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1911
1911 - 1048.PDF
1/fcjCHT DECEMBER 2, 1911. .EixiisiHf NOTES OF TI First Superior Certificates. ALREADY three British pilots have made the necessary flights to secure the Royal Aero Club's superior brant. The first to do so was Mr. S. F. Cody, who on Monday made his flight from LatTan's Plain to Salisbury and back. On Wednesday, Mr. fames Valentine, on the Bristol monoplane, and Captain Fulton, on a Bristol biplane, also made the required qualifying flights. The course taken by the two latter pilots was from Salisbury Plain to Laffan's Plain and back, a distance of approximately 100 miles. In regard to Mr. Valentine's essay, it was really the public debut of the new Bristol monoplane, which makes the performance all the more interesting. Salisbury Plain was left at n.45, and the outward journey occupied 45 minutes, while the return trip took 9 minutes longer. The aviator explained that he lost time coming back, by leaving his course in order to wave to Capt. Fulton, who was passing. In the subsequent altitude and gliding tests, he went up to a height of 2,000 ft., and, gliding down, alighted exactly on the designated spot. Mr. Grahame-White Awarded the Statue of Liberty Prize. AT the meeting of the FeSdeVation Aeronautique Internationale at Rome, on the 25th ult., a protest of the Royal Aero Club against the award of the Statue of Liberty prize to M. De Lesseps was considered, and it was decided that the prize should be awarded to Mr. Grahame-White. It will be remembered that this prize of £2,(MJ was put up in connection with the Belmont Park Meeting in October, 1910, for a flight from the aerodrome round the Statue of Liberty and back. The prize was at first awarded to the late Mr. I B. Moisant, but, as under the original rules he had not qualified, the prize was, after protest by Mr. Grahame-White to the F.A.I , awarded to M. de Lesseps, the authorities of the meeting disqualifying Mr. Grahame-White for alleged fouling of a pylon. A second protest was then made to the F.A.I., with the above result. Aeroplanes for Territorials. THE good work which is being done with a very scanty equipment by the London Balloon Co. of the Territorials will be considerably benefited by the use of the two Short biplanes which have been placed at its disposal by a well-known member of the Royal Aero Club at the club's grounds at Eastchurch. Some fourteen members have volunteered to go through a course of training, and for those who cannot afford to spend the necessary three weeks or a month at Eastchurch arrangements are being made for special instruction to be given during week-ends. The generous lender of the aeroplanes has undertaken to look after their maintenance. A Ble'riot at Eastbourne. A COUPLE of good flights were made at the Eastbourne Aerodrome on the 21st ult., by Mr. F. B. Fowler on a Gnome Bleriot, on which he attained a good height. Bristol Biplanes Abroad. VERY soon there will not be many corners of the world in which a Bristol aeroplane will not be found. Russia, of course, has a little fleet of nine, and in France itself Versepuy flies a Bristol; ® ® EIGM The Paris Salon. PREPARATIONS are actively in progress at the Grand Palais for the Aeronautic Salon which is to open on the 16th inst. Naturally, a feature of the exhibition will be the machines which have proved so successful in the recent French military competitions, but apart from those there will be a comprehensive display of most of the other types with which any good results have been obtained. Meanwhile, the combined committee representing the aeronautic and automobile industries which is meeting, under the presidency of the French Minister of Commerce, M. Couyba, is making progress in its work, and has reached the decision to hold automobile and aeronantic salons annually. Application has been made to the Minister of Fine Arts tor the use of the Grand Palais from October 5th next year to January 5th, 1913. M Flying Angels * on an Aeroplane. nw AT Compiegne, on Sunday, Legagneux was flying on his single-seate .r. Bleriot, and during one trip carried a passenger shoulder. on his A Japanese Biplane at the Grand Palais. IT is reported that on one of the special stands at the forth- Lieut. Dahlbeck has taken a Bristol back to Sweden for use there, and it is rumoured that another European Power is about to- experiment with Bristols. Of the Colonies, Australia has her Bristol pilot in the person of Mr. Hart, the first Australian to take his brevet on his native shore ; in South Africa the Bristol is being flown by Mr. John A. Weston ; while India, which is already acquainted with the Bristol machines, will soon see one being pil .ted by Lieut. Harford, who recently took his brevet at Brooklands. It will be remembered, too, that the first certificated Chinese aviator was trained at the Bristol, Salisbury Plain, School. An Aero Club for Brighton. ENCOURAGED by the strong support locally some influential people are organising a club with a view to installing a club-house on the Shoreham Aerodrome. It will be remembered that on the occasion of the European Circuit ^400 was contributed by this station, and of this amount ^100 was raised by the small shop keepers of Shoreham, an indication of their keenness in the matter. A competition is being organised among members of the club, and among the prizes received is a handsome silver trophy presented by Messrs. P. B. Burgoyne & Co., the well-known Australian wine merchants, through the instrumentality of Mr. Alan Bmgoyne, M.P. Mr. G. A. Wingfield is acting as honorary secretary pro tern, until an expert in aviation can be found to fill the post. From Coachbuilding to Aviation. FOR close on a hundred years Messrs. Henry Matthews and Co. have been supplying timber to the coachbuilding trade, and they have now turned their attention to aeroplane construction. The firm has the advantage of understanding exactly what is required by aviators, as one of its members has taken a very keen interest in the new science from the very early stages. Messrs. Matthews and Co., whose address is Hope Works, Ley Street, Ilford, are prepared to estimate for straight or bent timber of any description. Model Aeroplane Accessories. FOR the convenience of our readers, Messrs. J. Bonn and Co., Ltd., of 95, New Oxford Street, London, W.C., have put their catalogue into book form, which makes it very convenient for reference. We notice that the firm are now making four different types of propelleis, ranging from 6 ins. to 20 ins. in diameter. They are beautifully finished, and up to the usual high standard of Messrs. Bonn's other goods. "How School Boys Can Help Aviation" Is the title of an article contributed by Mr. Robert P. Grimmer to the issue of The Boys' Own Paper of Nov. 4th. It deals with the flying of models, and, doubtless, after perusing it many boys will take up the sport, and this should lead to the formation ot a good many more school aero clubs in various parts of the country. Another Model Aeroplane List. MR. M. L. ROLFE, Chiltern Grove, Sudbury, Suffolk, sends us a list of model aeroplanes and accessories which he is now selling. Mr. Rolfe has had a good deal of experience in the making and flying of models which should prove valuable to his supporters. ® ® coming Aeronautic Salon will be exhibited a military biplane built for the Japanese Government by Baron Shigeno. Ladies at the Maurice-Farman School. MONDAY was quite a ladies' day at the Maurice-Farman School at Buc, Madame Balencic being taken for a trip by Maurice Farman, while M. Barbaroux, engineer of the Delaunay-Belleville firm, and M. Bernard Langarot, both took their wives for excursions in the "central blue." Trials with the New Morane-Saulnier Monoplane. ON the 21st ult. Tabuteau was putting one of the new Morane- Saulnier monoplanes through its paces, and in the course of a couple of flights the new machine demonstrated a good turn of speed, and showed up very favourably in gliding. In general appear ance this monoplane is very suggestive of Nieuport practice, but is, of course, entirely original in its details, as would be expected from a collaboration of Morane and Saulnier. From Vincennes to Rheims. LIEUT. LELIEVRE, on the 21st ult., flew from Vincennes to Rheims, covering the 130 kiloms. in 1 hr. 5mins. He had a strong following wind, but was much bothered by the thick fog. IOSO
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