FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1910
1910 - 0407.PDF
MAY 28, 1910. I/EI) FLYING AT BROOKLANDS. Flying at Brookiands on Wednesday of last week when at one time there were no less than six machines in the air together.—Our photograph shows in full flight the Hon. Alan Boyle on his Avis monoplane (on the left) and Mr. Claude Grahame-White, with a passenger, on his Henry Farman biplane. SPLENDID progress has been made during the past few days by the Hon. Alan Boyle, on his British-built Avis monoplane. On the 17th inst., after new wings had been fitted to his machine, he flew for a distance of about 5 miles at a height of 40 ft., and landed quite safely, whilst on the following day he made several short circular trips of three-quarters of a mile each. On Saturday last Mr. Boyle twice circled the ground at a height of 50 ft., then rose to a height of between 150 and 200 ft., and again made two circuits of the ground. Mr. Claude Grahame-White has also been busy on his Farman machine, and has taken up a large number of his friends for short trips on various occasions. We refer elsewhere to his cross-country trip made on Saturday last. On the 18th inst. he flew for 6 or 7 miles carrying two passengers. Mr. Charles Lane has also been getting good results with his mono plane, and he has been out on several days, making short flights. Mr. George A. Barnes, the well-known racing motor cyclist, has now joined the staff of Messrs. Humber, Ltd., and he, with '' Flight " Copyright. BROOKLANDS FLIGHT COLONY.—At Brookiands quite a town is growing up, almost with the rapidity of new settlements in outlying American districts, for the accommodation of flyers who are locating themselves on the aviation grounds which are being improved every week under the master hand of Major Lindsay Lloyd. Our view above gives some idea of this little city with its regular "streets." The shrubs in the foreground are gooseberry bushes. 405 c
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
