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[/yew] done by the pupils. Pixton, with a pupil, made two long circuits, Mr. Garnett doing straights on a monoplane. Mr. De Lapiane carried out a remarkably fine biplane solo, reaching 700 ft., and landing well. Pizey gave tuition on one of the side-by-side monoplanes to Major Hewetson, Mr. Garnett, and Mr. De Laplane, whilst in the meantime Lieut. Burns was out flying very fine circuits, right and left hand turns at 350 ft. Good solos were also made by Lieut-Col. Hamilton, Lieut. Priestly, R.N.,and Lieut. Verdon, R.N. Busteed was out for a trip in one of the 80-h.p. monoplanes, followed by Pixton, who had two flights, each pilot made banked turns. Pixton took up a pupil for instruction, and Lieut. Verdon, R.N., finished off the day's work with a solo. A favourable morning on Friday, and useful amount of work done by pupils. Pizey, 1 in a side-by-side monoplane, gave considerable tuition to Major Hewetson, Mr. Garnett, and Mr. De Laplane. After a trial on one of the biplanes by Pizey, Lieut. Burns and Mr. Adams each made a couple of good solos, whilst Lieut.-Col. Hamilton and Mr. De Laplane made one flight each. All these were long flights at quite a good height, and excellent progress is being made by all the pupils. Major Hewetson and Mr. Garnett put in some useful practice on single-seater monoplanes. Windy weather prevented any further flying all day. Royal Flying Corps. No. 3 Squadron.—On Tuesday of last week there was a deal of out-door work in the evening. Major Higgins, D.S.O., was out on BE 203 with Lieut. Porter as passenger, and then Lieuts. Wadham, Anderson, Porter and Conran each had a trip on the machine. Major Higgins then took up Major Beidworth on BE 204. Wednesday opened with an ideal morning and the R.F.C. put up some fine flying, first out being Lieut. Porter on BE 203. After he had made a couple of flights Lieut. Wadham took the machine up to 3,000 ft. Major Higgins, Lieuts. Anderson and Conran, were also out. In the evening Lieut. Cholmondeley madelthree trips on H. Farman 274 for instruction of air mechanics. Lieut. Wadham did similar work on BE 203. Lieuts. Conran, Anderson and Porter were also instructing air mechanics, and Major Higgins took up several officers on BE 204, after which Lieuts. Porter and Conran piloted the machine. The air mechanics instructed were Curtiss, Pearce, Goddard, Pearl, Reeves, Powell, Steed and Bullock. There was good flying weather on Thursday morning. Lieut. Conran was out on BE 204, after which Lieut. Wadham made three flights on the machine, Lieut. Conran changing over to BE 203. Air-Mechanics Bishop and Mitchell were under instruction. Lieuts. Wadham and Anderson were also using BE 203. In the evening Lieut. Cholmondeley was out on H. Farman 274, and had engine trouble. Lieut. Roupell out on II. Farman 277, Lieut. Wadham three flights on BE 203, followed by Lieuts. Porter and Anderson, the passengers including Major H. Haraguchi and Col. J. T. W. Perowne. Lieut. Anderson then changed over to BE 204, after which Major Higgins took up Capts. Lyster and Sherbrooke on this machine, which was afterwards flown by Lieut. Conran. Sergf. Ridd was out on M. Farman 216. Lieuts. Small, Ashton and Glenvill were also flying, and Air-Mechanics Hobby, Ocken- ® ® THE ROYAL The following appointment was announced by the Admiralty on the 28th ult. :— Lieut. C. J. L'Estrange-Malone, graded as squadron commander, to date May 1st. Included in the list of Birthday Honours published on Monday, was the following announcement :— " The King has been graciously pleased to approve of the under mentioned officers being promoted by brevet for services in connection with the Military Wing, Royal Flying Corps. Dated June 3rd, 1913 :— " To be Majors : Capt. (temporary Major) Frederick H. Sykes, 15th (the King's) Hussars, commanding the Military Wing. Capt. (temporary Major) Henry R. M. Brooke-Popham, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, a Squadron Commander. Capt. (temporary Major) Charles J. Burke, the Royal Irish Regi ment, a Squadron Commander. "To be noted for promotion to Brevet Major on attaining the rank of Captain: Lieut. Basil H. Barrington-Kennett, Grenadier Guards, Adjutant, Military Wing. Lieut, (temporary Captain) Herbert R. P. Reynolds, Royal Engineers, a Flight Commander." The following appointments were announced in the London Gazette of the 3rd inst. :— K.F.C.— Military Wing. Major John F. A. Higgins, D.S.O., Royal Artillery, Flight Commander, to be a Squadron Commander. Dated May 30th, 1913. Capt. George W. P. Dawes, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal JUNE 7, 1913 dene and Clark were undergoing instruction. Lieut. Conran arrived from Farnborough on the Avro 288, doing his journey in 55 mins. ; he afterwards made two flights around the Downs, and Lieut. Porter wound up the day with a couple of flights. The day's flying included no less than 77 flights. On Friday evening Lieut. Glenvill was out on the M. Farman 216, and then Lieut. Small made a trip round the camp on the machine. Major Higgins was up twice on H. Farman 277 and once on the Avro 288. Lieut. Conran was also flying. Saturday evening, Lieut. Carmichael was out on H. Farman 284 with Air-Mechanic Warland. Major Brooke-Popham on BE 204, Lieut, Anderson and Lieut. Conran on the Avro 288, and Lieut. Porter on BE 203. The weather on Monday morning was perfect for flying, and work started at 3.30. Lieut. Cholmondeley, after testing the air, going off to Colchester on H. Farman 274. He was followed at 4.40 by Lieut. Carmichael on H. Farman 286 with Air-Mechanic Giddens. Both made the trip safely in just under two hours. At 5.10 Lieut. Allen left for Farnborough on H. Farman 277, followed at 5.24 by Capt. Connor on M. Farman 270. Lieut. Conran put up a 40-min. flight on the Avro, getting to a height of 3,000 ft., flying around Tisbury, and he followed this by a cross-country flight. Lieut. Glenvitl, with Major Brooke-Popham, on M. Farman 216 paid a visit to the Central Flying School. Lieut. Conran on Avro 288 made a fine cross-country flight of two hours'duration. In the evening Lieut. Small, while out on the M. Farman 216, was brought down at Fargo Camp with engine trouble, and in landing broke a tail boom. Lieut. Conran out on the Avro 288. Tuesday morning, Major Higgins was out on the Avro 288 for 30 mins. flight at a height of 600 ft. On landing, Lieut. Conran put up a good flight, the Avro flying at a height of 1,000 ft. around the Plain. Lieut. Small brought back the M. Farman 216 with an air-mechanic. Sussex County Aero Club (Shoreham). THE Avro 100-h.p. Gnome hydro-aeroplane was flown success fully from the river outside the Shoreham aerodrome, on Wednesday last week, piloted by Mr. Raynham. The length of water between the bridges is 1,300 yards. A start was made a little past half-way, and the machine rose at the first attempt in 10 sees., with passenger, anchor and two hours' fuel, clearing the railway bridge by a good 100 ft. Owing to a sea mist it was impossible to fly at more than 300 ft. Two flights of 10 and 15 mins. were carried out, the machine showing an exceptionally low landing speed. The next day Mr. Raynham flew to Brighton with Alcock as passenger, arriving at 2,000 ft., and alighting perfectly after many spirals outside Volke's shed, where the machine was anchored without assistance. After a stop to take on board many gallons of castor oil, a start was made, again without assistance, and after both piers and a steamer had received suitable attention at close quarters, a return was made at 1,500 ft. Flying was finally stopped for the day by a damaged float. On beaching the machine it was found that the bottom of the front watertight compartment had started to give way ouHvards, apparently due to suction in getting off. ® ® FLYING CORPS. Berkshire Regiment), Flying Officer, to be a Flight Commander. Dated May 30th, 1913. Lieut. Lancelot C. Rogers-Harrison (since deceased), the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, to be a Flying Officer. Dated April 1st, I9I3- Lieut. Archibald Christie, Royal Artillery, to be a Flying Officer, and to be seconded. Dated April 30th, 1913. ® ® ® ® Protest Against Government Attitude. AT a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Aerial Defence Association, held at Lord Blvth's residence, 33, Portland Place, on Wednesday last, the action of the Government in refusing, under the provisions of the Aerial Navigation Act, to allow certain competitions to be held, was considered, and the following resolution passed unanimously :— " Without raising any question as to the principle which underlies the Aerial Navigation Act, the Executive Committee of the National Aerial Defence Association desires emphatically to point out that the operative provisions of the Act as at present administered tend seriously to restrict the development of the British aircraft industry ; and earnestly appeal to his Majesty's Government to modify the existing regulations so as to permit British pilots to fly over such parts of prohibited areas as may be necessary for aerial competitions calculated to promote the enlarged production of aeroplanes and hydro-aeroplanes, and to stimulate public interest in aircraft for defence purposes."
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