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JULY 27, 1912. A large petrol tank, holding 20 gallons, forms the pilot's wind screen—a 10-gallon oil tank protects the passenger. More petrol, 40 gallons in all, is stored away in tanks below the seats, from which place it is supplied by pressure to the main container. One of our photographs illustrates this point well. Another shows how the trailing edge of the wings on each side of the body is cut away so that the pilot may see right down below him. The passenger is so far forward that he can see down over the leading edge and obtain a good view of all that is going on below him. The control is fitted in duplicate and operates the elevators through a secondary shaft that does away with the necessity of passing the elevator wires round pulleys. This shaft is mounted some little distance behind the pilot, one of our pictures showing [p]GHT this clearly. The landing chassis and wings are perfectly standard. As for the unusual shape of the wings, the designers claim that it lends greater efficiency to the machine, and makes the warp much more powerful in action. Moreover, they say that it renders the warp to a very great extent automatic, at any rate, much more so than on machines, the wings of which taper towards the tips. Main characteristics:— Motors— Area ... 270 sq. ft. approx. 14-cyl. 100-h.p. Gnome (rotary) Average chord ... 6 ft. 9 ins. 10-cyl. 100-h.p. Anzani (radial) Useful load ... 800 lbs. Length 24 ft. Speed 70 m.p.h. Span 41 ft. 6 ins. The Hanriot two-seater monoplane which has been entered for the British Military Competition, ® ® ® ® -•• ;. f m ft m-*-*&KMMBVm wigiiBgKMBiagsa TKe Rocfal &ero Clcih—-~^K of £Ae United KiTigdourO ZIB OFFICIAL NOTICES TO ME-MBER5 HI inst., at 5.30 p.m., Rose, Bart., M.P., K. Huntington, Mr. 252. Committee Meeting. A MEETING of the Committee was held on Wednesday, the 24th when there were present:—Sir Charles D. in the Chair, Mr. Griffith Brewer, Prof. A. Alec Ogilvie, Mr. C. F. Pollock, Mr. R. W. Wallace, K.C., and the Secretary. Aviators' Certificates.—The following aviators' certificates were granted :— 251. Harold Sweetman-Powell (Burgess-Wright Biplane, Sopwith School, Brooklands). Lieut. Hugh Lambert Reilly, LA. (Deperdussin Monoplane, Deperdussin School, Hendon). Air Mechanic William Victor Strugnell (Bristol Biplane, Army School, Salisbury Plain). Lieut. F. M. Worthington-Wilmer (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). Capt. Robert C. W. Alston, H.L.I. (Farman Biplane, Sopwith School, Brooklands). Lieut. Claude Albemarle Bettington (Bristol Monoplane, Bristol School, Salisbury Plain). Capt. Charles Darbyshire (Vickers Monoplane, Vickers School, Brooklands). Robert William Rickerby Gill (Deperdussin Monoplane, Deperdussin School, Hendon). 253- 254. 255- 256. 257- 258. 259. Edward Petre (Handley Page Monoplane, Handley Page School, Fairlop). 260. Lieut. Francis FitzGerald Waldron (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). 261. H. R. Simms (Avro Biplane, Roe School, Brooklands). Royal Aero Club Special Certificate.—The following Royal Aero Club Special Certificate was granted :— 6. Capt. P. Hamilton (Deperdussin Monoplane). Cross-country course : Lark Hill to Weymouth and back. Flights over the Sea.—The attention of aviators is particularly drawn to the following regulation :— Aviators are prohibited from attempting flights over the sea, beyond the three-mile limit, unless suitable precautions have been taken to render their aircraft capable of flotation. French Hydro-Aeroplane Meeting. A Hydro-Aeroplane Meeting will take place on August 24th, 25th, and 26th, 1912, in the Bay of St. Malo. 41,000 francs are offered in prizes, and, among other events, there will be a Hydro-Aeroplane race, on August 26th, from the Bay of St. Malo to the Isle of Jersey and back. Particulars can be obtained from the Royal Aero Club. 166, Piccadilly. HAROLD E. PERRIN, Secretary. THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS. THE following official notices are from the London Gazette of July 19th :— Establishments. Royal Flying Corps. Military Wing.— The date of appointment of the eight flying officers notified in the Gazette of July 16th, 1912, is May 13th, 1912, and not as therein stated. Special Reserve of Officers. Royal Flying Corps. Military Wing.—Denys Corbett Wilson, to be Second Lieutenant (on pro bation). Dated July 20th, 1912. From the London Gazette of July 23rd :— Establishments. Royal Flying Corps. Central Flying School.—The undermentioned officers are appointed Instructors, dated May 20th, 1912 : Captain John D. B. Fulton, Royal Artillery, and Captain Eustace B. Loraine, Grenadier Guards (since deceased). AVIATION AT THE ARMY MANOEUVRES. IT is understood that aviation will play an important part in the Army Manoevures which are to take place in the neighbourhood of Cambridge from September 16th to 21st. Each of the opposing forces is to be attended by a section of the Royal Flying Corps fully equipped with a number of aeroplanes, airships and man-lifting kites AVIATION AT NAVAL MANOEUVRES. IN connection with the Naval Manoeuvres in the North Sea, Commander Samson, with his hydro-aeroplane, was attached to the Red side and had his headquarters at Harwich. On Tuesday week he paid a visit to Lowestoft, where the craft came down on the water, and was later wheeled ashore in order to make some adjust ments to the motor. It returned to its base at Harwich on the following day. 677
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