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Farnborough. SATURDAY morning last weather very dull, Capt. Burke out on BE I flying well carrying passengers. Later Lieut. Mackworth out on BE i flying well. Capt. Raleigh and Lieut. Longcroft, out on Breguet, had mishap in landing, breaking wing tip, thus stopping flying for week-end. Airship Beta out doing circuits at a good height making good speed against a choppy wind. Monday morning very misty until about 5.30, Capt. Burke out on BE I flying round Cove and Fleet carrying passengers. Later Lieut. Mackworth out on BE I carrying passenger. Mr. De Havilland doing circuits on hydroplane from Fleet Pond, carrying passenger, then out on BE 2 flying very high. Lieut. Reynolds on F 5 giving instruction to air mechanics, Green and Ward. Airships Gamma and Beta, both out at same time flying well. Filey School (Blackburn Aeroplane Co.). BRERETO.N has been for some time away from Filey giving exhibition flights. Last week he was at Bridlington, and is remaining until Tuesday next when he leaves for Skegness. He has given several flights in Bridlington Bay although the weather has been somewhat bad for flying. London Aerodrome, Colltndale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame-White School.—Tuesday last week started with a foggy morning. Mr. Lewis Turner out at 2.55 doing a test circuit on No. 7, and Capt. Salmond followed with circuits on same machine. Then fog thickened, and no further work till 520, when Mr. Turner took out the Howard Wright for a test. Finding con ditions favourable, he advised Mr. Kershaw to go for his brevet, which he did. His second flight was surprising ; the observers signalled to him after his first circuit that he had got his height, but he misread the signal, and the more they waved the higher he climbed, finishing at 600 ft. A bright evening ended with a puffy wind, but school in full swing. At 7.30 Lieut. Rathbone doing straights on school " bus " (No. 7), with Mr. Noel in passenger seat, and Mr. Lewis Turner out on the Howard Wright for a test flight. Then Mr. Cholmondeley on No. 7 with Mr. Noel and Mr. Turner up with a passenger. This, followed by Captain Nicholas doing solo straights on No. 7, and Mr. Turner taking a new pupil, Lieut. D. Allen, on the Howard Wright. The latter had rather an exciting introduction to the joys of flying, as Mr. Turner had to make a landing in the roughto avoid another machine, and the chassis of the Howard Wright collapsed. Pilot and passenger got off without even a shaking. Mr. Noel now sat as guardian angel to watch Capt. Salmond's control, and afterwards sent the latter for solo straights, which he did very well. After this Mr. Hoelscher and Lieut. Allen were out, M. Moineau, the clever pilot who is flying the new Breguet warplane. JULY 20, 1912. also on No. 7, while Mr. Roupell was practising rolling on the 25 Bleriot. Wednesday morning was a chapter of those minor accidents which do so much towards making the aviator what he undoubtedly is— a monument of patience and a master of abuse. Lieut. Rathbone out with Mr. Travers at 4.2 a.m. and a tyre promptly burst. This repaired by 5 a.m. and Mr. Travers made a test to see if wind too strong. Finding it all right, Lieut. Rathbone again pilots, with Mr. Travers in passenger seat, and on returning find two tyres flat, and a control wire frayed. This repaired by 6.30 a.m., and Capt. Salmond out for solo straights, and then Mr. Hoelscher with Mr. Travers. But by this time, 7.15 a.m., wind so strong that school shut down. In the evening Mr. Noel twice went up for tests, but on each occasiun found too much wind for pupils. No work on Thursday morning ; evening too windy, though all pilots in turn took machines out to test. Another abortive morning resulted Friday ; pilots out at 4.40, but in getting machine out one aileron caught by a hanging rope, and repairs not complete till 6.20, when Mr. Travers jun had time to do " guardian angel" to Mr. Cholmondeley, after which wind rose. In evening, Mr. Wynne doing straights on No. 7, and Lieut. Rathbone enjoying passenger straights. Then an hour and a half's delay for wind, after which Mr. Noel took Baroness Schenk for a passenger flight. After this, Mr. Hoelscher, Mr. Cholmondeley and Lieut. Allen out with Mr. Noel in the passenger seat. A busy morning on Saturday. Mr. Travers out at 4.53 with Mr. Cholmondeley. Then Capt. Salmond up for 10 mins. doing circuits of excellent quality, after which Lieut. Rathbone out with Mr. Tiavers, unfortunately breaking a radius-rod owing to a landing while drifting. At 6.5 Mr. Hoelscher made his first solo flight, and tried to land some 6 ft. up, but owing to special chassis construction of school machine did no more than break a wire or two. Later, at 10.15, Mr- Desoutter up on the old "Gordon-Bennett" Bleriot, practising for the afternoon, and later came the regular flying meeting. On Sunday afternoon and evening there was some very remarkable flying, in spite of a stiflish wind and a strong sun, which led to very tricky air conditions. The ball was opened by Mr. Lewis Turner, who took out the Grahame-White school Farman, and did a very fine exhibition flight of 10 minutes or so. While he was describing the state of the air, Mr. H. J. D. Astley, just home from the R.E.P. ground at Buc, took out the old " Gordon-Bennett " Bleriot, which won at Belmont Park in 1910, and which, it will be remembered, is now fitted with a 50-h.p. engine. He went off to St. Albans, and was on his way back when his engine started missing, so he came down to set it right. Meanwhile, Hamel had taken out the two-seater Bleriot for a short solo flight, and then took a lady passenger for a long flight, taking her across country first, and then returning to do some really wonderful exhibition flying. While Hamel was out of sight, Verrier brought out the Maurice Farman, and after a short test flight started passenger-carrying, a steady stream of passengers keeping him busy for some hours. At about 4.45 Mr. Travers and Mr. Noel took out the Grahame- White School Farman in turns, to show what really good pilots can do even on a slow school machine, but their performances, excellent as they were, were put in the shade by Mr. Grahame-White himself, who brought out his new 70-h.p. Henry Farman, and took Mr. Gates for a long ride in it. About the same time, M. Moineau Started in the 100-h.p. three- seater Breguet (the identical machine which passed the French Military trials), and proceeded to do some very clever trick flying. To add further to the variety of machines, S. Nardini now brought out his 50-h.p. Deperdussin (the machine, be it noted, which Mr. Valentine flew in the two gTeat circuits of last year), and did some very pretty flying on it. About this time, the Maurice Farman had its first mishap since it has been here ; a wire in the chassis came adrift on landing, breaking the propeller and one strut. On the new Henry Farman Mr. Noel spent the evening in steady passenger carrying, the passengers being more than delighted at the behaviour of this magnificent machine. In the middle of this, Mr. Astley returned, having got his engine going again, and after this the visitors began to fade away, weary and stiff-necked from watching eight different machines flying for four hours. Aircraft Co, School —On Friday last week, Verrier flew to Brooklands at 5.30 p.m., carrying Greswell as passenger, aniving there at 6.0 p.m. Next day Verrier competed in cross-country handicap of 12 miles, but was beaten by other machines with a high handicap. He left Brooklands for Hendon at 6.15, arriving at the latter at 7.0 p.m., carrying Greswell as passenger, in a wind of 30 m.p.h. dead against him. On Sunday he carried ten passengers in the evening.
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