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[/y«Hi succeeded in increasing his propeller speed by nearly a hundred revolutions, which made, of course, a noticeable effect on the speed and climbing powers of the machine. On Sunday, Valentine arrived at Eastchurch on a Deperdussin mono plane about 4 p.m., and after a short stay motored back to town. Early on Monday morning last the weather conditions were good for flying, although the very low temperature (some degrees below freezing point) was not altogether ideal for comfortable flying. In spite of this, however, Commander Samson, R.N., and Lieut. Gregory, R.N., made two excellent flights, the former, with ® ® FEBRUARY 3, 1912. Engineer-Lieut. Randell, R.N., as a passenger, remaining aloft for over two hours on the Short tandem twin machine, whilst Lieut. Gregory with Lieut. L'Strange-Malone, R.N., as a passenger, kept going for over three hours on the triple twin machine. Whilst these flights were being made the wind got up considerably. Lieut. Gregory, who kept at an elevation of some 1,000 ft. found the wind very choppy, but especially so when nearing the coast line and meeting the incoming currents from the sea. On landing, he remarked upon the great stability of the " triple twin " under such flying conditions. ® ® FROM THE BRITISH FLYING GROUNDS. Royal Aero Club Flying Ground, Eastchurch. THE report for the week follows the official notices on page 105. Brighton-Shoreham Aerodrome. ON Thursday last week the 25-h.p. Anzani-Bleriot was brought out by Kent, who put in a short time at rolling practice, while Chanter was continuing the test of his new monoplane. Lieut. Walter Lawrence arrived with the Gnome-Blackburn monoplane, which has been placed at his disposal pending the completion of the passenger machine the Blackburn Company has on order for him. On Saturday the machine was ready for working, and Lieut. Lawrence took his seat in the machine and had a roll over the ground, then did a straight flight. This was his first experience in the monoplane. Sunday being an ideal day for flying, the Blackburn was brought out early, and Lieut. Lawrence did a little practice in her, getting accustomed to the control, and putting in some good work. During the morning Mr. B. C. Hucks took the Blackburn in hand, and, rising very quickly into the air, made several splendid circuits, but had to come down on account of the carburettor freezing, and alighted on a piece of land outside the aerodrome. After lunch, Mr. Hucks flew back into the aerodrome and did a very fine flight. He then took Mr. Blackburn up as a passenger. Next day Lieut. Lawrence did straight flights, making excellent progress with his new mount. The Collyer-England machine has been out with a Green engine, but is not tuned up to the satisfac tion of her owner yet. Tuesday was a very busy afternoon. Lieut. Lawrence getting the Blackburn out, and rising very quickly from the ground, covered three 5-mile circuits in splendid fashion, climbing to an altitude of 1,000 ft. He vol plandd, and landed very easily. The Collyer- England was brought out, and some good work put in. Mr. Chanter had his new monoplane out, but after doing several runs could not get the engine to work properly. The 25-h.p. Anzani-Bleriot was also brought out, but only did rolling practice, as the engine was not working satisfactorily. Brooklands Aerodrome. WEDNESDAY of last week was a bad day for flying, but Kemp took out the new Vickers No. 3 for straight flights. Machine did not exhibit that steadiness which is usually considered desirable, but seemed fast and got off the ground all right. Percival flew for about twenty-five minutes on his biplane, doing exceedingly well. He is to be congratulated upon his new production. Kemp then flew some straights on the Flanders, getting used to the warp and to slight alterations made since last he flew her. As the engine was short of " revs.," machine was taken back to shed. At the Bristol school Merrian flew solo with good right and left- hand turns. Pizey then took up Weeding for instruction, he making good progress, and subsequently making first solo flight. A plug broke when Merrian was out, so machine was brought back. On Thursday, Knight flew some straight lines on the two-seater Vickers, while at the Deperdussin school a new pupil, Partridge, was practising on the taxi, also Gill, brother of Lieut. Gill, who obtained his ticket at this school, was doing short straight flights. Then Sabelli passed his certificate tests, flying in excellent style. Percival was up in the afternoon, going strongly. The Flanders again did some straights, but the engine was not doing its best. Pizey was up with Capt. Nesham, then with Lane. No flying on Friday beyond a test flight by Pizey on the Bristol. A strong N.E. wind prevailed on Saturday, and the only one out was Partridge making short straights on the Deperdussin. Petre " the Monk," by the way, has now been appointed head pilot of the Deperdussin school. Sunday was a day of great things, perfect flying weather prevailing the whole day. Sopwith had his 70-h.p. tandem two-seater Bleriot out for the first time since its arrival here, and did some magnificent flying, bordering most of the time on the sensational. At times he would switch off and dive to within a few feet of spectators' heads, giving all and sundry bad attacks of " cold feet." Hamel then took the machine up to about 2,000 ft., putting in some very pretty figures. Pizey, on the Bristol, indulged in some trick flying, especially when with Mrs. Grey and Jones as passengers. Spencer did some good work, and was up for a considerable period. Sopwith was also up again with Lang, Charteris, and a lady-passenger at odd times. Beatty flew some straight lines on the Vickers, while Percival did circuits. Kemp was out for a few short flights on the Flanders, the engine of which was only giving a low number of revolutions, and therefore the machine was not flying well. During that t'me he did a very fine piece of piloting, going through the back draught of two machines by accident, and managing to do a turn at the bottom of the ground. At the Bristol School, Smith was making short straights, Weeding good solos, also Lane, while Merrian flew some figures of eight. Capt. Weeding flew well, but on landing managed to break one of the chassis struts. Pizey then took up Lieuts. Burnay and Phillips, new pupils, for passenger trips. Monday also was a remarkable day. Things were quiet in the morning, but Mrs. Hewlett was flying the Hewlett-Blondeau The Short tractor biplane, constructed by Messrs. Short Bros, for Mr. Frank K. McCiean, which successful work at Eastchurch recently. 106 been doing:
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