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making several circuits and eights on Farman. He can take his brevet at any time. Barnwell made a short flight on No. 5 just before dark. After test by Knight en Thursday, Mr. Pollok flew a number of food straights on No. 3. Mr. Corballis meanwhile was flying the 'atman very well, followed by Major Cameron with Barnwell in passenger seat. Major Cameron later did several good straights solo, but had the bad luck to damage his chassis on landing. Later Mr. Pollok did further straights on No. 3, most of his landings being good, but one or two illustrating the advantage of the all- steel construction and the Vicker's spning chassis. No flying Friday or Saturday owing to lain and wind. On Sunday morning Mr. Pollok, doing straights on No. 3, had the ill- luck to break his propeller. In the afternoon the new Vickers- Farrnan was brought out and Capt. Wood made several short flights on it to test adjustmt nt. Eastbourne Aerodrome. WKDNESDAV last week was too rough for outdoor work, but on Thursday afternoon the weather improved considerably. Mr. Hammond had the Bristol out by 2.30 p.m., and made a solo, during which he caused some amusement by racing a train. The occupants were very excited as he dived down alongside the carriage?, and flew past them about 10 ft. up. On returning, he gave Lieut. Brown several instruction flight". Friday was again fine, and Hammond was busy in the meriting with Lieut. Brown. On cne of his flights he took up a 12-bore gun, and fired several shots at a flock of plover which he put up and chased. One bird was bagged, and brought back in triumph. Lieut. Brown took charge of the machine while Hammond was shooting. Saturday, Sunday and Monday last were blank days as far as flying was concerned. On Tuesday Hammond was out early giving instruction to Lieut. Brown and Messrs. Thompson and Cookson. Lieut, Brown took his first tuin at the pilot's seat and handled the machine very well. On one occasion he had to do a vol plant! from about 250 ft., owing to the engine giving out. About 10.30 a.m., Mr. Lovely, proprietor of one of the local garages, arrived en the ground and wanted to be taken over to Lewes, where he had to appear al the police court to answer a charge of exceeding the speed limit. Hy this time there was rather too much wind for pupils so Mr. Hammond agreed to take him. Starting at IO.50 they arrived al Lewes at 11.25, apart from the cold they had a very pleasant journey. Mr. Lovely stayed at Lewes and Lieut. Brown, who had motored over, returned in the machine with Hammond. After a short rest, Mr. Hammond started school work again. Messrs. Fowler and Gasder were also out trying the new 35-h.p. Anzani. Mr. Thornlea has joined the school and intends going in for the biplane course. Far n borough. Royal Aircraft Factory.—Saturday last Mr. de Havilland was up on BE 2, afterwards testing Henry Farman machine, damaging undercarriage on landing. On Tuesday out on BE 2 and 417 (BE staggered plane 70 Gnome machine). Mr. Raynham testing on Flanders prior to handing over to officials. 1st Squadron.—H.M.A. "Gamma" out on Monday. On Tuesday " Beta" out from 10.30a.m. to 4 p.m. on cross-country trip. Royal Flying Corps.-BE Flight. On Thursday last week Capt. Webb-Bowen left for U pa von on 206, arriving safely, landing en route at Amesbury. On Tuesday Capt. Longcroft, wiih Major Maitland as passenger, left for Birmingham on 201, but was forced to land at Oxford, damaging the undercarriage and breaking a wing strut. Breguet Flight 213. On Wednesday last week, Lieut?. Wanklyn, Playfair, and Shepherd doing circuits. Lieut. Shepherd in after noon doing straights on 210 (100-h p. Gnome-Bregttet). Thursday, Lieut. Shepherd circuits on 210, and Lieut. Playfair on 211 (same type as 210). Thursday afterroon, Lieut. Shepherd on 210 with Lieut. Playfair on 211 left for Upavon, arriving without incident. On Monday, Lieut. Playfair left on 211 for Farnborough, but was forced to descend near Basingstoke owing to the petrol pipe breaking. Leaving Basingstoke Tuesday morning he arrived with out further mishap, afterwards flying 210 from Upavon back to Farnlx>rough. Farman Flight 215. Wednesday, Lieut. Herbert out 5 mins., then handing nachine over to Lieut, Carmichael who was up for L mins.. being followed by Capt. Brabaeon, With a flight of 10 mins. ieut. Herbert up again for 5 mins. _ Capt, Pigot then up for 5 fflinS. Lieut. Herbert with A. M. Smith as passenger for 15 mins. Capt. Becke with Lieut. Horliert piloting, left fcr Oxford at 10.21, arriving at 11.46. Thursday, Capt. Becke out for 5 mir.s., then left Ox'ord with Lieut. Herbert at 12.40, arriving at Farnborough 1.45. On Tuesday, Capt. Becke and Lieut. Herbert left for Plymouth. Mr Cody handed over this machine to R.F.C. on Thursday, takine out Lieut. Harrison for instruction on Tuesday morning. _ DeD-rdussin School.-There was practically no practice put in by the pupils during the whole of last week on account of the bad weather Sunday morning, however, was exceptionally fine when the pupils on the ground took full advantage of the opportunity, and put in some good work. Lieuts. Mapplebeck, Hooper and Hawker were making good straight flights on No. 3 brevet machine, landings being very neat. Lieut. Hooper also flew two circuits and a figure eight, and Lieut. Mapplebeck did one circuit. Both pupils making good progress. Lo -don Aerodrome, Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame-White School.—Owing to the exceptionally bad wea'her prevailing during the whole of the past week no school work was done until December 1st, when Mr. Carr was out on the No. 7 Grahame-White biplane doing straight flights, accompanied by Instructor Manton, being followed at 9.45 by Lieut. R. S. D. Small, also doing straights on the same machine. During the week some exhibition flights have been made. Mr. Louis Noel was out for ten minutes, in spite of very strong wind, on Saturday, on 80-h p. Farman biplane, followed by Mr. Marcel Desoutter on No. 6 Bleriot monoplane. On Sunday at 2.45 p.m. Mr. Manton was on No. 5 Grahame-White biplane doing ciicuits, followed by Mr. Louis Noel on 80-h.p. Farman biplane. Weather very cold and misty. Mr. Marcel Desoutter on No. 6 Bleriot monoplane. During the afternoon Mr. Noel took up several passengers. Blackburn School.—Monday last week Messrs. Buss, Glew and Laurence Spink had half an hour's praclice each in straight flights and landings. The horrible weather kept things quiet until Sunday when there came an ideal flying morning and a lot of good work was got in. Mr. H. Blackburn commenced at 7.30 with a short test flight on the rolling machine, followed by Dr. Christie. Messrs Laurence Spink and Glew all 20 minutes each, after which Dr. Christie had two turns of 15 minutes each, several times reaching a height of 30 or 40 ft. in the length of the aerodrome and landing very cleanly. Bleriot School.—Monday and Tuesday last week were blank owing to bad weather, but on Wednesday Lieut. Loftus Bryan and Messrs. Gandillon and R. Desoutter were all out practising. M. GandiPon was doing very good straights on L.B. 3, prior to doing circuits and figure eights, and Lieut. Loftus Byran was rolling on L.B. 1. M. R. Desoutter was also on No. 1 and rolling with the tail well up. On Thursday morning as soon as the early morning fog lifted, Lieut. Loftus Bryan and M. R. Desoutter were out rolling on No. 1, but were unable to do much work as the fog soon covered the ground again, preventing any further work being done. W. H. fcwen School.—The weather during the past week has been rather unpropitious for the usual school flying. However, every available opportunity has been taken advantage of, and the pupils at the school have put in a fair amount of practice. The first nice spell was on Wednesday afternoon, the 27th, and M. Baumann and Mr. Sydney Pickles had the pupils hard at work nearly all the afternoon. On monoplanes 1 and 2, Messrs. Prosser, McGregor and Zubiaga were making capital progress in their rolls and straight flights. Messrs. L. Russell and W. Warren each made several straight flights and half circuits on the 35 h.p. Caudron biplane, both handling the biplane well and making nice landings. Thereafter some fine exhibition flying was put up on the same machine by Messrs. Pickles and Lewis W. F. Turner. Although Mr. Turner only joined the school last -week he is already perfectly at home with his new mounts, and is flying the Caudron splendidly. On Friday afternoon, M. Baumann was quick to make use of a short spell of favourable weather. Messrs. M. Zubiaga and R. S. McGregor were out on No. 1 monoplane and put in a little rolling practice before the wind again rose. Under the instruction of M. Baumann, the pupils were out at 8 a.m. on Sunday, when Lieut. M. W. Noel made several nice straight flights at 20 ft. on monoplane No. 2. Mr. E. T. Prosser put in some good practice on monoplane No. 1. After school work was fintshed Messrs. Sydney Pickles, M. Baumann and Lewis Turner were out m turn puting up some splendid exhibition flights on the little 35-h.p. Caudron biplane. Salisbury Plain. Bristol School.—Flying impossible all day Monday last week, weather too bad, and again on Tuesday all work had to be confined to hangars. On Wednesday England was out for a test quite early, afterwards taking Lieuts. Chiscaneanu and Parvelescu on side-by-side mono plane, and Lieut. Rees on one of the biplanes. Lieut. Negrescu made a long flight on the side-by-side machine, finishing with a good landing. Sippe was out with Lieut. Rees on a biplane giving pupil landing practice. 1140
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