FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1912
1912 - 0657.PDF
JULY 20, 1912. Bleriot School.—Monday, last week, no pupils able to practice at any time during the day owing to wind and occasional rain. Although several of the pupils were on the ground at 4 a.m. next day, the then prevailing mist did not disappear until 5 o'clock, when Messrs. Hall, Sacchi, Aubert, Gaudillon, Teulade, and Clappen were all able to put in good work. M. Aubert was up first, and did the second half of his brevet test, getting up to a good altitude. Mr. Hall did a couple of circuits, and is going to try figure eights next week, whilst M. Sacchi did a brace of straights, M. Teulade one straight and then a circuit, Clappen two straights, and M. Gaudillon, who is getting on very well, two rolls on No. LB I. Wednesday, Messrs. Hall, Sacchi, Teulade, and Clappen were on the ground by 5 a.m., and all did good work on LB 2 ; Messrs. Hall and Teulade each making straights, and Messrs. Sacchi and Clappen one each. The wind then rising, and continuing for the remainder of the day, put a stop to further school work. 5.30 a.m. Saturday saw weather conditions quite good, Messrs. Sacchi, Hall, and Clappen each accounted for two straights on the LB 2 machine, and are only waiting for another fine day to attempt eights. D^perc!ussin School. — Sabelli on Monday last week was out on racer and flying with his usual skill. All pupils out in evening ; Brock, Harrison and Lieut. Reilly showing excellent progress and ability. Tuesday, all pupils out practising; Lieut. Reilly, Harrison and Brock, now making circular flights, Capt. "X" also progressing. Sabelli out oa No. I machine and doing " eights." Too windy Wednesday for outdoor work. Thursday afternoon, Brock and Harrison doing excellent straight flights, showing great progress in handling machine. Later Sabelli tried No. I machine and passed it to Lieut. Reilly, who did two circuits and two figure eights, and finally passed successfully half of his certificate. Lieut. Reilly finished brevet flights Friday in excellent style. Capt. " X " showed great improvement in rolling practice. Brock and Harrison doing a few straight flights. Saturday morning all pupils out practising as usual. In afternoon Sabelli made several flights, and took part in the different speed handicaps. With his miniature Deperdussin he easily overcame his different opponents and successively won a 1st, and a 2nd prize. "W. H, Ewen School.—School work on Monday last week began at 5 o'clock in the morning. Beaumann was making excellent circuits on the Deperdussin, but the engine was not pulling very well so he landed with a very nice vol plant. Dubois was also testing but found the engine still running badly. Two new pupils, Capt. A. K. O'Brian and Mr. Eric Conran were on the Bleriot and each made several good straight lines for the first attempt. On Tuesday, work began at 5.30 a.m. Mr. Ware did several circuits on the Bleriot at a height of 10 feet, while Mr, Edmund also was making very good straight flights, and both are now ready to go on the brevet machine. Capt. O'Brian, Messrs. G. H. James, H. James, and Mr. Conran were making very good straight lines with the tail well up. There was no flying on Wednesday because of the wind, but on Thursday Messrs. Ware, Conran, Lawford, H. James and G. H. James were all making excellent headway with straight flights. Later Mr. Sutton was rolling but found the engine troublesome. Friday was a busy day at the school, all the pupils being out and all making splendid progress. Later Beaumann out on the " Dep." but found the wind very tricky. Saturday morning the school began at 5.30, Messrs. G. James and Ware doing straights and halt circuits on the Bleriot, while G. H. James made one straight roll. Unfortunately he got into the rough ground and damaged the chassis slightly. Salisbury Plain. Bristol School.—Monday, last week, there was no flying in the morning. At 6 o'clock in the evening Pizey set out, with Geoffrey England as passenger, to fly to Brooklands on Biplane No. 19, reaching Brooklands without a stop. Busteed was giving tuition flights to Capt. Lucina and Major Ashmore, Harrison taking Major Ashmore and Mr. Lywood twice and Mr. Featherstone once. Good work was put in on the monoplanes by Messrs. Campbell, Greig, Barnwell and Pickles. After a trial flight, Harrison took Major Ashmore, Capt. Lucina and Mr. Lywood, Pizey being out with Capt. Lucina, Major Ashmore and Lieut. Brophy, each pupil having about 25 minutes tuition with many landings. Gordon England was out first with Capt. Lucina and then with Mr. Lywood, both of whom are getting on very well. Pizey made a trial flight on one of the monoplanes, after which Geoffrey England made a circuit round Fargo, coming back and landing quite well. Messrs. Pickles, Barnwell, Greig, and England were also out for useful practice on monoplanes, all of these pupils landing exceptionally well. Mr. Lister did two good solos on one of the school biplanes, landing and flying very well. Mr. Rawson Shaw successfully accomplished the necessary tests for the Royal Aero Club certificate, observed by Capt. Brooke- Popham and Mr. Smith Barry. Busteed was also out for a fine flight on one of the two-seater monoplanes, the machine flying splendidly. Work commenced early Tuesday, Pizey giving two tuition flights, to Capt. Lucina, one to Major Ashmore, and one to Mr. Lywood. Each pupil having about half-an hour's practice, and being taken up to about 1,000 feet around the surrounding country. Harrison gave tuition flights to Major Ashmore twice, and one to Mr. Lywood, and one to Capt. Lucina, giving both pupils high flying experience, with many landings. Mr. Lister was up for two good solos, landing well. Harrison was on the Anzani monoplane for two circuits, after which Messrs, Greig and Barnwell each made four circuits, Geoffrey England, Barnwell, Greig and Pickles also making two flights each. Altogether three hours' continuous flying was done, the machines being in the air practically all the time. Useful work was performed on Wednesday morning, in which all the pupils and staff took part. There was no flying Wednesday evening, the weather conditions being far too bad. No improvement by Thur.-day morning. The weather was certainly better in the evening, and after a trial Harrison gave tuition flights to Major Ashmore, Capt. Lucina, and Mr. Lywood, Mr. Cheeteman and Capt. Brabazon ; Gordon England taking up Lieut. Brophy. Mr. Lister made a flight lasting fully half an hour, flying his machine splendidly; Messrs. Campbell, England, Barnwell, Greig and Pickles were all out for trips on the monoplanes. Gordon England was out for a trip on a Tractor biplane, Busteed also flying one of the two seater monoplanes. Harrison was out first Friday morning, giving two tuition flights to Major Ashmore and one each to Mr. Lywood and Capt. Lucina. Busteed gave tuition flights to Capt. Brabazon and Mr. Cheeseman, also taking up a Bristol two-seater monoplane. Gordon England gave a tuition flight each to Capt. Brabazon and Mr. Cht^eman on a Tractor biplane. Pixton was out with Capt. Lucina and Mr. Lywood, Mr. Jennings getting in some rolling practice on one of the monoplanes, flights being made on this same type of machine by Messrs. Barnwell, Greig, Pickles and England. Campbell was on another of the school monoplanes, slightly damaging his machine while negotiating a landing. "Flight" CopyriK'n. Mr, J. L. Travzrs, who is now flying so wjll at Hendon.
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
