FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1910
1910 - 0696.PDF
AUGUST 27, 1910. RRITISH NOTES OF THF WFFK MJ?X^& JL JLVJPJLM. JL^I ^-*' •& Jw'feJ' ^»#X & Jliiiw v V iw ills? il 1X0 Newcomers at Filey. ANOTHER monoplane has taken up its quarters at Filey, and is to be tested on the beach shortly. This has "been built by two Irish aviators, Messrs. Hutton and Wilson, and is fitted with a 35-h.p. 2-cyl. Alvaston engine. Last Saturday week Mr. House had an unlucky accident. He had made several short flights along the beach when the machine suddenly turned turtle, smashing one of the wings and the propeller. Mr. House was pinned beneath the machine, but on it being lifted he emerged unhurt. Advisory Committee on Aeronautics Report. JUST as we go to press there is published as a Blue-Book the first annual report of the Government Advisory Committee on Aeronautics. It is a bulky volume of 190 pages, and includes a number of diagrams, &c, to illustrate the reports of the research work which has been taken in hand during the past twelve months. We hope to deal with the report adequately in a future issue. Rapid Aeroplane Construction. THE accident to Mr. Roe's machines, when they were burnt on the railway during transit to Blackpool, will be fresh in the minds of our readers. No time was lost in starting new machines, and two other complete aeroplanes have, we learn, already been turned out. One of these was being used at Blackpool, and the other was sent to America on Saturday, August 13th. This speaks well for the equipment of A. V. Roe and Co. for dealing with urgent orders, a fact to make a note of, as the firm undertake work outside building their own particular machines. "All the World's Airships." IN order to prevent any misunderstanding, we are asked to announce that the statement that Mr. Fred T. Jane's ' 'All the World's Airships" will in future be sold at 42s., only refers to last year's edition, of which only a few copies are left. The forthcoming (1910) edition will be sold at the usual price of 21s. Aeronautical Classics No. 3. THE third volume of the Aeronautical Classics, (is.) which deals with the art of flying, by Thomas Walker, has made its appear ance and should find its way immediately on to the book-shelves of all those who profess to follow aviation with interest. The Aero nautical Society of Great Britain are doing a thoroughly useful work in republishing the writings of very early pioneers, and the fact that they have thus placed them within the reach of all, deserves the widest support. Thomas Walker, the subject of the present volume, was an interesting man and what is known of him has been admirably expressed in a well written foreword to this treatise of his upon " The Art of Flying." His real vocation was that of portrait painter, but he would seem to have had a very good idea of the fundamental principles of the flying art as well, considering the early date of his writings, the first edition of which appeared in 1810. One of .the most interesting passages in the treatise is that which describes a successful experiment made with a ballasted model glider such as, in principle, so many of our younger readers are nowmaking to-day. oscillating structure is the invention of Mr. Eardley D. Billing, and is available at Brooklands Aerodrome for trial uj by flying aspirants. 694 mncHf] Aeroplanes at the Manoeuvres. IT is authoritatively stated that at the Army manoeuvres, which will shortly commence on Salisbury Plain, the troops will be accom panied in the field both by dirigible balloons and aeroplanes. Not only so, but it is further reported that tests will be made with various means of defence against such craft. Drexel's Height Record. As a result of the examination by the Kew authorities of the barograph carried by Mr. Drexel during his altitude record, the height is slightly reduced, owing to an error in reading. The height is now recorded as 6,621 ft., which is still the world's record. Aerodrome at Huntingdon. WE are given to understand that the Earl of Sandwich and other owners of Portholme Meadow, the old racecourse—an island of some 260 acres, perfectly flat—have now definitely offered it to the town of Huntingdon for a term of yea*s for aviation purposes, and that a committee already appointed for and on behalf of the town, for whom Mr. J. Percy Maule, the Town Clerk, acts as secretary, are prepared to open up negotiations with private individuals or a company with a view to sub-leasing. Lanark Prize for Charity. As the prize of ^250 offered by Messrs. Pettigrew and Stephens, Ltd., for a flight round the University could not be competed for on the appointed day owing to windy weather, the donors requested the Lord Provost of Glasgow to distribute the money. As a result, the Royal Infirmary, Western Infirmary, East Park Home for Infirm Children, and Bellefield Sanatorium each receive £$0, ar*d the Victoria Infirmary and the Smyllum Hospital ,£25 each. Dublin Flying Meeting. EVERYTHING points to the two days' flying exhibition to be held on the Leopardstown racecourse, near Dublin, being a great success. Arrangements have been made with Armstrong Drexel, Cecil Grace, and Capt. Dickson, and given fine weather, each of these aviators should put up some fine work between them. The three sheds have been erected in the grand stand enclosure, so that those who are in that part may examine the machines at close range. Wedding Bells at Blackpool. VERY quietly on Saturday afternoon, Mr. A. V. Roe was married at the South Shore Parish Church, Blackpool, to Miss Mildred Kirk, a Derbyshire lady. British Aviators for America. AMONG the passengers on the White Star Liner " Cymric,'' which sailed from Liverpool on Tuesday last, were Mr. Claude Grahame- White and Mr. A. V. Roe, both of whom will be at Harvard for the flying meeting. Mr. Grahame-White is taking both a Farman and a Bleriot, while Mr. Roe will use a triplane which has been purchased by the Harvard Aeronautical Society, and was shipped a fortnight ago.
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
