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gyp?!] BRITISH NOTES OF THE WEEK. R.F.C Flight to Montiose. THE five Army pilots actually started their journey to Montrose on the nth inst., but their progress was not very great, mainly owing, of course, to the very bad weather experienced. The pilots were Capts. C. A. H. Longcroft, J. H. W. Becke, and G. W. P. Dawes, and Lieuts. F. F. Waldron and P. W. L. Herbert, the two first being on B.E. biplanes, and the others on Maurice Farman machines. The first stop was to have been Towcester. Three of the pilots landed at Reading, while the others returned to Farn- borough, the fog making it impossible to go forward. A fresh start was made on Monday, and Capt. Becke reached Tow- cestcr from Farnborough, after making a stop at Blakesley i..r petrol. Capt. Longcroft, who had started from Reading, landed alxmt 3 miles west of Oxford. Lieut. Waldron, who started from Farnborough came down at Port Meadow, Oxford, and Capt. Dawes reached Kanlmry. Lieut. Herbert started from Reading and landed at Moreton-in-the-Marsh. In each case a descent had to be made for petrol. On Tuesday, Lieut. Herbert went on a few miles to just by Banbury. Special Training for R.F.C. ON April 1st the squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps stationed on Salisbury Plain will commence a special course of training in conjunction with the Royal Field Artillery and Siege Artillery Brigade. New Military Aviation Centres. fcr is reported that the Government intends to establish a naval aviation centre on the western side of the Isle of Wight, near Golden Hill Fort. Two other likely places are at Kingnorth and Dungeness in Kent. Mr. Hucks at Newcastle. DURING last week some splendid flying was done at Newcastle by Mr. B. C. Hucks on his Bleriot, but Novocastrians did not display any very great enthusiasm. The attendance at Gosforth Park was disappointing, but at the various places visited, Consett, Ashington, Blyth, Seaham Harbour, &c, the aviator was invariably received by a big crowd, and at some places it was difficult to keep a clear space for the aviator to land. This week Mr. Hucks was to visit Pelton, Stanly and Tyncmouth, and will give exhibition flights at Gosforth Park to-day when it is hoped the attendance will be more encouraging. Visitors to Olympla. ON Tuesday afternoon a number of the members of the Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, including Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman, Dr. R. T. Glazebrook, Mr. Frank Lanchester, paid an official visit to Olympia. Other distinguished visitors during the afternoon were Col. Seely, Secretary of State for War, Brigadier- General Henderson and Mr. Orville Wright and his sister. Hendon Season Commences. WITH the special meeting arranged for to-day, Saturday, at the London Aerodrome, Hendon, the 1913 season there can be said to have commenced. There is every indication that it will prove an even more popular rendezvous than last year, and we would remind our readers that they can obtain fixture lists and season tickets from the London Aerodrome offices at 166, Piccadilly, W. Mr. Hamel at Uppingham and Oundle. MR. IIAMKI.'S visit to Uppingham, on Wednesday of last week, resulted in most of the shops in the town being closed for about an hour in the afternoon. Three trips were made, one of them to a very good height, and on his descent each time the aviator was heartily cheered by the 5,000 people present. On Saturday Mr. Hamel was at Oundle, and again made three ascents on his BleViot machine. The Flight of Birds. AN important work in connection wiih the flight of birds is being conducted by readers of British Birds, who up to the present have placed identification rings on 32,000 wild birds of various kinds and then liberated them. It is hoped that should any of our readers come across any of these birds thev will communicate Mr. H. F. Witherby. Editor of British Birds, at 326, High Holbom, London, W.C., giving the particulars on the ring and the locality where the bird was found, so that it may be identified. A Long Flight. PERHAPS the most interesting result up to the present is that a swallow ringed, at Rosehill, Cheadle. Staffordshire, on May 6th, 1911, was caught on December 23rd, 1912, at a farmhouse at Roodeyand, t8 miles from Utrecht, Natal, so that the bird must have travelled. FEBRUARY 22, IQI3- QUESTIONS IN£ PARLIAMENT. THE Secretary for War was asked by Mr. Hunt, in the House of Commons last week : Whether he was aware that Germany has five military airships of the rigid type of large size, capable of being safely used at night, and of carrying and of discharging quantities of high explosives on to our docks, ships, magazines, and stores ; whether we have any airships of more than one-third of the size of the smallest of these five German airships; if he could say why the Government neglected to build large airships; and what steps he proposed to take to guard against the danger of our deficiency. . Col. Seely: The reply to the first and second parts of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the last part, it is not considered desirable to make public the steps which have been and are being taken. Mr. Hunt: Is it not true that the Government have neglected to provide airships, and that we are at an enormous disadvantage in comparison with Germany, and that there is danger we might have our magazines, stores, and ships blasted with explosives from air ships, and have nothing to protect them ? Col. Seely: The fact that we have not supplied large airships does not imply neglect. The Aerial Navigation Act. THE Bill amending the Aerial Navigation Act passed through all its stages in the House of Lords on the 13th inst. and on the following day received the Royal Assent. In the House of Commons last week Mr. Booth asked the Secretary for War whether, in view of the public interests involved in the passage of the Aerial Navigation Bill, and the possible developments of the new science, he would undertake that any regulations made under the Bill should be subject to annual review by the Department of State making the regulations. Mr. Tennant (Under Secretary for War). The answer is in the affirmative. ® % M M NEW RECORDS. Another Passenger Height-Record. No doubt inspired by the exploit of his confrere Gougenheim in beating the height-record for pilot and four passengers, Chevillard, on the 12th, also at Etampes, has beaten the record for pilot and three passengers, going up to 1,350 metres. He started at 3.50 p.m., and in half an hour had reached a height of 1,000 metres. He climbed slowly on until the barograph indicated 1,350 metres and then feeling that Hirth's old record of 1,100 metres was well lowered he decided to come down, as the fog was getting thicker and more troublesome. The machine was a Henry Farman with 80-h.p. Gnome motor and Chauviere propeller. On January I Ith last Chevillaid took three passengers up to a height of 1,500 metres, but as it was not officially controlled, the Aero Club of France could not recognise the performance. Guillaux Beats Speed Record. HAI.K-A-DOZEN records were made by Guillaux during his fine flight on the Clement-Bayard steel-framed monoplane at Etampes on the nth inst. Having flown over from Issy on the previous evening, when he covered the 60 kiloms. in 32 mins., the pilot made an early start at 7 a.m., but owing to the mist he decided to wait a while, and so it was not until mid-day that the actual record flight was commenced. With his passenger, Bruyere, Guillaux started at four minutes past twelve. The course was of 10 kiloms., marked out by six pylons, and when the tenth round had been completed, it was found that the time, ih. 2m. 10s., was a good deal longer than the record, 44 mins. 36I sees, of Legagneux. At 200 kiloms., however, the time was 2h. 4m. 27s., some 8 mins. outside the record, while for 250 kiloms., Guillaux was still outside. Thereafter, however, he beat the records up to 400 kiloms., and finished his flight in 4h. 10m. 45s., having covered 41 laps, or 410 kiloms. New world's records made were 300 kiloms. in 3 hours 4 mins. 5 sees., 350 kiloms. in 3 hours 34 mins. 46 sees., and 400kiloms. in 4 hours 4 mins. 4 sees. Records were also made for 3 hours with 291*9 kiloms., and 4 hours with 391*9 kiloms. The monoplane was fitted with a 60-h.p. Gnome engine and Chauviere propeller. A German Passenger Record. FLYING at the Habsheim Aerodrome, near Mulhausen, on Sunday week, a new world's record was made by Faller taking five passengers on the Aviatic biplane, and flying for 1 hour 10 mins. 17 sees. The weight of the six persons carried represented 818 lbs. Of the half a dozen world's records at present held in Germany, five were made by Faller, and they are all of the passenger duration class. 236
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