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MARCH 16, 1912. was enveloped in a thick mist, which, however, cleared up some what in the afternoon. The pupils got in some good practice, Miss Dorothy Prentice and Mr. Denys Ware progressing with their rolling, and Dubois, Baumann and Warren showing by their handling of the Bleriot that they are well within reach of their brevets. Ewen and Capt. Loraine then decided to go for the first part of their Superior Brevet Tests. Starting off on the 28 Dep., however, Ewen quickly rose to over 500 feet and found the wind there rather troublesome, while it was difficult to see the ground through the mist. On descending Capt. Loraine boarded the same machine and put up a beautiful flight in which he reached an altitude of 600 feet. He went up again later and in a flight of fully half an hour at an altitude of over 500 feet, he passed over Mill Mill and flew right up the Edgware Road, and still retaining his height on returning to the aerodrome executed a beautifully well-judged vol plant. Between Capt. Loraine's flights Ewen made a short flight of about 20 minutes passing over Old Hendon and going out towards Finchley and finishing off with a very effective long glide from 500 feet. Salisbury Plain. Air Battalion.—After a spell ol ten days' persistent wind and rain, the officers of the Air Battalion eagerly took advantage of the change on Wednesday of last week. Lieut. Barrington-Kennett was first out on his Nieuport monoplane, and put in an hour scouting practice, mostly at a height of 800 ft. Lieut. Reynolds was on " F 5," and after taking one or two passengers for short trips, had the propeller changed, with marked results from a climbing point of view. With a passenger on board,'he was flying around Stonehenge for an hour and a half, and paid a visit to the outskirts of Salisbury. Lieut. Hynes was up for half an hour on his Breguet over Fargo and Stonehenge, while Lieut. Connor, who has now recovered from the slight injury to his arm, was piloting " F 4," but came down owing to the remous being troublesome. On Thursday morning the anemometer showed that a 25 mile wind was blowing, but Lieut. Barrington- Kennett took the air and flew over Netheravon. His Nieuport behaved marvellously in the rough wind and landed in good style. Towards the evening the wind dropped and this officer was again out on the Nieuport, and Lieut. Connor and Lieut. Reynolds were up on biplanes, the latter taking up several passengers. No flying was done on Friday and Saturday, but the weather was ideal for flying on Sunday and Capt. Fulton made an early start on "F4" taking Lance- Corporal Little for a trip. Lieut. Barrington-Kennett made flights with several passengers on his Nieuport, while Lieut. Hynes took Corporal Vagg up on his Breguet. Lieut. Reynolds was also up on a biplane and his numerous flights with brief intervals occupied three hours. All these officers were again at work in the afternoon with the addition of Lieut. Connor. Flying was started early on Monday by Lieut. Reynolds on his biplane but after Lieut. Connor had made half an hour's flight rain came on and the wind increased so stopping flying work for the time. In the evening Lieut. Barrington-Kennett was flying for half an hour with a passenger on his Nieuport and passed through several rain showers. He was afterwards in the air for an hour and a half during which Lieut. Hynes was testing the Breguet. Tuesday was misty but Capt. Fulton, Lieut. Barrington- Kennett and Lieut. Reynolds each made flights. Bristol School.—A strong wind was blowing all day Monday last week, with rain at intervals, and a thunderstorm in the after noon, flying being impossible all day. Trial flights were made throughout Tuesday morning, but no school flying was attempted. Wednesday morning was ideal, but the wind was tricky. Jullerot was as usual testing conditions, afterwards giving tuition flights. Very early Thursday morning Jullerot was up on No. 66, then taking Lieut. Ercole for a flight. Gordon England was also out with Lieut. Fielding for a run. Jullerot carried out a fine flight with Lieut. Antoni as his passenger. They set off for a cross country flight, and after making a wide circuit, returned to the sheds, dropping their visiting cards on their way to the officers of the Cavalry school. Gordon England then ascended on the Bristol tractor biplane of his own design, which, by the way, brings out several new features, also having no front elevator. England flew perfectly for over half an hour, attaining and keeping good altitude, and due praise should be given to the constructors, the Bristol Co., and to their pilot-designer, Gordon England. Lieut. Brodigan, by making several solo flights, flew for well over an hour, making figures of eight with fine bankings, he showing every evidence of not only being ready to pass the tests for his certificate, but also of proving a very useful acquisition to the Army Air Battalion. In the afternoon, after Jullerot had again tested the conditions, Gordon England ascended with Lieut. Fielding, and allowed the pupil to take charge of the controls. Lieut. Brodigan was making several solo flights, and landed perfectly in each case, and Com mander Schwann started out for his first flight alone, which he carried out very successfully, making a good landing. I'rier was up testing a Bristol monoplane just received from the works at Filton, but darkness caused him to descend. Rain fell at intervals the whole of Friday, but some flying was possible during the fine moments. Jullerot was first up on No. 55, followed by Gordon England on No. 43. Harrison, one of the instructors, then ascended with Lieut. Fielding as passenger, whilst Bendall was up with Lieut. Ercole. Good solo flights were made by Commander Schwann and Lieut. Brodigan, but just as Gordon England, on the new Bristol biplane, and Jullerot, on one of the school machines, were starting out, a heavy storm of rain came on. Work was very brisk on Saturday morning, the whole of the Bristol staff being out giving tuition flights, but no solo work was done by the pupils on account of the tricky wind. Under fairly good conditions, an excellent day's work was done on Sunday at the Bristol schools, no fewer than sixty flights being made in the course of the day, the aggregate numlier of miles flown coming out at about 700. All the machines at the school were brought into use, and some exceedingly useful work was done. Solos were carried out by the following pupils in fine style: Commander Schwann (5), Lieut. Harrison (5), Lieut. Brodigan (4), Lieut. Wyness Stuart (4), Bendall (4), and Harrison (5). Gordon England was again out on the new Bristol biplane doing great things, reaching a good height, which he maintained for upwards of half an hour, and then came to earth by means of a vol plant vara fully 6,000 ft., with his engine completely cut off. England was also up on one of the school biplanes, giving ten tuition flights. Lieut. Bowers put in some fine work on the Bristol monoplane, his flights for the day totalling four hours. He first of all started off for a short cross-country with Commander Schwann as passenger, arriving back at the school after a flight of about three-quarters of an hour. He was away again almost immediately, this time with Lieut. Wyness Stuart as passenger, and his clever handling of the machine is evidence of the instruction meted out to the pupils at the Bristol schools. A good cross-country flight of a duration of just on an hour was also made by Lieut. Antoni, and seeing that this pupil has not been at the school more than a week his progress has been very rapid. Lieut. Reynolds was out on one of the "Bristol" mono planes for two fine solo flights, Jullerot was also up. The conditions still held fine on Monday, and after Jullerot had made a trial, school work started off in the usual Bristol fashion. The wind was a little too tricky for pupils' solo flying, and Jullerot was giving twelve tuition flights, Gordon England being also out for three flights with Lieuts. Fielding, Ercole and Antoni. Jullerot took Lieut. Hall of the Cavalry school for a flight, as well as two other officers from this school, all of whom are likely to become pupils. Captain Bertram Dickson was passenger to Jullerot on his next flight, after which Captain Dickson made a solo, this being his first flight since the accident he sustained at the Milan meeting in October, 1910. The nurse attending Captain Gilbert, who, it may be added is making rapid strides towards complete recovery, was taken up by Jullerot. Lieut. Reynolds, R.E., at the pilot's seat on his Bristol two- seater monoplane.
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