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Flight, April 29, 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. 1218. (Vol. XXIV. No. 18.) APRIL 29. 1932 r Weekly, Price 6d. [Post Free, 7Jd. Abroad, 8d. Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. I Telephone: (2 lines), Holborn 3211 and 18S4. Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free. United Kingdom .. 33s. Od. United States .. $8-75. Other Countries .. 35s. Od. CONTENTS —-a.— Editorial Comment : PAGE Shall we Stand Still ? A Great French Flight Armstrong-Siddeley " Leopard III A " Paris-Capetown Flight The Bossoutrot and Rossi Record A British Full-Scale Wind Tunnel Private Flying and Gliding Airport News An Air Safety Congress At the Athens Aero Show THE AIRCRAFT ENGINEER Air Port Development : by N. Norman Airisms from the Four Winds The Industry Services Fencing Championship Royal Air Force Aircraft Companies' Stocks and Shares 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 375 376 376 . 376A 377 381 383 384 385 386 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 Apr. 29. A .1 .D. 7th Annual Dinner. Apr. 29. Cinque Ports F.C. Dinner at Folkestone. May 1. Northamptonshire Ae.C. Combined Motor-cycling and Flying Display. Entries close at double fees for King's Cup Race. "Training of Pilots and Instructors," Lecture by Group Capt. J. E. A. Baldwin, before R .Ae .S. Antwerp Aviation Club Air Display and Garden Party. Coventry Ae.C. Air Pageant. May 14-15. Skegness Air Pageant. May 16. Northamptonshire Ae.C. Annual Pageant. Hertfordshire F.C. Air Display at Wheathampstead. Shanklin Flying Display. Southend F.C. Air Display. Household Brigade Flying Club Meeting, Heston. ...»j «*. " Morning Post " Cross-Country Air Race, Heston. May 21-23. Scottish Flying Club Display, Moorpark, Renfrew. May 22-30. Conference of Transoceanic Aviators at Rome. May 25. Opening of Royal Tournament, Olympia. May 28. London-Newcastle Air Race for " Newcastle Evening World " Trophy. May 27-28. Brooklands Meeting. June 4. Bristol Airport Summer Flying Meeting. Leicester Ae.C. Flying Display and Motor Gymkhana at RatcIUfe Aerodrome. Reading Ae.C. At Home, Woodley Aerodrome. Leicester Ae.C. Meeting, Desford. Close of Royal Tournament, Olympia. Herts and Essex Ae.C. Meeting at Broxbourne. Ae.C. of Germany Air Pageant at Tempelhof. Hull Air Display. r^_ „ Aero Golfing Society: "Flight" Challenge Bramshott G.C. June 21-28. Blackpool Air Pageant, Stanley Park. June 26. R.A.F. Display, Hendon. July 8-9. King's Cup Air Race, start and finish Brooklands. Nov.25-Dec. 11. Paris Aero Show. May May May 7. May 14. May 16. May 16. Mav 16. May 18. May 21. June 4. June 5. June 11. June 11. June 12. June 12. June 18. June 21. Cup, EDITORIAL COMMENT NOTHER summer approaches (may it be a sunnier one than the last!) and the air-minded British public begins to wonder what aeronautical events it will be able to enjoy before the curfew rings the knell of parting summer-time next October. There will, of course, be the Royal Air Force Display at Hendon and the race for the King's Cup. These are standing dishes. There will be various local flying displays by local aeroplane clubs, and Sir Alan Cobham's touring party will Shall we doubtless give delight to many thou- Stand Still? sands who have never seen anything of the sort before. Otherwise the pro gramme of aeronautical events seems rather barren. In fact, the great feature of this summer as compared with last will be the absence of a Schneider contest. This holiday after an intensive effort will, perhaps, be hailed with relief by many. The feelings of the good people of Southampton, Portsmouth, Cowes, Ryde, and other towns in the neighbourhood are probably mixed. Some of them loathed the noise of racing engines roaring over their chimney-pots. Others loved to watch the speed of the machines at practice. Some enjoyed the importance of living at the hub of things; and others speculated on the chances of money being brought into their town. The directors and employees of the firms which pro duced the aircraft, engines, and the innumerable accessories, will also probably admit to mixed feelings. Preparing for a Schneider brought kudos and pelf to the firm ; but rest after toil is sweet, and a Schneider meant sometimes a perfect agony of labour and anxiety. Governments certainly, even those who can boast subjects possessed of the wealth and generosity of Lady Houston, will surely re joice that there will be no more Schneiders. On the whole, there was evidence that the world was getting a little tired of Schneider contests with their limita tions, and is probably not grieved that the series is over. At the same time, we ought not to forget the lessons which have been learnt while preparing for B
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