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1911
1911 - 0482.PDF
I/O GUT JUNE 3, 1911 PROGRESS OF FLIGHT ABOUT THE COUNTRY. NOTE.-AddresseS, temporary or permanent, follow in each case the names of the clubs, where ^^^^JZA^^S addressed direct to the Secretary We would ask Club Secretaries in future to see that the notes regard ng their Clubs reach the Editor of FLIGHT, 44, St. Martin's Lane, London, W.C., by first post Tuesday at latest. in one of the fields lent by Mr. Brightmore. Competitors should Conisborougb and District Aeroplane Soc. (18, CHURCH ST.). ON Saturday, 27th ult., C C Allport made a flight of 463 ft. with his double-propeller monoplane thus winning the May monthly prize. This is a record for the club and beats the Inst record of T. S. Wallis, 405 ft. An aviation meeting is being arranged for Coronation Day when it is hoped the glider will be out. Dundee Aero Club (3, BALTIC STREET, DUNDEE). THE glider recently acquired by the club is now assembled, and by the permission of Mr. Geo. Ballingall, Newton, Warmit, Fife, the use of a hill close by St. Fort Station, 10 mins. journey from Dundee, has been obtained. Several glides have already been made. As it is intended to increase the annual subscription from 5.J. to 7.f. 6d., all interested wishing to join should communicate with the Secretary, c/o Findlay, 143, Nethergate, Dundee, at once. Scouts' Model Aeroplane Club. THE 8th Hampstead Troop B.P. Scouts have recently formed a model aeroplane club, of which Mr. C. Grahame-White has con sented to become president. Most of their models are biplanes, but the monoplane also has its devotees, although the greatest success has been obtained with one of the former. It embodies several new ideas, which have attracted the attention of famous aviators. One of the principal conditions of entry to the club is that the candidate must have a model in course of construction. Sheffield Model Aero Club (35, PENRHYN ROAD). THE model flying competition on Whit-Monday will take place take the Tinsley car from City Terminus and go right to the end of Tinsley Terminus ; after leaving the car they should walk straight on for about ten minutes to the Plumpers Hotel, on the right hand side, and then turn up the road for about five minutes walk. A flag pole' with the name of the club and a Union Jack will be placed in the field to show the ground. Flying will commence at 2.30 p.m., and competitors are requested to be on the field not later than 2 o'clock. Anyone wishing to enter for the open event may do so on the ground up to 1.45. Entrance for each competitor, Is. A solid silver medal will be awarded to the winner— the longest flight. SCHOOL AERO CLUB. Arundel House School Ae.C. (15. ARLINGTON ROAD, SURBITON). ON Monday, May 22nd, the latest Mann monoplane of the new " Baby" type was tested at the Hook Aerodrome, andits performances surpassed all expectations. Cyril Ridley has constructed a new model for high-flying, which, together with the original Griffiths monoplane and three Mann machines, will be in evidence at the Crystal Palace on June 7th. To-day, Saturday, the club is holding a unique model glider contest on Oxshott Hill, for which numerous entries have been received. On Saturday last, the club secretary, Mr. Robert P. Grimmer, was given an extensive passenger flight at Brooklands by Mr. England on a Bristol biplane. Mr. A. Roe is arranging a similar flight for R. F. Mann in the immediate future. SCHOOL AERO CLUB NOTES. By ROBERT P. GRIMMER, General Secretary, British Federation of School Aero Clubs. may be of the utmost utility to the science at large. I deeply regret that there has not been a greater response to the FLIGHT prize scheme recently announced. Will my schoolboy readers please take the hint? The following quotation from the Aeronautical Annual for 1910 may possibly interest some of them :—" The supreme importance which attaches to the flying model comes from the fact that experiments with it may be made to lessen the number of risks of human life and limb. To say that experiments with models can instruct us concerning automatic stability is almost like stating an axiom. Very much of what is known concerning the disposition of surfaces has been learned from the flight of models. Certainly no experimenter will doubt that there is still much more to be learned. Thus we make a strong plea on behalf of the flying model." Is flying really dangerous? Personally, I do not think so. Last Saturday I experienced my first flight at Brooklands on a Bristol biplane, piloted by Mr. England. The first minute was certainly exciting, and I cannot but admit that I would have given a good deal to be somewhere else, but after that, the sensation was glorious. The machine was under the most perfect control, and a 15 m.p.h. wind did little to impair the stability. One was able to take notes with perfect ease, and when, after four circuits, the vol plane commenced, the time was all too soon. I sincerely wish the head masters of all the public schools could be induced to make a flight. It would certainly be to the advantage of the school aero club movement. ® ® until the following day, when Buchner, Kahnt and Grade succeeded in getting through. On Sunday last the third stage was completed to 1 lauen, and this time Buchner was first in 1 hr. 13 mins., Laitsch being second, his time for the no kiloms. being an hour and a half. Lmdpaintner, Kahnt and Grade all stopped on the way. The Upper Rhine Flying Week. nf,hI/TT0UrlaR1i-SUe^e.reC?,r,ded the Pr°Sress ot the fi^ two days to ae^nP »^meK lymg^ Clk' and al5° the ""fortunate accident to Laemlin at Strasburg On the 24th, those who were still left in the competition proceeded .0 Carlsruhe, landing on the way at Weissenburg. The result of this stage was the placing of Hirth first Sdtannineals>ond' and ™"«sta«« th.rd. ? Lieut Mack nthum on the 26,h 1 ? SU,CC"ded'n Setling through. The final stage was Mainz At Heidelb H h Heidelb«g. Mannheim, and was flown ottthe 26th, and Lindpaintner on his Sommer biplane within a few minutes"^ Wm^ ^v-*""81 t0 arrive' followed succeeded in covering the no kiloms. in 55 mins. 10 sees., while also the order of arriving at Mann)?"™ IT™.*.-!'"' a^d ^is. was SOU! remarkably good work is being accomplished by the East London College Aeronautical Soceity, under the able guidance of Mr. A. P. Thurston, B.Sc., whose name is so well-known in con nection with research work. The members meet on two evenings dm ing the week and carry out various experiments on scientific lines. 1 bope to hear of the formation of similar bodies at other schools in the near future, as scientific research is of the utmost importance to aviation. The number of schoolboys keenly interested in aeronautics would probably be a revelation to the man-in-the-street. Daily I receive letters from boys all over the country, expressing their keen appre ciation of the work of my own club. It is really heartbreaking to read how their attempts to form organisations on similar lines are ridiculed by their school authorities, who in many cases are not merely indifferent but supremely and aggressively hostile. It is to change this bigoted attitude that the British Federation of School Aero Clubs has been formed. It may not be generally known that M. Paulhan, the winner of the Daily Mai! ,£10,000 prize, when a schoolboy was intensely interested in models. Doubtless there are youngsters among us now who, if given advice and encouragement, will more than emulate the exploits of the young Frenchman, whose hobby was model designing and flying. The model aeroplane is anything but a toy, and if designed and constructed to prove some theory, such as automatic stability, it ® ® The Saxony Circuit. ON the 23rd ult., ten aviators set out from Chemnitz to fly to Dresden. The first section of this competition, and all of them succeeded in completing this stage. The competitors were Lind paintner, Laitsch, Lieut. Mossner, Dr. Wittenstein, Jahnow, BuchiiiM, 1 loffman, Schauenburg, Kahnt and Grade. Laitsch and Lindpaintner arrived at Dresden the same evening, but Bochner, Grade and Mossner did not get through until the nexi morning, and Wittenstein, Jahnow and Buchner returned to Chemnitz in order to make a fresh start the next morning. On the 24th, when the King of Saxony was present at the Dresden Aerodrome, Lindpaintner, on his Gnome-engined Farman, accom panied by a passenger, rose to a height of 1,095 metres, thus winning the first prize. The second prize went to Laitsch (690 metres), while Grade (500 metres) was third. The second stage, to Leipzig, Laitsch was second in ih. 6m. 55s. Several of the competitors decided, in view of the strong wind, to postpone their departure 484 arriving at Mannheim and Mainz B«52BS«SESS!SS!SfftttsS:*-
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