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Flight, January 27, 1921 GMT AIRCRAFTBNGINEEPL First Aero Weekly in the World "•-*••• Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport ,/ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM rWeekly, Price 6d.L Post free, 7d.No. 631 (No. 4, Vol. XIII.) JANUARY 27, 1921 Flight The Aircraft Engineer and Airships Editorui! Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2 Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828 Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free : United Kingdom .. 30s. +d. Abroad .. .. 33s. od.* These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormal conditions and to increases in postage rates * European subscriptions must be remitted in British currency CONTENTS Editorial Comment PAGE A Territorial Air Force? 51The Future of the Air 2 The Value erf Air Transport .. .. - - 52A Fokksr Service te Tiiilijx ,, .. .. 54 Aviatic Types: The Civilian Pilot 53Wax Awards to Inventors .. .. . .. 54 "L. 64" and" L. 71" 55Notices to Airmen .. .. .. .. .. .. . • • • 59 R.A.F. Memorial Fund 9The Log of H.M.A. " R. 34 " ; Journey to America and Back .. 60 Royal Aeronautical Society Notices ..~^ .. 60Comparison of the Cost of Transport and Ton-Miles: By^Lord Montagu of Beaulieu .. .. .. .. .. .. • • 61Aircraft in the East . . .. .. •. . . ,. •. .. 63 Personals .. .. . 63Alriims from the Four Winds .. .. .. . - .. .. 64 The Heenan-Froude Dynamometer .. .. .. .. • • 65The Holland—London Air Service .. .. . .• .. .. .. 66 The Royal Air Force 67Company Matters .. . .. 68 DIABY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in the following list: Feb. 2 ... Lecture, "Some Requirements o! the Modern Aeroplane," by Sir R. T. Glazebrook, before Cambridge University Ae.S. Feb. 3 ... Lectures, "The Use of Meteorology to Aviation," by Maj. Dobson, and " Ground Engineering," by Wing-Corn. H. W. S. Outram, before R.Ae.S. Feb. 9 ... Lectnre, "The Napier Lion Engine," by A. J. Rowledge, before Cambridge University Ae.S. Feb. 16 ... Lecture, " Aerial Manoeuvres and Stability," . . - , - by Prof. L. Bairatow, before Cambridge University Ae.S. Fel. 17 ... Lecture, "The Handley Page Wing," by F. Handley Page, before R.Ae.S. Feb. 20-22 Aero Club of France Grand Prix Feb. 23 ... Lecture, " Possible Developments in Aircraft - Engines," by Lieut.-Col. H. T. Tizard, before Cambridge University Ae'.S. Mar. 9 ... Lecture, "The Artificial Control of Weather," by Sir Napier Shaw, before Cambridge Uni- versity Ae.S. Mar. 20-22 Aero Club of France Grand Prix April 20-22 Aero Club of France Grand Prix -"-_ •- June 1 ... Entries Close for Schneider Cup Sept. 30 ... Provisional Date for Schneider Cnp jHE Evening News recently stated in the most emphatic manner that it had been decided to form forthwith—in the early summer of this year—six, squadrons of aircraft, to be under the " Territorial Force Associations." All the wider details of organisation were given, it was stated, on " high autho- rity." Whether our contemporary was indulging in a little intelligent anticipation, or whether somebody had been engaged in a " leg-pull," Territorial we d° not know' but ^ is a fact that- Air Force ? at present at any rate, to say the least, the report is distinctly premature. The story has been given the usual denial, and it is pointed out that, however desirable such an auxiliary Force might be, the present is- not an opportune time to spend money upon it. It does not appear to us that the best way of securing an adequate reserve to the fighting Air Force can best be accomplished under the Territorial scheme. The Air Force partakes far more of the character of the Navy than of the Army, and the scheme of reserves requires to be treated from that point of view. As the R.N.R. is officered and manned by the personnel of the mercantile marine, who are actively engaged in the pursuit of their calling and are embodied for a fortnight's training once a year, so the Air Force Reserve could best be supplied. Every inducement should be given to pilots and other essential ranks and ratings engaged in civil aviation to become members of the A.F.R. They should receive a retaining fee, as in the R.N.R., and be called upon in return to undergo a short period of training yearly. By such a method we should secure a highly qualified reserve, actually engaged upon the work they would have to do in war, and at the highest pitch of efficiency it is possible to attain in the case of reserves. On the other hand, if the Territorial system were adopted, we could hardly expect the same pitch of efficiency from pilots and mechanics who were simply called up for a fifteen days' training period in the middle of the summer. Moreover, the naval system would actually cost less money, because the personnel called up for training would be automatically attached to active sendee units possessing all the necessary organisation, and the only additional expense to which the country
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