Yorks.2. R.A.F. Middle East Dinner at Connaught Rooms. 3. Reception to Delegates of International Air Naviga-tion Commission, at Park Lane Hotel. June 5-6. Scottish Flying Club Air Display, Glasgow.•June 6. Broeklands Air Display. June 6. Lincolnshire Ae. C. Meeting at Cleethorpes.'une 7. N.F.S. Air Pageant. Hull. •»«• 8. International Rally, Bucharest.J<me 9. Air League "Speed " Ball at the Dorchester, Park Lane, W.•June 13-14. Leicestershire Ae.C. "At Home" at Desford v Aerodrome.•"•«« 29. Flying Display and Air Pageant, Bristol Airport. I ie !*• N-F-s- Air Pageant, Reading.Jr T»» R-A-F-Dinner Club Annual Dinner, Connaught Rooms. jM.fin .« RoFal Air Force Display, Hendon.jT: ">"»• Circuit ot Italy. j,,' £' Household Brigade Flying Club Meeting, Heston. £''•- « • ffin6's Cup Race.j™- *s-Aug. 9. Rhon Gliding Competitions, Germany. §•?•-• S. Haldon Flying Meeting."«• • 12. Schneider Trophy Contest. May MayJune June EDITORIAL COMMENT HE Government has at last announced what is to be its policy with regard to continuing airship work. In short, it amounts to holding a watching brief while Germany and the United States push ahead and see what future lies before the airship. We are not to close down, but we are not to push ahead. Above all, we are not to spend much money. The National Physical Laboratory is to continue its investigations into airship problems which have not yet been fully explored. RlOO will be kept in flying trim and wil1 be used to verify the results of the laboratory conclusions, and also to keep the crew and airship staff in practice. She is not to undertake any ambitious flights, and she is not to be enlarged or otherwise structurally altered. Apparently, though Mr. Montague did not actually commit himself on that subject, she is to continue to use hydrogen, and will not be changed over to helium. Thus, Great Britain will not drop out of the airship movement. We shall gradually increase our knowledge, perhaps very materially increase it, and we shall keep the crew of RlOO and the maintenance staff at Carding- ton in working practice. All this we shall get for £140,000 per annum. The greatest airship enthusiast could, in present circumstances, hardly have hoped for more than this. The greatest airship pessimist could hardly have expected that we should do less. The Cabinet seems to have chosen the perfect middle course, and they have gained the approval and support of the other front benches, notably of Sir Samuel Hoare and Sir John Simon. In the course of the debate on the subject in the House of Commons it became increasingly obvious that no other course was really possible. The Prime Minister said that there were three possible courses of action. One was to set up the 1924-30 programme and continue to build new ships, and so on. The second was to scrap everything ; and the middle course was to keep the organisation going more in the nature of a scientific investigation than anythng else. No doubt the B 2
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