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1911
1911 - 0070.PDF
J. de Lesseps a Benedict. ON Wednesday the hero of the second cross-Channel flight— M. J. de Lesseps—was married to Miss Grace Mackenzie, at St. James' Church, Spanish Place. It will be remembered that the aviator met his bride during his visit to Canada last year. Is This a Model Club Record ? MR. S. E. LUKYN writes us as follows :— " The following may be of some inducement for other small villages to start a model aero club. " The Sunbury Model Aero Club (Thames Street) had been in existence one week when the first flying meeting was held. " Fourteen models were present, all of which made flights of 200 yards, including one made by the club's instructor, Mr. P, Clark, to his own design. This model, a 4 oz. one, flew for 60 sees, timed by a stop-watch, and attained an altitude estimated at over 200 ft., and in another flight was found to cover a distance of over 440 yards. " Can any other club boast of such a performance at its first meeting ? " The "Boy's Book of Airships." Bovs are notoriously up-to-date in their ideas. Many of the books most popular with them are, in fact, those which are to a certain extent anticipatory, and so it is hardly surprising that the " Boy's Book of Airships," by Mr. Harry Delacombe, has found an appreciative audience both on this and on the other side of the Atlantic. It will be noted with interest by schoolboys that a copy of the book has just been accepted by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, who has, we understand, expressed the great pleasure which its perusal has afforded him. In America the book has already run to four editions, while in the new edition just published in this country additional matter has been added by Mr. E. J. Partridge. The book runs to well over 300 pages, is splendidly printed, and has a very large number of full-page photographic illustrations, as well as several little sketches among the text. The book is divided into three parts, the first dealing with balloons, the second with airships, and the third with aeroplanes, kites and gliders. Besides telling the history of each branch of aero nautics, Mr. Harry Delacombe sets out in simple and interesting ® ® PROGRESS OF FLIGHT Aero Model Making Club. THE secretary notifies us that the address of the club's new workshop, where they have secured two big rooms in which they are fitting up benches, &c, is at 40, Kennington Park Road, S.E. Catalogues from manufacturers will be welcomed by the secretary for the use of the members of the club. Aeronautical Soc. of Great Britain (53. VICTORIA ST., S.W.). IN addition to the lecture, " From Kites to Aeroplanes," by Mr. S. F. Cody, on February 9th, and Mr. F. Handley Page's lecture on February 14th, a paper is to be read, at a date to be fixed later, on " Automatic Stability," by Lieut. J. W. Dunne. East London Aero Club (ALEXANDRA HOTEL, STRATFORD, E.). SOME very pleasant evenings have been spent during the month in the clubroom. Several papers have been read, after which dis cussions followed, and together with the models and gliders that have been exhibited the members are rapidly acquiring a technical knowledge of aeronautics. A library has been opened and a large number of books have been distributed amongst the members. Mr. E. H. Lancaster has been appointed librarian. The Workshop Committee has been very busy of late visiting several likely workshops, and the results of their labours will be ® ® A German Review of Aviation. AN instructive book has recently been published by Mr. J. F. Lehmann, of Munich, under the title of " Jahrbuch der Luft- schifTahrt" (Year-Book of Flying). It has been compiled by Herr Ansbert Vorreiter, and forms, as it purports to be, a very complete record of flying during 1910. Both airships and aeroplanes are carefully dealt with and besides a large number of photographs the book is illustrated by scale drawings of the various dirigibles and language the principles involved, while he also describes the construction of various machines with which success has been achieved. In the section on aeroplanes, for instance, after giving the history of the early experiments, the author goes on to deal with the principles of gliding and then to discuss the question of the best form of plane, the effects of curved surfaces, &c, then dealing with various machines such as the Wright, Voisin, Farman, Bleriot and many others, concluding by a resume of the more important recent events. The subject of dirigibles is also treated in a similar way, so that schoolboys and others who are fortunate enough to secure a copy of this book should after reading it have acquired a good general knowledge on the subject of aeronautics and be able to take a practical part in the construction and flying of model machines of variojs sorts.—(Grant Richards. Price 6s.) The Late Mr. Stringfellow. IN referring to the much regretted death of Mr. Stringfellow in our last issue, the initials A. H. should have been used instead of F. J. Mr. F. J. Stringfellow, likewise a son of the famous John Stringfellow, predeceased his brother. "Book Here for Flying." QUITE a business is growing up in passenger flights now that the conveniences are so great within easy distance of London. Both at Brooklands and the London Aerodrome near Hendon, numbers of passengers are daily experiencing the delights, although only passively, of aviation as passsengers, there generally being one or other of the aviators, weather permitting, on the grounds ready to carry out these initiations. It has remained for Messrs. Keith Prowse and Co., the well-known box office proprietors, to establish direct communication and booking between Brooklands and their establishment, so that anyone can now ascertain at once at any of the firm's 38 branches, whether flying is possible at the time of enquiry; whether there is an open ten minutes or so during the day. In connection with this innovation, on Saturday last Mr. Keith Jones, Managing Director of Messrs. Keith Prowse and Co., Ltd., and Mr. Phillips were at Brooklands arranging for a direct private line to the aviation ground. As a further convenience cars will meet intending passengers at Brooklands to convey them across to the flying grounds by notifying Messrs. Keith Prowse. ® ® ABOUT THE COUNTRY. announced at the next meeting. Some interesting information will also be given out relating to the February flying meetings, and the technical lectures to be delivered during February and March. Yorkshire Aero Club (HOTEL METROPOLE, LEEDS). MR. STUART A. HIRST, the newly appointed chairman of the club, presided at a meeting at the Hotel Metropole, Leeds, last week. He congratulated the model section of the club on their very successful work during the last few months at the Rifle Barracks, and he had every hope that during the coming summer it would be possible for the club to secure a full-sized glider for experimental purposes. Further, he thought that before the summer was over, facilities for practical experiments with this glider would be possible, as negotiations were already well in hand for a flying ground. Mr. A. Hunter, of Dewsbury, a member of the club, during the evening gave some very instructive and entertaining particulars of his lessons and experiences in acquiring the art of aviation at Juvisy. He learnt very rapidly on the school machine, managing to turn round and come back in his second lessim, a short flight being accomplished in his third lesson, followed by three short flights during his fourth. Some very valuable hints were also given by Mr. Hunter on the managing of aeroplanes, and he particularly emphasised by way of conclusion the value of learning to glide before trying to fly. By this means aviators were able to come gently to the ground at the end of a flight. ® ® flying machines, while many admirably arranged tables permit of the dimensions, &c, of various machines being compared. In addition to particulars of the actual machines the book also has sections dealing with sheds for dirigibles, flying grounds, artillery for use against both aeroplanes and airships, and also a chapter on the military uses of flying machines. Another section gives a summary of the patents taken out in Germany during the past year, while at the end of the book is a summarised record of the principal events and performances made during the past twelve months. NOTE.—Addresses, temporary or permanent, follow in each case the names ot the clubs, where communications of our readers can be addressed direct to the Secretary. We would ask Club Secretaries in future to see that the notes regarding their Clubs reach the Editor of FLIGHT, 44, St. Martin's Lane, London, W.C., by first post Tuesday at latest. 72
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