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Flight, January 15, 1932 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. 1203. (Vol. XXIV. No. 3.) JANUARY 15, 1932 r Weekly, Price 6d. LPost Free, 7£d. 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. CONTENTS Editorial Comment: Longer Service Commissions Landing in Turkey A Parachute Drop MauboussinM.il Monoplane The King's Cup N.A.T. Aircraft Show Viceroy's Cup Roberts Aeroplane Stabiliser Private Flying and Gliding Air Transport Correspondence : Dr. Eckener and British Airships 1931 Weather Airisms from the Four Winds Vickers Duplex Air Compressor The Industry Royal Air Force Stamps and Models PAGE 45 46 47 48 sn 50 50 51 52 S4 56 56 57 58 60 63 63 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:— 1932 D.H. Technical School Dance, at Port man Rooms, W. Rugby : RJW. V. Bristol, at Bristol. Rugby : RAJ. >. Cambridge University, at Cam bridge. Scottish Flying Club's Annual Ball, Glasgow. Reunion Dinner of Old Comrades Assoc, R.N., Seaplane Base, Port Said Rugby : R.A.F. v. Northampton, at Northampton. " Effect of Height on Range," Lecture by A. E. Wood- ward-Nutt and Flt.-Lt. A. F. C. Scroggs, before RA(.B. " Indoor Flying Models," Lecture by C. H. Barnes, at City and Guilds Eng. Collage, S. Kensington. Rugby : R.A.F. v. Leicester, at Leicester. Rugby : R.A.F. v. Bedford, at Bedford. " Some Aspects of Meteorology in Connection with Jan. 15. Jan. 16. Jan. 20. Jan. 22. Jan. 23. Jan. 23. Jan. 28. Jan. 28. Jan. 28. Feb. 6. Feb. 10. Gliding and Soaring Flight;" Lecture by Capt. F. Entwistle, at City and Guilds Eng. College, S. Kensington. Rugby : R.N. v. R.A.F., at Twickenham. Rugby : R.A.F. v. Coventry, at Coventry. " A Flight to Abyssinia," Lecture by Sqdn.-Ldr. J. L. Vachell, before R.U.S.I. Rugby : R.A.F. v. United Bank, at Ealing. " Flying Boats on Commercial Air Routes," Lecture by C. H. Jackson, at City and Guilds Eng. College, S. Kensington. Leicesterseire Ae.C. Annual Ball. Rugby : R.A.F. v. Oxford University, at Oxford. " Results with the New Wind Tunnel at NJ».L.," Lecture by E. F. Relf, before R.Ae.S. "Development of Naval Air Work," Lecture by Commodore N. F. Laurence, before R.U.S.I. "High-Speed Flying," Lecture by Sqdn.-Ldr. A. H. Orlebar, before R.U.S.I. Mar.26. Rugby: Army v. R.A.F., at Twickenham. Apr. 2-10. National Aircraft Show, Detroit, U.S.A. Apl 13. "The North-West Frontier of India," Lecture by Maj.-Gen. S. F. Muspratt, before R.U.S J. June 25. R Jk..F. Display, Hendon. Aug. — Circuit of Europe Feb. 13. Feb. 20. Feb. 24. Feb. 24. Feb. 29. Mar. 4. Mar. 9. Mar. 10. Mar. 16. Mar. 23. EDITORIAL COMMENT SECOND step towards the elimination of the short-service officer in the Royal Air Force has been taken. Not long ago the maximum age for acceptance as a short-service officer was reduced from 25 to 22 years of age. It is now announced that the period of service " with the colours " (as the Army has it) is to be lengthened from five to six years. At the same time the lowest permissible age is now 18. This new scheme is to be corn- Longer mended. The Service gains by getting Commissions more tying out of an officer after it has gone to the trouble and expense of teaching him to fly and training him in all the duties of an officer. A year is allowed for this process, and during this year the officer will rank as Acting Pilot Officer on a standard rate of pay of 13s. a day (lis. 6d. p.d. at current rates), but at the end of 12 months' approved service he will be promoted to Pilot Officer and paid at a standard rate of 16s. a day (14s. 2d. at current rates). The Service will then get five years of useful work out of him before he is transferred to the Reserve, instead of four years as under the previous scheme. As the officers will be kept longer, fewer recruits for short-service commissions will be required, and consequently fewer men will have to face the arduous prospect of obtaining civil employment when the time comes for them to transfer to the Reserve. As they may now start their service career at the age of 18, the average age of those who have to seek civil employment at that time will not be higher than it used to be, and may even be lower. At the same time, as there will be fewer short-service officers, a somewhat greater percentage of them will be able to obtain permanent commissions, and so find their career for life in the Royal Air Force. The gratuity to be paid at the end of the six years' service has been raised from £375 to £500, which makes a nice little capital for a man who is starting his real career at the age of perhaps not more than 24. He may even sometimes be in better case than a University man who takes his degree at 22, but to whom no such gratuity is assured.
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