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1913 - 0102.PDF
BRITISH NOTES KOYAL FLYING CORPS. THE following appointments were announced in the London Gazette of the 17th inst. :— Royal Flyinq Corps, Military Wing.—The undermentioned to be flying officers and to be seconded :—Brevet Major Lionel B. Moss, the South Staffordshire Regiment. Dated October 24th, 1912. Capt. the Hon. Claude M. P. Brabazon, Irish Guards. Dated December 5th, 1912. The following appointments were announced in the London Gazette of the 21 st inst. :— Royal Flying Corps.—Military Wing.—The undermentioned are appointed flying officers, and to be seconded : Lieut. Philip L. W. Herbert, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Dated October 25th, 1912. Lieut. Gordon S. Shephard, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Dated November 28th, 1912. Second Lieut. Patrick H. L. Playfair Royal Artillery. Dated November 28th, 1912. The undermentioned are appointed to the Reserve, dated January 22nd, 1913 :—Major Edward B. Ashmore, M.V.O., Royal Artillery; and Lieut. Stephen C. W. Smith, 3rd Batt. East Surrey Regt. The Hardwick Fund. THE following list of subscribers is to hand from Messrs. Handley Page, Ltd., 72, Victoria Street, S.W., to whom any further turns should be sent for Mrs. Hardwick :— Handley Page, Ltd., ^52 lew.; W. Dunkels, .£25 ; Sir Hugh Fort, ^25 ; Anonymous, ,£25 ; Trevor Handley, ,£10 \os. ; A. S. Marks, £*0\ Rev. A. W. Parke, £10: F. Handley Page, ,£10; E. Oppenheimer, ^5 5.?. ; Charles Parke, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Dunkels, Anonymous (£5 each); E. Thai, £3 3s. ; Miss M. Dunkels, F. W. Green, B. Kitzinger, R. A. Wall (£2 2s. each); O. W. Thomas, £2 ; B.T., Miss Buill, F. S. Davis, H. Politzer, George L. Handley, Bosch Magneto Co., Anonymous, Anonymous, E. Hayman, J. D. Higgins, R. Forbes-Bentley (£1 is. each); Miss Manning, T. O'B. Hubbard, PaulPourcy, —Williams, Anonymous, H. Turrill, W. L. Trant Brown (iar. 6d. each); Miss Constance Caws, io.r. ; Madame Petitpierre, 6s. ; A Widow, 5.?. ; Anonymous, 2J-. 6d. Protecting Explosives from Aircraft. EVIDENTLY the Admiralty officials realise that aircrafr, as fighting units, will be a serious menace in future warfare, as the new naval magazines at Portsmouth for the storage of high explosives are being completely protected against bomb dropping, &c. Situated at Bedenham, an isolated spot in the upper reaches of the harbour, the magazines consist of a number of sunken ferro-concrete chambers, which are covered in completely with about four feet of solid earth and turfed to hide their identity from above. Such precautions for the adequate protection of high explosives stored in large quantities is a step in the right direction, as an attack by aircraft on magazines of the old type would be disastrous. A Flying Grouod for Dublin. ARRANGEMENTS are now well in hand for the laying out of a flying ground at Kimmage, in the neighbourhood of Dublin. The piece of land is about 250 yards long by a little over 200 yards wide and is perfectly level, while the surrounding country is good from a flying point of view. Its one drawback appears to be its smallness. Messrs. M. J. Mullins and T. J. Rea, of the Dublin Aviation School, who have the matter in hand, intend to form a small com- ® ® Notable Passengers at Buc AMONG a large number of passengers taken by Etienne Giraud on his new Bleriot touring aeroplane at Buc on the 14th inst. was Mme. Hinot, sister-in-law of M.. Bleriot, and afterwards Com mandant Hinot, a director of the Bleriot firm, was taken for a spin over St. Cyr, Satory and Versailles. A Farman Superior Pilot. OVER a course from Buc to Chartres and Orleans and back, Sergeant Carrus carried out his second test for a superior brevet on the 15th inst. During the greater part of the trip he kept his Maurice Farman machine at an altitude of 900 metres. A Change for Martinet. THE well-known pilot Martinet has been appointed to take charge of the Doutre school which is being established at Corbeaulieu. A Caudron for China. RENE CAUDRON was testing at Crotoy on the 15th inst. a 50-h.p. Caudron, ordered by the Chinese military authorities. An JANUARY 25, 1913. pany, and besides establishing a school will arrange flying meetings from time to time. A Correction. IN Mr. Hume-Rothery's article on negative wing tips, which appeared last week, the word "zero" was omitted from a para graph near the bottom of the second column. The paragraph in question should properly read, "In Prof. Bryan's language, the resistance derivatives Lq and Mp may both be made zero." Cantor Lectures on Aeronautics. ARRANGEMENTS have been made by the Royal Society of Arts for a series of three Cantor Lectures to be given by Prof. Petavel, M.Sc, F.R.S., on the subject of aeronautics. The dates of the lectures are March 31st, April 7th and 14th. New Pupils at Central Flying School. A LARGE number of pupils having finished their course at the Central Flying School, Upavon, another dozen naval officers detailed for flying instruction were transferred from H.M.S. "Actseon," parent ship of the R.F.C. naval wing, to the Central Flying School on the 17th inst. The officers are Lieuts. H. D. Vernon, D. A. Oliver, R. P. Ross and J. R. B. Kennedy, Sub.- Lieut. J. T. Babington and Assistant-Paymaster E. B. Parker, R.N., Lieut. F. W. Bowhill and Sub.-Lieut. A. W. Bigsworth, R.N.R., Lieuts. C. E. Rathbone and T. S. Creswell, R.M.L.I., and Acting Sub.-Lieuts. R. L. G. Marix and H. A. Littleton, of the R.N.V.R. Several of them have already learnt to fly at the Bristol School on Salisbury Plain. Naval Air Station at Dover. IT appears that the visits of the naval aviator* to Dover have been in the nature of prospecting expeditions, and the Admiralty are now negotiating with the proprietors of the aerodrome with a view to utilising it as a base of the naval wing of the R.F.C. The Military Station at Montrose. FOR several reasons the proposed transference of the B. E. and Maurice Farman flights of No. 2 squadron R.F.C. from South Farnborough to the new station at Montrose which was to have been made on Tuesday had to be postponed. The weather has been against long distance flying and the Panmure barracks, which are to be utilized at Montrose, are not yet ready for occupation. For the flying ground the military authorities are negotiating for the purchase of a large piece of ground at Upper Dysart. A Lecture at Northampton. ON Wednesday of last week the members of the Northampton Highest Ideal Society had the pleasure of hearing a very interesting lecture by Major B. Baden Powell on the Progress of Aerial Navi gation. As indicated by the title the lecture was mainly historical, but Major Baden Powell also explained the various parts of a modern aeroplane and pointed out the possible spheres of usefulness- of such craft. An Aeroplane Shed at Sandgate. A SCHEME is being considered for the erection of a workshop for the repair of aeroplanes near the old lifeboat house by Sandgate (Kent) Station. It would ^tand on War Office property, although it would be under private control, and as at this point the beach is practically level with the road, it could easily be reached from the sea and be available for hydro-aeroplanes. ® ® altitude of 1,000 metres was attained in ten mins., and the speed was 105 k.p.h. Fine Work on a Caudron. LIEUT. GERARD started from Crotoy on his 50-h.p. Caudron on the 15th inst., and after flying for an hour and a half at a height of 2,500 metres, landed at the Caudron ground at Rue. Marine 'Buses for the Riviera. THE Compagnie Generale Transaerienne has ordered from the Astra Co. four 100-h.p. hydro-aeroplanes, which are to be used for passenger trips from Nice to Monte Carlo and Cannes. The first one is to be delivered very shortly. A New Monoplane. RENE SIMON and Bathiat have been collaborating in the production of a new monoplane which is shortly to make its appearance. Simon has just gone to Rheims to serve his year with the Army as a flying officer, and pending the arrival of his Bathiat- Simon machine he will fly a Deperdussin. I02
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