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1911
1911 - 0374.PDF
BRITISH London to Paris with a Passenger. M. PRIER, not content with having succeeded in flying from London to Paris without a stop, is now contemplating the repetition of this performance, but this time with a passenger on board his Bleriot monoplane. Naval Aviators at Eastchurch. LIEUT. C. R. SAMSON, R.N., and Lieut, Arthur M. Longmore, R.N., two of the four Naval officers undergoing a course of instruction in flying on the Royal Aero Club Flying Grounds at Eastchurch, have succeeded in passing the necessary tests for an aviator's certificate issued by the Royal Aero Club in accordance with the rules of the F.A.I. It will be recalled that through the generosity of Mr. F. K. McClean the Royal Aero Club were able to place two biplanes of the latest pattern at the disposal of the Admiralty for the use of Naval officers, and Mr. C. B. Cockburn, a member of the Club, has most kindly given his services as instructor to the officers. Flying at Southport. DEFINITE arrangements have now been made by the Coronation Gala Committee at Southport with Mr. Grahame-White to give a series of exhibition flights on June 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 26th, there being no flying on the Sunday, but a special display on the Friday evening. Mr. Grahame-White will take two machines to Southport and a qualified aviator besides himself, and flying will only be indulged in between the hours of 2 to 5, except on Friday, when there will be the evening display. The Postponed Brooklands-Brighton Race. A GUSTY wind, which mostly blew at a velocity seldom less than 30 miles an hour, was responsible for the postponement of the Brooklands to Brighton race which was to have taken place last Saturday. Four aviators waited at Brooklands in hope of a start being made, and a great crowd gathered at Brighton Pier to see the finish, but all in vain. It was decided, therefore, to postpone the APRIL 29, 1911. EER. competition until to-day, Saturday. The conditions remain the- same, except that aviators may choose their own time of starting. Memorial to Aviators at Eastchurch. VERY appropriate is the movement initiated by Mr. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon and the Hon. Mauiice Egerton for the provision of a memorial to the Hon. C. S. Rolls and Mr. Cecil Grace at Eastchurch. It is proposed that the memorial should take the form- of a stained glass window in Eastchurch Church. As our readers- are aware, both the aviators commenced their flying at Eastchurch, and it is felt that no more fitting place than the village could be chosen for some permanent memorial of their work. The cost of a two-light window would be about ,£60, and contributions may be sent either to the rector, the Rev. R. Henry Dickson, Eastchurch. Rectory, Sheerness, or to the Postmaster, Eastchurch. Mr. N. C. Neill was the "Feather-Weight." IT was Mi. N. C. Neill, the 20-stone "feather-weight," who last week was carried by Mr. Cody on his biplane at Laffan's Plain, and who is well known in connection with racing at Brooklands,. not, as stated by our correspendent, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, who was only a witness of the incident. A Curious Accident in India. WHILE giving a demonstration on his Humber monoplane at the Bombay Oval on the 26th ult., Lieut. Dawes decided to fly over to Malabar Point, about 4 miles away, but in turning he failed to notice some telegraph wires alongside the Bombay-Baroda Railway, which skirts the ground, until he was close upon them. There not being room enough to rise Lieut. Dawes was compelled to come down on to the railway line, which he did successfully. Just then,, however, a goods train came along, and although it was only proceeding very slowly and the driver was signalled to stop, he apparently did not understand, with the result that it smashed into- the monoplane. The aviator jumped clear before the collision took place, and so escaped serious injury, but the monoplane was- seriously damaged, although the engine itself escaped. Mrs. Asquith, Miss Asquith, and Master Asquith watching Mr. Gustav Hamel preparing his Bleriot monoplane on Saturday at Brooklands, in readiness for the flight to Brighton. 376
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