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Plight, February 8, 1934 HT 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. 1311. (VONO^VI) 26th year. FEBRUARY 8. 1934 Weekly, Price M.Post Free, 7Jd. Abroad, Bd. Editorial Offices: S«, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2 TtUphont: (2 lines), Holborn 3211 and 1884. TtU/rams: Truditur Waitcsnt, London UHITID S Months« ., 1* " SuiteripHon K IMG DOM f. d... 8 S .. 16 6..MO RaUt, Poll Frt*. OTHEK COUNTRIES 3 Monthi .6 12 ;; . i. . 8. 17 . 35 d. 9 < 0 CONTENTS Editorial Comment: PAGE The Smoke Screen .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 117 Air Mail Service 118 The Indian Earthquake 9 Testing the Short Monoplane R. 24/31 16,000 Miles in Seven Weeks Air Transport and Commerce : The Latest Northrops From the Clubs A New Saro Flying Boat Airisms from the Four Winds Airport News Engine Cowling : By J. D. North Correspondence Royal Air Force Briefly DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of imponfixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list:-—'portant 1934.Feb. Feb. 10. Services Rugby : R.A.F. v. R.N., at Twickenham.16. Bristol and Wessex Ae.C. Annual Ball, Grand SpaHotel, Clifton. Feb. 16. De Havllland Technical School Annual Ball, StagLane, Edgware. Feb. 21. "Development of Aircraft and Its Influence onAir Operations." Lecture by Sq. Ldr. R. V. Goddard before R.U.S.I.Feb. 22. Herts and Essex Ae.C. Annual Dinner and Dance, Wharncliffe Rooms, Hotel Gt. Central, London.Feb. 23. British Gliding Association Annual General Meeting, at R.Ae.S.Mar. 1. "Speed and the Economics of Air Transport," Lecture by Maj. F. M. Green before R.Ae.S.Mar. 2. Norfolk and Norwich Ae.C. Annual Dinner and Dance, Arlington Rooms, Norwich.Mar. 6. "Relation of the Molecular Structure of Fuels to Their Behaviour in Diesel Engines." Lecture byG. D. Boerlage before R.Ae.S. Mar. 15. "Some Developments in Aircraft Construction."Lecture by H. J. Pollard before R.Ae.S. Mar. 21. " Some Problems of a Technical Service." Lectureby Wing Com. G. W. Williamson, before R.U.S.I. Mar. 24. Services Rugby : R.A.F. v. Army, at Twickenham.Apr. 5. "Engines." Lecture by Capt. A. G. Forsyth before R.Ae.S.Apr. 12. "Speed and the Future of Commercial Aircraft." Lecture by M. Louis Breguet before R.Ae.S.Apr. 26. "Landing in Fog." Lecture by Dr. Rud Stiissel before R.Ae.S.Apr. 27-May 6. International Aero Show, Geneva. May Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, before R.Ae.S.June 30. Royal Air Force Display, Hendon. INDEX FOR VOL. XXV. The 8-page Index for Vol. XXV of "Flight" and " The Aircraft Engineer," January to Decem- ber, 1933 (with over7024 references for "Flight" and 197 references for " The Aircraft Engineer "— 7221 in all), is now ready and can be obtained from the Publishers, 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C.2, price Is. per copy (Is. Id. post free). EDITORIAL COMMENT IENERAL GROVES has two pet theories. One is that if Great Britain is attacked by air, the C.-in-C. Air Defence of Great Britain must be allowed to commandeer all the aircraft allotted to the Fleet and to the Army and use them for the defence of London. The other is that the next war will be what he calls a " war of areas," in which both sides will make deliberate attacks with gas bombs on the civil populations of enemy cities. The first of these theories is only The mentioned once in the book which Smoke Screen General Groves has just written,* on page 27, and we may therefore dismiss it by saying that it would be equally sensible to claim for the Army a lien on all the guns and marines on naval warships, and that the air claim was very sensibly condemned by the Balfour Committee. The second theory runs all through this book. It is supported by all the usual fallacious statements to the effect that all agreements are violated in war. Mr. Baldwin was once so injudicious as to support that fallacy. History shows, on the contrary, that " sensible " agreements, which do not attempt to deprive a belligerent of his natural rights, are usually observed in war. For one instance, in the Great War neither side used dum-dum bullets. Germany intro- duced the use of gas. It was a foul act, but, to be fair, it is admitted that Germany had not signed the • BEHIND THE SMOKE SCREEN. By Brigadier-General P. R. C. Groves, C.B.,C.M.G., D.S.O., formerly Director of Flying Operations at the Air Ministry, etc. With a preface by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton, K.B.E., C.B.,D.S.O.—(Faber & Faber. Obtainable from FLIGHT office). Price 15s. 6d. post free. B
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