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1910 - 0604.PDF
[/UGHT JULY 30, 1910, Flying Over the British Fleet. A VERY impressive flight was carried out by Mr. Claude Grahame-White on Saturday evening, when he flew over the Home, Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets assembled in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. There were about 130 vessels altogether, and at dusk, when they were alllit up, Mr. Grahame-White started from Penzance, and after flying along the shore, bore out and circled over the Admiralty yacht " Enchantress," and then over the " Dreadnought." He then sped away to Penzance Harbour in order to get his bearings and afterwards made a safe descent. Subsequently he claimed that he could easily have dropped missiles on to the warships, and he hopes with permission to experiment in this direction. As the vessels left Torbay on Wednesday afternoon Mr. Grahame- White flew over them. Grahame-White at the Crystal Palace. MR. GRAHAME-WHITE paid a short visit to the Crystal Palace on Tuesday of last week, and made two flights. He started for the first about 7 p.m. and first circled over South Norwood, and then back over the Palace itself. His second trip, made after a brief interval, followed practically the same direction. Entries for Lanark and Blackpool. THE entries received for these two meetings will be found on page 600, among the official notices of the Royal Aero Club. They number twenty-one for the Lanark Meeting, which commences on August 6th, and nine for the Blackpool Meeting, which opened on Thursday last. Programme for Blackpool Meeting. THE programme for the Blackpool meeting follows somewhat on the lines suggested in these pages last week, in that instead of a few big prizes being offered, four prizes will be won outright each day, and a special prize of £200 will be awarded at the conclusion of the meeting. Each day there will be a prize of £100 for the most meritorious performance, another prize of ,£100 for the longest distance flown, with a second prize of £50 for the second best total, and a prize of ^50 for the greatest altitude. Three hundred pounds a day for six days makes £1,800 and that plus the special prize for £200 for the best performance during the meeting reaches the limit allowed for prize money at a national meeting. A, V. Roe at Brooklands. ON the occasion of the motor cycle race meeting at Brook- lands on Wednesday of last week, Mr. A. V. Roe was out on his triplane and made some good trips, including one of 6 mins. duration. Subsequently he made several passenger flights. He has been putting in good work whenever the weather has been favourable, and has passed the necessary tests for the R.Ae.C. pilot certificate. A Map for Airmen. HAVING the approval of the Royal Aero Club a map of England, especially intended for those who travel by air, is now being prepared, and the first sheets will be issued shortly. By a special process the map will be so made that the prominent details will have the appearance of being in relief. Hills, woods, dangerous wind-zones, prominent landmarks, and favourable landing places will be indicated upon the map, which will be to the airman what a chart is to the sailor. Truly a splendid public work to have been accomplished by private enterprise. Mr. Harding a " Pilote-Aviateur." ON the 19th inst. Mr. Harding, who has been making some good flights at Amberieu, on his J. A. P. monoplane, successfully made two of the flights necessary to obtain his pilot's certificate, and later in the week he completed the tests. Moulthier, who has been practising at the same place with a Bleriot monoplane, has also passed the Ae.C. F. examination. Rev. Sidney Swann Abandons Flying. AFTER experimenting for twelve months with a monoplane o. his own design, the Rev. Sidney Swann is said to have decided to give up the subject. His greatest success was a series of long hops of about 30 yards, and this was ended by charging into a grazing sheep with dire results to the latter. An Aviator Fined for Damage. FOR having caused damage to a grass field, George Hammond was fined 2d. and costs at Consett on Tuesday. The defendant said he was flying a small aeroplane, and after a short distance in the air it dropped in the field, and the police caught him. Photos by Lady Susan Sutton. The British Army airship "Beta," after its night in its temporary chalk-pit harbour at Bury Hill, manoeuvring for a start on her home voyage; and well away for Aldershot. 602
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