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NOVEMBER 27, 1909. AVIATION NOTES OF THE CrosS'Country Flying at Sheppey. THE HON. C. S. ROLLS having decided to shift his quarters from the Aero Club's Shellbeach Aerodrome to the new auxiliary flying ground at Eastchurch, Sheppey, decided to perform the journey on his Wright flyer on Saturday. The distance is only about three or four miles, and after leaving the Shellbeach ground all went well for the first portion of the trip, but after reaching Old Rides Marshes, Eastchurch, Mr. Rolls decided to come down to adjust his elevator. This having been done the flyer was started on temporary rails, and easily accomplished the remaining short distance to the new auxiliary ground at Eastchurch. Motor and Flying Meeting for Bournemouth. BOURNEMOUTH is anxious to be up-to-date in con- nection with its centenary celebrations, and it is announced that the Corporation have decided to include in the programme of festivities a motor carnival and an aviation display. A Portsmouth Biplane. LAST Saturday afternoon the biplane which has been constructed by Lieuts. Cochrane and Stocks, of the Submarine Depot at Portsmouth, was taken out to Gosport for its first trial. Unfortunately, in some way the starting-tackle fouled it just as the machine was rising, and it dropped heavily to earth. Lieut. Cochrane escaped without injury, but the machine was badly smashed. Race Against Tide. IN the early hours of Sunday morning Mr. R. F. Macfie had an exciting adventure on Foulness Island. He had made one or two flights in his aeroplane over the Maplin Sands when the machine was struck by a gust of wind. This blew it heavily on to the sand, and one of the wheels was broken. An endeavour was made to tow the machine by a motor car, but the wheels of the latter only sunk into the sand. Assistance was then sent for at the farm some distance away, and horses arrived just in time to pull both motor car and aeroplane into safety from the incoming tide, which rises very rapidly at that point. Happenings at Wembley Park. A FRENCH aviator has arrived with a Bleriot- Antoinette type of aeroplane, fitted with a two-cylinder 36-h.p. Anzani engine. The machine is beautifully made and is reported to have flown at Issy. The ground is being cleared and many trees and bushes have been removed. A. V. Roe was again out on Friday, the 19th inst, with his new 20-h.p. aeroplane, and made several successful nights in spite of the gusty wind, but finally he was caught by a gust when 20 ft. high and struck the ground very heavily before he had time to recover, the machine being rather badly damaged, but he hopes to be out again in a few days. Steering of the Roe machine is effected by twisting or tilting the main planes in conjunction with the usual vertical rear rudder, and this seemed to work quite satisfactorily, for several times when making flights between the goal posts on the polo ground he was blown out of his course, and promptly brought the machine back again. Juvenile Aerial League. WITH a view to still further stimulating interest in aviation the Women's Aerial League have resolved to invite British girls and boys to band themselves into a branch of the League. A meeting is to be held during the Christmas holidays, at which the details of the scheme will be announced, and an illustrated lecture given by Mr. Eric S. Bruce. Motor Union Absorbs the Aeroplane Club. ANNOUNCEMENT is made by the Motor Union that they have resolved to establish an aviation section, and have incorporated the Aeroplane Club. The Committee of the latter Club will form the Aviation Committee of M.U., and the Secretary of the Club will join the staff of the Union. A Catalogue of Aeroplanes. UNDOUBTEDLY the Aeroplane Supply Co., of in, Piccadilly, can safely claim to have produced the first complete aeroplane catalogue, for the price-list they have just issued is about as good as it could be made at the present time. It includes full specifications and prices of the Farman, Bleriot, Antoinette, Santos-Dumont, Voisin, Curtiss, Cody, and Wright machines, and various engines suitable for use on flyers. Each one is illustrated by photographs of the machine and its inventor, together with a descriptive sketch, and a small reproduction of the working drawings, which have proved to be such a popular feature of FLIGHT. In addition to complete machines the catalogue also contains particulars of various parts, such as lugs, pulleys, and spars, and the various materials required for building a flyer. Altogether the compilers are to be congratulated on having produced a wonderfully complete catalogue. Two!Pilots on One Machine. AN interesting experiment was carried out by Farman and Paulhan at Chalons last week, which showed that it should be quite possible for two pilots to go up on one machine and relieve one another of the charge alternately. Paulhan took his place behind Farman, but he found it quite possible to manipulate the levers, &c, and, in fact, he controlled the descent. In view of this there would appear to be no difficulty with regard to long distance journeys except those necessary descents for petrol, &c. Latham Flies to the Shoot. A REMARKABLE exposition of the practicability of an aeroplane was given on Tuesday by Mr. Latham, when he flew from Chalons Camp to Berru, near Rheims, a distance of close on 20 miles. He had been invited to shoot with a party at the Marquis of Polignac's house, and determined to travel by aeroplane. Putting his gun and cartridges alongside him, Mr. Latham started off and in about half an hour came to rest in front of his host's house, just in time for lunch. After enjoying a few hours with the birds he once more got aboard his monoplane, and taking with him some of the spoils of the afternoon's sport flew back to his shed at Chalons in about twenty minutes, the speed being greater owing to the wind being with him instead of adverse as in the morning. Doings at Chalons. APART from the doings of Farman, Paulhan and Latham at Chalons, there have been several minor 766
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