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FLIGHT, JANUARY 15, 1932 The Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents. The names and addresses o) the writers, not necessarily for publication, must in all cases accompany letters intended for insertion in these columns. DR. ECKENER AND BRITISH AIRSHIPS [2787] We have received from Dr. Hugo Eckener, of the Zeppelin Company, the following letter referring to our Editorial Comment in the issue of FLIGHT of December 18, 1931: — Mit grossem Vergnugen habe ich Ihren Artikel im Novemberheft des FLIGHT gelesen. Ich freue mich aus- serordentlich, in diesem Artikel zu lesen, dass Sie es fur unrichtig halten wiirden, wenn England sich vollstandig von den Luftschiffen abkehren wollte, nachdem es so viel in die Entwicklung des Luftschiffes investiert hat. Aber ich kann nicht dem zustimmen, was Sie liber die Beweg- griinde meines letzten Besuches in England sagen: Es ist zwar sehr schmeichelhaft fur mich, wenn Sie mich fiir einen smarten Geschaftsmann halten, aber meine Beweg- griinde und Absichten bei meinem letzten Besuch in England waren doch andere, als Sie annehmen, und eigentlich aus Erwagungen geboren, die Ihren eigenen sehr ahnlich sind. Auch ich wiirde es fur sehr bedauerlich halten, wenn England, nachdem es vorerst die Luftschiffe selbst aufgegeben hat, auch seine ausserordentlich wert- vollen Anlagen, besonders in Cardington, verfallen lassen oder gar zerstoren wollte, und meine Absicht war eigentlich nur die, solches wenn moglich zu verhuten, dadurch, dass ich das Angebot machte oder den Antrag stellte, diese Platze gelegentlich oder regelmassig benutzen zu konnen. Mein Antrag ist selbstverstandlich nicht ganz uneigen- niitzig, denn unter Umstanden konnte der ausgezeichnete Platz in Cardington ein sehr willkommener Nothafen sein, wenn man einmal in schlechtem Wetter von Amerika nach Europa kommt. Andererseits befinde ich mich aber in einer freundschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit mit Ihren britischen Luftschiffexperten, denen naturlich daran liegt, die An lagen fiir eine bessere Zukunft erhalten zu sehen. Es ist mir naturlich nie in den Sinn gekommen, Cardington oder Howden zu kaufen, sondern nur die Moglichkeit einer gelegentlichen Benutzung dieser Platze in die Wege zu leiten. Sollte es sich herausstellen, dass es gelingt (und ich hoffe sehr stark auf eine solche Moglichkeit), England in einen deutsch-amerikanischen LuftschiffVerkehr mit hineinzubeziehen, so wiirde sich dann ganz von selbst die weitere Frage ergeben, ob nicht auch wieder englische Luftschiffe fur diesen Dienst gebaut werden sollten und diese englischen Luftschiffe miissten dann naturlich in Cardington gebaut werden. Ich habe naturlich nie daran gedacht, deutsche Luftschiffe in Cardington zu bauen, wie es in englischen Blattern teilweise zu lesen war. [TRANSLATION.] It was with great pleasure that I read your article in FLIGHT (of December 18, 1931). I am exceedingly pleased to read in that article that you deem it wrong for England to abandon airships completely after she has invested so much in their development. But I cannot agree with what you say about the motives for my last visit to England. Certainly it is very flattering for me that you take me for a smart business man, but my motives and intentions on my last visit to England were other than you suppose, and were really born of considerations similar to your own. I also would consider it very deplorable if England, after first having given up airships themselves, were to let her valuable organisation, notably at Cardington, go to ruin, or even be destroyed, and my intention was really only that of preventing this if possible, by making an offer to enable these stations to be used occasionally or regularly. My suggestion is, of course, not entirely unselfish, since the excellent station at Cardington could be used as a very welcome emergency harbour when one arrived in Europe from America in bad weather. Otherwise, however, I am in friendly co-operation with your British airship experts, who are, of course, anxious to retain the plant against better times. It has, of course, never entered my mind to buy Cardington or Howden, but only to prepare the way for the possibility of using these stations occasionally. Should it so turn out that England should find it possible to join in a German-American airship service (and I very much hope for such a possibility), the further ques tion would automatically arise whether or not English airships should not again be built for this service, and these English airships would then, of course, be built at Cardington. Naturally, I have never thought of building German airships at Cardington, as was partly to be read in English papers. H. ECKENER. Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, G.m.b.H., Friedrichshaf en, December 31. 1931. o <$> 0 <S> The Air Service Training Blind Flying Trophy A SILVER model of an Avro Tutor has been presented to Air Service Training, Ltd., by Gale & Polden, Ltd., for competition among pupils at Hamble. It was considered that the Blind Flying Course lent itself best to competition, and the trophy will therefore be won annually bv the pupil who, during the past season, has obtained the highest The Air Service Training Blind Flying Trophy marks in this course. The marks are awarded for tests in straight and level flying, climbing, gliding, turns with and without engine, taking off, spinning, recovering from awkward positions created by the instructor, in and out, and triangular cross-country flights. The final test con sists of a triangular cross-country flight of 70 miles entirely by calculation, without any assistance whatever. An instructor occupies the front cockpit to avoid the possi bility of a collision and to trace on a map the actual track followed. The winner of the trophy for 1931 is Mr. Oscar Garden. The runner-up for the trophy was Mr. F. D. Bradbrooke, who was one mark behind the winner and one ahead of the Hon. Lady Bailey, who was third. The im portance of blind flying training is now universally recog nised and Air Service Training has made provision for this training as a separate course as well as including it in the normal training for all pupils undergoing instruction for their " B " licence. R.I.B.A. Prizes AMONGST the prizes awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects to young architects and students, the Owen Jones Travelling Studentship and £100 (a certificate and £100 for the Study of Ornament and Colour Decora tion) has been awarded to " Luds," Mr. Lawrence Wright, B.Arch.Lvpl., A.R.I.B.A.. Carlton Vale, N.W. (Liverpool School of Architecture). The subject set was " The Lounge and Bar of a Flying Club." ob
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