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Flight, December 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. 1251. (Vol. XXIV. No. 51.) DECEMBER 15, 1932 Weekly, Price 6d. Post Free, 7Jd. Abroad, 8d. Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, K1NGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone: (2 lines), Holborn 3211 and 18S4. Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Subscription Rates, Post Free. UNITED KINGDOM s. d. 3 Months ... 8 3 6 „ ... 16 6 12 „ ... 33 0 UNITED STATES 3 Months 6 12 $2-20 $4.40 $8-75 OTHER COUNTRIES s. d. 3 Months ... 8 9 6 17 6 12 35 0 CONTENTS Editorial Comment : Australia's New Programme Engines at Paris : By Maj. G. P. Bulman A.N.D. 11 Royal Aero Club Tribute to Lord Wakefield Junior Aero Club's First Year Hinkler and his famous " Karohi " Airisms from the Four Winds The Aircraft Owner Always Pays Air Survey : By Lt. J. S. A. Salt, R.E. From the Clubs Airport News " An Adventure in Oil ' Royal Air Force The Industry PAGE 1183 1185 1189 1190 1190 1191 1192 1194 1195 1199 1201 1202 1203 1204 DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of importm: fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list:— 1932. Forum Club, Aviation Group, Dinner to Women Private Owners and Pilots. College of Aeronautical Engineering Annual Dinner and Dance, Park Lane Hotel. No. 70 Sqdn., R.A.F., Reunion Dinner at R.A.F. Club. R.Ae.C. and R.Ae.S. Dinner to Mrs. Mollison at Park Lane Hotel. . . _ . _ " Slots." Lecture by B. Cornthwaite before R.Ae.S., Students' Section. Chairman, F. Handley Page. Dec. 23. Liverpool and Dls. Ae.C, Annual Dance at Mostyn House School. _ __-. .. Eastern Counties Ae.C. Dance at Gt. White Horse Hotel, Ipswich. Bristol and Wessex Ae.C. Dance at Grand Spa Hotel. No. 25 (F.) Sqdn., R.A.F., Re-union Dinner at May Fair B. G.A. Ball in Honour of Mrs. Mollison at Portman " Airship Development Abroad." Lecture by Sqdn.- Ldr. R. S. Booth before R.Ae.S. Jan. 26-28. Forest Gate Aviation Show. . . „ Jan. 31. "Detonation." Lecture by F. R. B. King before R.Ae.S., Students' Section. Chairman, H. T. lizard. Entries close for the Deutsche de la Meurthe Cup efnque^rts FfyTng0 Ciub Annual Dinner and Dance at Rl. Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. ,.„.„ -,_„„ " Recent Operations in Kurdistan." Lecture by Group- Capt. A. G. R. Garrod before R.U.S.1. Viceroy's Challenge Trophy Race, Delhi. "A Review of Air Transport." Lecture by G. E. Woods Humphery before Inst, of Transport. June 24. Royal Air Force Display, Hendon. Dec. 15. Dec. 16. Dec. 16. Dec. 19. Dec. 20. Dec. 23. 1933. Jan. 6. Jan. 6. Jan.11. Jan.12. Feb. 1. Feb. 3. Feb. 8. Feb.10. Feb. 13. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Owing to the holidays " FLIGHT " must close for Press for the issues of Dec. 22nd and 29th earlier. All communications and copy (Editorial and Advertisement), therefore, must arrive at this office not later than the morning of Dec. 15th (for Dec. 22nd issue) and Dec. 20th (for Dec. 29th issue). Australia's New Programme EDITORIAL COMMENT HE report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Australian air services, and the decision of the Federal Government which has followed the publication, are very satisfactory. Taken together, these two pronounce ments ensure that air mails from Great Britain to Australia shall be carried by British agency only. They provide that Australia shall be responsible for the service as far west as Singapore. They also provide for the continuance of the most important of the internal air lines of Australia, probably on a more economical basis; and, finally, they propose to put the important Mel bourne-Tasmania service on a subsidised basis. A lesser, but still important point is that Darwin, not Wyndham, is decided on as the air port for the Britain-Australia service. As regards the service to Britain, three proposals have been in the field. One was that the Dutch Air Lines (KLM) should extend its route from Batavia to Australia. The Dutch offer was apparently a handsome one, as it asked for no subsidy, and pro fessed its readiness to make way for a British con cern so soon as any should be ready to take over. To have accepted it would probably have meant an almost immediate institution of an air link with Europe, and that must have been tempting. Austra lia has, however, decided that only British concerns may tender for the contract. We feel convinced that this decision is not only patriotic but wise. To have done anything else would have been contrary to the
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