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FROM THE BRITISH FLYING GROUNDS. Royal Aero Club Flying Ground, Eastchurch. THE report for the week follows the official notices on page 81. Brlghton-Shoreham Aerodrome. BY the time this appears in print, Lieut. Walter Lawrence should have his Blackburn monoplane and have put in some good flying here. Messrs. M. Chanter and Co.'s staff has been busy getting the Bleriots into flying order again, and one of the machines will be at work again before the end of the week. A 35-h.p. Green is being fitted in the Collyer-England biplane as the machine has proved its worth and promised excellent results if provided with more power. Great things are looked for when she comes out again this week-end. Brooklands Aerodrome. ON Wednesday of last week there was no flying, owing to fog and rain. Thursday was little better, and though Pizey, on the Bristol, went up he returned to earth almost immediately. Percival also flew some straights. To-day saw the re-appearance of the Flanders monoplane, which underwent some engine tests. This machine has had several alterations made, the radiators Being further back along the fuselage, and the warping wires being carried to a cabane instead of to the landing chassis. A few days should see her flying again. In the afternoon Pizey flew some straights with Lane as passenger. On Saturday morning Pizey was up giving instruction in turning and landing to Lieut. Smith. Percival, just as he was leaving the ground, had the misfortune to drop one of his running-wheels. On landing, the machine naturally dropped on one side, and made a violent turn in the same direction, breaking one of the inclined struts in the landing-chassis. Fisher put in some circuits on the Vickers machine, flying again in his old excellent style. Later Beatty did some straights on the same machine. One of the school Deperdussins was out, under the pilotage of Sabelli. In the afternoon Pizey took up Charteris as passenger on the Bristol for some time ; then with Smith, who subsequently made some straight flights with rather extraordinary landings. Spencer flew some extra-banked circuits, while Hunter was out tuning up the Humphreys monoplane, and flying straights at about 20 ft. Beatty then did straights on the Vickers. Pizey was up again with Lang as passenger, and on their returning to earth Sopwith took the machine up, expressing astonishment at the improvement in the machine since last he flew it. Lane then did some rolling, and later was passenger with Pizey. Sunday was very foggy, but Capt. Wood flew one straight on the new single-seater Vickers. Pizey was up giving tuition to Capt. Weeding and Smith, then with Mr. Rae as passenger. Ducrocq, who seems to like flying in darkness or fog, made a great number of circuits, being only visible for a few seconds at a time. As last week, he was flying his Farman-type biplane, and not a Nieuport, as was incorrectly stated. Young put in some practice on the Green- Avro, but soon returned, owing to his inability to see. Hunter also did some hops on the Humphreys. On Monday there was again no flying, and on Tuesday, Capt. Fulton, who has joined the Deperdussin School in order to get experience on this machine, was the only one out. Owing to pro peller trouble the machine stopped at the far end of the ground and was wheeled back to the shed. Vickers School.—What with fog, rain and wind—Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday last week were dies nan so far as outdoor work was concerned. Saturday turned out very foggy early, but it cleared for a little while, and then Fisher did some straight lines to see if it was clear enough for the pupils. Mr. Beatty, in doing some straight lines, afterwards unfortunately smashed the tail skid through trying to avoid some rough ground. Fog coming up bad again nothing more was attempted. Vickers No. 3 was put through her first trial by Capt. Wood on Sunday, in spite of its being very foggy. The machine rose at first attempt to put her up, and looks like being a very fast machine. As to the pupils, fog was too thick for any attempt at air work by them. Both Monday and Tuesday thick fog took charge again, work being confined to the hangars. Eastbourne Aerodrome. IT was horribly wet and windy all last week, except Saturday, when V. Yates was up on a Gnome-Bleriot for 21 minutes, doing right and left turns with good bankings up to 400 ft. London Aerodrome, Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grabame-White School.—Workshop instruction only was pos sible Wednesday and Thursday last week, the same tale as all over the country being wind, fog and rain. The weather showed a little improvement on Friday, although rather foggy ; this, however, did not deter Fowler from taking out biplane No. 3, and putting in 15 mins. at good straights, after which he changed to biplane No. I and made a good circuit at a height of about 120 ft., landing in fine style. Monoplane No. 4, which has just been fitted with a 25-h.p. Anzani engine for school work, was also out in the hands of the engineers for test, the engine running well and pulling 190 lbs. Saturday was a repetition of rain and fog, pupils being engaged in the workshops. Monday morning very foggy ; pupils all receiving theoretical instruction in the works from Lewis Turner, who has now joined the staff of permanent pilots. Fog cleared somewhat in the afternoon, and several of the pupils turned out for practice. Fowler mounting biplane No. 3, and doing fine straights with perfect landings, should very soon qualify for brevet; Biard was out putting in some good rolling with slight hops, and Raphaite was also rolling. Tuesday was again wet and windy, pupils being confined to the works. A.S.L. Flying School.—Last week the Aeronautical Syndicate works were very busy hurrying forward the new Gnome-Valkyrie racer, and on Sunday afternoon, in spite of the fog, Mr. Barber had the machine out for trial flights. He made several successful flights, The Chanter Flying School at Shoreham, with their two Anzani-Bleriots and their 35-h.p. monoplane modelled on Nieuport lines. At the left'hand side is Mr. M. Chanter, the Director of the school. To the right are Messrs. De Villlers, Gassier, Kent, Ross, and two of the school mechanics. 82
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