An occasional glance into the past is often of interest. The following notes refer to an event which was one of the principal landmarks in the history of aeronautics, and which attracted much interest abroad, especially in France. It is hardly necessary to remind the reader that the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain subsequently referred to, is now the Royal Aeronautical Society.

The year 1868 was a year of mark in aeronautics, for it was then that the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain held the first Aero Exhibition in the Crystal Palace.