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May 17, 1934 AIRCRAFT ENGINEER AND AIRSHIPS FIRST AERONAUTICAL WEEKLY IN THE WORLD Founded in 1909 by DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS W *PRACTICE AND PROGRESS Of" AERIAL LOCOMOTION AND OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 1325. Vol. XXVI. 26th Year. MAY 17, 1934 Weekly, Price 6d.Post Free, 7jd. Abroad, 8d. EDITORIAL, ADVERTISING, AND PUBLISHING OFFICES: Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.I Telegrams : " Truditur, Watloo, London." Telephone: Hop 3333 (50 lines). UNITED 3 Months6 „ 12 „ S inscription KINGDOM s. 8 .. 16.. 33 d. 3 fi0 Rates, Post Free. OTHER COUNTRIES 3 Months . 6 ..12 „ s. . 8 . 17. 35 i. 9 60 CONTENTS Editorial Comment:Working Up to Parity The Deutsch CupCheaper Air Mails The Development of Aviation in N'ew Zealand . .The Coupe Deutsch Air TransportReduce the Air Mail Rates Airport NewsThe Altitude Record Airisms from the Four WindsThe Blackburn T.S.R From the ClubsSafety in the Air CorrespondenceComfortable Speed . . 495 King's Cup Air Race . . . . .. . . . . • • • • 496Williamson Camera Gun .. .. . . . • • . • • • • 497 The Royal Air Force 8The Industry . . »0f) PAGE 47S 476 476 477 48(1 482 484 485 487 488 490 491 493 494 DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of importantfixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list;— May 17-June 2. Royal Tournament, Olympla.May 18. Entries close at ordinary fee for King's Cup Race. May 21. Air Display, Loughton Aerodrome, Essex.May 24. Empire Air Day. May 26. Opening of Doncaster Airport.May 27. Deutsch de la Meurthe Cup. May 30. Entries close at double fee for King's Cup Race.May 31. Conversazione and " Stalling." Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, by Prof. B. Melvill Jones, beforeR.Ae.S. May 31. Celebration Banquet, Guildhall, Hull, on occasionof First International Air Service (Hull-Amsterdam*. June 1. Entries close at 12 noon for London-MelbourneRace. June 2. Brooklands Air Race Meeting.June 2. Brooklands "At Home." June 3. London Aeroplane Club Garden Party, Hatfield.June 9. Reading Ae.C. Annual "At Home." June 16. R.A.F. Reserve Flying Club Annual Flying Display,Hatfield. June 23. Lancashire Ae.C. Air Display, Woodford.June 23. Henly Rally, Heston Airport. June 30. Royal Air Force Display, Hendon.July 3-9. 4th International Congress for Applied Mechanics, Cambridge.July 7. Opening of Leicester Airport. July 8. French International 12-Hours Reliability Trial.July 13-14. King's Cup Race. Start and finish at Hatfield. July 21. Round the Isle of Wight Air Race.July 21-22. French Grand Prix. July 28. Bristol and Wessex Ae.C. Garden Party.July 29. London-Sherburn Race (York County Aviation Club) Working up to .Parity THE Prime Minister is undergoing a constantbombardment in Parliament from membersof the x\ir Committee of the House of Com- mons who are urging an immediate increase of the Royal Air Force up to a condition of parity with Continental nations. It is a very good thing that the Air Committee should be thus active and should keep the Government awake to the very real feeling of anxiety in the country about our com- parative weakness in the air. At the same time it is hard not to feel some sympathy with the Prime Minister when he is asked practically the same ques- tion over and over again. His stereotyped answer now is to refer the questioner to the answer which he gave a day or two before to the last questioner. There was a little lively variation on this mono- tonous procedure one day when Com. Locker- Lampson asked the Government to raise a loan for the purpose of " giving us the right position in the air." This drew Mr. MacDonald a little, and he replied: '' Raising a loan does not represent all the difficulties that are involved in doing that," and to a further question by Mr. Whiteside he added that " Parity has to be worked up to." We have always recognised that an immediate large increase of the Royal Air Force in the con- ditions of peace was not to be expected, and that it was therefore futile to demand it. If some good fairy (the mind at once turns to Lady Houston, who has actually offered a contribution) were to write a cheque for all the money required to increase our air strength up to parity, we should still have to wait a while and build up gradually. Machines could probably be produced most quickly of all, but they are not the whole of the problem. We cannot immediately increase the number of officers to any great extent, except by reopening the two Flying Training Schools which have been closed down (Netheravon and Digby), and we have never con- sidered it good policy to engage a large number of short service officers. Permanent commissions can- not be given to them all, as there are not enough senior posts to provide them all with careers. Whether an immediate large increase in the number of airmen pilots is possible is a matter which would require a good deal of consideration. A 2
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