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Flight, June 17, 1932 AIRCRAFTENGINEER 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. 1225. (Vol. XXIV. No. 25.) JUNE 17, 1932 Weekly, Price 6d. |Post 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 .. S8-75. Other Countries .. 35s. Od. CONTENTS Editorial Comment : On Empire Business .. Private Enterprise in India New Monospar Machine " A Naval Occasion " Royal Aero Club Official Notices THE AIRCRAFT ENGINEER Gloster Troop Carrier Boulton and Paul P.32 Handley Page H.P.38 Air Transport Private Flying and Gliding Airisms from the Four Winds Royal Air Force The Industry PAGE 524 525 526 530 530A 531 533 533 534 535 538 539 540 June 18 June 18 June 19 June 21 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 June 17-18. Night Flying Display at Ratcliffe Aerodrome. June 17-19. Isle of Man Race. June 18-July 1. National Aviation Day DisDlays. (See p. 538.) June 18. Nottingham F.C. Air Pageant, Tolierton Aerodrome. Hull Air Display. Reading Ae.C. At Home, Woodley Aerodrome. Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party, Hanworth. Aero Golfing Society: "Flight" Challenge Cup. Bramshort G.C. June 21-28. Blackpool Air Pageant, Stanley Park. June 25. R.A.F. Display, Hendon. June25-26. International Tourist Rally, Boulogne. June 26. " Tatler " Concours d'Elegance, Brooklands. June28. Visit to National Physical Laboratory, Teddington. June29-30. Cricket: R.A.F. v Army at the Oval. July 2. Arrival of Graf Zeppelin at Hanworth, 6 p.m. approx. Opening of Portsmouth Municipal Aerodrome. International Tourist Rally, Rheims. Meeting at Cote Hill Aerodrome, Rugby. R.A.F. Athletic Championships at Uxbridge. King's Cup Air Race, start and finish Brooklands. R.A.F. Athletic Championships at Uxbridge. International Tourist Rally and Meeting, Cler mont-Ferrand . International Rally, Saint-Brleuc. International Meeting, Dieppe. International Meeting, Zurich. York County Aviation Club " At Home," Sherburn- in-Elmet. Skegness Air Pageant. Aug. 1. Cowes Air Pageant. Aug. 11-28. International Touring Competition, Berlin. Aug. 15-16. Cricket : R.N. v. R.A.F. at Lords. Aug. 19-21. 4th Annual Canadian Air Pageant, St. Hubert, Quebec Aug.20. Ryde Air Pageant. Leicester Chamber of Commerce Day, at Desford. Divine Service at Ratcliffe Aerodrome, 2.30 pan. F.A.I. Conference at The Hague. International Meeting, Vincenza, Italy. Air Display at Hillmans' Aerodrome, Gallows Cor ner, Brentwood. Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, Basle. Bristol and Wessex Ae.C. Garden Party. Aero Golfing Society : Cellon Challenge Cup, West Hill G.C. Nov. 18-Dec. 4. Paris Aero Show. July 2. Jul v 2-3. July 3. July 5-7. July 8-9. July 9. July 9-10. July 14. July 16-17. July 22-31. July 23-24. July 30-31. Sept. 3. Sept. 4. Sept. 5. Sept. 8. Sept. 24. Sept. 25. Oct. 1. Oct. 18. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DISPLAY Lest you forget, June 25 is the day fixed for the Thirteenth Royal Air Force Display at Hendon—undoubtedly the Premier Aeronautical Event of the Year. The coming Display will include many new and attractive items which should not be missed I On Empire Business EDITORIAL COMMENT N Sunday, June 12, the Hon. H. U. Moffat, Premier of Southern Rhodesia, arrived at Croydon from his own country by Imperial Airways service en route to the Empire Economic Con ference at Ottawa. This is, we believe, the first occasion on which a British Premier has flown all the way from his own country to Great Britain on Empire Service. Lord Strickland, Premier of Malta, once flew from Marseilles to Great Britain, but he left his own country by steamer. Mr. Moffat holds the distinction of being the first Premier to fly all the way. His journey was one of some 7,000 miles completed between June 3 and June 12, and at the end he arrived at Croydon 10 minutes ahead of schedule time. The Ottawa Conference is some time ahead, but that consideration does not detract from the sig nificance of Mr. Moffat's journey. Presumably he has business to transact in London before he sets out for Canada. At any rate, he has not been obliged to spend in travel valuable time which he can now employ otherwise. He will very likely be active in exploring the possibilities of increasing the market for Rhodesian tobacco, of which five million pounds are now exported annually to this country. Mr. Moffat said in an interview that he hoped to get help in increasing this export figure, and perhaps he hopes to be able to export to other parts of the British Empire besides Great Britain. Such things are not arranged in the twinkling of an eye, and there is every likelihood that the time which Mr. Moffat has
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