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1911 - 0890.PDF
JycSTj Lanark Aerodrome. THE ideal weather which continued throughout last week gave'the school a grand opportunity for flying, and more work was got through during the week than was ever possible since the school opened. Two of -the pupils, Warren and Jackson, are now ready to take their brevets on the Deperdussin, the same machine which Mr. Ewen recently used to cross the Firth of Forth. The fact of these two pupils joining at the Will i lit 11 and being ready to take their certificates together certainly proves Uw -systematic method of teaching adopted to turn out pilots. Another hangar is to be erected, .and Mr. Barnwell, of Stirling, who won the £50 ofiered to the first Scotchman to fly a mile, is bringing his monoplane to the school so as to continue his experiments on a more suitable ground. Neild still indulges in short flights, which keep getting longer every day, while Warren and Jackson are attempting half circles. On Thursday afternoon, after Warren hadjbeen practising landing from heights of 30 to 50 feet, Mr. Ewen took the Deperdussin out and made the five figures of eight necessary for one set of the brevet test, at a height of about 400 feet. Saturday afternoon saw Mr. Ewen start away on a flight to Glasgow. Rising rapidly[to a height of 1,000 feet, he crossed over the outskirts of Lanark, and following the Glasgow railway disappeared in the distance. After flying about eight miles he ran into a bank of fog, which made it impossible for him to see any distance, so he gave up further attempt for the time being and returned to the aerodrome. London Aerodrome, Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame -White School.—There is unfortunately little to record this week of the doings of the school, partly by reason of the inclement weather, and partly because all energies are centred on the completion of the shops that are being installed with machinery for the more extensive construction of air-craft. This plant should be in full working swing within a week or ten days. On Sunday evening, however, Lieut. Parke took out the Gnome-Farman and made three good flights, each of about ten minutes'duration. From thence nothing occurred until Tuesday evening, when Mrs. Stocks flew several circuits of the aerodrome at a height of 100 ft. on Grahame-White's old exhibition Farman. She terminated this flight with a volplane, and landed perfectly. Mrs. Stocks' progress all along has been very pronounced, and we are confident that she will graduate into one of the foremost of the world's lady aviators. Salmet was out flying his Gnome-Bleriot during the evening, and continued for a considerable length of time over the surrounding country. Portholme Aerodrome, Huntingdon. MR. W. B. R. MOORHOUSE, after his essays the previous week, was last week making a series of remarkably successful flying trips. On the Monday, he, on his Gnome-Bleriot with Chauviere propeller, made four good flights in the morning, travelling well outside the aerodrome, in the after noon putting up a further five flights, again outside the aerodrome, keeping well up at above 2,000 ft. or so. The next day he flew from Huntingdon to Northampton, accom plishing the distance (45 miles) in the half-hour, most of the time being at an altitude of fully 3,000 ft. Mr. Moorhouse is a fearless flyer, and merely took in Northampton, having steered there via Bedford, Turney and Yardley Hastings «n route, during a visit to his parents' house, Spratton Grange, a few miles northward of Northampton. This was Mr. Moor- house's first cross-country flight, and the machine he was using was the identical Bleriot on which Mr. Morison not so very long ago took a dip into the Channel near Folkestone. On his return journey to Huntingdon Mr. Moorhouse again passed over Huntingdon, and continued on by Wellingborough and Kettering, reaching Portholme at 3.5 p.m., having started a little after 2 p.m. from Spratton. On Wednesday and Thursday work was in progress on the new Radley-Moorhouse monoplane, but on Friday Mr. Moorhouse resumed his cross country work by flying from Huntingdon to Northampton, where, after partaking of lunch, he struck out again for Brooklands, encountering en route some extremely gusty winds and fogs, although he rose to a height of 4,000 ft. to get away from this trouble. Saturday afternoon, testing was again the chief work on the R. and M. monoplane, which appears to be working very successfully, as he, during the day, was up on the machine and actually passed for his certificate on it. Mr. Morison subsequently had a |, flight OCTOBER 14 1911. round in the new machine and appeared to be well satisfied with its behaviour. On Tuesday evening last Mr. Moorhouse left Brooklands in his Bleriot for Huntingdon, but running short of petrol near Cambridge, he came down at Parkers Piece, having made a magnificent gliding descent commencing at about Trumpington, two miles south of Cambridge. He flew on to Huntingdon on Wednesday morning at 6.30 a.m. Salisbury Plain. JULLEROT, on Monday last week, took Mr. Stanley White, the ^managing director of the British and Colonial Aeroplane Co., for a flight round the 5-kilom. course, which has been laid out for speed tests, &c. He next went up with Mr. Harry Delacombe for a trip over Fargo and Stonehenge, afterwards making two trial solos on Nos. 43 and 19. Busteed carried Mr. Smith Barry, a very promising pupil, lor lessons in vol plant, following with a solo, after which Baron Roenne was taken up as passenger by this instructor for several circuits. Baron Roenne is a well-known aeronautical and aviation enthusiast. Pupils' solo flying followed, Lieuts. Cross and Strover, and Mr. Smith Barry each flying twice, and Mr. Mellersh once. Hotchkiss took Mr. Lang, who is concerned with propellers, for a flight. The two-seater monoplane was then brought out, Prier putting in a solo, then taking Baron Roenne, exhibiting a very fine turn of speed. In the evening, conditions continuing favourable, Busteed started things off by taking Mr. Hooper as passenger as far as No. 2 Pylon of the course. Jullerot carried Baron Roenne for two small circuits, and Prier flew the single-seater monoplane for ten minutes. Mr, Smith-Barry took over machine No. 12, and flew a solo, making a good landing at No. 4 Pylon, Hotchkiss flyirg the machine back to the hangars. The da> 's work was brought to a close by Lieuts. Cross and Strover each making good solos. The next morning was very gusty, and after Gordon England had been up for 10 minutes, with Jullerot as passenger, further work had to be abandoned till the afternoon, when, in spite of a 20-mile-an- hour wind, Busteed, England, and Jullerot each made solos. In the evening there was a slight and short-lived calm, during which England took Mr. Dacre, a new pupil, for his first passenger flight, Busteed taking Lieut. Hooper. Jullerot followed up with Baron Roenne for a 15-minutes' flight, during which he climbed to 1,000 ft., where he found that strong gusts prevented him from rising any higher. He then made a solo, his object being to make a quick climbing trial in order to test a new propeller. He flew a circuit of 3J miles, rising to a height of 1,200 ft. Wind fighting was again the order of the day on Wednesday. Jullerot, who was out on No. 43, was tossed about in quite an alarming manner, being at last forced to retire from the combat, as the wind was gaining in force every minute. Needless to say no further flying was possible during the day. The wind had all its own way throughout the next day, not one calm moment being vouchsafed to tempt the pilots into the upper regions. There was, however, plenty doing in the hangars. Busteed ventured up for a short trial on Friday, but found the wind was too aggressive to permit any further work. A calm was forthcoming a little later when Pixton, first making a solo, took Mr. Dacre, after which Lieuts. Cross and Strover, and Messrs. Hooper and Lee, each made solos, Prier following up with supple mentary tests of the single-seater. Busteed tested conditions on Saturday, Mr. Smith Barry following with a solo. Busteed took up Mr. Mellersh, and Jullerot Baron Roenne. Lieut. Strover secured his certificate, observed by Mr. Cockburn and Busteed. He showed a wonderful control over his machine, and two of his vol plane's from 300 ft. with engine partly shut off were quite masterly. Lieut. Strover joined the Bristol school on September 2nd, and was away for about ten days during his course, so that his time of tuition, including days when flying was not possible, amounted to only 3 weeks 4 days. ® ® ® ® The Gordon'Bennett Balloon Race. THE Annual Race for the Gordon-Bennett Balloon Trophy has resulted in a victory for Germany. Last year the trophy remained in the United States, being won by Mr. Hawley in the balloon " America II," which covered a distance of 1,171 miles. This year's race started from Kansas City, and in the Berlin II Lieut. Gericke covered a distance of 440 miles, landing at Halcombe, Wisconsin. An American balloon, the Buck eye, was second with 360 miles, a second German balloon, Berlin I, being third with 330 miles ; Condor III (France), fourth, 305 miles ; Million Population (United States), fifth, 295 miles ; and America II (United States), sixth, 275 miles. 892
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