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MAY 17, 1913 •with the Duchess of Su-herland as passenger ; 7.8, Slack on the Bienot ; 7.15, Grahame-White on the Maurice Farman with passenger ; final flight by Noel on the Maurice Farman. the first event on Monday's pr igramme was a bomb-dropping contest, which was won by Turner on the 60-h.p. Cautlron biplane, whose average of three shots was 36 ft., Noel was next with an average of 76 ft. The other competitors were as follows:—Slack »5 "•> Verner 127 ft., and Brock 134 ft. The next event »a- the cross-country handicap for the " Giesler " challenge trophy (held by James Valentine) flown over three circuits of the Elsttee course, tight started in this event, which resulted as follows : — (/yGHT) Giesler Challenge Trophy. Start. 1. B. de Moulinais (80-h.p. Morane-Saulnier) 2. H. M. Brock (35-h.p. Deperdussin) 3 P Wrfi**r IH-~ U „ VI ;— C "• »•• nrocK \35-n.p. neperdusstn) P. Verrier (70-h.p. Maurice Farman) R. Slack (50-h.p. Bleriot) L. Noel (70-h.p. Maurice Farman).. L. Turner (60 h.p. Caudron) J. Nardini (50-0.p. Deperdussin) .. Lieut. Porte (100-h.p. Deperdussin) During this race the rain came down very heavily cau=ing Turner, m. s. scratch 13 18 7 25 6 22 7 16 9 7 4 35 2 o Handicap Flying Time, m. s. 37 " 29 27 40 1S 40 3' 4* So retired retired retired Porte, and Nardini to retire. The .ithers, however, kept going, the little Morane-Saulnier monoplane showing a remarkable turn of speed, but only managing to pass Brock on the school " Dep." at the end of the last home journey. The speed handicap was then decided, it being flown in two heats of four laps each and a final also of four laps. Des Moulinais was at tcratch in the first heat, but lost some seconds in starting. Nevertheless, he made up for lost time by his skilful steering and finished third, Yeiriet and Tuiner being first and second respectively, with Brock fourth. In ihe second heat there was an exciting finish lietween Noel on the Maurice Farman biplane and Slack on the Blcriot monoplane. It was a case of " ding dong" nearly all the time, for first one would lead and then the other. Finally, Noel crossed the line two seconds ahead of Slack. The final heat provided another exciting struggle, this time between Verrier and Slack. The result of the final heat is as under :— Speed Handicu 4 laps (6 miles). Prizes presented by Mr. Horace Goldin. Start. «*£* L. Turner (60-h.p. Caudron biplane) L. Noel (70-h.|>. M. Farman biplane) P. Verrier (70-h.p. M. Farman biplane) scratch K. Slack (50-h.p. Bleriot monoplane) o 2 m. s. o 3S o 15 m. s. 7 " 7 '5 7 19 7 20 Net Time, m. s. 7 II 6 55 6 44 6 47 ® $ ® ® THE COMMAND OF THE AIR. A SUGGESTIVE communication has been issued by the German T>favy League as a comment upon the recent Mansion House •meeting, got up by the Navy League, and the resolutions passed thereat. The followirg is a translation of the German response : — " England's World-wide Dominions. " EveT since Trafalgar, Europeans have, more or less, been accustomed to allow that the command of the seas belonged to Great Britain and to accept thi- as a historical right. Of such a proposition there can be no question ; but it requires no particular proof that the whole of the sea-going world believes the English superiority in ships of war has for its objective the annihilation of the next two strongest fleets. Present-day Englishmen make use of the prevailing idea, and a newspaper recently wrote : ' At Trafalgar Nelson gave us the command of the Sea, shall we let it be wrested from us?' " To ensure against this, a'l the efforts of the Nation are turned, and especially those of the First Lord, Mr. Churchill, who has not been prevented by his proposal for a year's holiday in the ship building line, from also taking over, in addition to the five super- Dreadnoughts of th a year's programme and the five Colonial battle ships, the two ordered by Turkey, which are equal to the newest type of English warship. 't '• Close on this comes the news of the intention seriously to .undertake the conquest of the Air. At a public meeting just held at the Mansion House, under the presidency of the Ixird Mayor—a meeting organised apparently by the Navy League, and attended by many members of both Houses of Parliament and by Bankers and Financiers—two Resolutions were proposed and carried unanimously which seem far-reaching and likely to have results. "The second Resolution is as follows :—' In view of the rapid development of Aircraft for defence and the large sums provided by Foreign Governments lor the construction of airships, aeroplanes, and auxiliary equipment, the time has come when this country must undertake such measures of preparation as will tend at the earliest possible moment to give Great Britain an ample margin of air supremacy in airships and aeroplanes as against the next strongest naval power.' " This, of course, refers to Germany. It would be interesting to know on what this claim is founded. That England's world-wide Colonial Empire and unsurpassed sea-trade should lie the reason cannot be admitted. On the contrary, it is probably due to the ineradicable idea that the German fleet is intended for aggressive purposes, and that this is why our Air-service is Iwing strengthened. How ' fixed ideas' will, as a matter of fact, get the better of one ! " Never before in the world's history has it been given to one people to possess and dominate the whole Earth, the Sea and now even the Air. But, even for the British, Providence has drawn a boundary line." Ready for the day's work at the Vlckers Flying School at Brooklands Aerodrome. 543
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