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1911
1911 - 0106.PDF
JyiiL George and John to receive him. The aviator was presented to His Majesty, who at once descended from the Terrace, by Sir Charles Cust, and afterwards the King and the young Princes closely examined the Howard Wright machine and had the various details of it explained. His Majesty also congratulated Mr. Sopwith on his splendid win in the Baron de Forest competition and also upon his gallant attempts to FEBRUARY II, 1911. secure the British Michelin prize. After taking tea at the Castle Mr. Sopwith remounted his machine and flew back to Datchet, where, on hearing that the fog was thicker at Brook- lands than when he left in the morning, he decided to leave his aeroplane until the following day, when he duly returned without incident,! although, even then, the fog was very thick. AVIATORS OF THE ROYAL AEKO CLUB OF THE U.K. Name. .3 jj. Machine |=il Used, j Where Qualified. Date. J. T. C. Moore-Brauazon Hon. C. S. Kolls A. Rawlinson Cecil S. Grace .. G. B. Cockburn... Claude Grahame- White A. Ogilvie A. M. Singer S. F. Cody Lt.L.D. L.Gibbs,R.F.A. Hon. Maurice Egerton... James Radley Hon. Alan Boyle J. Armstrong Drexel .. G. C. Colmore ... G. A. Barnes Capt. Geo. Dawes A. V. Roe A. E. George 20 R. Wickham 21 F. K. McClean 22 E. K. Davies 23 Maurice Ducrocq 24 1. G. Weir 25 Lt. H. E. Watkins 26 C. H. Greswell 27 Capt. J. D. B. Kulton ... 28 L. F. Macdonald 29 Lt. R. T. Snowden-Smith iSh. : Sh.-W. H. Far. Sh.-W. H. Far. Bier. .. Sh.-W. H. Far. Cody .. H. Far. Sh.-W. Bier. . Avis .. . Bier. .. Sh. .. Hum. .. Roe .. G. & J. Som. .. (Sh. .. Han. .. H. Far. Bier. .. H. W... Gr.-Wh. II. Far. JBris. .. !H. Far. Shellbeach Eastchurch Mourmelon Pau ... Camber, Rye Mourmelon Laffan's Plain Mourmelon Eastchurch Brooklands Beaulieu Eastchurch Brooklands Wolverhampton Brooklands Eastchurch Brooklands Eastchurch Brooklands Hendon Btooklands Salisbury Plai Brooklands 8 Ma. 8 Ma. i 5AP. 12 Ap. 26 Ap. 26 Ap. 24 My. 31 My. 7 Ju., 7 Ju., 14 Ju., 14 J"-, 14 Ju., 21 Ju., 21 Ju., 21 Jll., 26 Jy., 26 Jy, 6Se., 20 Se., 20 Se., 11 Oc, 1 No. 8 No. 15 No. 15 No. 15 No. ,15 No. 115 No. 1 10 . 10 , 10 1 i« . 10 1 10 10 , 10 . 10 . 10 . 10 , 10 I 10 , 10 , 10 Br. N.Z. Br. Am. 30 H. Barber 31 T. Sopwith 32 [. J. Hammond... 33 Sydney E. Smith 34 Archibald R. Low 351R. C. Fenwick ... 36C*pt. A. G. Board 37 Capt. H. F. Wood 38C. C. Paterson ... 39 B. G. Bouwens ... 40U. G. B. Hynes, R.G.A 41 St. Croix Johnstone 42|Maj. H. R. Cook, R.G.A.[Br. 43! B. H. Barrington Kennett ,, 44 G. P. L. Jezzi ... ... ,, 45 Lt. R. A. Cammell, R.E. „ 46 O. C. Morison ... 47 James Valentine... 48 H. J. D. Astley... 49 Robert Macfie ... 50C. Howard Pixton 51 Herbert John Thomas 52 E. V. Sassoon ... 53 G. de Havilland 54 D. G. Conner ... 55 J. V. Martin Am. = American ; Br. = Val. H. W. Bris. iHendon ...122 No., ir> .'Brooklands '22 No., 10 . Salisbury Plain 22 No., 10 Pla. Bier. Bris. Pat. Bier. . Brooklands .FresVi'field Hendon .: Brooklands Freshfield Hendon . Beaulieu . Hendon , Eastchurch 22 No., 10 ...22 No., 10 ...29 No., 10 29 No., io- ...29 No., 10 ... 6 De., io' ...31 De., 10 .. 31 De., 10 ... 31 De., 10 ... 31 De., 10 ...31 De., 10 31 De., IJez. Bris. . Bier. . j Mac. . J Som. . (Mac. . Roe . j Bris. . !Som. . j Hav. . Bris. . lH. Far. . _ British; Fr. = French; N. Z. = New Zealand. Machine.—Bler.'=Blenot; Bris. = Bristol; G. and J. = George and lobling; Gr.-Wh. = Grahame-White ; Han. = Harriot; Hav. = deHavilland biplane; H.Far. = Henry Farman ; H. W. = Howard Wright; Hum. = Humber; Jez. = Jezzi biplane; Mac. = Macne biplane; Pat. = Paterson ; Pla. = Planes Ltd.; Sh. = Shorts Sh.-W. = Short Wright; Som. = Sommer : Val. = Valkyrie. Ai Salisbury Plain 31 De., 10 Brooklands ... 17 Ja., n „ ••• 17 Ja-> JI ... 24 ja., 11 " ••• 24 Ja., 11 ...I24 |a., 11 Salisbury Plain J24 Ja., 11 Brooklands ...'24 Ja., 11 Favnborough ... 7 Fe., II Salisbury Plain 7 Fe., II Hendon ...I 7 Fe., II Mr. S. F, Cody on Saturday last carried a passenger on his biplane over Laffan's Plain, standing on the lower main plane, 10 ft. 6 ins. away from himself in the pilot's seat, as seen above in our photograph. Mr. Cody, by this means, wishes to emphasise his claim for the great lateral stability of his machine. 108
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