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C/QGHT) and intended to stay until the evening. He went up at twenty past seven, but after a trial circuit decided to postpone his departure till the following morning, and accepted the offer of the Bristol school to house his machine for the night, The weather was too rough for any work by the pupils, although Messrs. Pizey and Jullerot each made a short trip. On Saturday morning Mr. Cody was away at four o'clock for Brighton although a •stiff wind was blowing which prevented any other flying being seen until the evening, when the Bristol pupils were out, the number including a new one, Mr. Gibson, who was taken for his first flight by Mr. Pizey. On Sunday morning M. Jullerot made an early flight, while Mr. Pizey was testing the Gnome engine of a new military extension Bristol biplane for the Air Battalion. On Monday morning Mr. Pizey made the official half-hour's flight with this machine, which was then handed over to the Air Battalion. Messrs. Jullerot and Busteed were busy teaching, and gave each of the pupils a couple of flights. In the evening, Sir George White and some friends visited the school, and witnessed some good flights by Messrs. Pizey, Jullerot, Fleming, Busteed, and Hotchkiss, each of AUGUST 12, 1911. whom was accompanied by one of the pupils. Mr. Pizey took up Master Pitman, the eight-year-old son of Mr. Pitman, who is learning to fly at the Bristol school. Lieut. Beale Wright made a good trial, but on landing damaged the propeller and chassis. In all, some eighteen flights were made in the Bristol school, which ceased operations at dark. Several officers of the Air Battalion were also flying, Captain Fulton, among others, putting in some useful scouting practice. On Tuesday the morning was too misty for any flying. Captain Bertram Dickson, who is now looking much better, paid a visit to the Bristol school. South port Aerodrome. OWING to high tides leaving the foreshore muddy, flying had been impossible for twelve days up to the 4thinst. Then, however, conditions were more favourable, and Mr. Gaunt made several pretty flights at a good height, and attempted a left-hand turn for the first time with his Alvaston engine. On the 8th further flights were made, but a broken petrol pipe terminated experiments, Mr. Gaunt making a perfect landing after switching off on the first indication of this trouble. ® ® ® ® THE "DAILY MAIL" CIRCUIT OF BRITAIN. SATURDAY last was the closing date for the Daily Mail Circuit ot Britain, and it saw the arrival of a fourth competitor at Brooklands, this being the persevering Mr. Cody, the only British competitor to complete the full course on a British built machine. The third arrival at Brooklands was that real British sportsman, Mr. Valentine on his Deperdussin, who arrived at Brooklands on the previous afternoon (Friday). In our last issue we were able to chronicle the progress of these two competitors up to the arrival of Mr. Valentine at Exeter, and Mr. Cody at Bristol, on Wednesday week. Leaving Exeter at 26 minutes past 7 on the following morning, Valentine made a stop at Bruton, in Somerset, and then went on to Salisbury, arriving there at 10 o'clock. He left again at about 20 past 6 in the evening and reached the Shoreham Aerodrome a few minutes after half-past seven, having covered the 08 miles in I hr. 17 mins. He stayed at Shoreham for the night. The next morning he was away at 9.23 to complete the last stage to Brooklands, but landed at Warnham, a couple of miles past Horsham, and in doing so broke a stay-wire. He motored up to Brooklands and obtained the necessary materials for repair, and returning to his machine, put matters right. Starting off again he reached Brooklands at ten minutes to seven, being the first British competitor to complete the course of I,OIO miles, and so winning the 50 guinea prize offered by the proprietor of Perrier Table Water. He had also won the £100 Gold Cup offered for the first Englishman to arrive at the Shoreham Aerodrome. Mr. Cody left Bristol for Exeter at 25 minutes past seven on the morning of Thursday week, but after an hour he found the wind too strong, and decided to land on the sands at Weston-super-Mare. He stayed there for the night and got away early the next morning, arriving at Exeter at a quarter past five. He was in the air again at twenty minutes to seven, and reached Salisbury Plain without mishap. After resting there a little while the wind became very strong, so that his departure for Brighton had to be postponed till the next morning. On Saturday, however, he was up early, and left Salisbury Plain in fine style at 4 o'clock. He was at Brighton at a quarter past six, and after staying there a little over a couple of hours, left at 25 minutes past 8 on the last 40 miles to Brooklands. He made a very fast trip, so much so that there was no one present to time him officially, arriving at the aerodrome at about 9.30. An Echo of the Circuit. As a modest expression ot his great gratitude to England, where he has received such a generous and cordial welcome, Lieut. J. Conneau (•' Andre Beaumont") has sent a cheque for £100 to the Lord Mayor of London for charitable work in London. AVIATORS CROSSING THE CHANNEL BY BOAT.—This photograph was taken on the journey from Calais recently, when during the M rest" at Calais in the European Circuit, several of the competitors crossed over to witness the Gordon-Bennett race at Eastchurch. Mr. Holt Thomas, who sends us the photo from M. Simon, of La Vie au Grand Air, is standing in front sideways. To left and right respectively are Lieut. Conneau (" Beaumont "> and M. Deustch de la Meurthe, whilst others easily recognisable in the group are MM. Garros, Audemars, Vedrines, Siguin (inventor of the Gnome engine), Harry Delacombe, &c. 698
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