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1911
1911 - 0088.PDF
FROM THE BRITISH FLYING GROUNDS. Brooklands Aerodrome. THE early part of this week has not been very exciting with regard to the flying. Mr. Ducrocq was out with his pupil, Mrs. Palmer, on Monday. On Tuesday Mr. Pixton took the Hammond triplane for a run, but the machine, which appears to be under-powered, did not leave the ground. The Gibbs Sommer was also out with the Pashleys up. This was their first time in a biplane, but both made good straight flights. Then Mr. Anderson took a turn round the ground. He banked too much on one of the corners and appeared to slide inwards slightly. He recovered, and landed without damage. Mr. Ooilyer did some rolling on his monoplane. This machine goes by the name of the " Hell Hound" at Brooklands. Wednesday and Thursday were blank days owing to the wind, but work was being pushed forward in the sheds. The wings for the Martin and Handasyde two-seater are nearly finished ; the body is also well on the way. This machine will be fitted with a Gnome engine, and has been purchased by Mr. Tom Sopwith. The Flanders mono plane is also growing apace, part of the machine being assembled. This machine, when finished, will have very novel wings and landing chassis. The Hanriot is still waiting for two new cylinders for the E.N.V. engine. Captain Maitland's Howard Wright is being fitted with extensions, and the reconstruction of the Magtie biplane is also on the way. Friday saw several smashes. Early in the morning the Molesworth and Hughes biplane met with a slight mishap. Billing on his converted Voisin carried away the rudder and one elevator while trying to avoid Collyer's monoplane which was just starting away from the sheds. Later on, Bell, on the Roe triplane, came to grief. He had made a straight flight from the sheds to the Wey. He turned round and was coming; back, when he tried to make a turn, and turning too quickly, he dived and completely wrecked the machine. Very soon afterwards Ander son was up on the Sommer and he landed sharply on her nose not a hundred yards from the "dead" triplane, and also reduced the machine to matchwood. Collyei, on his " Hell Hound," made short hops. Ducrocq was out on his Farnian. Saturday was a busy one and Brooklands had a record Saturday for the winter. The crowd almost made one think that it was a race day. Ducrocq was out on his biplane, Mr. Watkins on the Howard Wright biplane, Mr. Morison came out on his BleViot, but it only ran about twenty yards- when one wheel buckled and the under-carriage was damaged. It was quite a biplane day as all the monoplanes were in dock for various reasons. Sunday was rather misty, but it cleared up by mid-day. Watkin came out and was followed by Mr. Sopwith, but they had only been in the air for a short time when fog came on and flying for the day was over. Monday was a blank day as the wind was too high for any flying to be indulged in. London Aerodrome. MONDAY'S weather last week was an improvement on that of the previous Saturday, and it was not long before Greswell, one of the Grahame-White school instructors, appeared with the all-British E.N.V. Farman. He made several short flights for the purpose of tuning the engine, which was not running with quite its usual " vim." The new addition to the Grahame-White school, the 40-h.p. BROOKLANDS AS SEEN FRO VI ABOVE.—A. view when passing over the flight colony at Brooklands Aerodrome on Mr. Tom Sopwith's Howard Wright. Note the "magnetic" sewage farm on the left, and in the far distance the motor test hill, finishing straight, &c. 90
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