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:22 mins. and rising to nearly 1,000 ft. Mr. Lewis W. F. Turner made two exhibition flights on the 6o-h.p. Caudron. There was no school work on the three following days, the •weather being too unfavourable, but on Saturday, the school was •out at 9.50 a.m., and some good practice was put in by the pupils. Mr. Lewis W. F. Turner and M. Baumann were testing the machines and doing some fine exhibition flying. Messrs. Stewart, Prosser and Torr were making capital progress and doing fine straight flights on No. 2 monoplane. Lieuts. Bayly and McMullen were flying straights on the 35-h.p. Caudron biplane, and later Lieut. McMullen and Mr. L. Lawford each made several excellent •circuits on the same machine. Mr. Lewis Turner put up some exhibition flying on the 60 Caudron. Mr. Turner was again out with the 60 Caudron on Sunday doing several exhibition flights. Salisbury Plain. Bristol School.—On Monday, last week, the weather was very favourable, with a slight S. W. wind. England was up for a test on biplane with Lieut. Vernon, afterwards taking Major Merrick to •obtain observers for certificate tests. England was again out with Major Merrick for two biplane flights, and then for a solo in a 50-h.p. Bristol for 10 mins., winding up by giving Mr. Tower two bi plane trips. Jullerot was occupied taking Major Merrick for a couple of trips in a biplane, and then twice in the side-by-side monoplane. Jullerot was out later for three solos in a 50-h.p. Bristol monoplane, reaching 1,030 ft., and flying round Amesbury with passenger and good load, remaining up altogether an hour, landing each case en vol plant, from about 900 ft. Pixton carried out a couple of good flights on an 80-h.p. Bristol with England as passenger, afterwards making a solo in one of the Bristol tractor biplanes, and then with Jullerot as passenger for ten minutes at 600 ft. Pixton also took Major Merrick for an instruc tional flight in a biplane. Mr. Tod put in close on an hour's practice at taxi-ing in a single- seater monoplane, finishing with a fine straight flight. Lieut. Vaughan successfully completed the necessary tests for his certificate in really excellent style, proving himself a flyer of no mean ability. Mr. Smith Barry, an old Bristol pupil, was out for half-an-hour's practice, flying well. Fog was the worst ever experienced, and flying was entirely out of the question all day Tuesday. Work was carried on in the hangars on the various new machines received from the works at Filton. On Wednesday the usual tests found the weather to be quite good, and Jullerot was first out in a tractor biplane making wind circuit round Shrewton at 1,500 ft., then taking Lieut. Biggins in an 80-h.p. Bristol monoplane for a flight. England was out with Mr. Tod in the side-by-side monoplane, giving the pupil along instructional flight. Jullerot was on a 50-h.p. Bristol mono plane, and set off with a passenger for a long cross-country trip to Devizes, arriving back at the hangars after a flight of 55 mins. Jullerot was later giving instruction to Major Merrick and Capt. Landon in a side-by-side monoplane, taking Major Merrick up in a biplane as well. England took Mr. Tod for a long flight in a 50-h.p. Bristol, landing after three-quarters of an hour. Major Merrick, Capt. Landon, and Mr. Tower were all taken by England for biplane tuition, Capt. Landon having three flights in all. England was also out for a circuit on a single-seater mono plane. Harrison took Capt. Landon for a 15 mins.' tuition trip on a •biplane, and Mr. Tod was flying quite good straights for over half an hour. Fixton took Major Merrick for a biplane trip and Mr. Tower made a good solo in a similar machine. In the afternoon the fog abruptly put an end to the flying. England was first up in a biplane, and then Mr. Tod in a side-by- -side monoplane, afterwards giving tuition to Major Merrick (2), Capt. Landon, and Mr. Tower. Pixton went up for his first trip in a side-by-side, and then up in a 50-h.p. Bristol tandem mono plane. Jullerot took Major Merrick for a trip in a side-by-side, and made the last flight of the day in a 50-h.p. monoplane. Fog rendered flying quite impossible on Thursday morning, but weather in the afternoon cleared, and England was out for a .test, taking Major Merrick up twice, and Capt. Landon and Mr. Tower, afterwards taking Capt. Landon for a flight in a 80-h.p. Bristol monoplane. Pixton gave Major Merrick and Capt. Landon two biplane flights each, whilst Harrison also took Capt. Landon. Jullerot made a 15 mins/ solo on a tractor biplane, and then out on a 50-h.p. monoplane for half an hour. Mr. Tod was taken up by Jullerot in a side-by-side machine, also taking Capt. Landon in the same machine. Tullerot was also out for a solo on an 80-h.p. monoplane, finishing up with a 15 mins.' solo on a 50-h.p. tandem monoplane. Fog prevailed until Friday, when England took Capt. Landon for a 30 mins.' flight, and Major Merrick for 15 mins. on a biplane. England was out for a trial in the afternoon with Mr. Tower, Pixton giving Major Merrick instruction, the pupil having good •demonstrations of landing, &c. England took Capt. Landon. Royal Flying Corps.—Wednesday of last week being a fine day for air work, the R.F.C. were out early. Lieut. Cholmondeley started on Maurice Farman 214 for a 50 mins.' cross-country flight at a height of 3,000 ft., and on his return Lieut. Anderson took over the biplane and made a 40 mins.' flight, scouting around the Downs. Lieut. Carmichael made three useful flights, Serjt. Ridd made two flights of 12 mins. and 7 mins.' duration respectively. Very little work was done at the end of the week as the officers and a number of air mechanics were away at Olympia. On Monday, Lieut. Cholmondeley was out testing the weather on Maurice Farman 216, and on landing reported that the winds were very treacherous, so work was carried on in sheds. The Dunne monoplane has been sent back to the works for alterations. Shonbam Aerodrome. Avro School.—Wednesday, last week, Simras out in morning testing tank adjustment on ENV Avro, later flew to Portslade and back, finding atmosphere foggy and bumpy. In afternoon air much better, Simms to Eastbourne, following coast at about 900 ft., ground being quite obscured at 1,200 ft. Getting away on return journey, a gudgeon-pin seized, forcing a landing on very soft ground, and machine folded up somewhat, though actual breakage was not great On Saturday the 35 Green machine was out again being tested after repairs, but wind too bad for pupils. Upavon (Central Flying School). Royal Flying Corps.—Tuesday of last week was an ideal day for flying. On Avro 404, Air Mechanic Higginbottom gave instruction to Leading Seaman Marchant for half an hour. Lieut. Warter doing straights for quarter of an hour. On Avro 406, Lieuts. Holt, Marks, and Small flying circuits for about 20 mins. each. On Short biplane 402, Lieut. Oliver, R.N., made a good flight of one hour. Lieuts. Roupell, Bowhill, and Watkins all flying solos. On Maurice Farman 418, Major Gerrard took Capt. Tucker, and Lieuts. Glenville, Unwin, and Jenkins as passengers. Capl. Tucker flew two solos, and Lieut. Glenville one solo of 8 niins. respectively. Lieuts. Harvey, Marix, and Boyle flying circuits in good style on Maurice Farman 425. Lieut. Harvey with Capt. Fisher as pas senger for one circuit of 12 mins. Capt. Millar made two good flights of a quarter of an hour each, and Capt. Salmond one flight. On Maurice Karman 403, Air Mechanic Collis made one circuit of 10 mins. duration. Lieut. Kennedy three flights, doing circuits in good style. Serjt. Stafford was up for 25 mins., and later for 15 mins. Capt. Lithgow made one circuit of aerodrome, and Lieut. Ross two good flights of half an hour each. Lieut. Longmore, R.N., was passenger-carrying on Maurice Farman 411, taking Capt. Lithgow twice, Capt. Fisher once, and Air Mechanic Collis twice. Lieuts. Burroughs and Randall flying circuits on Maurice Farman 428. Capt. Salmond made one flight of 12 mins. on same machine. Lieuts. Soams, Burroughs, Bigworth, and Arthur were all flying circuits in excellent style. Capt. Salmond with Lieut. Vernon as passenger, made a good flight of 40 niins. On Wednesday there was a slight mist early in the morning which soon cleared. Lieut. Longmore made quarter of an hour flight with Commandant Paine, R.N., M.V.O., as passenger. On Maurice Farman 403 Air Mechanic Collis made flight of 15 mins., and Serjt. Stafford 25 mins. Lieut. Kennedy made three good flights of 18, 15 and 23 mins. each. Lieuts. Harvey and Boyle were flying solos of 5 mins. each. Capt. Salmond made a good flight of 17 mins., and Lieut. Ross two flights of 20 mins. each. On Maurice Farman 425 Capts. Millar and Salmond flying solos, and Lieuts. Conran, Marix, Boyle, and Harvey doing circuits. On Maurice Farman 418 Lieuts. Unwin, Glenville, and Watkins all flew one circuit each. Capt. Tucker two solos of 8 mins. each. Major Gerrard, with Lieut. Watkins as passenger, flew one circuit. On Avro 404, Lieuts. Holt and Marks made one circuit of aero drome. Leading Seaman Marchant flying straights for 10 mins. On Short biplane 402 Serjt. Vagg was doing circuits in excellent style, being in the air for 45 mins. Lieuts. Bowhill, Oliver, and Roupell were doing circuits of 15 mins. each. Lieut. Burroughs flew three circuits of 8 mins. each, and Lieut. Arthur made an excellent flight of I hr., reaching 2,600 ft. On Thursday a very heavy mist was hanging over the Plain all day, making it impossible to fly. On Friday and Saturday there was no flying, as two days special leave was given to all the staff and men under instruction, to enable them to visit the Aero Show at Olympia. On Monday there was very little flying, as the air was very bumpy. Three machines were flown from Farnborough—Major Ger rard, R.M.L.I., flew the Short tractor biplane 424, Major Trenchard the Maurice Farman 426, and Lieut. Conran the Maurice Farman 427. All three had rather rough voyages, as the wind was very strong. On Avro 404 Lieuts. Small and Littleton each flew one circuit, and Capt. Fulton one circuit. On Maurice Farman 403, Air Mechanic Collis flew one circuit of Aerodrome, finding it very bumpy. Lieut. Longmore, on Maurice Farman 411, one circuit of 10 mins.
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