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1911
1911 - 0697.PDF
AOGUST 12, 1911. London, to Paris With One Stop. IN accordance with his announced intention, Jules Vedrines started off from Hendon on the 4th inst. to fly his Morane machine back to Issy, and incidentally carry a letter from the editor of the Daily Mail to the editor of the Continental Daily Mail. Leaving Hendon at six o'clock in the morning, he made a non-stop flight to Dieppe as pre-arranged, where he landed at 8.35, having crossed the Channel between Folkestone and Boulogne. Prom London he made for Brighton, and although the fog bothered him a good deal, his compass stood him in good stead, and enabled him to find his way. In the afternoon a large crowd visited the flying ground at Dieppe, and witnessed several flights by Vedrines. He left at five minutes past six, and an hour and a quarter later landed safely at Issy. By way of reminder it will be recalled that on April 12th last Prier, on a Bleriot, flew from Hendon to Issy without a stop in 3 hrs. 56 mins. A British Lieut.-Colonel Takes His " Brevet." LAST week Lieut.-Colonel C. O. Smeaton, R.A., passed all the necessary tests to qualify for his pilot's certificate, following a course of instruction at the Bristol School on Salisbury Plain. Col. Smeaton was officially observed by Capt. Fulton and Lieut. Conner. We reproduce a photograph of Col. Smeaton, who can claim, we think, that he is the only British officer of his rank in the Army to have obtained a certificate, whilst no officer of corresponding rank (Com mander) in the Navy has so far qualified for the brevet. Lieut. - Col. Smeaton is the Commander of the Siege Artillery Brigade, which.is.stationed at Lydd just now awaiting the commencement of the British Army Manoeuvres in September. Lieut.-Col. Smeaton hopes to satt^adithis*anta»Bri8tolibk)lane,-the jnacKineipon'.which he acquired his certificate. Flying by Compass above the Clouds. A VERY fine flight was made by Mr. Graham Gilmour on Monday last, when he flew from Filton, near Bristol, to Sherborne on his Bristol biplane. Leaving Filton at 25 minutes past six, he rose to a height of 2,700 ft., so that he was above a bank of clouds, which completely obscured the landmarks. He, however, had complete faith in his compass and went on, reaching Sherborne at a quarter past eight, having covered the 50 miles in an hour and 50 minutes. His slow speed may be accounted for in large measure by the very gusty winds. On his arrival he was given a very enthusiastic reception, and in the evening he executed a series of exhibition flights, which greatly pleased the Bank Holiday crowd which had assembled. An Aerial Mail in England. THERE is prospect of very useful results accruing from the arrangements which are being made with the G.P.O. to carry mails for a few days between London and Windsor by aeroplane. This demonstration should show in a telling manner the utility of the aeroplane for this sort of work in places less happily situated as regards communication than London and Windsor. It is proposed that the service should be on the lines of that successfully carried out at the Allahabad Exhibition, and the proceeds will be devoted to charitable purposes. The special posting boxes will be put up in certain places, such as the big stores in London, and on being collected, the letters will be sent to Hendon, the stamps being obliterated by a special aerial post stamp. The mail bag will then be strapped on an aeroplane, and transported by way of the air to Windsor, where permission has been given by the King for landings to be made in the Royal Park. The Valkyrie in Cross-Country Work. MR. H. BARBER, of Valkyrie fame, has done a good deal of cross-country flying lately with passengers, and, curious to note, mainly members of the fair sex. He is undoubtedly adopting a very wise course, as prearranged town to town trips of this nature demonstrate the value of the machine both from a military and sporting standpoint to a much greater extent than mere aerodrome flying. It certainly looks as though crosscountry passenger flights will soon form a considerable source of income to those firms who are in a position to cater for them, for Mr. Barber hints that he has arranged several long town to town "joy flights" for the near future, while a certain enthusiast is negotiating for a passenger trip to the Continent. It is evident that traffic services by aeroplane between large towns will be an accomplished fact before many seasons have passed. Aeroplanes for Ventnor Week. IN connection with Ventnor week, which is to be held under the patronage of Princess Henry of Battenberg from the 14th to IfLlGHT the 19th inst., one of the special features will be a series of flying exhibitions on Bristol machines. Mr. Morison flies at Huntingdon. ONE of the best flights yet seen at Huntingdon was made on Monday of last week, when Mr. O. C. Morison paid a visit to the Portholme aviation ground. During a trip of about seven minutes, Mr. Morison steered his monoplane outside the aerodrome in the direction of Godmanchester, and finally came down by a well- judged vol plane. A Blackburn at Taunton. ON Monday Mr. B. C. Hucks made one or two very fine exhibition flights on his Blackburn monoplane, greatly to the delight of the large holiday crowd which had gathered to witness them. A Bleriot at Southport. CLEMENT GRESWELL has returned to Southport, where he is continuing his exhibition flights on a Bleriot monoplane over next week end. The Deperdussln Machines. IN view of the success of Valentine in securing third place in the Daily Mail Circuit of Britain, attention may well be drawn to the Deperdusski machine which he was using. This was not by any means a new machine, as it had previously been all round the European Circuit, and so has at the present time well over 2,000 miles to its credit. This is sufficient testimony to the workmanship and design of this machine, on one of which Lanser is putting up such a good record in the Belgian National Circuit, as recorded elsewhere. We hope to give a full description of this machine in our next issue. A Hydro-Aeroplane at Barrow. BARROW is not so completely taken up with the naval airship as to ignore the heavier-than-air type of craft, and on Thursday of last week some interesting experiments were made with the Roe BHHHHHHI Lieut.-Col. C. O. Smeaton, R.A., a pupil at the Bristol Flying School, Salisbury Plain, who has just qualified for his pilot's certificate. Lieut.-Col. Smeaton hopes to attend the British Army manoeuvres in September on a Bristol biplane.
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