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DECEMBER IO, 1910. How "All-British" Prizes Benefit the Home Industries. THERE is no doubt that "all-British" prizes, such as the De Forest prisse, are having a great influence in the direction of encouraging the home industry. The Royal Aero Club has recently been giving its attention to the question as to what constitutes a British-built machine, and have come to the conclusion that all parts, such as castings, ball-races, drop-forgings, connecting- rods, &c., must be produced in the British Empire. In connection with these all-British prizes, the Club is taking every reasonable step to obtain information in advance as to the various parts of the •competing machines being all-British, but at the same time it must he remembered by competitors that the onus rests entirely upon them, in the event of any protest, to see that nothing but all- British manufactured parts are embodied in their machines. A Flying School for Yorkshire. BY a printer's error in a paragraph in our issue last week headed " An Aerodrome Wanted at Dewsbury," the name of Mr. A. Hunter was given incorrectly as Turner. Mr. Hunter, it will be remembered, has recently been at the Juvisy aerodrome, where he showed remarkable aptitude in learning to manipulate the Goupy biplane. After only a very short period of tuition Mr. Hunter made a very successful short flight, and he hopes to secure his pilot's certificate very shortly. Unfortunately urgent business necessitated his return from France before the necessary formalities were completed, but he proposes to go back shortly and obtain the certificate. Mr. Hunter has been so impressed by the qualities of the Goupy flyer that he has arranged to take up the sole agency for Great Britain. He also intends shortly to start a school of aviation at some suitable spot in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Royal Aero Club Offer to the Navy. IN connection with the two aeroplanes placed at the disposal ot Naval officers by the Royal Aero Club, a general order was issued on Monday by Admiral Sir C. C. Drury, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. This points out that both the machines are biplanes of the most modern type, fitted with Gnome motors, and that they are placed at the disposal of naval officers at all times and without charge. The only conditions are that officers using them must become members of the Royal Aero Club and they must make good any damage done to the machines. Already several officers are in the field to take advantage of these facilities so patriotically offered by the Royal Aero Club and several club members who are certified pilots have offered to assist in instructing the officers. "Welcome Home to Mr. Claude Grahame*White. A CONSIDERABLE gathering of friends assembled at Paddington on Monday afternoon to welcome home Mr. Claude Grahame- White, who had arrived on the "Mauretania" at Fishguard earlier in the day. By way of celebrating Mr. Grahame-White's fine victory for Great Britain in the International Competition for the Gordon-Bennett Trophy he was entertained on Wednesday evening at a banquet given at the Carlton Hotel by the Royal Aero Club of OF THE WEEK. the United Kingdom. At the earliest opportunity Mr. Grahame-White intends making his attempt to win the Dc Forest prize including the flight over the Channel. Lieut. Hugh E. Watkins, who is flying his E.N.V.-engined Howard Wright biplane in the Baron de Forest j£4,000 Cross-Channel Prize contest. Pilots' Certificates and Observers. LAST week in the notes of the London Aerodrome doings it was suggested that Mr. Bouwens was unable to obtain his official ^r^T^Zunr flviDB over the troops at Shorncllffe during his trips preparatory to Lieut. Watkins, on his ^^^Q^^S^Si2*fi& Cross-Channel Prize. ion
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