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1933
1933 - 0913.PDF
1'LIGlif, NOVEMBER 2, 1933 AN INTERNATIONAL AERO SHOW AT GENEVA ORGANISED by the Aero Club of Switzerland, an International Aero Exhibition is to be held in Geneva from April 27 to May 6 next year. The exhibition is intended to represent aircraft of the sporting and touring type only, and engines, acces sories, etc., relating thereto. Exactly how it will be decided whether a given machine can reasonably be classed as a sporting or touring type is not known, but the regula tions state that " The Organising Committee has the right to refuse the admission of any concerns or interests which would not correspond to the purpose of this Show, without the necessity of giving any explanation as to the motives of this decision." The Exhibition will be held in the Palais des Expositions, where an automobile show is held every year. This hall has an area of approximately 8,000 square metres, the ground floor measuring 340 ft. by 230 ft., while there is a large gallery running around all four sides. The exhibits admitted to the show include landplanes, floatplanes and flying boats; aero engines; instruments and accessories; constructional materials (metal, timbers, fabrics, etc.); ground organisation (hangars, beacons, etc.); fuels and oils; instructional equipment; aerial photography; model aeroplanes; air travel; aerial advertising. Application for stand space should be made to the Organising Committee at Corraterie 13, Geneva, before December 31, 1933, from which address forms of applica tion for stand space can be obtained, as well as a set of rules and regulations. In the meantime, it may be of interest to prospective exhibitors if we give a list of the charges made for stand space. On the ground floor these charges are as follow:—- 20 Swiss francs per sq. m. (10.7 sq. ft.) for small stands; 15 Swiss francs per sq. m. for a minimum of 20 sq. m. (215 sq. ft.); 10 Swiss francs per sq. m. for a minimum of 50 sq. m. (538 sq. ft.); 8 Swiss francs per sq. m. for a minimum of 75 sq. m. (807 sq. ft.). In the gallery there is a flat rate of 6 Swiss francs per sq. in. All wall space is charged at 20 Swiss francs per sq. m. Stands " will be allocated by the Organising Committee, either by drawing lots, or by taking into consideration the methodical arrangement of the whole. Decisions will be without appeal. No claim or objection will be con sidered." Exhibitors are responsible for the arrangement and decorations of their stands, but their plans should be approved by the Organising Committee. An official cata logue will be published, and exhibitors should send material for this catalogue to the Organising Committee not later than December 31, 1933. Aircraft constructors who wish to have demonstration machines at the Geneva aerodrome in addition to those exhibited in the show will be interested to know that housing is free up to the hangar space available. During the period of the exhibition no landing fees will be charged for exhibitors' machines. Aeroplanes of the same type as exhibited in the show will, if they belong to exhibitors, be fuelled free of charge for demonstration flights, etc. SS 5S S £§ Jg Lord Wakefield and Aircraft Insurance THE British Aviation Insurance Co. announces that Lord Wakefield of Hythe has been appointed as president of the company. Both his lordship and the company may be congratulated on this appointment. Lord Wakefield has risen to his present eminence through his sound busi ness qualities, and these qualities' must be of value to insurance, especially in its most novel form. Lord W7ake- iield has also throughout his career determined to help on the cause of flying, being convinced that it will be a good thing for the country and for the world. His in fluence with the B.A.I.C. is bound to be in the direction of encouraging the growth of flying in every way that sound business principles permit. Nothing, perhaps, can help this cause more than a sympathetic, though busi nesslike, attitude on the part of the insurance authorities. We may take this opportunity of referring with grati tude to all the B.A.I.C. and its predecessor, the B.A.I.G., have done in the past to help on the cause. For five years at least they were the only body which would deal sympathetically and satisfactorily with aircraft insurance —and without that insurance where would civil flying be to-day? Now there are others in the field, but the B.A.I.C. still holds the respect and deserves the gratitude of all owners of aircraft. Under the new president, the' good work of the B.A.I.C. will surely be continued and expanded. BEAUTIFUL BUDAPEST : An aerial view of the City Park, with its lake, famous in winter for its skating. 1095
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