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APRIL 9, 1925 SOCIETY OF MODEL AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS THE following is a list of forthcoming competitions :— The Weston Challenge Cup, Sudbury, May 16. Model Engineer Challenge Cup No. 1, Sudbury, May 16. K. & M.A.A. Challenge Cup, Wimbledon Common, June 6. Felix Kelly Challenge Cup, Wimbledon, June 6. Model Engineer Challenge Cup No. 2, Sudbury, |uue 2(1. D. H. Pilcher Challenge Cup, Sudbury, June 20. The Sir John Shelley Challenge Cup, Wimbledon, July 4. The Gamage Challenge Cup, Wimbledon, July 4. The Lady Shelley Challenge Cup, Sudbury, July 18. And General Records, Sudbury, July 18. The Flight Challenge Cup, Sudbury, September S. And General Records, Sudbury, September 5. The rules for the " Flight Challenge Cup," the " Lady Shelley Challenge Cup," and the " Model Engineer Challenge Cup No. 2 are as follows ;— Research Competitions, 1925 Rui?s for " Flight " Cup. 1. The model to consist of a wing only ; that is to say, a full-sized machine of similar design would contain its engines, passengers, and cargo inside the wing. If rubber is used for motive power it must be enclosed in the wing. In all other respects the design of the model is left to the ingenuity and individual fancy of the competitor. 2. The model shall not weigh less than 6 ozs. 3. The best of three flights to count, and points to be awarded on the formula : Duration in sees, multiplied by the square root of loading in ounces per square foot. Additional points may be added for stability during the three flights, the maximum number of such added points to be 20. 4. The competition to be open to all. Entrance fee for non-members 2s. 6d. Prizes :—1st winner to hold " Flight " Cup until the next competition for the same Cup, and be awarded a silver-gilt medal and £2 2s. Od. 2nd prize : Silver medal and £\ Is. Orf. 3rd prize : Bronze medal and 10s. 6d. Rules for the Lady Shelley Cup. 1. The model shall be of the " Dunn " type, with tractor screw, the use of a fusilage or spar to be optional, likewise a tail or fins. The angle on the wings in plan form to be between 90 deg. and 140 deg. 2. The best of three flights to count, and points to be awarded on the formula: Duration in sees, multiplied by the square root of loading in ounces per square foot. 3. The competition to be open to all. Entrance fee for non-members 2s. 6d. 1st prize : Winner to hold Cup until the next competition for the same Cup, and to be awarded a silver medal with 10s. cash for expenses. 2nd prize : Bronze medal and 5s. cash. 3rd. prize : Diploma and 2s. 6d. cash. N.B.—Diplomas are presented at next Annual General Meeting. Rules for Model Engineer Cup No. 2. 1. Models must be fusilage gliders designed similar to possible full-sized aeroplanes. 2. Models should have a loading of exactly 4 ozs. per square foot of supporting surface. Any slight deviation in the loading figure will only be permitted at the discretion of the judges. 3. There will be no limit to weight or size of model. 4. The models must first be glided by hand, the judges so decide whether the models are in correct flying trim, a sine qua nan. r>. Any purely automatic self-righting device may be employed which, in the opinion of the judges, will be applicable to full-sized machines. Any such device to be in operation during the trial glide. 6. The models in the actual test will be released in a horizontal position from the Society's aerial (22 ft. high). The winning model to be the one which, in the opinion of the judges, recover flying equilibrium in the least vertical distance without stalling afterwards. Prizes: 1st winner of the Model Engineer No. 2 Cup until the next competition for the same cup, and to be awarded a silver medal and 10s. cash. 2nd prize : Bronze medal and 5s. cash. 3rd. prize : Diploma and 2.5. &d. cash. The above competition to be open to members of the S.M.A.E. and of affiliated clubs. A. E. JONES, Hon. Secretary Fleet Air Arm Appointments THE Admiralty announces the following appointments :— Lieuts. (Flying Officers, R.A.F.).—H. Ditton, H. R. Hancox, J. Y. Mills, and C. B. Tidd. to Eagle, and for Pilot duties in No. 402 Flight, April 4. Aircraft-Carrier Changes ORDERS have been issued that the aircraft-carrier " Pegasus," Commander H. C. Rawlings, D.S.O., which has just returned to England from special service at Singapore, is to be reduced to reserve at Devonport. The crew will be given foreign service leave in two watches while the ship is being prepared for reserve, reduction to that status taking place as soon as possible after the leave. It has also been approved for the " Hermes," Captain the Hon. Arthur Stopford, C.M.G., to proceed to Portsmouth next month to pay off and recommission, instead of to Chatham, as at first arranged. The new crew will travel by rail from Chatham to Portsmouth. The old crew of the " Hermes " will be transferred to Portsmouth Depot before foreign service leave is given. Fokker a Member of Royal Dutch Institute of Engineers AT a meeting of the Royal Dutch Institute of Engineers at Amsterdam on March 17. Mr. Fokker was presented with the honorary membership of the Institute. During the meeting Mr. Fokker delivered a lecture on the development of the aeroplane, especially commercial machines, and at the conclusion of his lecture he invited some 300 members to the aerodrome at Schiphol, where they saw various Fokker machines in flight and under construction, some members being taken up for flights. £100,000 Air Contract IN connection with the contract for .£100,000 for the construction of ten steel sheds secured by Messrs Wright, Anderson and Co., Ltd., of Gateshead, "the Air Ministry makes the following announcement :—A cotitract has been awarded to the firm in question for the provision and srec- tion of ten steel sheds for housing aeroplanes. They are required in connection with the Home Defence expansion scheme, and will be placed at certain aerodromes as required by the Air Ministry. The contract is limited to the work on the sheds, and does not include work on the landing ground, or on the housing and messing accommodation for officers and men, or on the workshops at any of the aero- dromes. Co-ordinating Technical Committee on Airships THE Air Ministry announces that a special sub-committee of the Aeronautical Research Committee has been appointed to act as a co-ordinating technical body on airships. The Committee will keep in touch with developments in design and with the research and experimental work initiated both by the Airship Guarantee Company and the Royal Airship Works, and consider and report to the Air Council on any design, research and experimental questions that may be referred to them, whether arising at the Royal Airship Works or in connection with the Airship Guarantee Com- pany's contract. The composition of the Committee will be : — Prof. L. Bairstow, C.B.E., F.R.S., Zaharoff Professor of Aeronautics in the University of London. Mr. R. V. Southwell, Superintendent of the Aerodynamics Department of the National Physical Laboratory. Mr. H. T. Tizard, A.F.C., Principal Assistant Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Aerial Photography and Survey THE Aircraft Operating Co. which has accomplished a considerable amount of good work in connection with aerial survey, has absorbed Aerofilms, Ltd., which, also, has done much in the way of aerial photography. The most important work that the subsidiary company of Aerofilms has in hand at the moment is an air survey of London, and this will be begun as soon as the weather conditions become suitable. Mr. F. L. Wills, the managing director of Aerofilms, will continue to act in that capacity on the air photographic side, and the offices and works of his old company will be moved to the first headquarters of the Aircraft Manufacturing Company at Hendon, now to be known as Aerial House, Edgware Road, The Hyde, Hendon. The registered offices of the Aircraft Operating Co. remain at Kingsway. To the Pole by Airship ? GRETTIR ALGARSSON, of Vancouver, according to the Datlv Express, will use an airship—now being built by Messrs. C. G. Spencer and Sons of Highbury—in his attempt to fly to the North Pole next month. . . 318
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