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1911
1911 - 0631.PDF
JtJLY 22, 1911. seated by Lieut. R. A. Cammell, R.E., who has been indulging in quite a deal of practice on his Bleriot two-seater over varied country in the neighbourhood of Salisbury Plain, and Lieut. Reynolds who at the last moment agreed to take Pequet's place on the Howard Wright, while Lieut. J. C. Porte, R.N., who has spent considerable time at Rheims making himself thoroughly familiar wiih his Duperdussin monoplane, will do his best to uphold the reputation of the British Navy. Mr. Conway 'Jenkins, who will be in charge of one of the Blackburn mono planes, has hitherto confined his attention principally to biplanes, but his confrere, Mr. B. C. Hucks, has had a good deal of experience with the Blackburn monoplane, and has made some very good point-to-point flights in the neighbourhood of Filey and Scar borough. Mr. Ronald C. Kemp, who is entered to fly the E.N.V.-engined Avro biplane, has made many good trips with machines of similar type at Brooklands, while Mr. Fenwick, who will be in charge of the Handley Page monoplane, which is notable as being fitted with a 35-40-h.p. Isaacson engine, is another pilot who hitherto has been mainly identified with biplane work. Of the other foreign pilots Vedrines is a name to conjure with, and by his winning the Paris-Madrid Race and his very fine performance in the European Circuit, he comes with the best of credentials, while Mr. C. T. Weymann, who won the recent Gordon-Bennett Race for America on his Nieuport monoplane, needs no introduction. M. Wynmalen, who will pilot the only Henry Farman machine in the Daily Mail race, took part in the early stages of the European Circuit but was compelled to give up owing to persistent motor trouble. One of his finest cross-country flights was the one from Paris to Brussels and back on October 16th last, which won for him the A.C.F. Grand Prix. Lieut. Bier, who is the sole representative of Austria, is not very well known outside his own country, but as our readers will remember he has made some very good cross-country voyages, and flew over Vienna in the early part of May last. Audemars is a pilot who has had extensive experience with various machines, and visitors to Bournemouih will not have forgotten his acrobatic performances on the Santos Dumont machine. This time, however, he will be at the cloche of a Bleriot monoplane. l/yc HT Of the three remaining pilots Brindejonc des Moulinais, who was to have started third on his Morane monoplane, met with an accident during the early part of the week while practising, and so will be unable to take part. Of G. Blanchet and Olivier de Lieut. Reynolds, of the Air Battalion, who at the last moment has undertaken to pilot the Howard Wright biplane instead of M. Pequet. Montalent very little is known. In view of the thoroughness which characterises all that M. Breguet's name is put to, they may, how ever, be relied upon to give a good account of the machines of which they are in charge. One of the "Bristol" monopUnes, as seen from the front and behind, enterzd by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Co. for the Daily Mail Circuit of Great Britain. Note the small tail of this machine. The length overall is about 8 metres, and the span 10 metres. The area of the main plane is approximately 14 sq. metres. Views of one of the "Bristol" biplanes entered by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Co. for the Daily Mail Circuit of Great Britain. The top plane has a span of 15 metres, while the lower plane is of approximately 8 metres span, the chord in each case being 15 metres. Steel has been substituted for aluminium in the fittings of all machines, and 50-h.p. Gnome engines are fitted to both biplanes and monoplanes. 633
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