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1913 - 0097.PDF
JANUARY 25, 1913. present time. For the moment, Messrs. Volks are endeavouring to obtain permission from the local author ities to erect for him a hangar to house it on the sea shore not far from his hotels. I hear that Col. Seely, on the 28th of this month, will receive a deputation, introduced by Lord Desborough on behalf of the students of the International Correspondence Schools, who are presenting to the War Office the So-h.p. Gnome-Bleriot monoplane on which one of their students, Mr. R. Bertram Slack, made a flying tour of Great Britain during the past summer. Altogether, on that trip, it is interesting to record that he covered upwards of 1,700 miles, and that without breaking so \fiMH much as a single wire. Subscriptions from students towards the purchase of this machine, so that they might present it to the nation, were received from all parts of the world where the I.C.S. organisation is established. • • m Observations have led to the inference that our Naval Authorities have in view important developments con cerning the establishment of an aviation centre near Portsmouth. Langston Harbour—a harbour to the east of Portsmouth, of approximately the same shape and size, but a good deal shallower than Portsmouth Harbour— will be probably the scene of activity. Its location makes it especially suitable for hydro-aeroplane work. "OISEAU BLEU." ® FLYING ® ® ® AT HENDON. THERE was an hour and twenty-five minutes of almost continuous flying at Hendon aerodrome last Saturday, no fewer than eighteen flights being made during the afternoon. The weather was rather dull earlier in the day, but cleared up later on, and there was a stiffish breeze blowing but not enough to make flying unpleasant. Before the proceedings officially commenced, Pierre Verrier made a couple of trial flights on one of the Maurice Farman biplanes, taking with him a passenger on the first trip. Shortly after, Mr. Whitehouse—one of the pupils of the British Deper- dussin School—went up for his brevet, which he obtained in excellent style, flying one of the small Deps. Just before 3 o'clock Verrier went up again on the Maurice Farman and put up a very fine performance, making some extraordinary switchbacks and banked turns. M. D. Manton was the next up on the Grahame- White 'bus, and he was followed by Verrier, who this time took a passenger with him and remained up for about 9 mins. After this, Lewis Turner made a short flight on the 60-h.p. Caudron biplane, but, as the engine was pulling very badly, he came down to have imatters put right. While he was up the G-W. 'bus again ascended, after which Marcel Desoutter made a long flight, lasting about 17 mins., on the Bleriot monoplane. The sun made its welcome appearance just as he ascended, and his machine looked very pretty with the sun shining on the wings, with a background of grey clouds and patches of blue sky. Five other flights were made during this one of Desoutter's, three of them com mencing almost simultaneously. These flights were made by Manton, who flew the " G-W"'bus for 10 mins., Turner for five mins. on the Caudron (the engine of which was now pulling much better), Verrier with Gordon Bell on the Maurice Farman executing some of his banked turns and switchbacks, H. Blackburn (who made a sensational flight of about 15 mins. on the Blackburn monoplane), and M. Baumann (who made quite an excellent 15-mins. flight on the 35-h.p. Anzani-Caudron biplane). The latter finished up with a well executed vol plane". During the latter flight Manton took up a passenger on the "G-W" 'bus, after which H. M. Brock started out on the 35-h.p. Anzani-Deperdussin monoplane, but made an unexpected descent at the far end of the aerodrome, apparently owing to engine trouble. At about four o'clock Turner made another flight on the 60-h.p. Caudron, taking with him a passenger and remaining aloft for six minutes. He was followed in quick succession by Desoutter on the Bleriot monoplane and Verrier, on the Maurice Farman. The Caudron's engine was now going in fine style, humming like a Gnome, so after the last passenger flight, Turner wound up the pro ceedings of the day with a short solo flight on this splendid biplane. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grahame-White ski-joring on the lake at St. Moritz. 97
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