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[/yCHf KITE AND MODEL AEROPLANE ASSOCIATION. Hand-launched Off ground Official Notices. British Model Records. f Distance A. E. Woollard ... 477 y*rds. X Duration ... ... A. F. Houlberg ... 89 sec*. /Distance F. W. Jannaway ... 84 yards. '(.Duration G.Rowlands 30 sees. Hydro-Aeroplane Competition.—The first hydro-aeroplane competition to he held in England took place on Saturday 10th, on the Welsh Harp Water, Hendon. It was a very successful contest, 19 out of 25 competitors who entered competed. The judges were Messrs. T. W. K. Clarke, A.F.Ae.S.; H. S. Lloyd, A.F.Ae.S., and W. Akehurst (Hon. Sec). Prizes: ist, £5 5*- (presented by the Royal Aero Club) and certificate of the Association ; 2nd, £3 and certificate of the Association (presented by the Association); 3rd, £1 and certificate of the Association (presented by the Association). Maximum marks 100—75 for dura tion ; 25 for alighting on water. Result of ist six were as follows :— Place. Competitor. Machine. Bragg-Smith Bi. ... Aerial B 20 Bi. The Dragon Fly Mo. M.S. Bi Trcsto (1-2-P2) ... Monoplane ... Duration. Mks. sees. 2I'2 16-8 I3'4 X2'2 IJO.J 7-4 7" 67i 48 43 1 G. P. Bragg-Smith ... ... _ 3 R. Stcdman (Aerial Engineering Works) 3 W.J. Williams 4 Mingsin Kwei 5 H. Bate 6 P. K. Johnson ... The duration timed from time of rising off water till time of alighting on water The next official trials will be held at the Welsh Harp, Hendon, on August 31st, after the Hydro Competition, and will be for hydro-aeroplanes only. This being the first trial of hydro-aeroplanes for the purpose of establishing records, it is hoped that there will be a good entry. Competitions.—Model Competition, Welsh Harp, Hendon, August 31st, at 3 o'clock. t Entries close first post August 24th. For hydro-aeroplanes rising off and alighting on the water. Open to the world. Prizes : i^-t, £3 and certificate ; and, £2 and certificate; 3rd, £1 and certificate ; all presented by the Kite and Model Aeroplane Association. Tests: A. Rising off water, B. Duration of flight, c. Landing on water after a free flight. Maximum marks 100: 75 for duration, 25 for alighting on water. Rules : 1. Competitors must be at the judges' flag at 2.45. Any competitor not present at that time will be disqualified. 2. Models must not weigh less than 4 ounces. 3. Competitors will be allowed to make reasonable repairs at the discretion of the judges. 4. Competitors will not be allowed to replace any part without the permission of the judges. 5. Each competitor is entitled to three trials. 6. All competitors must launch their machines in the same direction. 7. In the event of a competitor's machine not alighting on the water in the course of test A, an additional hand-launched flight will be allowed in test c in each case. If less than five starters the 3rd prize will be withheld. 27, Victory Road, Wimbledon. W. H. AKEHURST, Hon. Sec. Models, Club Notices, &c, are held over owing to the great pressure on our columns occasioned by the report of the Army Trials. ® ® ® ® Mr. Frederick R. Simms Back in England. WE learn from the Simms Magneto Co., Ltd., that Mr. Frederick R. Simms has just arrived from the United States, per the ss. " Olympic," and that he expects to remain in England for upwards of a couple of months, in order to give personal attention to the developments of the Simms Magneto Co. in this country. An Exciting Experience. MR. BODDY, the managing director oi the "Boddy" Life- Saving Jacket Co., to whose safety appliance we recently called attention in these columns, met with a curious experience during Cowes week when demonstrating to the yachting folk the advantages of his jacket. Two assistants were engaged to demonstrate its ability to support three in the water, and the three of them, after showing its virtues to the people on the yachts near shore, rowed out to some of the craft more distant to continue their demonstrations. After one demonstration, the party were struck by a heavy rain squall, and the assistants clambered back into the boat, leaving Mr. Boddy in the water. Knowing him to be perfectly safe, they made for temporary shelter and after a little while proceeded to shore. Meanwhile Mr. Boddy went comfortably drifting along the line of yachts, and the folk on board, noticing him in the water, regarded the whole thing as a very clever way of showing off the virtues of his appliance. They did not therefore make any attempt to assist him. In this way he drifted on and on till he passed the yachts and was left alone with the sea, the rain and the wind. After about an hour of this Mr. Boddy thought the thing was getting slightly beyond a joke, for he was drifting rapidly towards the open sea. He knew he could never drown, but there was the prospect of being starved, as he only had enough provision with him to last him for two days. Besides, the rain and the rough sea made things none too comfortable. Eventu ally, the situation being realised, a fast motor launch came to hrs rescue, and he was landed close to the Grahame-White waterplane hangar, none the worse for an experience which conclusively proved the value of his appliance. During the past week or two the papers have brought to the public notice numerous instances in which, had the victims been equipped with life-saving jackets, many lives would have been saved. As he points out, for those who have anything to do with the sea, it is not a sufficient guarantee of safety that they are able to swim. Lifeboatmen never venture out without their cork jackets, although they are one and all hardy seamen. Why, therefore, should people, especially those who fly waterplanes, who have not had such lengthy experience of the sea, venture out without availing themselves of a similar type of safeguard ? AUGUST I7I 1912. AIRSHIP NEWS. Artillery Practice Against Aircraft. < . . . UNDER special orders a series of experiments in shooting at a captive balloon attached to a motor lorry were to have been carried out at the Larkhill ranges on Thursday afternoon. The height of the target was 1,000 ft. The "Gamma" Marooned. WHEN returning to Farnborough on Monday after the second of her excursions to Salisbury Plain, the army airship " Gamma " had to struggle against a strong head wind. Near Andover the wind freshened to 40 m.p.h. and in the hope of finding conditions easier the altitude was decreased. It was a vain hope, however, and near Long Parish a landing was effected behind a screen of trees. There the airship was anchored for the night and also the next day, the conditions being too rough for immediate return to Farnborough. ® ® ® ® Cellon. THE Austrian Government, after experimenting with other dopes, have now specified that Cellon is to be used on all their machines, as they find it has no deleterious effect on the fabric. Cellon is now British made, and is used on Cody's machine which is giving such good results at the Military Trials. ® ® ® ® IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, AEROPLANES, airships, balloons and separately before 1910):— Imports. IQII, £ January... 1,196 February 3,129 March ... 11,327 April ... 2,110 May ... 1,707 June ... 3,225 July ... 9,822 1912. £ 619 3.110 640 4,820 7>494 7,928 13.794 1911-12. parts thereof (not shown Exports. 1911, £ 1,088 1,786 1,027 807 2,471 2,432 2,256 1912. £ 2,412 36 950 72 1.350 419 5,376 Re-Exportation. 1911. 1912. £ £ Nil Nil Nil Nil 357 6oo 4,343 50 1,972 154 1,682 300 643 967 7 months 32,516 38,405 11,867 10,615 8,997 2>°7l ® ® ® ® Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for In 1911. Published August 15M, 1912. I7i°33- J- A. BLONDIN. Flying-machines. PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. • Editorial Comment The Military Trials. The Military Competitions : What the Machines Have Done Flight Speed and Its Measurement How the Gliding Angle is Measured The Table of Results The R.A.F. Biplane " BE 2 " at Salisbury A Day by Day Diary Royal Aero Club Official Notices The Mersey Monoplane Fatal Accident to Mr. R. C. 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