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—— NOVEMBER 16, 1912. where he resides. A start was made about 12.15, "«» by this time the wind had got up considerably and Mr. Hammond found it so gusty that he came back. After dropping Capt. Djnvers he tried a solo, but found it very nasty even with only one in the machine so the trip had to be abandoned. Farn borough. Royal Aircraft Factory. — Wednesday, last week, Mr. do Havilland when out testing 211, landed on Laffan's Plain owing to his petrol pipe disconnecting. Later on he took out his old machine, of the Maxim gun tame. M. Verrier was on Maurice Farman, which is to be handed over to the R.F.C. Mr. de Havilland, Friday, was on 211 finishing tests and handing her over to R.F.C. Also on BE 2 and BE 5, the latter, which has just come out of the factory atter being renovated, being fitted with an E.N.V. engine. Mr. Parr, late of Hendon and the pilot of the Piggott biplane, out doing straights on BE 2, finishing by landing heavily after a " nose dive," and cutting the undercarriage clean away, luckily without hurting himself. M. Verrier flew over on .laurice Earman, flying in his usual daring style, and taking up several employees of the R.A.F. He is evidently determined to dispel all doubts, as regards the construction of the Earman machines, that may be in the minds of the factory officials, and put a stop to all the petty prejudices that are apparently so rife in any machine other than the BE type. Mr. Raynham was passing tests on Flanders, flying particularly well. The climbing powers of the machine are exceptionally noticeable. Royal Flying Corps.—Capt. Derbyshire, Lieuts. Longcroft and James, Wednesday, last week, were on 206. Capt. Becke and Lieut. Herbert on 215. Lieuts. Shepheid and Playfair also 011215, and Lieut. Wanklyn was doing straights on same machine. Sergt. Hunter up for 20 mins. on 210, making a trip over Fleet and Caesar's Camp. Next day Lieuts. Shepherd and Playfair were practising on 213, Lieut. Wanklyn doing straights, whilst Capt. Becke and Lieut. Herbert put in several good flights on 215, Capts. Webb-Bowen and Derbyshire, Lieuts. Longeron and lames being out on 206. Friday, Capt. Webb-Bowen, when on 206, landed heavily, the Nieuport type " spoon " which is fitted to the skid coming into contact with the propeller. Saturday, Lieuts. Playfair and Shepherd were up on 213, and Lieut. Piayfair, after making a good circuit, landed heavily, breaking the forks on front wheel. Monday and Tuesday, both blank days owing to the.high wind. Liverpool Aviation School, Waterloo. ON Thursday, last week, Melly did a cross-country flight on the Y-engined machine. Following the beach northwards for a A couple of flying Australians at Lark Hill, Salisbury Plain.—Mr. Vincent P. Taylor (well known in the balloon world as "Captain" Penfold) In front on the two-seater Military Bristol, and on the right Mr. Eric Harrison, one of the Bristol Co.'s instructors. distance of 12 miles and getting to a height of 1,500 ft. he tamed inland over Formby Golf Link*, thence to within a mile of Aintree racec mrse, by which time he reached a height of 3,100 ft. Then turning seawards again he found the wind heading 90 Strong thai he was unable to make any progress, so came down to 2,coo ft., from which level he was able to get back to Waterloo, planing down to within 100 ft. of the hangars and doing a neat figure of eight before landing. Distance covered 26 miles and in the air about 30 mins. London Aerodrome, Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame-White School.—Monday, last week, school started at 9.45 very briskly under Mr. Noel's supervision with Mr. Howard Wright doing straights, Lieut. Birch, Mr. Francis and Maj u Madocks all doing straights on No. 7 biplane ; Mr. Davis rolling on No. 4 biplane. It being a tine calm morning each pupil got in good steady practice. Pupils out Wednesday with Instructor Noel quite early. Lieut. Birch, Mr. Francis and Major Madocks each flying for 20 mins. straights on No. 7 biplane. Mr. Fowler doing straights for quarter of an hour on No. 2 machine. Mr. Davis rolling on No. 2 machine. Afterwards Lieut. Birch doing circuits with Mr. Noel. Later in the morning at 10.30 Lieut. Birch, Mr, Francis and Maj. 1 Madocks doing stiaights with Instructor ; Mr. Fowler doing 20 mins. straights on 35 Blcrint monoplane, afterwards to mins. straights on No. 2 biplane. At 12.50 Mr. Noel took Mr. K. H. Carr for a straight flight. In the afternoon he took up Mr. Francis and Lieut. Kirch for straight passenger flights on No. 7 machine, after which the latter pupil made two solo straight flights. A very good day's work was done, the pupils, one after another using the machines right up to dusk. Saturday, at 7.40, school opened with Lieut. Birch and Mr. Howard Wright doing straights on No. 7 machine under Instructor Manton, Mr. Francis with Instructor Mantcn doing straights. At 8.15 Lieut. R. G. 1). Small started rolling practice. Sunday being very boisterous, there was little (lying. Mr. Noel, to save disappointment, went up on the 80-h.p. F'arman machine, but after two or three circuits was compelled to come down owing to the rain and wind. Aircraft Co. School. —Wednesday, last week, Verrier flew the French-built Maurice Farman to Farn borough in a thick fog, carrying a pupil as passenger. Next day he was out testing British-built Maurice Farman, which machine is an exact replica of those built in France. At 11 a.m. he left for Famborough, carrying Lieut. Waldron as passenger. In the course of the afternoon he passed the necessary Government tests with both British and F'reneh machines. Blackburn School.—Monday, last week, at 10 a.m., Mr. H. Blackburn took the brevet machine for a 10 mins flight to test air conditions, after which Dr. Christie had half an hour's practice in straight flights. Dr. Christie shows good progress week by week in spite of his scant opportunities, he being able to attend only at the week-ends. Then Messrs. Buss, Glew and Laurance Spink went in turns, doing straight flights for an hour, particularly practtsing landings. Dr. Christie followed with 15 mins. practice. During Mr. Spink's practice a gudgeon pin came loose in the Gnome, this meant dismantling the engine, and on doing so a connecting rod was found bent. Tuesday and Wednesday were spent by pupils in shed, receiving instruction in care and repair of Gnome engines, and the next two days weather was too bad for school. Saturday morning, Mr. Blackburn made a test flight of 15 mins., afterwards Messrs. Buss and Spink had the brevet machine to themselves for an hour and made good progress. Next morning pupils assembled, but bearing in mind the precarious condition of Mr. Gates, the racket of an aeroplane engine in his vicinity was not to be thought of. Bleriot School.—M. Gratien went up for the tests for his certificate, Monday, last week, and after doing three very good figure eights at about 100 ft., found his lubricating system at fault and wisely came down, making an excellent landing. After the trouble was located, however, the wind rose and further flying was im possible for pupils. Wednesday, he again went up for his brevet, and o,uickly getting up to 200 ft., did most of his test at nearly this altitude. M. Gratien was one of the quickest pupils at the school to obtain hit brevet, having joined less than two months ago, and during his tuition has had no breakages whatsoever. Mr. Welburn went up for circuits after wards on L.B. 2, but for some reason switched off his engine when doing a nicely banked turn, with the result that the machine suffered somewhat severely. Deperdussin School.—Monday evening, last week, weather allowed a little practice before dark, and Capt. Macdonald took out taxi 2 for practice. Instructor Brock testing same machine before dark. Master Macdonald receiving his aerial baptism which he greatly enjoyed in school taxi. 1059
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