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AUGUST 6, 1910. the Tower and returning to the aerodrome, where he spent some time in steady flying. Considerable surprise and excite ment was caused by the appearance of A. V. Roe with a new triplane, which had been hurriedly built up of such spars as [JTJGHTJ travelling over St. Anne's, and this proved to be the missing Loraine and his Farman. Hearty cheers greeted his landing in the aerodrome. It appears that after leaving New Brighton he had trouble with the lower plane of the tail. The oil from the motor had saturated the fabric, and this bellied upwards, reducing the lift of the tail so much that Loraine decided to come down, and landed on a sandbank at Fairhaven at 5.5 p.m., 6 miles away from the aerodrome. With the aid of Captain Smart and the mechanics the fabric was riveted Rear view o£ Gnome motor on Henry Farman machine, showing carburettor with air inlet and throttle control, position of magneto, petrol tank, and oil feed tube. were available. This machine was only put in hand on the Thursday morning previous, and the greatest praise is due to Mr. Roe and his staff for the excellent workmanship embodied in the machine. Roe succeeded in flying four circuits of the course, and then came down, breaking two struts attached to the skid. Owing to tyre troubles only one tyre was fitted, three of the wheels running on the rims, and in landing the machine came down heavily on the skids, breaking the rubber bands supporting the wheels and the two struts. Roe received the congratulations of the other aviators, and was awarded a special merit prize of ^50 for his performance. Meanwhile Grahame- White was busy taking passengers up, the majority being ladies, and the trips lasting about ten minutes each. Tetard went up again for the duration prize, flying over the surrounding country, but always in sight of the aerodrome. Just before 7 o'clock a biplane was seen Drexel on Cecil Grace's Bleriot flying over the Club-house on Saturday last at the Blackpool meeting. For this achievement he was awarded the Daily Merit Prize of £100. down again, and the flight resumed at 6.45 p.m. It would be difficult to over-estimate the importance ol this cross-country flight, and it must certainly be classed amongst the finest examples of such we have had in this country. As this flight did not count for the duration prize, the petrol tank was filled up again, and Loraine started off round the aerodrome, he and Tetard providing some very pretty flying. Whilst Loraine and Tetard were in the air, Grahame-White went off with a passenger over Blackpool, circling the Tower en route. Having trouble with his engine he alighted on the North Shore golf links, and, after dropping his passenger tkere, succeeded in making his way to the aerodrome, flying over the promenade, and arriving back at 8.20 p.m. Thus ended a day of flying which has seldom been equalled in the history—certainly not in Great Britain—of flight. The awards were as follows :— r-DAUiiunwHiTw; RTtfRlOT SHOWING THE CENTRAL ARRANGEMENTS -On the right, a yiew StofaS^STfnd K^IpflcSTeScontrol pillar and wheel warping arrangement and metal splash- tajren irom tne wu w r board ^ pr0t6Ct thc aviat0r from oil. 617
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