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Flight, October 19, 1933 AJRCRAFT 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. 1295. fVol. XXV, I No. 42. ) 25th Year. OCTOBER 19, 1933 Weekly, Price 6d. Post Free, 7Jd. Abroad, 8d. hditorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2 Telephone : (2 lines), Holborn 3211 and 1884. 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 .. $2-20 6 ,. .. $4-40 12 „ $8-75 OTHER COUNTRIES s. d. 3 Months .. 8 9 6 „ 17 6 12 „ .. 35 0 CONTENTS Editorial Comment : PAGE Air Mail Policy .. .. .. 1039 A Concrete Example .. Liigland-Australia in Seven Davs A New Altitude Record . . » . . Hritish Airworthiness Requirements Private Owners : Are We the Last of Our Race ? Air 1 ransport : Air Traffic Control Inauguration of the Air France Co. Airport News D.H. " Tiger Moth" Detrovat ;;. Fiesler 1 mm the Clubs Airisms from the Four Winds 1 !«• Hanworth Works A New Armstrong Siddeley Car Roval Air Force liriefly .. .. 1040 1041 1043 . 1044 1047 1049 . 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1058 1060 1060 1061 1062 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:— 1933. Oct. 21. Annual Reunion Dinner of No. 6 Wing, R.N.A.S., and Nos. 66 and 67 Wings, R.A.F. Oct. 21. Reading Ae.C. Lady Pilots' Lunch. Oct. 24. "Recent Development and Immediate Future of Civil Aviation." Lecture by E. Y. Dolby before Students' Section, R.Ae.S. Hull Ae.C. Annual Ball, at Beverley Road Baths, Hull. Lamport Hall Club " Concoursd'Elegance," Sywell Aerodrome. 2. "Variable-Pitch Airscrew and Variable Gears," Lecture by W. G. Jennings before R.Ae.S. 3. Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club Annual Ball, at Thatched Assembly Rooms, Norwich. 16. " Stiffness of Aeroplane Wings." Lecture by H. Roxbee Cox before R.Ae.S. 24. Yorkshire Ae.C. Annual Dance, Hotel Majestic, Harrogate. 25. Comrades of the R.A.F. Reunion Dinner, at Thames House Restaurant, Millbank, S.W.I. 30. " Tail Buffeting.'' Lecture by Dr. W. J. Duncan before R.Ae.S. 1. No. 70 Sqdn., R.A.F., Reunion Dinner, at R.A.F. Club, Piccadilly. 1- Lancashire Ae.C. Annual Ball, Midland Hotel, Manchester. 7- "Possible Future Development of Aircraft En gines." Lecture by A. H. R. Fedden before R.Ae.S. Calshot Reunion Dinner, at R.A.F. Club, Picca dilly, W.l. "Light Alloys for Aeronautical Purposes." Lecture by Dr. L. Aitchison before R.Ae.S. Close of entries for International Touring Competi tion (1934), Poland. International Rally at Cairo and Meeting of the F.AJ. Oct. 27. Oct. 27-28. Nov. 2. Nov Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 8. 14. 15. Dec. 18-24. EDITORIAL COMMENT HE London Chamber of Commerce has delivered another kick against the pricks. Several times it has ap proached the Postmaster-General to urge greater encouragement of air mails, only to be told politely that it was the affair of the Air Ministry to subsidise air mails, and that the Post Office proposed to stick to its annual profits. The position of the Air Ministry was that, having paid so much to Imperial Airways as subsidy, it could do no more, and anyway the carriage Air Mail of mails was the business of the Policy G.P.O. The Chamber found itself in the position of a Rugby threequarter who was always tackling his opposite number only to find that the latter had passed the ball before going down to the tackle. But on September 28 (as recorded in FLIGHT in the issue of that week) the Chamber succeeded in making a " smothfer tackle " of the Air Minister and the Assistant Post master-General in one fell swoop. There was no one to whom the ball could be passed, and it had to be grounded. The next thing which must happen in Rugby is the formation of a scrum, and Sir Geoffrey Clarke, Chairman of the Council of the Chamber, called for a scrum—an impartial tribunal to take evidence. It is an excellent suggestion. Let the Cabinet referee sound his whistle, let the forwards on each side link arms and put their heads down, and then the issue will be decided by hard shoving. The London Chamber of Commerce definitely made three proposals, namely (1) the separation of mail and passenger services, (2) night flying, and (3) lower air mail charges and a flat rate for all Empire air mails. FLIGHT heartily approves of all three suggestions. We have written much about the desirability of separate services for mails and passengers. Imperial Airways, we understand, do not quarrel with the principle; they only say that under the terms of their present contract it would not pay them to run separate services, and that their first duty is to become self-supporting. We cannot quarrel with that attitude. We want Imperial Airways to be- A2
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