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1910 - 0357.PDF
!*.. MAY 7, ^10. "Flight" Copyright. Mr. Ja mes Radley flying at Brooklands at the Spring Meeting on Wednesday last week on his Bleriot machine. Flying at Huntingdon. THERE are now three machines of the Bleriot type at the Huntingdon aerodrome, as in addition to Mr. Radley, who has made several fairly long flights lately, Capt. Dawes was out on Saturday, and made one or two short ascents, while Mr. W. R. B. Moorhouse was also testing his machine, although he did not leave the ground. A Monoplane 'at Portobello. . • DURING the past few days Mr. C. Hubbard has been experi menting in the Portobello Public Park with a monoplane of the Bleriot type which he has built himself. On the 26th ult. he was running over the ground at a good speed when the machine canted over, and one of the wings struck the ground. As a result the plane was damaged, and the machine swerved into the fence, but the repairs will be carried out very quickly. The monoplane is driven by two twin-cylinder Rex motor cycle engines coupled up by chains to a 6 ft. tractor screw driven at 900 r.p.m. Plying at Brooklands. — AFTER the motor car racing at Brooklands on Wednesday of last week, Mr. Radley made several splendid flights on his Bleriot monoplane, and on Wednesday last Mr. D. G. Gilmour, on his monoplane, flew round the ground several times, but met with a slight accident at the conclusion of his flight. A Biplane at Apperley Bridge. LAST week Mr. Gaunt, the inventor of the cycloplane, took up his quarters at the Apperley Bridge aerodrome, near Bradford, with the object of testing a new biplane which he has constructed, and which has a very novel tail. This takes the form of a triangular cell, similar to the cycloplane which Mr. Gaunt showed at the first Olympia Aero Show. Twin propellers are fitted behind the main planes and driven from a two-cylinder 52-h. p. motor. Unfortunately, an accident happened on Wednesday of last week, as while the engine was being tested some petrol became ignited, and Mr. Gaunt and his assistants were severely burned, while the machine was considerably damaged. These experiments were not in any way connected with Mr. House, who has been flying a Bleriot monoplane at Apperley Bridge for some time. Proposed Aviation Meeting at Southend. APART from the two big International meetings that are to be held in Great Britain during the present season, it looks as though one of the most important of the National meetings would be one which is being promoted at Southend-on-Sea. The chances are that it will be held some time in September, though the date is not as yet definitely fixed, and it is hoped that many of the Mr. J. V. Neale's new monoplane with which he is at present practising at Brooklands. 355
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