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1911
1911 - 1019.PDF
NOVEMBER 25, 1911. FROM THE BRITISH Barrhead Aerodrome. MR. HARRY TATE, the well-known comedian, has joined the school, and had lesions nearly every day during the week. Appropriately, he was appearing in his flying sketch at the Glasgow Empire. On Friday he had so far progressed as to do a few short straights during a lull in tbe extremely anti-aviatic weather. Mr. Tate has arranged to continue his lessons on his next visit in January, but will spend every possible Sunday in Barrhead that his engagements permit. Mrs. Lucking took her first rolling practices on P'riday and Saturday, and shows excellent promise. She should easily be "No. 3" ; Capt. Forsyth and Lieut. Warrand are both making excellent progress. The weather seems to have dropped a bit, and a good week's work is expected next week. The Caledonia monoplane, Bleriot-type, is a great success, and big things are expected of it. Brooklands Aerodrome. THE weather has at Brooklands, as elsewhere, been beyond words. Strong winds have prevailed, while the rain has been practically incessant. On Wednesday Kemp tried the repaired Vickers, but only made a couple of straights flights as the wind was very gusty. Gordon Bell was out for a couple of circuits on the Deperdussin, and Pizey had the Bristol out for a few minutes. The Martin-Handasyde was the only machine flying on Thursday, when T. O. M. Sopwith did one circuit and a few straight flights. Friday was a very bad day. Raynham tried the Viale Avro for a few short flights. The balance of the machine seems distinctly good. On Saturday Fleming was up on the Bristol with Major Benwell, and afterwards Capt. Gordon. Sunday was a blank day. On Monday Pizey carried Capt. Gordon, the latter afterwards making some straight flights. Major Benwell was also doing straights, and Fleming was up with Warren. Pizey took up Mr. Mesham, and Lawrence was flying a few circuits in excellent style. The Deperdussin School was in full swing. Chataway was making circuits, and Game, Sabelli, and Baldwin straight flights. The Flanders monoplane was in the air, piloted by Kemp, who took up two or three passengers. Spencer carried as passenger Humphrey Hitchcock, his new pupil. On Tuesday Kemp had the Vickers up for some straight flights. The Deperdussin school was again in full swing, and Spencer was flying with his pupil. Gordon Bell made a few circuits on the Deperdussin racer, and Sopwith flew some excellent circuits on the Martin-Hardasyde. It flies excellently, ai,d is very fast. Pizey was up with Warren, and Capt. Gordon flew a couple of circuits in excellent style. Lawrence made a fine flight at i.ooo ft., rising very quickly. Brighton-Shorcham Aerodrome. ON Wednesday of last week M. Chanter and Co.'s school machines arrived on the ground, and were safely housed in their hangars. Thursday saw the work of assembling being carried forward, and on Tuesday school operations were commenced. Lieut. J. C. Porte gave a splendid demonstration flight on Tuesday with his two-seater Deperdussin monoplane, coming to earth with a magnificent vol plane, after which he took Mr. R. Preston, of Brighton, for a passenger trip. Filey School (Blackburn Aeroplane Co.). OWING to the weather being very bad during the past week very little flying has been going on. On Saturday, however, Oxley was out doing some good flights on the big passenger machine fitted with the Renault motor, taking pupils out as passengers. This machine behaved perfectly and went very steadily. Lanark Aerodrome, Lanark, N.B. FLYING, up to Thursday last week, was rendered impracticable owing to the stormy weather which was prevalent during the period. However, a lot of work was got through in the hangar, and a pair of spare Bleriot wings are nearly finished. The weather on Thursday was splendid for air work, and an excellent day's flying was done. Warren and Jackson each took turns on the school Bl&iot, Warren doing circles and Jackson half-circles. Warren shows excellent knowledge of his machine and engine, he being an engineer by trade, and there is every indication that he will turn out a very good flyer. London Aerodrome, Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame-White School. — Owing to the incltment weather which has been prevailing since Tuesday of last week, as in other [/JJGHT] FLYING GROUNDS. parts ol the country, very little flying has taken place, all energies being directed on the work proceeding in the hangars. Despite a 25-mile an hour wind which was blowing on Wednesday last, Lieut. Parke had the Gnome-Farman brought out soon after lunch, and made several circuits round the Aerodrome. On Wednesday the weather turned out cold but fine, and there being little wind in the early morning both the pupils, Fowler End Raphaite, had each a spell of useful practice on the school maehinf. Later on in the morning Clement Greswell, the late chief pilot of the Grahame-White school, called to confer on a matter of business with Mr. R. T. Gates, the manager, and to revive his old-time connection with the firm took a flight on the Gnome-Farman with a passenger. The wind had in the meantime risen to a speed of about 20 miles an hour, and although consequently the conditions were by no means ideal, Greswell demonstrated the fact that he had lost none of his old prowess in controlling a biplane in a wind. In the workshop? the assembling of a Sommer biplane is in progress, which, fined with a Gnome engine will be devoted to the use of the pupils. Valkyrie School.—Continuous high winds have prevented any flying during the past week. On Tuesday morning this week a chance occurred and Capt. Loraine brought out the Gnome-Valkyrie racer in spite of a strong wind. He managed to put in twenty minutes good practice, flying circuits in excellent style. Salisbury Plain. Air Battalion.—Wednesday of last week saw several officers of the Air Battalion returningfrom Farnborough, Lieut. Reynolds, R.E., and Lieut. Conner, R. FA., bringing by road a Renault-engined monoplane, which is to be flown by Lieut. Hindcs. A Gnome- engined Nieuport has also arrived. It is to be flown by Birrington A new view of S'onehenge, taken from Mr. H. Busteed's "Bristol" biplane, by Mr. Dacre, a pupil, when flying as passenger. 1021
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