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1934
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May 31, 1934 AIRCRAFT ENGINEERAND AIRSHIPS FIRST AERONAUTICAL WEEKLY IN THE WORLD founded in 1909 by DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS ^^ *°°ner' •PRACTICE AND PROGRESS OF AERIAL LOCOMOTION ANDTRANSPORT OFFICIAL ORGAN O! THE RO\AL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 1327. Vol. XXVI. 26th Year MAY 31, 1934 Weekly, Price 6d.Post Free, 7id. Abroad, 8<J. EDITORIAL, ADVERTISING, AND PUBLISHING OFFICES : Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.I Telegrams : "Truditur, Watloo, London." Telephone: Hop 3333 (50 lines). UNITED Subscription KINGDOM s.3 Months .. 8 612 .. 16.. 33 d 3 fi 0 Rates, Post Fret OTHER 3 Months6 12 „ COUNTRIES s... 8 .. 17. . 35 d.9 60 CONTENTS Editorial Comment: Empire Air Day The King's Cup Coupe Deutsch PAGE 529 530 531 Avro Commodore .. .. .. .. . - .. • • • • 533 From the Clubs The Aircraft Engineer Miss Batten's Achievement Airisms from the Four Winds Commercial Aviation MacRobertson News The Royal Air Force The Industry 539 540A 541 542 544 547 548 550 DIARY OP 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 31. Conversazione and "Stalling." Wilbur WrightMemorial Lecture, by Prof. B. Melvill Jones, before R.Ae.S.May 31. Celebration Banquet, Guildhall, Hull, on occasion of First International Air Service (Hull-Amsterdam).June 1. Entries close at 12 noon for London-Melbourne Race.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.June30. Royal Air Force Display, Hendon. JuIy3-9. 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).Aug. 11. London-Newcastle Race (Newcastle-on-Tyne Ae.C.). Aug. 15. Air Tour of Italy.Aug. 17-Sept.6. Copenhagen Aero Show. Aufi.18. Cotswold Aero Club Air Rally and Garden Party.Aug.25. Liverpool and District Ae.C. Garden Party, Speke Aerodrome.Aug.28-Sept. 16. International Touring Competition, Poland. Sep. 1-2. Cinque Ports Flying Club International Rally,Lympne. Jl/inpire JLir Uay I T was almost inevitable that, with all eyesdirected towards our Air Force, and with thetremendous efforts of the Air League, the firstEmpire Air Day should have been a success. Few could have expected that it would be the over- whelming success it was. At every aerodrome open to the general public on May 24th visitors availed themselves of the opportunity afforded of seeing what "all this air talk was about." Generally speaking, they were met with obvious willingness to show them around. At airports no less than at the more modest club aerodromes, the public saw glimpses at least of the daily work that goes on. At Royal Air Force stations they saw our " First Line of Defence " doing its daily routine (more or less) training. There can be no doubt that, on the whole, the British public appreciated the privilege of Empire Air Day, even if it did not altogether realise the reasons for its institution. Air Commodore J. A. Chamier, Secretary-General of the Air League of the British Empire, deserves the thanks of the aviation community for having inaugurated Empire Air Day, and he and his staff, as well as all those others who worked so hard to make the day a success, did magnificent service. There is every reason to be pleased with the first results, but being pleased does not necessarily mean being satisfied. Otherwise there would be no progress. In future we must do still better. We believe that in the Air Ministry there was originally a certain amount of opposition to the idea of admitting the public to R.A.F. stations and aero- dromes. That was, perhaps, inevitable. The whole idea was new, and it is not possible to receive hundreds of visitors at a station without causing the work of the squadrons to suffer somewhat. But that is a small enough price to pay. To know the work of the Royal Air Force is to be interested in it, and to be interested is to like it. The greater numbers of John Citizen and his wife can be brought to appreciate what the R.A.F. stands for, the better for the next Air estimates. On the civil side there was little to find fault with, except that, perhaps, the idea of the importance of British Empire air routes was not sufficiently im- pressed. It is not easy to determine exactly how
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