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1911
1911 - 0887.PDF
OCTOBER 14, 1911. j/ycHf] IXe Roural &ero Clu. of the United Kii\gdoi Z1H OFFICIAL /NOTICES TO MEMBER.5 HE Committee Meeting. A MEETING of the Committee was held on Tuesday, the loth inst., when there were present:—Mr. R. W. Wallace, K.C., in the Chair, Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Col. H. C. L. Holden, C.B., R.A., F.R.S., Prof. A. K. Huntington, Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman, Mr. C. F. Pollock, Mr. A. Mortimer Singer, and Harold E. Perrin, Secretary. New Members.—The following new Members were elected :— Lieut. Kenneth Mason, R.E., and Lieut. Charles Benjamin Wilson. Aviator's Certificate.—The following aviator's certificate was granted :— 145. Lieut. E. J. Strover (Bristol, Salisbury). The Manville £500 Prize. The competition for the prize of ^5°° offered by Mr. E. Manville closed on Wednesday, October 4th. The certificates of the flights recorded in the competition were examined by the Committee, and the prize was unanimously awarded to Mr. C. H. Pixton. The recorded nights of Mr. Pixton at Brook lands were as follows :— 31 mins. ... Avro biplane. 49 ,, ... Avro biplane. 31 ,, ... Bristol biplane. 1 hr. 16 ,, ... Bristol biplane. 2 hrs. 9 ,, ... Bristol biplane. May 6th, 1911 May 20th, 1911 . June 24th, 1911 . July 15th, 1911 . October 4th, 1911. Total 5 hrs. 16 mins. The following are the specifications relating to the machines used by Mr. Pixton :— Avro biplane.—Motor, 30-h.p. Green; carburettor, Trier and Martin ; magneto, British Bosch ; sparking-plugs, Lodge ; propeller, Avro. Bristol biplane.—Motor, 60-h.p. E.N.V. ; carburettor, White and Poppe ; magneto, British Bosch ; sparking-plugs, Lodge and Gnat; tropeller, Bristol. Mr. S. F. Cody made three flights in this competition, making a total aggregate of 3 hrs. 16 mins., using the Cody biplane fitted with a 60-h.p. Green, Zenith carburettor, British Bosch magneto, Pyramid sparking-plugs and Cody propeller. British Empire Michelin Cup (No. 2). This competition closes at sunset, 5.8 p.m., en the 15th inst. The following competitors have entered :— F. P. Raynham (Avro), R. C. Kemp (Flanders monoplane), S. F. Cody (Cody biplane), C. L. Pashley (Humber monoplane), H.J. D. Astley (Birdling monoplane), D. Graham Gilmour (Bristol monoplane), H. C. Pixton (Bristol biplane), and J. L. Longstaffe (Howard-Wright biplane). The course is a cross-country circuit of 125 miles, and competi tors may select any of the following circuits. The respective official observers' names are in brackets :— Hendon (Harold E. Perrin), Bedford (H. L. Foster), Huntingdon (E. Jolly), Cambridge (C. A. Branstone and V. M. Studd). Amesbury (G. B. Cockburn), Swindon (J. C. Crowdy), Henley (J. A. W. Ratty), Alton (A. J. Martin). Brooklands (G. F. Joseph and W. E. de B. Whittaker), Shoreham (W. Pettett), Winchester (Gordon I. Pettet). Laffan's Plain (Lieut. A. G. Fox, R.E), Andover (Henry G. Gale), Reading (Alfred E. Newton), Hendon (Harold E. Perrin), Brooklands (G. F. Joseph). The circuit must be completed between the hours of sunrise and sunset. October 14th ... Sunrise, 6.22 a.m. ... Sunset, 5.10 p.m. ,, 15th ... ,, 6.24 ,, ... „ S-8 •• Flights on Sundays. The following notice has been issued to all aviators :— "The Home Office has written to the Royal Aero Club with regard to the interruption caused to Divine Service by flights on Sundays, and the Committee therefore appeals to all aviators to refrain from making any flights over or near churches on that day." F.A.L Conference. The annual conference will be htld at Rome, commencing November 1st, 1911, and the following delegates will represent the Royal Aero Club:—Mr. R. W. Wallace, K.C. (Chairman), Capt. Bertram Dickson, Mr. Frank K. McClean, Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman, Mr. A. Mortimer Singer, and Harold E. Perrin (Secretary). International Code of Aeronautical Signals and Signs. The question of establishing an international code of aeronautical signals and signs will be considered at the conference of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale in Rome in November next, and the Committee of the Royal Aero Club will welcome any suggestions from aviators, aeronauts, airship pilots and others interested in the movement. It is proposed to hold a meeting shortly to go thoroughly into the question, and suggestions are invited on the following points:— Signals placed on the ground. Communication between an aviaior when flying and persons on the ground. Aeronautical maps. British Empire Michelin Cup, £500. Intending competitors are again reminded that the competition for this year close"; on October 31st. The minimum distance to be covered in order to'qualify for this prize is 250 miles. a This prize can be competed for on any recognised flying ground. Entries must be sent to the Royal Aero Club, 166, Piccadilly, W., from whom full rules can be obtained. The Brighton-Shoreham Aerodrome has deposited with the Royal Aero Club the sum of ^50 to be awarded to the competitor who makes the longest flight (not being less than 250 miles) in the above competition at the Brighton-Shoreham Aerodrome. Presentation to the Club. Mr. J. L. Longstaffe has kindly presented four mounted heads of Indian game to the Club. HAROLD E. PERRIN, 166, Piccadilly. Secretary. ® ® ® ® PROGRESS OF FLIGHT ABOUT THE COUNTRY. NOTE.—Addresses, temporary or permanent, follow in each case the names of the clubs, where communications of our readers can be addressed direct to the Secretary. We would ask Club Secretaries in future to see that the notes regarding their Clubs reach the Editor of FLIGHT, 44, St. Martin's Lane, London, W.C., by first post Tuesday at latest. •Women's Aerial League (227, STRAND, W.C.). THE autumn season of the Women's Aerial League was inaugurated on Tuesday last by an "At Home" at the Inns of Court Hotel, at which an address was given by Mrs. Maurice Hewlett. After relating her earlier experience as a flyer, and the difficulties she had to overcome, Mrs. Hewlett urged her audience to do all in their power to arouse public opinion so that the cause of aviation might go forward in this land. She also said that British manufacturers ought to take up licences from French firms for building the best machines, as the trade is being injured by the copying of successful machines without licence. With a view to giving to Boy Scouts a specially simplified aeronautical training, useful for scouting purposes, the Young Aerial League, formed some two years ago under the auspices of the Women's Aerial League, have'submitted to Major-General Baden-Powell a scheme for the formation of a special branch of the League to be called the Boy Scouts' Division. The principal objects of the new branch would be : (a\ to provide a new field of action in which the Boy Scouts' services to their country would be of very great value, for, in case of invasion by an enemy's air fleet, with their special training they would be able to identify machines in flight, estimate their height, speed, direction, &c, and report to the right authorities; (b) to develop the inventiveness and powers of observation of the scouts ; (c) to provide an elemen tary course which will be a sound foundation for those wishing 889
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