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Flight, September 14, 1933 SUBfl 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. 1290. ^No.3^') 25th Year. SEPTEMBER 14, 1933 Weekly, Price 6d. Post Free, 7ld. Abroad, 8d. Editorial Officii: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone : (2 lines), Holborn 3211 and 1884. Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. EDITORIAL COMMENT Subscription Rates, Post Free. UNITED KINGDOM s. d. 3 Months .. 8 3 6 „ .. 16 6 12 „ .. 33 0 UNITED STATES 3 Months .. |2'20 6 „ .. $4-'40 12 „ .. $8-75 OTHER COUNTRIES 5. d. 3 Months .. 8 9 6 „ .. 17 6 i 12 „ .. 35 0 i CONTENTS Editorial Comment: PAGE The Death of King Faisal 905 Singapore-Australia Tenderers Air Transport: The Tata Air Mail A New Version of the " Wessex " F rorn the Clubs I'he Gerle 13 Biplane 1 he Yugoslavia King's Cup Airisms from the Four Winds Fox Moths for Spain The " Codock " Monoplane Airport News Malakal Aerodrome At the Home of Airspeed .. Buok Reviews < orrespondence Briefly Roval Air Force Air Post Stamps 90H 907 910 9!1 916 91H 917 919 919 920 921 922 923 924 924 925 92S DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particular;: for inclusion in this list:— 1933. Sept. 16. Bristol and Wessex Ae.C. Garden Party. Sept. 17-24. " la Bienvenue Aerlenne " at Rheims. Sept. 23. Dinner and Dance, London Aeroplane Club, Hatfield. Sept. 24. "Air Survey Work." Lecture by Maj. H. Hem ming, at Wills Hall, Bristol. Sept. 29. Stage and Screen Ae.C. Gymkhana and Theatrical Garden Party, Hatfield. 7-8. B .G .A. Gliding and Soaring Competition. 12. " Air Traffic Control." Lecture by Maj. R. H. S. Mealing before R .Ae .S. 2. "Variable-Pitch Airscrew and Variable Gears." Lecture by W. G. Jennings before R.Ae.S. 16. "Stiffness of Aeroplane Wings." Lecture by H. Roxbee Cox before R.Ae.S. 25. Comrades of the R.A.F. Reunion Dinner, at Thames House Restaurant, Millbank, S.W.I. 30. "Tail Buffeting." Lecture by W. J. Duncan before R.Ae.S. "• "Possible Future Development of Aircraft F.n- glnes." Lecture by A. H. R. Fedden before R.Ae.S. 8. Calshot Reunion Dinner, at R.A.F. Club, Picca dilly, W.l. 1*. ' Light Alloys for Aeronautical Purposes." Lecture bv L. Aitchison before R.Ae.S. 15. Close of entries for International Touring Competi tion (1934), Poland. International Rally at Cairo and Meeting of the F.A.I. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 18-24. 1934. Jan. 11. ' Testing of Aircraft Landing Mechanisms ana Some Factors Affecting Design." Lecture by W. D. Douglas before R.Ae.S. ING FAISAL'S death will be mourned by all admirers of a brave and able Arab Prince, and in particular by all who are interested in air power. The recent history of Iraq has been mainly rf"V>"W^Sf a history OI air power, and the death JKs'* • 1 of the King who has ably guided the fortunes of his country in these recent years must inevitably raise queries as to the future position of the Royal Air Force in Iraq. Faisal was the third son of Hussain, hereditary Sherif of Mecca and afterwards King The Death 0£ tne jjedjaz for a short time. In King*Faisal ^e Arab revolt against Turkish domi nation during the great war, Faisal was the chief leader and the inspiring genius of the Arabs. It was he who drew the various rival tribes together and led them as a national Arabian army. In many a desert battle he displayed the greatest personal bravery and the most resolute leadership. Then, after various adventures, he was elected King of Iraq, though the country was still under a British mandate. It was a difficult position for him. Apart from the Kurds and the Assyrians, the people of Iraq are mainly Arabs, but Islam is divided into two great religious sects. In Arabia the people belong to the Sunni sect, while the Persians and Iraqis belong to the Shiah sect. It was doubtful whether a Sunni king would ever gain a great hold over a Shiah population, even though the said king belonged to the senior family of the descendants of the Prophet. Despite his election, King Faisal's position rested chiefly in those early days on the support of the British, exerted through the Royal Air Force. Yet, if he was ever to win the hearts of his people, it was necessary that Faisal should become a patriotic Iraqi, and not the mere puppet of the foreign mandatory Power. Between his Shiah subjects and his British supporters, the new King had to play a very tactful game, and he played it with consummate skill. In addition to the difficulties mentioned, an ambitious and able man like Faisal would naturally resent a position of tutelage. He wished, and rightly wished, to be the real ruler of
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