... FRANK NEWNES Phntn Saaho As will be observed from this quite inadequate gallery of those present, a very large leaven of distinguished people pervaded the banquet held to celebrate the 124th exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours ...

... Strange, one of the most experienced air pilots living, and Cap tain H. H. Balfour, who distinguished himself in the Royal Flying Corps as a single-seater fighter pilot during the War, and who now adorns the House of Commons, are among the directors of ...

... group taken of this unit at the Belgian Royal Palace, Laeken, in 1919, before demobilization. In the centre is H.M. the Queen of the Belgians. The corps is now incorporated in the army as the Ambulance Car Corps, and H.R.H. Princess Alice Countess of Athlone ...

... nurse's, the waitress's and the housemaid's already mentioned, fulfil their purpose of consolidating esprit de corps without destroying attrait de corps. Meanwhile we can only note the minor tragedy of seeing those who so recently appeared in the delightful ...

... contrast is being impressed upon the many British people who are now in France in the Army and in the Royal Air Force. I had opportunities of observing its effects during a tour I have just completed of R.A.F. units on the Western Front. The French villages ...

... there. She and the King will leave Royal Lodge, which has been a home to them in every sense of the word, with regret. Royal residences are always very Royal, and the Queen will miss the homely atmosphere of Royal Lodge when she moves to the historical ...

... turned round to allow visitors to the exhibition to observe the cycle of opera tions. The rated horse-power of this engine is 450 b.h.p. at 2000 r.p.m. It; was the type used on the cruise by the Royal Air Force from England to Australia and back to Singapore ...

... they zoom and turn over to the upside-down position about their lateral axis It is a problem I was wont to put in Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force messes when it seemed that a free fight would enliven things. For this simple question arouses the blackest ...

... period in which the impos sible was a thing of daily occurrence. During the war the feats of pilots and observers of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Ser vice were positively astounding. It re quires a real effort of mind to get that whirling ...

... flying King of Britain, was born, and before the first aeroplane was thought of before even that re mote period at which I observe all books on flying start, when Man has always longed to fly. Yet aeroplanes flew all through the war and for about fifteen ...

... showed that flvine can be a trustworthy. Dunctual and safe method of getting about. Captain Olley, after serving in the Royal Flying Corps from the beginning of the war, worked on the original London-Paris route in 19 19. His pilot's B licence is No. 307 ...

... int for a few minutes, returns over it at about 1,500 ft. is astonishing. Mr. Needham, who was, I think, an observer in the Royal Flying Corps during the war, made some wonderful glides in the London club's machine. Altogether that Channel crossing for ...