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and AIRCRAFT ENGINEER Editorial Director G. GEOFFREY SMITH, M.B.E. Editor Assistant Editor Art Editor - C. M. POULSEN MAURICE A. SMITH, D.F.C (WING CDR., RA.F.V.R.) JOHN YOXALL FIRST AERONAUTICAL W&KLY IN THE WORLD .• FOUNDED WOD Editorial, Advertising and Publishing Offices : DORSET HOUSE, STAMFORD STREET, LONDON, S.E.1 Telegrams : Flifhtprei, Sedist, London. . . ;. . •-: Telephone : Waterloo 3333 (60 lines.) COVENTRY: BIRMINGHAM, 2 : R in rORPn RATION ST KING EDWARD HOUSE, 8 - 10, CORPORATION ST. N £ w STREET! Telegrams : Autocar, Coventry. Telegroms : Autopress. Birmingham. Telephone : Coventry 5210. Telephone : Midland 7191 (7 lines). MANCHESTER, 3 : 260, DEANSGATE. Telegrams : Iliffe, Manchester. Telephone : Biackfriars 4412. GLASGOW, C.2: 26B, RENFIELD ST. Telegrams : liiffe, Glasgow Telephone : Central 4857 SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Home and Abroad Year, £3 10. 6 months, £1 10 6. No. 2068 Vol. LIV August 12th, 1948 Thursdays, One Shilling Outlook The Big ShowsI NCREASES in size and speed of aircraft bring pro- blems of their own when it comes to holding exhibi- tions. To afford an opportunity for the greatest number of people to inspect closely the aircraft, engines and the multiplicity of auxiliary and ancillary equip- ment, a very large hall in the centre of a city is the obvious choice, but has the disadvantage that the exhibits must of necessity be "static." On the other hand, the R.A.F. Displays held at Hendon between the wars proved that enormous numbers are interested in dynamic demonstrations of aircraft. To combine the two is difficult because many modern aircraft are of such large dimensions that transport problems become serious, even if a hall large enough to house them can be found. The flying characteristics of many present- day aircraft are such as to require a fairly large airfield. In this matter of exhibitions, France and Great Britain are following different courses. The S.B.A.C. Display is being held in September at Farnborough, and the general public will be admitted on two days. The rest of the time will be devoted to showing foreign visitors and potential customers what the British aircraft indus- try has to offer. Both are likely to be impressed. The Paris Aero Show, to be held during the first two weeks of May next year, represents a different approach to the problem. As in previous years, the main exhibi- tion will be held in the Grand Palais des Champs Elysees, but as its doors limit the size of exhibit that can be got into the Palais, an innovation so far as Pariss Aero Shows are concerned is that aircraft, and certain airport equipment, too large for the Grand Palais, will be staged in the open on the Esplanade des Invalides. Should any aircraft not be capable of being dismantled for transport to the Invalides, it will be shown at one °f the Paris airports. Exhibitors of aircraft will be ibleto . give flying demonstrations of their aircraft types at airports in the Paris district. After the show, one or two days will be set aside for general flying demonstra- tions. Each of the two plans has its merits and its draw- backs. Farnborough is well suited to the static exhibi- tion as well as to the flying displays, and undoubtedly the foreign visitors will find the venue entirely ade- quate. The only drawback, so far as the general British public is concerned, is that it will have to travel a con- siderable distance to the show7, but doubtless the Southern will organize a good train service, so the-worst that can be said is that Londoners will have to incur a slightly larger expense than if the show had been held at Olympia, for example. The French plan scores by having the two major exhibitions right in the centre of Paris, but they will be static, and if the Parisian wishes to see flying displays, he will have to go to an airfield outside the city. As a result, the emphasis is likely to be on the static part of the show in Paris whereas at Farnborough the interest should be fairly equally divided. A Flight to EgyptT HIRTY years ago last Saturday a Handley Pag" biplane landed at Aboukir, near Cairo, after having been flown out from England. That was the first time in history an aircraft had accomplished this flight, and the occasion may be said to have marked the beginning of the surveys which the R.A.F. made over the England-Australia and England-South Africa Empire air routes. The Royal Air Force is still doing air surveys, but they are photographic and use the very latest equipment. The 1918 flight to Egypt, and the other R.A.F. flights which followed it, were con- cerned with visual inspection of the most likely routes, with the behaviour of the aircraft in less temperate cli- mates than our own, and with locating suitable sites for airfields. Air Vice-Marshal Borton (he was then a Brigadier-
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