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AIRCRAFT ENGINEER AND AIRSHIPS oJounded in 1909 FIRST AERONAUTICAL°1VEEKLY IN THE^WORLD OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB No. 1366. Vol. XXVII. FEBRUARY 28, 1935 Thursdays, Price 6d. By Post, 7>,d. Editorial, Advertising and Publishing Offices: DORSET HOUSE, STAMFORD STREET, LONDON, S.E.I Telegrams : Truiitur, Watloo, London. Telephone : Hop 3333 (SO lines). BEBTFORD ST. COVENTRY. Telegrams : Autocar, Coventry. Telephone: Coventry 5210. GUILDHALL BUILDINGS, NAVIGATION ST., BIRMINGHAM. 2. Telegrams : Autopress, Birmingham. Telephone: Midland 2971. 290, DEAN8GATE. MANCHESTER, 3. Telegrams: Iliffe, Manchester. Telephone: Blackfriars. 4412. 2GB, BENPIELD ST.. GLASGOW, C.2. Telegrams: Iliffe, Glasgow Telephone: Central 4*57. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Home and Canada : Year, £1 13 0. Other Countries : Year, ftl 15 0. fi months, 16s. 6d. 6 months, 17s. 6d. 3 months, 8s. 3d. 3 months, as. 9d. \ Qermany and the Air I act GERMANY has accepted the Anglo-French pro posals for an air pact as a basis for negotiations, and this bodes well for the prospects of peace. Matters have now reached a stage where the I actual air side of the proposals looms less large than do •general politics and methods of procedure. The Anglo- jFrench proposals only provide for the peace of western (Europe, but eastern Europe also has its problems. Nazi •Germany and Soviet Russia are suspicious of each other. |The system of the former is the extreme of what is called "Right" politics and that of the other is the extreme of the "Left," although the extremes meet in the sup pression by both of popular liberty. France has entered into some sort of understanding with the Soviet. The latter is inclined to view the Anglo-French proposals as a plan which would secure Germany's western frontier and leave her free to turn her full attention to her eastern frontier if misunderstandings in that quarter ever became acute. France sympathises to some extent with this Kussian point of view, and therefore has pressed for the conclusion of an eastern European pact between Ger many, Poland and Russia at the same time as the con- ?ti0°n °f thC westem Pact That is the first compli- uch' fr°m a German source comes the reflection that n an eastern pact would safeguard Russia's western o h Aand would leave her free to pay full attention hat ^ ifatC Pre-°ccuPations. One cannot imagine Fana /-deVeIopment would ^ ver>' welcome to vm^'tv? rt ls not inconceivable that Britain might •at n t K Wlth Japan's feelings- though as yet they idderl h K exPressed- Further complications are )annh?ycrf n6ed for Pacts t0 settle the questions of the UiroDP ^l lS and the Balkan States if *he peace of At first r° plaCCd °n a firm foundation. 16 Pronn^rmany showed a disposition to discuss only astern F, Western air Pact, leaving the question of reeable toT UnsetUed> and this attitude was not "ance. The latest news, however, is that Hitler is willing to discuss all outstanding questions, and for this reason it is announced that Sir John Simon will shortly visit Germany. It has also been suggested that he should afterwards go on to Warsaw and Moscow, perhaps also to Prague. Britain is not directly inter ested in the eastern questions, and for that reason her influence would be welcomed as a disinterested party. t lying Boat Research ALTHOUGH it has been in use for approximately two years, comparatively little has hitherto been , known of the large tank at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Famborough. The paper by Mr. Coombes, a summary of which is published else where in this issue, has done much to indicate the care and trouble taken to ensure that the tank results shall be reliable and form a good guide to the behaviour of the full-size machine, although there may, perhaps, be those who will regard two years as rather a long '' period of probation." It should be realised, however, that once the fundamental characteristics of the tank and its equipment have been ascertained, the road is open for research into the problems which still face the designer of flying boats and floatplanes. An examination of the tabulated figures of tank dimen sions indicates that the committee which was appointed to select the size of tank at Farnborough has been very modest in its demands. The R.A.E. tank is much smaller than those possessed by the United States of America and Germany—so much smaller, in fact, that the size of model which can be tested is in the ratio of 1:2:3. Mr. Coombes did not make it clear whether the relatively small size was selected because it was con sidered that the larger size would not give improvement in results commensurate with the extra cost, or whether it was chosen because funds for a larger size could not be obtained. We trust the former was the deciding factor. In no sphere of research can we less afford to be parsi monious than in seaplane research. Mr. Coombes made it quite clear that a great de.\l ol
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