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(/yCHT Lieut. Empson and Mr. Ewing were all putting up good flight?, darkness putting an end to the day's work. On Saturday morning Lieuts. Empson and Ewing passed for their certificates, the former alighting dead on the mark after each test. Ducrocq School.—Monday last week, J. Alcock testing flying circuits with new Bristol propeller. McAndrew circuits and figure eights ; he is now ready for his brevet. Alccck circuits again next day in a gusty wind, also out in the evening flying across country in his usual style, and on Wednesday circuits in great style with well- banked turns. McAndrew put in some circuits in a gusty wind. Howard - Flanders School. — Weather very hopeless on Wednesday morning last week, but it suddenly changed at mid-day and resulted in a magnificent afternoon. Raynham out for a quarter of an hour before lunch, and gave a fine exhibition of flying, banking to awesome angles to such an extent that the machine seemed to rise sideways, or side-slip upwards at the turns. Finished by flying down the alley between the Martin-1Iandasyde and Ducrocq's sheds, a few feet above ground, and jumping easily over the old Deperdussin shed opposite. After lunch took the machine to Farnborough, reaching 4,500 ft. en route. At Farnborough he put the machine through the hours test and the speed test. Average speed 66 m.p.h. Thursday, bad weather prevented all flying. Vickers School.—Monday last week, the wind being rather high for pupil work, Barnwell went out on No. 5 monoplane and was brought down outside the track with a broken petrol pipe. The field in which the landing was made being too small and soft for a restart, the wings were taken off and the machine wheeled tack by road. In the afternoon, Capl. Salmon, with Barnwell in the passenger seat, made some excellent straights in the biplane. Major Cameron and Capt. Salmon each had a long spell Tuesday on the biplane before breakfast, Barnwell behind. They are both doing very well and are ready for solo work. Knight, meanwhile, had out the other biplane for tests, and afterwards went behind Capt. Salmon for a few more straights before breakfast. In the afternoon both biplanes were out, Major Cameron, Capt, Salmon and Mr. Lane piloting. Wednesday morning was too windy for flying, and in the after noon brevet flights prevented pupil practice. At dusk, Knight made a short flight on one of the biplanes. Knight was giving instruction, Thursday morning, to Majoi Cameron and Capt. Salmon on one of the biplanes in a 15 m.p.h. wind. Wind prevented flying for the rest of the day. London Aerodrome, Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame-White School.—Monday, in the afternoon, Capt. Power doing straights on No. 7 machine with Mr. Louis Noel, later on Mr. R. II. Carr also straights with the same instructor. Next day, Mr. R. II. Carr out on No. 7 machine doing straights with Instructor Manton in the morning. In the afternoon Mr. Power straights with Mr. Noel in a slight wind. During the week when the weather has been calm, exhibition flying could be seen at the London Aerodrome, Mr. Noel and Mr. Manton taking up passengers. On Monday morning, the 16th, Mr. Sydney Tickles made a fine high altitude flight, reaching a height of over 7,200 ft. Blackburn School.—Monday morning last week Mr. H. Blackburn brought out the school brevet machine, which he put through some interesting evolutions by way of testing the air. Afterwards Dr. Christie and Messrs. Glew and Buss spent 25 minutes each in straight flights and half-turns. All three make first-class landings, and reach a good height flying perfectly steadily. /r* £^ -Jrr^ ^^T8&(£^ BHMF^^ 1 ^V' ' ^^•BKL£3H^^ ~^v ^v ^jmUmKih,, /.r'"-^^^. ")>i*- ( s|rrr o pioio^ttd v**a) Mr Ainotec, w*ef usuld AapprA • DECEMBER 28, 1912. A good morning's work done Tuesday by Messrs. Lawrence Spink, Glew and Buss, after test flight by Mr. Blackburn. In the evening the above named again out for practice of about 25 mins. each, after which Mr. Morris, a newly joined pupil, essayed his first roll, and expressed considerable surprise at the manner m which pylons, sheep and other things animate and inanimate get in the way, still he made a very creditable straight roll before getting off his machine. „. , . , Messrs. Glew and Buss straight flights 10 mins. each on Wednesday morning, and in the evening Messrs. Buss, Glew and Lawrence Spink practising straight flights, Mr. Morris rolling, all 10 mins. each. Very windy, Thursday, and no work. Bleriot School.—Windy all day Monday, last week, until late in the afternoon, when M. Gandillon had time to do straight flights until darkness. The following morning Lieut. Loftus Bryan was out on No. 1 taxi and did a nice straight flight at about 20 ft., landing well. M. R. Desoutter then did a straight on LB. I, but had to discontinue owing to a wire breaking. M. Gandillon did a very good and even circuit at about 60 ft. on No. 3, landing quite nicely, but schoolwork was then interrupted by the sudden rising of the wind. On Wednesday, M. R. Desoutter was doing straight flights on No. 1 and Mr. Bertram Williams had his first practical lesson, and despite a somewhat stiff breeze, made an excellent start. Thursday was windy and no school work was possible. Salisbury Plain. Bristol School.—After the usual trial Lieut. Negrescu on Monday last week successfully passed the tests for the second part of his certificate, in a gusty wind of from 15-20 miles an hour, observed by Prince Cantacuzene and Mr. D. Arthur. England was out giving numerous tuition flights to Lieuts. Bigsworth, Bowhill and Vernon, but the weather was much too bad for further tuition tiips, and work was confined to the hangars. Busteed was out for a couple of flights in the Prince's machine, whilst later on Lieut. Chiscaneanu set out for the first part of his tests for the certificate, but found the weather too gusty. In the afternoon Pizey made a trial and then up with Mr. Tower. Lieuts. Vernon, Marix and Bigsworth, giving Lieut. Vernon a second trip. England was busy taking up Lieuts. Vernon and Marix and Mr. Tower for two flights each, and then up with Lieuts. Vaughan, Bigsworth and Bowhill, all pupils having two trips. Jullerot was out on a biplane giving tuition to Lieuts. Marix, Bigsworth and Bowhill and Mr. Tower, each pupil being taken up twice. Busteed took Prince Cantacuzer.e for a flight on one of the 80-h.p. Bristols, this completing the day's work. England was the first out on Tuesday, ascending on the side-by- side monoplane with Lieut. Todd, and then on biplane with Lieut. Bowhill, Lieut. Vernon, Lieut. Vaughan Bigsworth and Mr. Tower, the latter two having second trips. Pizey out on another biplane giving two trips each to Lieut. Bowhill and Marix and one to Lieut. Littleton. In the afternoon Pizey was again out first, going on a new machine for a test flight, but this was the only ascent, the weather being very unfavourable. Wednesday was hopeless all day, wind and occasional rain entirely preventing any outdoor work. No improvement Thursday, and all aUention was confined to the machines in the hangars. Royal FlylnR School.—On Tuesday afternoon of last week Air Mechanic McCudden was out on the Maurice Farman biplane flying in a 30-mile wind for some time at a good height. Capt. Dawes afterwards took over the machine and spent 20 minutes scouting around the downs. On Wednesday, Capt. Dawes was out on the Maurice Farman biplane 214, and after making a circle headed off for Farnborough. During the trip the wind was very changeable, especially in the neighbourhood of Basingstoke, but he arrived at Farnborough in 55 mins. South Farnborough. Royal Flying Corps. — Military Wing. — An additional squadron has now been formed in the Royal Flying Corps : namely, No. 4 Squadron. "A'' flight, the machines of which are all Breguet biplanes, has been transferred from No. 2 Squadron to form the nucleus of the new squadron, with Major Raleigh as squadron commander. The Cody machine has also been handed over to No. 4 Squadron. Early in the new year will probably see the departure of a squadron to a new base, and there is every reason to believe that other squadrons will rapidly be formed and distri buted to various stations in Great Britain, which will give the general public an opportunity of becoming more closely acquainted with the valuable work of the Royal Flying Corps. No. 2 Squadron, under the command of Major Burke, has done some hard work during the past year, and fully established their claim as a valuable unit to the forces during the late manoeuvres 1224
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