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1911
1911 - 0744.PDF
Mr. Cody Tries for the Michelin Cup No. 2. HAVING mapped out a course of 125 miles, having as its points Laffan's Plain, Andover, Reading, Hendon and Brooklands, Mr. Cody set off on Saturday morning to try and win the British Empire Michelin Cup No. 2, the conditions for which call for the longest flight over such a course. He started from Laffan's Plain, but on the way to Andover ran into a dense fog and lost his way, but later picked up his bearings and reached Reading, where he had to come down through a leaky petrol tank. The Ventnor Flying Week. FROM a flying point of view the Ventnor week •was somewhat oi a fiasco, as from one cause or another most of the machines which it had hoped would have taken part were put out of commission. Mr. Valentine, on the Deperdussin machine which he had flown from Brooklands, saved the situation by making a fine series of flights on the 17th inst. Rising from the Dean Farm on the Whitwell Road, he made quite a long trip over the Downs, and also circled round the town. Plying from Ventnor to Brighton^ ON Monday last Mr. Valentine left Ventnor on his Deperdussin monoplane, and steered for Brighton. Arrived at " London-by-the-Sea," he first circled the Palace Pier and then landed safely at the Shoreham aerodrome. A telegram handed in at Ventnor as Mr. Valentine left was not delivered at Brighton until some time after the aviator arrived. Learning to Fly in Seven Lessons. SOME aviation pupils show a remarkable aptitude flying machines in the air, especially when guided During the Daily Mail Circuit of Britain very severe -work was put upon the aviators' cars which carried spares, &c, and raced after the flying men. M. Briere, who followed * Beaumont," the winner, round, used his 15'h.p. Berliet, which is seen above fully laden for the task, included in its freight being a complete Gnome engine and a large number of Bleriot spares, which fortunately were not called into use. M. Briere's spin round the circuit was a "non-stop" record for the Berliet. in handling by careful instructors. Although he had only had seven lessons at the Hewlett-Blondeau School at Brooklands, Lieut. Spencer Adair Grey, on Monday week, made the necessary tests for his brevet in masterly style, his confident handling of the machine speaking well for his future as a pilot. FLYING IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT.—Mr. Valentine and his Deperdussin when landing at Ventnor came down on some very rough ground, and he is seen in our photograph having the machine lifted over a wall into a more suitable field for recommencing flying. 746
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