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1912 - 1016.PDF
HENDON FIRST NOVEMBER MEETING. HAVING repented of its bad behaviour on the previous meeting, the weather more than made up for its shortcomings on Saturday last, which was ideal for flying; there was little, if any, wind, so that the machines were very steady in the air, and were impressively picuresque against the evening sky. In spite of a touch of cold, a decent gate resulted, demonstrating that the popularity of these meetings is now well established, thereby justifying the decision of the management to continue them throughout the winter. By way of an overture to the proceedings, J. L. Hall and Sydney Pickles arrived from Brooklands on their respective machines, having flown there together in the morning before lunch. Hall on his Bleriot made the]return journey in 25 mins., while Sydney Pickles with Lieut. M. W. Noel—a member of the Ewen School—as passenger, on the6o-h.p. Anzani-Caudron biplane, took 31 mins. Before the competitions started, numerous exhibition flights were put up, the first being Louis Noelon the70-h.p. " Wakeup " Farman; he being followed by Marcel Desoutter on the Bleriot. R. T. Gates then took over the "Wake up"Fatmanand proceeded to wake up his audience a bit with some fine evolutions. Lewis Turner came out on the Grahame- White biplane, and Louis Noel (Father Christmas) got through some stunt flying on the 80-h.p. Farman. A fine, long flight was made by M. A. Richet on the 110-h.p. Canton-Unn^ Breguet biplane; he had a passenger on board and flew quite high, the engine keeping up a fearful din, audible even when the biplane was at its highest. The Grand Speed contest provided three fine races and some very fast flying. Noelon the 80-h.p. Farman in the first heat covered the four laps in 6 mins. 49 sees., actually faster than the Bleriot flown by Hall. The starters in the first heat were :—Lewis Turner, 50-h.p.Gnome-Grahame-Whitebiplane, imin. 44sees, start; Louis Noel, 80-h.p. Gnome-Henry Farman, 18 sees. ; J. L. Hall, 50-h.p. Bleriot monoplane, scratch. Noel came in fir.-t with Hall close behind, but both were eventually disqualified by the stewards for flying too close to Turner in overtaking him, so only the latter got a place in the final. In the second heat, Sydney Pickles, on the 6o-h.p. Caudron biplane, got 1 min. 22 sees, start ; R. T. Gates, on the 70-h.p. Farman, 57 sees., and Marcel Desoutter, on the 50-h.p. Bleriot monoplane, was at scratch. There was a fine fight for the first place between Desoutter and Gates, the former getting in by a bare 4 sees. The final heat of six laps resulted in a very close finish, all three machines coming in within a few seconds of each other. Desout.er, who was at scratch, slowly but surely overtook the other two—Turner, 50-h.p. " G.-W." biplane (3 mins. 30 sees, start), and Gates, who carried a passenger, on the 70-h.p. Farman (1 min. 34 sees, start). Turner came in second, 6 sees, behind, while Gates, who was much handicapped by his passenger, was last, 11 sec*, behind Turner. While the last heat was in progress, Richet again did some high flying in the Breguet, this time by himself, and after the speed contest Jules Nardini took up a lady passenger on the 60-h.p. Anzani-Deperdussin monoplane. Sydney Pickles also went up on the Caudron biplane, while Turner did some passenger carrying. Sunday afternoon was equally fine, and quite a lot of exhibition flights were made by the following pilots :—R. T. Gates and Louis Noel on the 70-h.p. "Wake up" Farman; J. L. Travers and Lewis Turner on the 50-h.p. "G.-W." biplane; Sydney Pickles and Eugene Galy on Caudron biplanes ; Mrs. Stocks on the 35-h.p. Anzani-Bleriot, Marcel Desoutter and J. L. Hall on the 50-h.p. Gnome-Bleriot monoplanes. Grand Speed Handicap (final 6 laps). cf t Handicap Net Time. Time, m. s. m. s. m. s. 1. Marcel Desoutter (50-h.p. Gnome- Bleriot monoplane) Scratch 13 8 9 38 2. Lewis W. F. Turner (50-h.p. Gnome Grahame-White biplane) 3 30 13 14 13 14 3. R. T. Gates and passenger (70-h.p. Gnome-Henry Farman biplane)... 1 34 13 25 11 29 AT BROOKLANDS AERODROME—A FEW PUPILS AT THE BRISTOL SCHOOL.—Reading from left; (top row) Mr. W. Bendall (instructor), Hon. Lieut. Boyle (passenger seat and who has just obtained his certificate), Capt. Plgot (in front seat, who has also just cbtained his brevet), Mr. F. W. Merriam (chief instructor); (bottom row) Lieut. Empson, Major Forman, Lieut. Kitson, and Lieut. Rod well. IOI6
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