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1910 - 0259.PDF
APRIL 2, 1910. [/OGHfj H.M. the King at Biarritz. 'tjf- DESPITE the counter attractions at Cannes and Marseilles, the Biarritz meeting opened in brilliant fashion on Tuesday last, and King Edward paid a visit to the ground during the afternoon. Just previous to the arrival of the Royal party Chavez attempted to fly, but owing to an error in steering he crashed into a tree and smashed his Farman machine. Leblanc, however, made several flights on his Bleriot monoplane, and at His Majesty's request M. Bleriot also flew round the ground. Subsequently Capt. Burgeat, under his bird-name of Georges Bailly, flew a complete circuit of the aerodrome, but smashed his Antoinette machine in landing. Fine Flight by the Hon. C. S. Rolls. ON Thursday of last week at Sheppey the Hon. C. S. Rolls flew over from Short's factory at Leysdown to Eastchurch on a new Short-Wright machine, and after a rest made a long cross-country flight. Rising at once to a height of 500 ft., Mr. Rolls gradually went higher to i,000 ft. while flying in the direction of Queenborough. Passing over that port he returned to Leysdown and over Eastchurch village to the flying ground, where he made a •circuit before coming to rest in front of his shed, having .accomplished a trip of about 26 miles. On the following -day the strong wind prevented any lengthy flying, but in the evening both the Hon. C S. Rolls and Mr. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon made short flights, Mr. Rolls circling the aerodrome twice and Mr. Moore-Brabazon once. Other Doings at Eastchurch. MR. P. GRACE made a cross-country flight from Eastchurch to Shellbeach on the 23rd ult., and on the following day he successfully carried out the necessary trials for the Royal Aero Club prizes for the circular mile and 250 yards straight flight. Afterwards he flew back to Eastchurch and brought his Short-Wright machine to rest almost in front of his shed there. On Saturday last the wind was against flying, and •except for some short trials by the Hon. C. S. Rolls and two ten-minute flights by Mr. Grace, there was little done, while the following day saw Mr. Cecil Grace fly 10 miles in 17 minutes, and shorter flights by Mr. Rolls and Mr. Moore-Brabazon. Mr. A. Rawlinson arrived with his Henry Farman biplane during the week-end, and on Monday he made a trial flight of a mile. The other flyers out on Easter Monday were Mr. Rolls and Mr. Grace, and the latter in the course of nearly a dozen short flights covered about 40 miles. Mr. Rawlinson was flying on Tuesday night for about 20 minutes, and Mr. Grace, who was also out, met with a slight mishap. When about 3c*feet from the ground, his machine suddenly dipped and came down head first. Naturally the fore part was badly smashed, but Mr. Grace escaped unhurt. Flying at Apperley Bridge- AFTER making three short flights on his cross- Channel Bleriot at the Apperley Bridge grounds, near Bradford, on the 22nd ult., Mr. J. W. House had a nasty smash, although he himself escaped unhurt. He was flying splendidly when the motor suddenly commenced miss-firing, and in his consequent sudden descent he failed to clear a stone wall, with the result that one wing and the propeller were crumpled up. Mr. Hornsteinfs Accident. AMONG the many British flyers who have been quietly experimenting in England is Mr. Hornstein, who on Easter Sunday met with a mishap while flying on a private ground at Halliford, near Shepperton-on-Thames. On the previous Friday Mr. Hornstein had flown a mile and a quarter at a height of about 40 ft., and it was from about the same height that the machine came down suddenly on Sunday, apparently due to a mistake in steering. Mr. Hornstein was pinned beneath the machine, and sustained injuries to the head. He has for some time been designing machines that have been con structed by the Thames Bank Wharf Co., and has recently been experimenting with the biplane with which the accident occurred. Elsewhere we give a few details of the machine. Easter Monday at Brooklands. WITH a view to stimulating the dozen or so flyers who are experimenting at Brooklands, the B.A.R.C. offered a prize for the best flight on Easter Monday, exceeding fifty yards in length. This was won by Mr. Manders, who during the afternoon flew about 500 yds. on his cross-Channel Bleriot-type machine, but almost immediately after came to grief through collision with a garden roller on the ground. Mr. A. V. Roe had a new triplane out, in which the bottom pair of wings had been shortened. Mr. Astley was also out on "Flight" Copyright. FLYING MACHINES AT BROOKLANDS ON EASTER MONDAY.—Mr. Astley's monoplane taking a run across the aerodrome. 257
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