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1911
1911 - 0091.PDF
FEBRUARY 4, 1911. JED Ike Rowal &ero CLci of the UixitecL Kirsgdo. OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS Competitions Committee. A MEETING of the Competitions Committee was held on Monday, the 3oih January, 1911, when there were present:—Mr. Mervyn •O'Gorman, in the chair, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Col. H. C. L. Holden, R.A., F.R.S., Prof. A. K. Huntington, Major F. Lindsay Lloyd, Mr. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, and Harold E. Perrin, Secretary. " Daily Mail" £10,000 Prize.—The draft rules were again considered. G-jrdon-Bennett Aviation Cup Contest.—The special sub committee repotted on the various grounds visited. It was decided to defer any decision until the next meeting, to be held on Monday, February 6th, 1911. Army and Navy Aviation Prizes.—Draft rules for the Army and Navy prizes, presented by Mr. A. M. Singer, were considered. Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup, 1911. On Friday, January 27th, 1911, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Prof. A. K. Huntington, Major F. Lindsay Lloyd, Mr. J. T. C. Moore- Brabazon, and the Secretary, visited Didcot with representatives of the Great Western Railway, and inspected the surrounding country. International Aero Exhibition at Olympia. The date of the International Aero Exhibition, held by the Socieiy of Motor Manufacturers and Traders under the auspices of the Royal Aero Club, has been altered, and the Exhibition will now open on Friday, March 24th, and terminate on Saturday, April 1st, 1911. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Exhibition Manager, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Maxwell House, Arundel Street, Strand, London, W.C., or the Secretary, Royal Aero Club, 166, Piccadilly, London, W. In connection with the Exhibition it is proposed to organise an exhibit of model flying machines. Space will be given free, and the Royal Aero Club will erect suitable stands and provide the necessary attendants. In order to partly cover this expense a charge of lay. will be made for each model exhibited. It is pro posed to award Medals and Cash Prizes. Members of the Royal Aero Club will be admitted free on pro duction of their membership cards. A room in the Princes' Gallery will be placed at the disposal of the members during the Exhibition. Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup. The Cup, having been won last year by Mr. C. Grahame-White, the nominee of the Royal Aero Club, the race for 1911 will be held in England. The exact date and place will be announced later. Each Club forming part of the Federation Aeronautique Inter nationale has the right of challenging the holder, the Royal Aero Club, and such challenge must be received before March 1st, 1911. The Committee of the Royal Aero Club will select the three competitors and reserves representing the United Kingdom. Intending competitors are requested to notify the Secretary on or before February 28th, 1911, of their willingness to compete if chosen. Applications must be accompanied by a cheque for ^20, the entry fee, which amount will be returned should the competitor not be selected. Candidates must be members of the Royal Aero Club. HAROLD E. PERRIN. 166, Piccadilly. Secretary PROGRESS OF FLIGHT ABOUT THE COUNTRY. NOTE.—Addresses, temporary or permanent, follow in each case the names of 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. Aeroplane Building and Flying Soc. (8, MANCHESTER ST., W.). THE accompanying photographs taken at the Society's head quarters at Kensal Rise will doubtless be of some interest to rea lers of FLIGHT. In the first the biplane sh >wn is entirely the work of members, nothing having been purchased but absolute raw material. Being intended as a school machine the design is quite orthodox, but there are several features more or less novel that may be useful to others intending to build a machine at a low cost. The control is one of them. It is intended to be quite instinctive, and the whole machine is worked by one lever. In order to test how far the movements were natural, a small boy who had never seen an aeroplane before was put into the seat and asked what he would do if he wanted to make the front lift. He immediately tried to pull it up by pulling the lever towards him. This, as shown, works both the elevators, raising the front and depressing the back. The rudder is worked by using the handle bicycle fashion, and was also successfully manipulated by this embryo pilot. In balancing, one naturally leans to the highest side, and this rocks the handle bar on its pivot and raises one balancing plane while depressing the other. All these movements the small boy carried out without any tuition. The wire strainer shown in Fig. 2 is made of f-in. 22 gauge strip steel and an ordinary bolt and nut, the bolt being turned by a A snapshot, on the left, of the bip'ane built by the Aeroplane Building and Flying Society at their ground at Kensal Rise. It is intended as a school machine, and the control arrangements embody several useful features. On the right is seen the artificial gliding '"hill" built by the Society at the Kensal Rise ground. The trolley on which the glider is placed is seen half way down the "track." In the background will be noticed the Society's biplane standing just outside the shed. 93
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