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fiMD SEPTEMBER 14. i912- Tuesday morning Lieut. Wadham on the Deperdussin left for the manoeuvres, but returned owing to one of the valves of his engine sticking. Lieut. Lawrence on FE 2 biplane went up, but came down at Andover with engine trouble. Capt. Allen on monoplane also came down at Summer Town. Second Lieut. Hotchkiss started ® THE DUBLIN ® TO BAD weather contrived to spoil the Dublin-Belfast race arranged for last Saturday by the Aero Club of Ireland, and the large crowds which gathered at Belfast to welcome the aviators had to depart disappointed after patiently waiting all day. More fortunate were the spectators at Dublin, as they at least saw all the four competitors get away, and also witnessed some exhibition flights by Salmet. From early morning a continuous stream of people flocked out from at 7 a.m., when the weather was very dull, with Lieut. Bettington as observer, in a Bristol monoplane which took part in the trials. The engine was not working at all well, and they left at a height 01 700 ft., travelling very slow. The fatal termination to this flight is referred to elsewhere. ® ® BELFAS|T EVENT. everyone to shelter. This was succeeded by an unpleasant mist. At 4.25 p.m. the weather was a little more propitious, and Astley started on his BWriot monoplane, followed by J. Valentine on the 50-h.p. Deperdussin, Desmond Arthur on the 70-h.p. Bristol, and Lieut. Porte on the 100-h.p. Deperdussin. Arthur failed to get clear of the ground, and in landing buckled one of his wheels. Lieut. Porte found the conditions much too trying, and after going THE DUBLIN-BELFAST AEROPLANE CONTEST.-Mr. H. J. D. Astley getting away on his 70-h.p. Bleriot from Leopardstown, Dublin. Dublin to the Leopardstown racecourse, which had been selected as the starting place, and every vantage point in the vicinity had its quota of enthusiastic watchers. Soon after 11 a.m. Mr. Astley made a trial trip on his Bleriot, and the other machines were brought out for engine testing, but in view of the strong westerly wind, the start was delayed for some time. At 1.30 p.m. a message came through from Belfast that the weather was bad, there being rain and fog. Soon after the proceedings were enlivened with a couple of cir cuits by Salmet, to be followed by a downpour of rain which drove three miles, returned to Leopardstown. Astley and Valentine persevered through the vile weather, but conditions got worse rather that better as they went on, while to add to their difficulties daylight began to fail. Eventually Valentine came down at Newry, while Astley gave up at Drogheda. It was ultimately decided by the authorities that the first prize of ,£300 should be divided between Messrs. Valentine and Astley, plus ,£40 each for expenses ; the .£50 Shell Motor Spirit prize, plus £40 for expenses, to go to Lieut. Porte; and a special prize of £25, plus £40 for expenses, to Mr. Arthur. FLYING AT THE MANOEUVRES. WITH somewhere about two dozen aeroplanes detailed to take part in the manoeuvres now being carried out in East Anglia, with many of them flying under secret orders, it is impossible to give an adequate account of their work. It is certain, however, that valuable information as to the " enemy's " movements have already been obtained by the aerial observers, while the pilots have had a number of exciting experiences. While flying from Salisbury Plain to Farnborough on Monday Capt. Austin had his machine capsized by a squall near Andover, and Commander Samson, when going from Brentwood, whither he had flown from Eastchurch on the previous day, was brought down by the wind at Henham, in Essex. On the Thursday evening Lieut. Fox tried to fly from Hitchin to Welwyn, but owing to the gusty winds had to come down at Wilbery Hills. On Tuesday Capt. Reynolds and Major Moss were forced through wind to land at Hendon on their way from Farn borough to Thetford, and Capt. Raleigh and Lieut. Wanklyn on a Breguet, while on a similar journey, had to land near Royston on account of ignition trouble. At the time of the accident to Lieut. Hotchkiss, Capt. Allen, who was also going from Salisbury Plain to Hitchin, landed at Cumnor, near Oxford, because of the gusty wind and engine trouble. He saw Lieut. Hotchkiss' machine pass over and commence to plane down, and thought it had made a good landing. ® ® ® ® NIGHT FLYING AT HENDON. A UNIQUE programme is being arranged for a meeting which is to take place at the London Aerodrome, Hendon, on Thursday, Sept. 26th. There will be the usual exhibition flights from 3 o'clock—weather permitting—of course; and at 7.30 p.m. will commence the first illuminated flying ftke. Each of the aeroplanes taking part will carry a powerful searchlight, in addition to side and rear lights, and they will also be outlined with hundreds of tiny electric lights supplied from portable accumulators carried in the body of the machine. On the roofs of the hangars there will be powerful naval searchlights to guide the airmen flying in the darkness above, and the pylons which mark out the one and a-half miles' speed course will also be brilliantly illuminated. Many hundreds of coloured lanterns will be used in the various enclosures and the bandstand, so that the aerodrome should present a remark ably novel and beautiful scene. During the evening there will be a display of fire balloons and fireworks, illustrating " War in the Air," and the effect produced cannot fail to prove extremely interesting and impressive. Amongst the aviators who are down to pilot the illuminated machines are Messrs. C. Grahame-White, R. T. Gates, Marcel Desoutter, Lewis Turner, Jules Nardini, Louis Noel, and J. L. Travers. On the Saturday following (Sept. 28th) the Naval and Military Meeting will be held. 836
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