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1910
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(pWr] JUNE 25, 1910, YORKSHIRE CLUB'* MODEL COMPETITION AT LEEDS. THE Yorkshire Aero Club provided a most interesting afternoon's display for a numerous crowd of spectators on the Leeds Football Field at Headingley on Saturday. The attraction included model competitions, for which there were thirty entries ; ground manoeuvres by a full-sized cross-Channel type of Bleriot, piloted by Mr. J. W. House, of Bradford, the first Yurkshireman to fly ; a balloon ascent by Capt. Bramhall, of Bradford ; and the exhibition of the Leeds- made Isaacson 60-h.p. engine (designed by a member of the club) with which Mr. Claude Grahame-White intends to fit his new Sommer machine. The best model flight of the afternoon was by a little monoplane owned by Mr. J. Whitaker, of Kirkstall, which flew 328 ft. in 13J sees. Other excellent distances were covered by the models belonging to Mr. J. Gaunt and Mr. A. W. Ingram. Great interest was taken in the runs and hops of the biplane, fitted with a i#-h.p. petrol engine, belonging to Mr. D. Stanger, of Bradford. Once it ran into the half-filled balloon, but happily no damage was done. Captain Bramhall took up with him in his new 20,000 ft. capacity balloon, known as " King George V," a skilled aeronaut and member of the club, Dr. Vaughan Bateson, of Biadford. It was a magni- ficient trip in perfectly calm weather, the balloon once reaching an altitude of 7,000 ft. It travelled very slowly, and descended safely about sunset at Knapton, a few miles from York. During the course of the journey, the aeronauts brought the balloon to within a few hundred feet of the ground near Lord Hawke's residence at Wighill, and conversed with some farm hands below. The arrangements for the most successful afternoon's programme were carried out by a sub-committee consisting of Mr. S. W. Fitzgerald, Mr. R. G. Macpherson, Mr. Kirby Johnson, and the hon. secretary of the club, Mr. Herbert E. Harwood. Prof. Goodman, of the University of Leeds, and Dr. Vaughan Bateson, were judges in the model competitions. The snapshots were taken by Mr. J. E. Breanan and Mr. H. Smith, of York. YORKSHIRE AERO CLUB MEETING.—Ready for the balloon ascent by Captain Bramhall from the Leeds Foot ball Grounds last Saturday. YORKSHIRE AERO CLUB MEETING;—General view of the Leeds Football Grounds on Saturday where the competitions took place. In the distance the balloon is being inflated for the ascent which formed a feature in the day s entertainment. Inset above is seen Mr. Stanger's petrol-driven model being started. 492 M •
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