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1910 - 0486.PDF
«MM MMtrv *f*5r^l|irn " " Flight " Copyright. FLYING AT BROOKLANDS.—Mr. Lane on his monoplane giving an exhibition flight on Saturday last. Ii Ithe distance Mr. Morison on his machine can also be seen well up in the air. Park, from whence he followed the London and South-Western main line to Weybridge. Owing to the mist Mr. Grahame-White went up to a height of 1,000 ft., and shaped his course by the sun as he was unable to see the familiar landmarks. He arrived at Brooklands, and after a circuit of the ground landed safely at 7.43 p.m. Subsequently Mr. Grahame-White took up a pas senger, and when outside the flying ground, engine troubles 'caused him to make a hasty descent. Before the trouble—a defective valve —could be repaired, the light failed, and Mr. Grahame-White was forced to leave the machine out in a field all night. Mr. George Barnes, on a Humber monoplane, flying last week at Brooklands close over Mr. Claude Grahame- White's Henry Farman machine. MR. CECIL GRACE AT EASTCHURCH. USING the new Short biplane (No. 29) which was illustrated on p. 425 of our issue of June 4th, Mr. Cecil Grace made a fine flight on Sunday, which was, however, surpassed by a still finer performance on Monday morning. On Sunday evening his essay was over Eastchurch and the surrounding country. On Monday morning he started off from Eastchurch in the direction of Leysdown, and finding his machine was working perfectly he swung round, passing over Eastchurch and Minster, crossed the hills, and was soon speeding over Sheerness. He passed over the battleship "Victorious" at a height of 500 ft., but then descended and circled round not far above the wireless telegraph masts of the " Bulwark," the achievement being greeted by a chorus from the sirens of the various craft in the river. Leaving the "Bulwark," Mr. Grace again passed over the " Victorious," and after travelling a short distance up the river, turned for the home journey, passing over West Minster. He landed safely by his shed, after being up three quarters of an hour, and covering about 30 miles. At times the wind was blowing quite 35 miles an hour and gusty. It is gratifying to learn that Mr. Grace found the Short balancing system quite as effective as the Wright warping. .,-...»-< 9 9 NEW BRITISH ALTITUDE RECORDS. MOUNTED on his Bleriot machine, Mr. Armstrong Drexel on Saturday evening, at the New Forest Aviation School ground, succeeded in beating the British height record and taking it to 1,070 ifeet; but on Monday evening this was bettered by Mr. Cecil Grace at Eastchurch, on his new Short machine, which was fitted with an aneroid barometer. Mr. Grace steadily rose to a height of 1,180 feet, and then, switching off the ignition, glided down to earth. The gliding angle of his machine is about 15°. There was a strong wind blowing, and at times the machine was quite stationary in the air. 484
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