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1911
1911 - 1001.PDF
NOVEMBER 18, 191 I. Capt. E. B. Loraine, of the Grenadier Guards, who last week secured his Royal Aero Club certificate on a 50'h.p. Gnome- engined Valkyrie at the Valkyrie School at Hendon. aerodrome, finishing with a vol plant, followed by Mr. Parr, who made also several flights during the day. Messrs. Tremlett, Prenssiel, and Sacchi were improving their straight flights, and also beginning to learn how to make figures of 8. Wednesday beirjg a fine day, all the Bleriot pupils were at work again, repeating their flights of the previous day. Thursday was too windy for flying. Friday, however, started with very calm weather and Mr. Slack passed with very great success the three trials for his pilot certificate. Mr. Parr was making figures of eight but did not wish to try for his brevet on that day. Messrs. Potet, Welburn, Desoutter (who is a very pro mising pupil), Prenssiel and Sacchi were also out on the B16riot school machines. Saturday again all the pupils were practising, and Mr. Allen was showing very great progress, making gcod straight flights several times during the day. Valkyrie School.—Tuesday last week was very windy all day and no flying possible, but Mr. Busk, a new pupil, received his initial instruction in the controls. Mr. Barber was out on Thursday in the afternoon on Valkyrie No. II, and made several fine flights. Capt. Loraine then ascended on No. 10, and accomplished several circuits, concluding with a fine vol plant. Busk then began his practical tuition, and had good rolling practice. Later, Mr. Barber ascended again on No. II, but fog prevented any great height being aitained. At 7 a.m., on Friday, Mr. Barber put up a fine exhibition on No. 11. After flying for half an hour he descended, in order to give passenger flights to Capt. Loraine and Busk. Meantime Chambers was out on the school machine and made three circuits in •excellent style, landing perfectly. Capt. Loraine followed with two fine flights on the Gnome racer, his sharp turns and steep vol plane's being very excellent. Busk was out rolling. Later Ridley-Prentice mounted the school machine, and, risirg several hundred feet, completed six circuits ; a fine vol plant descent terminated the flight. Before lunch Busk had got very good control of the machine, and made a few good straight flights. The wind increased in the afternoon, but Capt. Loraine made a short flight in a fresh breeze ; after getting over a couple of circuits he was driven down by a rain storm. Thick fog prevented flying before 10 a.m. on Saturday, when Mr. Barber flew on "Valkyrie 10." He made a long excursion over the surrounding neighbourhood, and landed with a fine spiral vol plant. At the same time Ridley-Prentice took up the school machine. After completing several circuits he descended and handed over the machine to Chambers, who made a fine flight. His circles were very small, and his handling of the machine inspired great confidence. Mr. Barber was flying on Nos. 10 and 11 alternately all the morning. At 11 a.m. Chambers went out again and flew splendidly for 15 minutes. He made many sharp [/JJGHT] turns and requent vo> plane descents. Ridley-Prentice then went up for along flight on the school machine. After flying round the outskirts of the aerodrome for 20 minutes, he descended with a long vol plain'. Mr. Barber then gave a lengthy passenger flight to Mr. Orde. Chambers again took control of the school machine, and, rising to 150 feet, made a fine figure of eight, and followed on with many small left-hand circles, eventually landing faultlessly m vol plain: Mr. Barber took up Ridley-Prentice as passenger for several circuits. The machine lifted its 12-stone passenger magnificently. After lunch Chambers was practising again, his landings being really good, and he should secure his lirciul as soon as weather permits. Mr. Barber then ascended with Mrs. C. de Beauvoir Slocks, who recently won her certificate at the Grahame-White School. A long flight ensued, though a great height was impossible owing to the fog. On descending, Mrs. Stocks, whose brilliant flights on the Farman lately have attracted great notice, expressed herself delighted with the speed and stability of the Valkyrie racer. Rain came on early in the afternoon, but Chambers was able to get another fine flight of 15 mins. duration. Captain Loraine was out early on Tuesday in the morning in a stiff breeze. He made several flights in order to get wind practice, and handled the machine splendidly. Lanark Aerodrome, Lanark, N.B. THE gale which continued throughout the best part of a fort night subsided sufficiently on Thursday last week to allow Jackson and Warren to get in a little practice on the school Bleriot. On Friday, after Warren had been practising circles, and Jackson straight flights and half-circles on the Bleriot, Mr. F.wen had the Deperdussin out, and made a splendid flight of over half an hour's duration over the surrounding country, finishing with a fine vol plant from a height of 400 ft. Although the wind was rather gusty on Saturday, Jackson indulged in a little flying. In one of his trips, a side gust turned him off his course, and before he could get the machine righted again he found himself flying over the horse-track and telegraph wires, which are outside the aerodrome. However, he kept the monoplane at a height of about 50 ft., and making a wide left-hand turn reached the aerodrome quite safely. The day's flying was finished by Mr. Ewen, who was in the air for about 20 mins. on the Deperdussin. Salisbury Plain. THE weather was exceedingly rough all day Monday last week, and all thought of outdoor work had to be abandoned. A great deal of work, however, was done in the hangars. Next day, Busteed and Jullerot made two trials on Nos. 7 and 43, testing engines and weather. The former worked perfectly, but the wind was too strong for school work. By the evening the wind had increased in such velocity as to be blowing a gale. Mr. Robert Slack, who has just passed for his certificate on a Bleriot monoplane at Hendon. Mr. Slack is a very com petent motor engineer, and now intends to remain at the Bieriot School to practise for the superior brevet. He is the eleventh pupil to pass at this school without having any breakage of any kind. 1003
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