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ENGINEER PS AJRCRAF ANDAIRSH uounded in 1909 FIRST AERONAUTICAL°1WEEKLY IN THE°1VORLD OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB No. 1362. Vol. XXVII. JANUARY 31, 1935 Thursdays, Price 6d. By Post, 7Jd. Editorial, Advertising and Publishing Offices: DORSET HOUSE, STAMFORD STREET, LONDON, S.E.I Telegrams : Trnditur, Watloo, London. Telephone : Hop 3333 (50 lines). HERTFORD ST., COVENTRY. Telegrams: Autocar, Coventry. Telephone: Coventry G210. GUILDHALL BUILDINGS, NAVIGATION ST., BIRMINGHAM. 2. Telegrams: Autopresg, Birmingham, Telephone : Midland 2071, 260, DEAN80ATE, MANCHESTER, 3. Telegrams: llifle. Manchester. Telephone; illackfiw.. 4412 26B, RENTIELD ST., GLASGOW. C.2. Telegrams: Iliffe, Glasgow. Telephone: Central 4807. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Home and Canada : Other Countries : Year, £113 0. Year, £1 15 0. G months, 16s. 6& t> months, 17s. fid. 3 months, 8s. 3d. 3 months, 8s. 9d. A.AJK increase Deferred NO strong objection can be taken to the decision of the Air Ministry that the immediate expansion in air strength must be confined to the regular Air Force and the Reserve. Flight has always been a strong believer in the Auxiliary Air Force, because it gives as good value for money as any defensive body has ever given. The A.A.F. squadrons are very cheap and they are very good. Seldom, if ever, has unpaid voluntary work for the nation reached such a high pitch of efficiency. The desire of Territorial Association of the West Riding to raise an A.A.F. squadron is natural and commendable, and it would be a good thing if similar ambitions were manifested by other counties. It has always seemed somewhat of a mystery that Lanca shire has never moved in this matter, considering the great flying enthusiasm in some of the cities of that shire. Nevertheless, at the present time the Air Ministry is right to concentrate on regular units and the Reserve which must go with them. A Dubious I innovation AUTHORITY under the Air Navigation (Consolida tion) Order, Article 10, has been conferred by > the Air Ministry' upon Capt. V. H. Baker, the rhief pilot of Airwork, Ltd., Heston, to see that occupants of aircraft using that aerodrome abide by a number of legal requirements. Everyone who knows hm J"11, feel sure that Capt. Baker will carry out his vW*r -eS extremelv wel1* and we may congratulate the T Ministry on having made a very good choice. It is a totally new step, presumably intended to save the expense of keeping a special Air Ministry official at weston, where he would have very little to do. rliiK-1S °nly 0n a P°int of principle that we feel rather UUDIOUS about the wisdom of this innovation. How ever well it wrorks—and we are sure it will work well in the case of Capt. Baker—it may set a precedent, and that precedent might some day, with quite different per sonnel engaged, give cause for complaint. The firm of Airwork does not merely own Heston airport; it also operates aircraft on occasion. It is surely not a right principle (however justifiable in this special case) that a person who is in charge of certain flying operations should hold power to restrict the operations of aircraft belonging to another, and possibly a rival, firm. It is a British principle that parties in a case should never be judges in that case, and to disregard that principle may some day give cause for complaint. King's L^up Plans SEPTEMBER is sometimes a lovely month, but the days are then beginning to grow shorter, and there fore it is hardly an ideal time of year for holding long air races in the British Isles. The Royal Aero Club has decided upon September 6 and 7 as the dates for the King's Cup race this year, and we must say that July is a better month for this event. However, leaving the date out of the question, it is a wise decision of the club to send the racers over Scot land, Northern Ireland, and Wales. It is some years since even the North of England has had a chance to see the competitors in this great race, Scotland has been excluded for still longer, and to Ulstermen the racing aeroplanes will be an entirely novel spectacle. Ulster is proud of her Special Reserve R.A.F. Squadron, and will doubtless give the King's Cup racers a hearty wel come. When last the course included Scotland the only city visited was Glasgow. Since then active aerodromes have been opened at Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inver ness, though it remains to be seen whether all of them will be included in the course. There are not too many forced landing grounds between Inverness and Belfast, though commercial air companies have actually done a good deal of flying over the Highlands.
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