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FLIGHT- NOVEMBER 8, 1934. THE OYAL RCE Service Notes and News Air Ministry Announcements NOMENCLATURE OF AIRCRAFT—" SHARK " The official name of the Blackburn T.S.R. aeroplane with " Tiger " engine is " Shark." This name is to be used in all correspondence and reports relating to this type of aeroplane. RUSSIA According to the German Press, 32 American officers are to be engaged as instructors to the Russian Air Force. THE CHITRAL RELIEFS Every two yean; a column of troops is despatched from the North-West Frontier Province in India to relieve the garrison of Chitral, and this march is always a matter of some anxiety to the military authorities. Recently the Chitral relief column was attacked by some Pathans of tribes hostile to the friendly prince entitled the Nawab of Dir. Bomber aeroplanes of the Royal Air Force attacked the tribesmen and punished them severely. H.M.S. FURIOUS •H.M.S. Furious rejoined the Home Fleet on October 24,1934, on return from temporary service with the Mediterranean Fleet. The following squadrons disembarked to the stationsshown:—No. 801 (F.F.) Squadron to R.A.F. Station, Upavon, on October 24; No. 822 (F.S.R.) Squadron to R.A.F. Station,Manston, on October 24; and No. 812 (T.B.) Squadron to R.A.F. Station, Hal Far, on October 13, on ceasing to beattached. No. 84 SQUADRON REUNION DINNER The second annual reunion dinner of No. 84 Squadron will be held at the Royal Air Force Club, 128, Piccadilly, W.i, on Friday, November 23, 1934, at 7.30 p.m. Evening dress (tail coats with decorations) will be worn. Applications for tickets —7s. 6d. each, exclusive of wines—should be sent, with re- mittances, to: C. L. Stubbs, Esq., Royal Air Force Club, 128, Piccadilly, London W.i FIRST ANNUAL UNITED SERVICES BALL The first annual United Services Ball, in aid of the Ex- Services Welfare Society, will be held at Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, S.W.i, on Wednesday, November 7, 1934. Tickets, 35s. each, including supper, champagne and buffet, may be obtained at the reduced price of 30s. each by officers of the regular Air Force and Auxiliary Air Force. Personnel serving in home commands should address applications for tickets, and for reserved tables if desired, to: Squadron Leader R. F. S. Leslie, D.S.C., D.F.C., A.F.C., Headquarters, Air Defence of Great Britain, Royal Air Force, Hillingdon House, Uxbridge, and those serving in the Air Ministry should apply to Wing Commander H. P. Lale, D.S.O., D.F.C., Room 532. Adastral House. SPECIALIST NAVIGATION COURSE, CALSHOT The undermentioned officers, having successfully completed theSpecialist Navigation Course at the K.A.F. Base, Calshot, which terminated on August 31, 1934, are entitled to the symbol " N ": —F/O.'s G. G. Barrett, P. E. Hudson, K. W. Niblett, and J. A. Powell. PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLES ON DUTY JOURNEYS An officer, airman or civilian official, permitted to use his privatemotor vehicle on duty journeys must ensure that his insurance policy covers the use of the vehicle on official business and thatthe policy is not held to be invalidated by the carriage of official passengers in respect of whom an additional allowance is admissible;it is necessary to have the policy suitably endorsed to this effect, or to obtain an appropriate assurance in writing from the insurers. PARACHUTES—TRAINING OF AIRMEN As a result of the inclusion of parachute repair and maintenancein the training syllabus of fabric workers a parachute training sec- tion for airmen will be set up at Manston. All necessary training ofairmen employed in parachute sections will be transferred from Henlow to that station from January 1, T935, and will then comeunder the direct control of the Air Ministry (Directorate of Training). The length of the courses of instruction at Manston for airmenwill vary with individual but will not exceed 28 days. THE ROYAL FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND The usual meeting of the Grants Committee of the above Fundwas held at Iddesleigh House, on Tuesday, November 1, 1934. Mr. \V. S. Field was in the chair, and the other members of the Com-mittee present were Mrs. L. M. K. Pratt Barlow, O.B.E., and Wing Com. H. P. Lale, D.S.O., D.F.C. The Committee considered anumber of cases, and made grants to the amount of £341 2s. 6d. The next meeting was fixed for Thursday. November TS. A "Singapore III" Hying boat (4 "Kestrels") of the type in which Sir Philip Sassoon recently flew from England to Egypt. That boat belongs to No. 210 (F.B.) Squadron at Pembroke Dock. Flight Photo.)
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