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1911
1911 - 0137.PDF
FEBRUARY 18, 1911. [/JJGHT] British Prize Regulations. SEVERAL important announcements appear in the official notices of the Royal Aero Club on pages 135 and 136 this week. In addition to the further list of certified pilots, the rules governing Mr. Mortimer Singer's prizes for the Army and Navy are given, and the new regulations governing the issue of pilots' certificates for aeroplanes and also for dirigibles are set out. The Vickers-Maxtm Naval Airship. AN official confirmation of the advanced state of the huge dirigible under construction at Barrow was forthcoming in Parliament on Monday last, when Mr. McKenna stated that the airship was nearly completed. He further vouchsafed the information that experiments in connection with the management and the training of her crew were in progress. In regard to any delay that there might have been, this was inevitable, he said, as the ship was experimental. Brooklands Prizes for Flying. ON each of the days on which it is proposed to hold motor race meetings at Brooklands during the coming season, three prizes will be offered for flying while the competitors will take part in an aggregate competition extending over the whole season. The dates of the meetings are March 25th (Saturday), April 17th (Easter Monday), May,ioth (Wednes day), June 5th (Whit Monday), June 17th (Ascot Saturday), July 20th (Thursday), August 7th (Bank Holiday), October 4th (Wednesday), and three prizes of ^30, £15 and £$ are offered for each day, except on June 5th and 17th and August 7th, when the first prize will be increased to ^50. The prizes in the aggregate competition will be /150, ^100 and ^50. No flights under 15 mins. in duration will be counted and no competitor will be eligible for the aggregate prizes unless he has flown for over 15 mins. at not less than 50 per cent, of the race meeting days on which any of the prizes had been won. Flying will commence at 2 p.m., and continue until 7.30, with the exception of March 25th, when it will close at 6 p.m., April 17th at 6.30 and October 4th at 5.30. No competitor will be allowed to start after 30 mins. before the closing time. Mr. Grahame-White Flies with Miss Pauline Chase. AT Freshfield.near Southport, on Monday last, Mr. Claude Grahame-White was trying one of Mr. C. F. Paterson's biplanes, carrying with him as passenger Miss Pauline Chase, his fiancee, who this week is playing in "Peter Pan " at the Southport Opera House. Mr. Grahame-White, with Miss Chase, flew Mr. Paterson's Curtiss type biplane ; Mr. Paterson, carrying Mr. Barnes, of Freshfield, handling his Farman machine. The direction of Formby was taken by the flyers, a distance of about 8 miles in the direction of Southport being made, the turn for the home journey being near Birkdale. MISS L. E. BLAND'S " MAYFLY."—View showing the general arrangement of the controls. The main lever of the Farman action type is made of steel tubing, and it will be seen that bicycle pedals have been fitted to the foot- levers as longer pull was required with new type of rudder. Wire connections have been found better than rods for the petrol and throttle-levers seen at the side of the seat which is enclosed in fabric. mmmmammmmmtMaammm FLYING IN IRELAND. —The "Mayfly." the Bland biplane, with Miss Lilian E. Bland, its designer and con structor, in the pilot's seat, in full flight at Carnamoney, near Belfast, where this very enterprising lady is carrying on her work of building machines. Our photograph was secured during a foggy and hard frosty day. Both machines were flying splendidly, although the wind was inclined to be tricky. Later on Mr. Paterson was again up, carrying two passengers. On the Sunday Mr. Paterson, Mr. Grahame-White and Mr. King were all in the air with different machines ; Mr. Paterson carried Mr. Grahame- White as passenger to Southport and back, and later on Mr. King accompanied Mr. Grahame-White for a trip to Waterloo and back, Mr. King also Hying with Mr. Paterson on his Farman to Southport. Proposed Aercdrome at Lingfield. AN important scheme is being evolved which has for its object not only the training of aviation pilots but thoroughly preparing all those able to take advantage of its system for occupations in different departments of the aerial service. The site is near Lingfield Station, Surrey, where about320 acres are available for the object in view. From the nature and position of the Lingfield estate, which adjoins the racecourse, it is claimed that the finest aviation ground in Great Britain can be created. The land is flat and open, being covered entirely with springy turf. The site for the erection of the hangars has been selected near the railway station, where tin- ground rises slightly. There is already a house suitable for the use of pupils as a club house, and a number ol farm outbuildings already standing can be readily converted into motor houses and workshops. The idea is to put up about 100 sheds at moderate rentals, whilst efficient instructors and school aeroplanes are necessarily to form part of the scheme. What appears to be a good idea for connecting up various aviation centres is also foreshadowed by the suggestion of erecting a further 100 sheds in different parts of the United Kingdom, so that flyers from Lingfield centre can make journeys to grounds at definite points, working in conjunction with the Lingfield scheme, where they will be sure of proper accommodation and suitable reception. A New British Biplane. WRITING with reference to the new biplane of the Curtiss type, which has been built for him by the Liverpool Motor House, Mr. G. Higginbotham, of Macclesfield, says it has quite exceeded the expectations of the designers. It has proved very fast and exceptionally steady in flight. Fitted with a 50-h.p. Gnome motor, but without fuel, it weighs only 700 lbs. On the recent trip to Southport and back, with Mr. Paterson in charge, Mr. Higginbotham says he was able to take control of the machine with ease during part of the return journey. Huntingdon as a Flying Centre. VERY persistent and praiseworthy efforts have been made by those associated with the City of Huntingdon to make that town a centre for aviation. A further step was taken last week at a meeting of the Town Council, when the Mayor, Alderman T. Coxon, presided. It was a question of renting Quail's Meadow to the Philaerian Company for the 139
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