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January 17, 193S ENGINEER PS A1RCRAF AND AIRSH bounded in 1909 Fmsr AERONAUTICALC1VEEKLY IN THETWORLD OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB No. 1360. Vol. XXVII. JANUARY 17, 1935 Thursdays, Price 6d. By Post, 7id. Editorial, Advertising and Publishing Offices: DORSET HOUSE, STAMFORD STREET, LONDON, S.E.I Telegrams : Truditur, Watloo, London. Telephone : Hop 3333 (50 lines). HERTFORD ST., COVENTRY. Telegrams : Autocar, Coventry. Telephone: Coventry 5210. GUILDHALL BUILDINGS. NAVIGATION ST., BIRMINGHAM, 2. Telegrams : Autopress, Birmingham. Telephone: Midland 297L 2B0, DEAN8GATE, MANCHESTER, S. Telegrams : lliffe, Manchester. Telephone: Blacklriars 4412. 26B, BENFIELD ST, GLASGOW, C.2. Telegrams: Inffe, Glasgow. Telephone : Central 4857. SUBSCRIPTION KATES: Home and Canada : Year, £1 13 0. Other Countries : Year, £1 15 0. 6 months, 16s. 6d. 6 months, 17s. «d. 3 month*, 8s. 3d. 3 months, 8s. 9d- An Aero Show this Year? A QUESTION which has been occupying the minds of the British aviation world during the last few months will have to be decided one way or the other in the very near future. It is whether or not we should hold an aero exhibition in England this year. Generally speaking, it is fully realised that the unfortunate experience of 1929 is no guide to what would be likely to happen in 1935. The interest of the general public is vastly greater now than it was then, and it has been stimulated by such events as the England-Australia Race, the improvements re cently effected on Empire air routes, the inauguration of through-mails to Australia, and so forth. An aero show is likely to be expensive if held at Olympia, but it should not be impossible to find a suit able hall elsewhere—one less costly and quite as well situated. We have ascertained the views of representative members of the industry, and although the general feel ing is that past experience has shown that the expenses involved are great, we also discern a tendency to recognise the very great propaganda value which a show would have. Purely from a business point ot view the Hendon displays probably fulfil most of the requirements of the manufacturers, but the general public is not admitted to the S.B.A.C. display, and the opinion seems to be that, if the use of Hendon aero drome could be secured for a further few days and the general public admitted, nearly all the benefits of a static" exhibition in London would be achieved, and at very much smaller cost. It is not to be expected that the attendance would be as large as that which could be counted upon if the show were held in some large hall in London, but if the latter is found to be out of the question, the extension of the Hendon dis play might form a workable compromise. , suggestion which has been frequently made is that the event should be deferred until 1936. In our view this would be a mistake. In that year France will, presumably, hold an exhibition in Paris. More over, an Empire exhibition is to be held in Johannes burg during the concluding months of 1936, at which several firms connected with aviation will certainly wish to exhibit. This conjunction of two events would im pose considerable expense, and might make firms dis inclined to take part in another show during the same year. The Air T ransport Conference THE transport sections of the S.B.A.C., and in particular Mr. Ashley Hall, must be congratu lated on the enthusiasm aroused by the confer ence on air transport which was held last week. The feature of the conference was the paper read by Major R. H. Thornton, which is summarised elsewhere in this issue. It has since been disclosed that this paper was an elaboration of a scheme placed before the Government last August by the Aviation Section of the London Chamber of Commerce. Major Thornton carries weight, partly because of his trenchant humour, and partly because he speaks without rancour. In proposing reforms, he does not blackguard the Air Ministry or any other party as a set of criminal lunatics. He merely wishes to improve the present situation. He does not wish to infringe the Air Ministry's essential control of the air, but he does question whether the Ministry is the proper party to plan in advance the facilities for inland air transport. There many people will agree with him, and it was evident that the majority of the Conference was in agree ment. Accordingly Major Thornton proposed that the Air Ministry should delegate some of its functions to a board with autocratic powers in certain respects, which are detailed on another page. In many ways the idea is attractive, and it does seem probable that if the scheme is workable at all, it would do more than the present system, or lack of system,
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