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1912 - 0921.PDF
A Tour oi Ireland. ON Saturday week Mr. Valentine paid a visit to Powerscourt Castle, at the invitation of Lord Powerscourt, and gave an exhibition of flying, which attracted a large number of spectators from the surrounding country. Mr. Valentine no* proposes to go on a tour round Ireland, giving exhibitions en remit wherever there are suitable grounds. It is probable the tour will include the following places :—Mullingar, Cavan, Enniskillen, Sligo, Castlebarr, Calway, Limerick, Killarney, Cork, Waterford, Wexford and Drogheda. iij Another Naval Aviation Centre. A FURTHER Naval aviation depot is being arranged by the Admiralty at Cleethorpes, where the hangars and quarters for the staff will be erected on the Golf Links. The position of the new depot is such that it will be easy for aviators there to police the neighbourhood of the Humber. A Meeting at Oxford. OXFORD is to have its first aviation meeting on Thursday, October 24th, at Port Meadow, when arrangements have been made by Mr. Grahame-White and the proprietors of the London Aerodrome at Hendon to carry out a programme of altitude and speed tests and exhibition flights. Among those that are down to take part are Mr. Grahame-White (70-h.p. Farman), Marcel Desoutter (50-h.p. Bleriot), Mrs. Stocks (50-h.p. Bleriot), Lewis Noel (80-h.p. Farman), J. L. Travers (70-h.p. Farman), and Mr. R. T. Gates (80 h.p. Farman). It is also hoped that Mr. Gustav Hamel and B. C. Hucks will be flying. The charge for admission to the public enclosure will be IX., and to the paddock ir. 6d. Passenger flights can be booked from 3 guineas. Col. Cody tries for the British Empire Michel in Cup. ON Monday, Col. Cody on his biplane to which he had fitted a 100-h.p. all-British Green engine made a flight for the British Empire Michelin Cup, No. 2. He started from Farnborough and steering by way of Salisbury Plain and Eastbourne got to Lewes, where he was compelled to land. Mishap with Japanese Machine. PILOTING the Japanese Sonoda biplane at Hendon on Thursday week, Mr. Meredith after making a couple of circuits inside the Aerodrome, started a cross-country flight. He had not got very far, however, when the machine in making a turn made a dive to the ground. The propeller and undercarriage were smashed, but the pilot escaped unhurt. An Up-to-Date Lord Mayor's Show. IN view of the great progress which has been made in aviation during the past year or so, it has been suggested that it is now opportune for aeroplanes to take a leading part in the Lord Mayor's Show. At any rate the subject is being considered by the Committee which is making the arrangements. 550 Miles in One Day. BATHIAT'S splendid record for the Pommery Cup has at length been beaten, by Daucourt, who on Sunday on a Gnome-Borel with Chauviere propeller, flew right across France from Valenciennes just off the Belgian border to Biarritz. The journey of 875 kilom-. (550 miles) was accomplished in 11 hrs. 40 mins. with but three intermediate stops. Leaving Valenciennes at 6 a.m. the first 200 kiloms. to Buc were traversed in two hours. After an hour's rest the second stage ot the journey was commenced, and 2 hrs. 55 mins. saw the 27s kiloms. to Poitiers covered. Then ensured a rest of an hour and five minutes, after which 2 hrs. 10 min^ were taken over the stage of 220 kiloms. to Bordeaux, where Daucourt arrived at 3.10. Getting away again at four o'clock he landed safely at Biarritz at 5.38, the distance for the last stage being 180 kiloms. His actual flying time for the 870 kiloms. was 8 hrs. 48 mins., so that his average speed was practically 100 k.p.h. Other Attempts for the Coupe Pommery. ANOTHER very plucky attempt was made on the 4th inst., when Janoir on a Deperdussin monoplane started from Calais at 6.20 a.m., and after making stops at Dourdan, Poitiers and Bordeaux landed at Contis les Bains at 5 p.m., having covered a distance of over 720 kiloms. Briodejonc Has Another Try for the Pommery Cup. BRINDEJONC DES MOUI.INAIS on his Morane monoplane started from Calais on Monday morning in another attempt for the Pommery Mr. J. H. James, the 18-year old I.CS. student who list week got his R.Ae.C. certificate at the Ewen School at Hendon. Incidentally, he collects the cash prize of £100 offered by the International Correspondence Schools for their first pupil to gain his brevet. Mr. James was with his brother, who is also a pupil at the Ewen School, con nected with Webb, Peet and Co., of Gloucester, where they b3th had valuable experience with the Webb Peet rotary engine. Curiously enough, the ticket was taken quite in " International" style, as the conditions include a Scotchman's school in England and a Welsh pupil on a French biplane. Cup. He, however, only got as far as Beauvais when he decided to give up and make a fresh start. Molla Training for Coupe Pommery. BY way of training for his proposed attempt for the Coupe Pommery, Molla has put up several lengthy flights on R.K.P. monoplanes at Buc lately. On the 3rd inst., he was flying over Versailles and the surrounding country for over an hour. A Meeting at Juvisy. FOR the last meeting for the year at Juvisy on Sunday last several of the prizes were named after aviators who have met their death. A cross-country race to Monthlery and Cack was for the Poillot Prize, the award for the speed tests over 6 kiloms. was the Ed. Nieuport Prize, the altitude competition was for the Geo. Chavez Prize, while a Charles Voisin Prize was offered in a balloon-attacking contest. The wind during the afternoon was very strong, but a good deal of flying was accomplished, the start being made with the get - away competition, which was won by Helen Nieuport) in i rain. 56J sees. Soon after this Molla arrived from Buc, on his R.E.P. and at once took part in the landing competition, which he won, getting to within 1'22 metres of the indicated spot. Bouvier on a Goupy won the biplane section, being 3*9 metres out. Guillaux (Clement-Bayard) won the cross-country race with Obre (Caudron) second ; and Senart on a Bleriot was first in the height test, getting up to 4,480 metres. Helen (Nieuport) won the speed race, doing the six kiloms. in 2m. 43jjs., Sadi Lecointe (BWriot) being second, while the latter won in the balloon-attacking competi tion. Bouvier secured the award in the passenger competition. as ® » te 'OREIGN AVUATION NEW 921
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