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Mr. H. E. Wimpéris, Director of Scientific Research at the Air Ministry, lecturing on Speed in

AN UNCOMPLETED.

PROGRAMME

The future of seven of the light Flight before members of the aeroplane clubs which were not in

cluded in the agreement of the Air Ministry to grant a higher rate of

British Association, referred to the probable limitations to future deve-

NAVAL FLYING CLUB

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AERODROMES.

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formed less than a year ago, has.

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and that announcement was mennt. for all who have ears to hour. As a soldier, I am a friend of open

now a total of 131 members, with 11 to 11.30 a.m.-Stock and ex-language, and I believe that diffi-

officers, at present serving change quotations abroad, registered for future mem-11.30 a.-Chinese recorded pro- horship. This statement was made. at the first general meeting of the club by Rear-Admiral A. L. Snaggo, who presided.

grammo.

12.30 p.m.--European prograinme of Viotor and I.M.V. records. 1 p.m.-Local time and weather

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speed of sound, some 700 miles an hour, there was a great rise in the rate of increase of drag with speed and that this would constitute barrier to progress at low altitudes. The Vickers Supermarine Rolls-Royce Schneider Trophy Bea-

termination of the agreement be tween the Ministry and National Flying Services That agreement, which began to operate in August, 1029, rested on the condition that within three years the company should provide 20 aerodromes and

Indicating the firing facilities

for the club members, the chair- man said that the interests of the club were being borne in mind by the Portsmouth municipal autho- rities. At Hamble the club mem- bors had already done a large amount of flying in the aeroplanes

DOWS.

́auition can only be resolved of they are firmy stated. This view has been dismissed ля sensational, though many foreign statesmenį, including some of those responsible for the 1919 trenties, have pro phesied that. not merely reorganis -

rearmainant of Germany to her 'to 2.13 p.m. (approx.).-A relay neighbour's level would follow as a

of the Hong Kong Hotel Or

failure natural consequence from chestra, by courtesy of the to honour the general promise of Management. During the in- disarmament. In countries which' tervals recorded music will be

possess the most powerful arma- broadcast from the Studio).

mont machine, countries which rea- 2.15 p.al-Close down.

lise in fullest possible: form the idea of the nation in arms, whose national security in the judgment of their own experts is fully gua ranteed, there has been talk of the reawakening of German militarism and imperialist, and legenda have

planes, if put into a terminal dive 60 landing grounds. It has proved of the Hampshire Aeroplano Club. 3 to 7 p.m.-Chinese programme.

or dive in which the speed rises to the highest figure attainable in that particular machine, would reach some 650 miles an hour, a speed

impossible to carry out that project and the Air Ministry has formally terminated the agreement at the end of the three years,

This deprives National Flying

WL:

New arrangements were contem- plated at the West Malling acro drome, near Maidstone, and the company which

going to operate the Gravesend aerodrome the Royal Naval Flying Club honorary members of their club. At Plymouth it was hoped to be able to make an arrangement with the local flying, cluh, -

but little below the speed of Bound. Services of the income derived had promised to make members of

from the Government. The subsidy TRAINING THE R.A.F. PILOT was fixed for the first three years at £10 for every club member who qualified for the pilot's licence. During the succeeding seven years

BAD WEATHER AND "BLIND!

FLYING,

it was to have been at the rate of £5. The maximuru amount which the

Far Eastern Interest,

6 to 8.90 p.m.-Chinese children's

programme. --

to

10.45 p.m.-European pro- gramme.

7 to 7,45 pan. Recorded pro

gratzme. i

15 to 8. pan. A pianoforte recital of Syncopated Music from the Studio,

8 pim-Loval time and weather

report.

6.13 to 9 pm. Recorded pro-

gramme.

teen spread about the scope of Ger-

many's plans. I need not here is- sert

once more Germany's unde viating will for peace,

The best guarantee of lasting peace, however, is a Corman Reich to 5.30 p.m.-The Melody Team whose sovereignty is not infringed ・・・ from the -Studio.

by humiliating special provisions.

Flight cadets are flying more than company might receive in any year At present no flying arrangements 0.30, to 9.45 p.m.--Recorded pro- and which is really able to fulfil

formerly and in warae weather, a cording to the Commandant of the I.A.F. College, Cranwell, which is the "Sandhurst" of the Service, More cross-country flights, inclusion of the "blind" flying course which is nowadays part of the training of overy British military pilot, and the utilization of weather that in previous years would have been. considered unsuitable are respon- sible for the increase, which re- flects also the great trust imposed in nircraft and engines and the in- creased efficiency of navigational in struments..

Only one cadet was withdrawn during the last term, as unlikely to

· become a safe pilot. Another was withdrawn Inst December after pre. sentation of his last report. This compares favourably with the result in, a similar period last year, which Baw no fewer than five cadets taken off flying duties, and Implies highly effective methods of preliminary medical inspection as well as fine skill in the instructors.

THE FLEET AIR ARM

RE-EQUIPMENT OF AIR-CRAFT CARRIERS,

was £15,000. That sum was never had been made abroad, but when approached. Instead of Gnishing the demand arose there was little the first three years with 20 aero-doubt that club like those at Singa dromes, National Flying Services at pore, Kuala Lumpur, and Hong present controls seven, at which Kong would be interested in the about 40 aeroplanes are in use and Royal Naval Flying Club. some 50 privately owned machines' -nre housed.

The association of the club with the London headquarters of New Subsidy Scheme. National Flying Services at Han- worth had proved entirely satisfac- Under the new subsidy scheme, tory, and the number of members announced by Sir Philip Sassoon in using the aeroplanes of that club the House of Commons in May, the bad increased steadily since Octo- Air Ministry has agreed to pay tober, when the Royal Naval Flying the clubs £45 for every member who Club was started. The result of obtains a pilot's licence after at this association was that members least 10 hours of flying in elub aera had the right to use the other six- planes and £10 for every member club's controlled by national Bying

renews who

services at Reading, Nottingham, minimum of three hours' flying in Leeds, Hull, Blackpool; and Steke- club machines. Persons who left on Trent, the RA.F. before September, 1921, will be eligible as subsidy-earners at the reduced rate of £10. The maximum subsidy payable to a club at these rates in any year is to he £1,200, though an additional £300 may be earned at half-rates..

A

licence after

The meeting accepied with regret the resignation of Lieut.-Commander C. N. Colson, R.N. (retired), the original honorary secretary, and elected Lieutenant G. G. R. Rodd, R.N. (retired) to the position.

EUROPE'S BIGGEST. POWER

STATION

INAUGURATION OF HYDRO- ELECTRIC WORKS ON RHINE

granime,

0.3 to 10.45 p.m.-The Band of the its principal function of keeping Empress of Japan from the watch over the security of its-in- Studio. to 7. 48 più

"Wine,

"

Orchestral

(Stratas).al good

habitanta.

*The words of President Hoover on August 11, 1032, are worth re-

Women and Song" calling, when he referred to the Roses of the South ",(Strauss), stability;-contained intke peace

Chicago Symphony Orchestreaties. tra, conducted by Frederick Stock. D145...

*poisoned, sources of political in-

more

The extent of the reorganisation

The Barber of Sevillo"-Over-

of the Reichswehr depends in the ture (Rossini) State Orches-

·first place on the degree of rendi- . tra, BerlinĎ1294, BA

ness to disarm shown by the heavi "Blue Danube" (Strauss). ly armed Powers. Germany de. "Talos from the Vienna Woodsmands for her security no

(Strauss). - Philadelphia Sym- and no less than other Powers for phony Orchestra,-D1218.

theirs. She is ready to collaborate "Midsummer Night's Dream"

Overture (Mendelssohn) San in any future measure of genuine Francisco Symphony Orchestra. disarmament, but the patience of -D1508.

the German people must no longer "Rosamunde-Entr'Acte" (Schube abused. Thirteen years have

bert)-San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, D1569. "The Child from Alsace

(Lehar).

"O Maiden, My Meiden " (Lchar)-Marek Weber and his Orchestra.--B3333.

8 p.m.-Local time and weather

report. 7.45 to 6.15 p.m.-.

From the Studio,

A programme of Syncopation by

Mr. Frank Taylorson (Pianist). 6.13 to 9 p.m.

Light Opera.

The number of clubs which will be affected by the new agreements is 10. The seven clubs of National Flying Services are:-Hanworth, Yorkshire, Berks, Bucks and Oxon, Blackpool and Fylde, Hull, Not tingham, and North Staffordshire. The flying club movement is of Further progress will be made some national importance and with shortly in the re-equipment of the Government help me made steady aircraft. H.M.8. "Hermes" will growth. In 1995 there were only in the near future he receiving the fire clubs; last year there were 23 Hawker "Nimrod" and "Osprey' supported by the subsidy. These machines in place of the existing clube had trained 1,500 pilots up to which runs parallel with the river. Car Ball and George Baker.

Fairey Flycatcher" and Fairey the end of last year. III F. reconnaissance aircraft. The Fairey Flycatchers" have proved among the most successful Fleet Fighters, their extraordinarily high powers of manoeuvre making them particularly well suited to deck landinga.

TROUBLE CAUSED BY

HEAVY RAINS.

AFRICAN AIR LINE LANDING ·

PLACES::

London, Sopt. 16.-Heavy rain is one of the greatest enemics to

No lower than eleven Floet Spotter Reconnaissance Flights are equipped with Fairey III F aircraft and 'this is the type that has done the Service flights down Africa. It air transport in Africa for it softens has the Napier "Lion" engine and the aerodrome surfaces until they accommodation for a crew of three. are unable to bear the weight of Much of the long distance over sea the large passenger hir liners used navigational flying done by mem- on the British services. Local soils bers of the Fleet Air Arm has been vary in the different areas and testsa in these machines. In this work the have been made to determine the aircraft carrier is often out of sight beat method of treating ground so for hours on end while the crow as to provide runways that can be of the reconnaissance neroplano set used with safety in all weathers their course by dead reckoning, At Malakal Aerodrom, in the often making more than the change Sudan, the condition of the cotton of course during the flight and soil is often extremely bad after always, allowing for the movement | heavy rain. The surface becomes of the aircraft carrier so that, on paste like and, when the ground, the recall, they can find it at once.

dries, large cracks develop through which further rain percolates until Probably the work of the Fleet the aerodrome surface is turned Air Arm represents the highest into a kind of bog. Top layers of pitch of perfection to which serial this cotton sail have been experi

mentally treated in various WGYA |navigation has been brought Britt and it is believed that a method has catimation and allowances of alter been discovered for producing a surface able to stand up to the ing wind speeds are made with re-landing and taking off loads of the

heaviest aircraft.

markable accuracy.

Paris, Oct. 9-The inauguration of the vast hydro-electric works at Kembs on the Rhine below Basel, took place to-day and also of the first section of the Alsace canal,

The hydro-electric station will be finished next year and will ba the most powerful in Europe, and will serve the whole of Eastern France as far as Troyes..

The construction of the power station entailed the building of a huge barrage divided into live arches each with a span of 96 feet. The barrage was built by the State and cost 150,000,000 francs. Al- together some

050,000,000 francs

have already been spent on the en- terprise.

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From A.M. to P.M. I'll Love You All the Time (Moret).

B.

In a Little Blue Canoe with You (Sanford).

INTERVAL

1. Poetic Scenes (Godard)-

(a) In the Woods,

(b)

On the Mountain.

ZA Musical Switch-Humores-

_que_Alford)___

3 The Land of the Maple (Lau-

randeau).

10.40

p.m.-Rugby mid-day PreER

news.

10:30 pm (approx) -Close down. Allrecords in the above Euro pean programmes are supplied by

Messrs. Moutrie & Co.

-

.The

Gondoliers" Selection (Sullivan). Band of H.M. Coldstream Guarda-C1973.

"The Quaker Girl "Vocal Gems (Monckton)--Light Opera Com- pany.-C9018. Musical Comedy Selection,

-C2+12

"Les Cloches de Corneville " (Pianquette), Light. Opera Company.-02039.

passed since the foundation of the League of Nations and the conclu- sion of the peace treaties, whereas the eighth article of the Covenant set an extreme limit of ten years for the examination and perfection of disarmament plaps..;,::

Aggressive"! Weapons.

Germany has therefore expressly proclaimed her demand for equal rights na a test of the goodwill of her treaty partners. This claim holds good for the fundamental question of the organisation of the army and for the so-called wea- poss or aggression which suddenly transformed themselves into de fensive weapons during the expert conversations at Genova,. If sub- mariaes, aircraft carriers, military aircraft, heavy artillery, and tanks are only means of national de- fonec, these weapons cannot ba withheld from Germany. If other H.M.S. Pinafore"-- Selection countries may defend their fron- (Sullivan). Band of H.M. tiers with walls of iron and con- Coldstream Guards,-C1283,

crete, by what right 19 Germany The Three Musketeers "--Vocal denied this protectionf We want Ceme (Grey-Friml-Wodehouse). -Light Орега Company no race of ampaments; our finan

cial position alone forbidsthat. But we demand the right to use our limited means in such a way that they have useful consequences for the defence of the country.'

That is a summary of the Ger- Song "Old Folks at Home"

(Foster). Madam Amelita man claim to equal rights of defence Galli-Curci (Soprano)-1860. and the recovery of national secu- Orchestral The Longer That vity. The solution of this ques- You Linger in Virginia.-Am- | tion will and must be found in the brose and his Orchestra.--B6181 near future. It is not only a ques Humorous Hong" Abdul Abul- tion of, dignity and honour for the bul Amir-Frank Crumit. German people; it is a vital neces- B3208.

.sity for the world whose penca can culy prosper, on the basis of right and liberty

C1890

9.40 to 10.45 p.m.--Selections by the

Melody Team.

9.30 to 9.45 p.m.--.

Variety.

Pianoforte Solo Staccato Etudė " (Rubinstein).—Mische Levitzki-D1400,

0.45 to 10.45 p.m.--Selections by the

R.M.8. Empress of Japan Or chestra, conducted by Mr. W. Storey.

French National Defile March (Turlot);

Suite (German)...,

(a) Valse Gracieuse.

(b). Bouvenir i

(c) Gipsy Dance. Spanish Serenade (Friml):

--INTERVAL.

The Administration Committee of the Victoria Nurses Home, Shang- bai, will be comprised of two re- presentatives of the Board of Governors of the Country Hospital and three representatives of the Shanghai Municipal Council. Mr. V. Moyer and Dr. R. J. Marshall having been nominated by the Coun- try Hospital Board of Governors, the Municipal Council invited Mrg Maxwell, Mesars, P. W Massey and WP. Lambe to serve as its representatives, and they; bavo con-

1 Lets Try Again (Jones)... (Continued on Previous Column,sented to do so.