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1913 - 0460.PDF
lAHBH FLYING AT HENDON. FOR once in a way, man met with a glorious defeat at the hands of the wind last week-end at Hendon. Nevertheless,though beaten, it cannot be denied that he retired with the honours of the fight. As usual, the wind was blowing a gale by the time Saturday came round, which was the more annoying considering the perfect state of affairs the days previous. By the afternoon it was calculated to be blowing fully 60 m.p.h., in unpleasant gusts and swirls. There was shaking of headi when, shortly after 4 o'clock, Gustav 1 lame!, accompanied by .Miss Trehawke Ihivies, "sprang" off the earth on the 70-h.p. Gnome-Blcriot monoplane belonging to plucky Miss Davies. Appalling is the only word that expresses the way in which the wind played with the monoplane, yet Hamel kept it well in hand. At last, as the machine was passing over the sheds, about 100 ft. up, an extra strong gust struck them, throwing the monoplane over on to its side in an alarming manner. With remarkable skill and judgment, Hamel prevented a fatal side-slip by diving to earth, and, almost miraculously escaping some trees, landed in the field just outside the aero drome, parallel to Collindale Avinue. Both pilot and pas senger were unhurt, and it was LORD MAYOR'S DAY AT HENDON AERODROMF. —An impression of Hamel by Roderick Hill. MAY 3, 1913. with some relief that they were seen returning to the aerodrome. A little later on Hamel made another determined attempt to get the best of the wind, this time with the help of his 50-h.p. single - seater Bleriot. The machine, however, did not leave the ground quite in the manner intended, for in spite of the face that seveial mechanics were holding it down, it was lifted off the ground several times and dashed down again with some violence—once almost on the top of Miss Davies. It was finally decided, therefore, to give up any further attempt at a flight. There was little improvement on Sunday; in fact, occasional rain made things rather more unpleasant. Shortly before 4 o'clock, the battle was resumed by a brief skirmish on the part of the reinforcements—in the form of Louis Noel on the 50-h.p. Grahame-White school 'bus ! He retired after a few straights, and a little later on, during a momentary relaxation of vigilance on the part of the enemy, Hamel brought out the 50-h.p. single-seater Bleriot monoplane. He was no sooner in the air, however, when he was attacked " on all sides," and was finally beaten down close to the scene of the previous day's defeat, and again pilot and machine escaped unharmed. LORD MAYOR'S DAY AT HENDON AERODROME. —A race Impression of ChevllLard and Verrier by Roderick Hill. LORD MAYOR'S DAY AT HENDON AERODROME. —Up aloft. Another impression of Hamel by Roderick Hill. 482
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