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little over three weeks, and he got through without a smash. Mr. Cockerell and Lieutenants Watts and Stuart were very busy doing solo figure eights and right-hand turns, whilst other pupils were taken for instructional flights. In the evening, a stiff wind springing up, not much flying was possible. After a little tuition work, Hotchkiss made a fine solo, which completed the day's flying. Friday morning was rather foggy, but otherwise ideal, and Mr. Cockerell was able to perform his brevet test flights successfully, observed by Jullerot and Captain Pitcher. Mr. Cockerell had had only eighteen days' tuition before taking his certificate. In the evening conditions continued to be very good, and lasted so over Saturday morning. Lieut. Newall did his first solo flight, making a circuit which was really excellent, especially as he had had only one week's very much interrupted tuition. Lieut. Stuart was also up for two very good circuits, covered in fine style. Saturday evening was very windy and no pupils attempted solo flights, but a good deal of passenger carrying was done, Jullerot descending after night fall and landing with the help of bonfires. On Sunday evening Mr. Smith Barry and Naval Cadet Wheeler were sent for their first solos, and they flew several fine circuits finishing with good landings. Wheeler, after his first landing, switched his engine on again and started off for another flight, making a very sharp left hand circuit with good banking. It will be remembered that this pupil is a naval cadet aged 15 years who is spending his time, between leaving a Naval College and joining his ship, in learning to fly. Jullerot carried several passengers, making the last flight again at moonlight and finishing with a spiral vol plane" just over the bonfire. On Monday morning the weather was again good, and Lieut. Newall and Mr. Pitman, who each did solo circuits, showed signs of being almost ready for their brevets. Lieut. Watts made a solo flight round Fargo and Stonehenge, landing very well. He has made remarkably rapid progress and should qualify for his certificate Photo by Mr. H. Bull. Mr. J. Gaunt flying his small biplane over the Southport sands. as soon as opportunity presents itself, week's work has been done. Altogether an excellent Southport Aerodrome. ON the 30th and 31st ult. and 1st inst. Mr. Gaunt made flights over the foreshore in the direction of the pier, but was not able to attempt turns owing to the tricky wind. He made a trial flight on the "Baby" biplane on the 5th prior to the Hon. W. S. Leveson- Gower, R.N., taking charge. Mr. Leveson-Gower, after a few preliminary runs, made three short flights, landing perfectly each time, before darkness suspended operations. ® ® ® © NEW WORLD'S RECORDS. Fourny's New World's Duration-Distance Records. IT would appear that the present time is in many ways eminently suitable for record breaking, but as a feat of endurance Fourny's distance and duration record made on the 1st of the month will take a good deal of bettering. Having entered for the Deutsch prize for the longest flight in a closed circuit, he started off at 4.43 a.m., and circling continuously round a 10-kilom. circuit, at Buc, steadily piled up the kilometres until a quarter to four in the afternoon, when the motor apparently considered eleven hours' solid work sufficient for one day and jibbed, so that the aviator was com pelled to come down. He had been in the air for eleven hours without a break and had covered 720 kiloms. By this flight he stands first in the Criterium d'Aviation of the Ae.C.F. He was flying a Maurice Farman biplane fitted with a Renault engine driving a Chauviere propeller. The previous duration record was Henry Farman's 8 hrs. 12 mins. made last December, while the distance record was to the credit of Olieslagers, 635 '2 kiloms. on a Bleriot monoplane, made at Kiewit on July 16th. Garros Creates New Altitude Record—13,943 ft.! STILL the competition for the altitude record goes merrily on. Lincoln Beachy's height of 11,578 ft. made at Chicago has now been put in the shade by the extraordinary performance of Garros, who on Monday, in the neighbourhood of St. Malo, went up on a Bleriot monoplane to a height recorded by his barograph as 4,250 metres, or 13,943 ft., subject to official recognition. The previous French record, and a world's record previous to Beachy's flight, was the 2,350 metres reached on August 5th by Capt. Felix. Sommer Carries Six Full-Weight Passengers. THE question of weight lifting has a powerful fascination for M. Sommer, and on the 29th ult. he achieved a notable record by- carrying six passengers, each weighing well over 10 stone, during a trip of 16 kiloms., from Douzy to Mouzon and back. On the previous evening he flew over on a monoplane to attend a banquet at Stenay, while his assistants, Visseaux and Bathiat, went over on. a biplane. Mr. W. H. Ewen, who on Thursday last week flew across the Firth of Forth, from Portobello to Kinghorn and back again, on his Deperdussin monoplane, fitted with 3-cyl. Anzani engine. In our photograph, Mr. Ewen is seen in the pilot's seat ready for the starting of the propeller. 786
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