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AUGUST 3, 1912. The Roval &ero Clu of tAe Ujxited Kir^gdoi OPFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS • Committee Meeting. A MEETING of the Committee was held on Tuesday, July 30th, 1912, when there were present:—Mr. R. W. Wallace, K.C., in the Chair, Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. G. B. Cockburn, Capt. J. D. B. Fulton, R.F.A., Prof. A. K. Huntington, Mr. F. K. McClean, Mr. C. F. Pollock, and Com. C. R. Samson, R.N. New Member,—The following new member was elected:— Eng. Lieut. Edward F. Briggs, R.N. Aviators' Certificates.—The following aviators' certificates were granted :— 262. Private John Edmonds, R.M.L.I. (Short Biplane, Naval School, Eastchurch). 263. Sydney Pickles (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). 264. Major John Frederick Andrews Higgins, R.F.A. (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). 265. Eng. Lieut. Edward Featherstone Briggs, R.N. (Short Biplane, Naval School, Eastchurch). 266. Capt. Charles Percy Nicholas, I.A. (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). 267. Lieut. Kenlis Percival Atkinson, R.F.A. Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). F.A.L Aeronaut's Certificate.—The following F.A.I, aero naut's certificate was granted :— 26. Sergeant McGrane. Airship Pilot's Certificate.—The following airship pilot's certificate was granted :— 12. Serjeant McGrane. Army Manoeuvres. At the request of the War Office, the following letter has been sent to all aviators :— " DEAR SIR,—The Army Council has called the attention]of this Club to the forthcoming manoeuvres which are to take place in the Eastern Counties in September next. They are strongly of the opinion that the presence of aircraft, other than such as are employed by the Military authorities, over the manoeuvre area during the operations would involve not only serious inconvenience and possible danger to military aircraft and to the troops engaged, but also danger to the large number of spectators present. " The Committee of the Royal Aero Club has, therefore, been asked to communicate with you and will be glad if you will fall in with the views of the Army Council and carefully avoid making flights over, or landing within, the Manoeuvre Area, as shown on the attached skeleton map, between September 7th and 20th next inclusive. " The committee is confident that, in the best interests of aviation as well as on patriotic grounds, you will assist the military authorities by adhering to their request, and signify your assent on the enclosed form which will be forwarded to the Army Council. ** It need hardly be pointed out to you how undesirable it would be if recourse were made to the powers conferred by the Aerial Navigation Act, 1911. " Yours faithfully, " 29th July, 1912. " C. D. ROSE, Chairman." The Rolls-Grace Memorial. The memorial window placed in All Saints' Church, Eastchurch, in memory of the late Hon. C. S. Rolls and Mr. Cecil S. Grace was unveiled by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, on the 26th ult. Particulars are given below. 166, Piccadilly. HAROLD E. PERRIN, Secretary. THE ROLLS-GRACE MEMORIAL. ON Friday of last week a large number of friends of aviation, including Lady Llangattock, Lady Shelley, Lady Dunne, Miss Dunne, Mr. Roger W. Wallace, Professor A. K. Huntington, Mr. Alec Ogilvie, Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. Frank K. McClean, Mr. J. W. Dunne, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Grace, Mr. J. Grace, Mr. Grunhold, Mr. Horace Short, Mr. T. O'B. Hubbard (Secretary of the Aeronautical Society of G.B.), and Mr. Harold E. Perrin (Secretary of the Royal Aero Club), were present at All Saints' Church, Eastchurch, on the occasion of the unveiling of a stained-glass window in memory of the late Hon. C. S. Rolls and Mr. C. S. Grace. Having dedicated the window " To the Glory of God and in memory of His servants, Charles Stewart Rolls and Cecil Stanley Grace," the Primate gave a short address, taking as his text the words from the 8th Psalm, " Thou makest him to have Dominion." He pointed out the value of the work of these two pioneers, who from boyhood up had revealed perseverence, resource and courage, and went on to say we had no right to doubt the greatness of the work which they had helped to initiate, and which could only succeed by experiment, which meant risk and self-sacrifice. The window has been designed by Mr. Karl Parsons and it is in two sections. In one panel is a figure representing Patient Endurance, while the other represents Hope. ® ® ® ® THE "DAILY MAIL" DEMONSTRATIONS. DURING the past week the great attraction at Brighton and other points on the south coast has been the hydro-aeroplanes, and, as we predicted awhile ago, the waterplane has come, boomed, and conquered. Mr. Grahame-White has been besieged by applicants for rides over the sea, and many passengers after their initia experience have booked for further trips. On Wednesday of last week he was kept busy all day, one of his passengers being the Mayor of Brighton, Mr. C. Thomas Stanford, and during the evening he made a trip with his machine outlined with electric lights. During the day he won a handicap race against Mr. Harry Preston's motor boat, "My Lady Molly." Practically the same programme was repeated on the following day, and during a night flight Mr. Grahame - White several times switched the electric lights off and on. A little variation was given on Friday morning, when, a wire having arrived from M. Paulhan for one of his mechanics to cross by the Newhaven boat, a difficulty arose as to how to get to Newhaven in time. The problem was solved by Mr. Grahame-White flying with him and alighting alongside the boat in Newhaven harbour five minutes before she started for France. Among the passengers during the day was Mr. Wilkie Bard, who promptly booked for a second trip. Mr. Travers also took up some passengers on the Farman hydro-aeroplane. On Saturday M. Paulhan arrived, and at once set to work on the Paulhan-Curtiss Triad. He worked to such purpose that a trial flight was made with it during the evening. Mr. Gcahame-White and Mr. Travers made a number of nights with passengers, and the former flew over the Sussex County Cricket Ground, at Hove, where the Australians were playing. The stormy conditions made flying out of the question on Monday and Tuesday. With regard to the other Daily Mail pilots, on Wednesday of last week, M. Salmet flew from Worcester to Stratford-on-Avon, making a stop at Evesham on the way, and also later in the day went on to Gloucester. M. Fischer was flying the Farman hydro-aeroplane over Weymouth Bay, and Mr. B. C. Hucks went from Birmingham to Loughborough whence, after giving five exhibition flights he went on to Long Eaton, Derbyshire. On the ' following day, Mr. Hamel was flying at Durham, M. Fischer at Weymouth, and M. Salmet continued his tour from Gloucester to Cheltenham. On Friday, at Weymouth, MM. Fischer and Hubert flew from Weymouth to Exmouth, covering a distance of about fifty miles in an hour. M. Salmet having travelled over night on to Ciren cester, gave a demonstration there for the benefit of the locabhospital. Saturday saw Mr. Hucks flying from Loughborough to Leicester and then on to Coventry, a bag of mail matter being taken on the latter trip. Mr. Hamel, while flying from Thornaby to Sunderland, was forced down near Hart on the Durham coast. In the West, M. Salmet went on to Swindon, from which point he visited Blunsdon and Cricklade. The bad weather of Monday prevented any flying, but on Tuesday Mr. Hamel made two very fine flights over the East Bolden Racecourse near Sunderland. M. Salmet flew from Swindon to Northampton, Mr. Hucks from Coventry to Rugby and back. 705
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