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1912
1912 - 0442.PDF
[/OGHT MAY 18, 1912. THE NAVAL REVIEW TIIK feat* performed by the naval aviator, during the King]s review of his ship.*, must have convinced the Naval authorities, if they needed any convincing, of the practical stage attained by aviation, and also that the Navy does not lack officers who are quite competent to rank with any aviators in the world. Although the conditions were far from ideal, yet the flyers were able to carry out their arrangements, even although other portions of the programme had to be abandoned. As soon as word was received on Wednesday of last week, that the Royal yacht was within a dozen miles of Admiral Callaghan's flagship, intimation was given to Commander Samson and the other aviators, and all four at once set off to find the " Victoria and Albert," Commander Samson starting from Portland on H.M.S. "Amphibian," and Lieut. Gregory on the Short biplane, Lieut. Longmore on the JJeperdussin and Captain Gerrard on the Nieuport, followed one another in quick succession from Lodmore. All were quickly swallowed up in the fog, and the first to actually find the Royal Yacht was Commander Samson who, after circling above it, returned to his headquarters, having been in the air about an hour. Lieut. Gregory, Lieut. Ixmgmore, and Capt. Gerrard also circled above the yacht, the first named during a flight which lasted 1 hr. 10 ntins. A further display was given in the after noon, when Commander Samson took up a naval officer tearing a letter for the King. The waterplane came down on the sea alongside the Royal Yacht, and the messenger was taken off in a dinghy. Alter the machine had been resting on the sea for some time, it was restarted and carried out several manoeuvres before returning to its shed. In the meantime, Lieut. Gregory appeared at a safe distance from the Royal Yacht and discharged a dummy bomb, weighing 300 lbs. from a height of 500 ft. While manoeuvring over H.M.S. " Neptune," Lieut. Gregory detected a submarine which was sub merged to its periscope, and, by way swooped down until he was within 20 ft which created a good deal of speculation Capt THE AVIATORS. Mr. Hucks on a AND and Mr. Grahame-Whke on a Nieuport, and Blcriot, both Of whom had brought machines down specially, were also flying over the Bay. On the following day the fog made havoc of the arrangements, and the only flying accomplished was in the evening, when Commander Samson on the Short biplane, which had been piloted by Lieut. Gregory, took off from the special Photograph by Mr. Oswald Short. Commander Samson, on "S38," in flight for Lodmore after launching from the deck of the " Hibernia," when travelling at 15 knots an hour. Weymouth is seen In the distance. of diversion, suddenly of the sea, a manoeuvre Lieut. Longmore and Gerrard were likewise out on their machines in the afternoon, launching platform erected on H.M.S. " Hibernia." The machine rose easily, and flew round the bay before landing at Lodmore. On Friday the operations were concluded by Commander Samson making a trip round the fleet on a waterplane, while Lieut. Gregory Photograph by Mr. Oswald Short. THE NAVT HYDRO-AEROPLANES.-Landing the Short monoplane and the Deperdussin machine in a lighter from the Hlbcrnla at Lodmore. On the right Commander Samson after a flight on MS38" on Lodmore ground. 442
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