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SEPTEMBER 21, 1912. flight which created some excitement, Mr. Hammond passing right over Devonshire Park while the tennis tournament was in progress. The Bristol was behaving splendidly with the new engine, and Mr. Hammond, who is a magnificent stunt flyer, showed the machine off to its best advantage. Mr. Fowler also made several flights on his Bleriot. Sunday again was a busy day, Messrs. Hammond, Fowler and Yates all being out. Mr. Hammond made one particularly fine flight, carrying Mr. Napier as passenger. He was up for an hour and a quarter, during which time he passed right over Bexhill, and at one time climbed to over 5,000 ft., the machine being lost to view in the clouds. Monday was another good day, and Mr. Yates successfully passed the tests for his brevet in the evening, making uncommonly good time, his average time for each figure eight being two minutes. Mr. Fowler gave two exhibition flights in the afternoon. Tuesday was quite calm but very foggy, and Mr. Fowler, who flew over in the morning to visit some friends about 14 miles away, got completely lost on his return journey, eventually striking the coast between Bexhill and Hastings. Mr. Lerwill was out on the Bristol, and Mr. Bode Roberts was initiated into the mysteries of the Anzani. Liverpool Aviation School, Waterloo. TUESDAY, last week, the new school machine fitted with Y engine was tested, but owing to an air lock in the oil pipe no flight was attempted. Melly started next day on the two-seater, but the wind proving very unsettled he landed after flying a mile up the beach and flew back to the hangars. On Thursday he started again on the two-seater in ideal flying weather to reach the Wirral Flower Shower in Cheshire, but after miles across country the engine starting missing badly and he landed in a field adjoining Aintree Racecourse. At mid-day, after changing one plug, he started again with the intention of returning to Waterloo, and on approaching the shore realised that the tide was up and as there was no possibility of landing there he turned back inland and landed again at Aintree. As the engine was still missing it was inadvisable to proceed farther, and at 3 o'clock he returned to Waterloo. In the evening Melly took out the new Y-type Anzini without any tuning up and made an extended figure 8 about 100 ft. up, planing down with the engine switched off in great style. On Monday, he on the two-seater, did a fine figure 8 and found the engine in perfect working order. He then took out Y engined machine, and after doing a figure 8 handed it over to Birch, who, after one or two straights did a series of figure 8, being in the air 10 mins. and planing down with the engine switched off in perfect style. London Aerodrome, Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame-White School.—Monday, last week, school opened at 6 a.m. under superintendence of Mr. Lewis Turner, T. P. H. Bayetto, a new pupil receiving instruction in controls previous to rolling, on 25-h.p. Bleriot. In the evening E. J. Howard-Wright (new pupil) out with instructor (Mr. Turner) for tuition in rolling and straight flights on G.W. biplane. Capt. Kunhardt and Lieut. Allen straight flights on G.W. biplane. Messrs. Hoelscher and Wilson straight flights on same machine. Mr. Roupell doing circuits on 35-h.p. Bleriot. School opened Friday at 6 a.m., with calm weather. Messrs. Fuller, Small, and Wilson doing straights. Mr. Roupell 20 minutes on 35-h.p. Bleriot, straights and circuits. Lieut. Small, straights on G.W. biplane. Mr. Wilson rolling on same machine. Wynne out for brevet on G.W. biplane, but only succeeding in making one figure 8. Lieut. Allen and Mr. Hoelscher, straights. Capt. Kundhardt rolling on G.W. biplane. Commander Yeats-Brown, straights on G.W. biplane. Kunhardt out with instructor, Mr. L. Noel, doing straights. Messrs. Yeats-Brown, Small, Wilson and Allen doing straights. Commander Yeats-Brown making circuits 15 minutes. In the afternoon Bayetto rolling on 25-h. p. Bleriot. Wynne circuits on G.W. biplane. Fowler rolling and straights, and Bayetto rolling, both on 25-h.p. Bleriot. Lieut. Allen on G.W. biplane. In the evening Commander Yeats-Brown doing figure 8 on G.W. biplane. Mr. Lan-Davis rolling on 25-h.p. Bleriot. Capt. Kunhardt rolling on biplane. Mr. Roupell circuits on 25 Bleriot. Weather calm on Saturday, school opened at 6.30, under Mr. Turner. Mr. Roupell out on Bleriot doing circuits. Same pupil out again at 7.50 doing straight flights. Lan-Davis rolling on Bleriot. At 3.30 p.m. on Sunday Mr. L. Turner made a fine exhibition flight on H. Farman 70-h.p. machine. Out again immediately after on same machine with Lady E. O. Lambert as passenger. Some fine flights were made by Mr. M. Desoutter on his 50-h. p. Bleriot, the machine being fitted with a Klaxon electric horn with which he sent messages by Morse code. Mr. Gordon Bell was on 35-h.p. Deperdussin. Mr. S. Pickles made a fine altitude flight on Caudron biplane, 35-h.p., and Mrs. Stocks was on the 35-h.p. Anzani- fftjGHT BkrioL Mr. Hall on $0»h.p. Bleriot and Mr. Blackburn doing circuits on G.W. 5oh.p. biplane. Capt. Reynolds and Major Moss left for Cambridge. Messrs. Turner and Noel were busy all the afternoon and evening until dusk carrying passengers. Bleriot School.—Monday last week Messrs. Sacchi, Uandillon, Reilly and Teulade were all practicing and taking advantage of a fine evening, put in some very good work. Mr. Hall was also flying his 50-h. p. Gnome-Bleriot in good style. No school work possible for the next three days. M. Pierre Gratien, a new pupil, joined the school on Tuesday. On Friday, the 13th, despite the fact that both the day and the date betokened a probability of bad luck, an excellent day's work was accomplished. Messrs. Teulade and Clappen doing very good straights on LB 3; M. Gandillon, having been promoted to LB 2, was proceeding to get off the earth for the first time by himself, and Messrs. Reilly and Gratien were doing straight rolls on LB 1. Messrs. Welburn, Teulade and Clappen were all doing good straights on LB 3 on Saturday, M. Gandillon doing similarly on LB 2, and M. Gratien rolling on No. 1. British Deperdussin School,—Wednesday or Thursday last week, no flying, t»o windy. Friday morning, Lieuts. Tucker and Hawker doing straights on brevet. Messrs. Phelps and Whitehouse also rolling on Taxi 1. Mr. Andrews made a bad landing and had nasty smash on brevet. Brock straight flights on racer. Capt. Macdonell and Lieuts. Tucker and Hawker all doing straight flights on Taxi No. 2. Saturday, Messrs. Phelps, Whitehouse and Durand all rolling on Taxi No. 1. Cadet Robinson, straights on brevet, and Gill did two circuits on two- seater. Monday, Capt. Macdonell and Messrs. Spralt, Durand, Phelps and Mapplebeck all rolling on Taxi l. Lieut. Tucker and Mr. Sprat 1 making nice straight flights on Taxi 2, Tuesday morning, Messrs. Phelps and Mapplebeck rolling on Taxi No. 1. In the evening Capt. .Macdonell and Lieut. Tucker straight flights on Taxi No. 2. Messrs. Spratt, Ware, Durand and Mapplebeck also doing straights on Taxi No. 2. W. H. Ewen School.—On Monday, last week, pupils were out at 6.15 p.m. Following a flight by Mr. Ewen, Mr. Sydney Pickles went up on 35 Caudron biplane and in a flight of 30 minutes rose to over 1,000 ft. carrying out some effective banking and vol plant's. Biplane then handed over to Messrs. Edmund and Sutton who each made several confident flights at about 50 ft. M. Baumann was out with monoplanes Nos. 1 and 2 and got some splendid results from the pupils. Messrs. Conran, H. James and Lieuts. Bayly and Mc Mullen doing good straights on monoplane No. I. Mr. Edmund on monoplane No. 2 made a very nice circuit and Capt. Chamier and Mr. J. H. James making good progress on same machine. To finish the day's work Mr. Kwen was again on the 35-h.p. two-seater Caudron biplane taking with him as passenger Master Lewin. Mr. E. W. Cheeseman, a new Royal Aero Club pilot, who passed for his certificate en a Bristol biplane at Brooklands on September 7th. 855
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