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1913 - 0854.PDF
Fiance only a year ago had less than 100 machines fit to take the field. That showed that one must accept with caution statements as to the numlier of aeroplanes possessed by foreign Powers. Mr. Bonar Law (U., Bootle): I have never heard, I am bound to say, a case of more deliberate misrepresentation than what the right hon. gentleman (Col. Seely) said about my hon. friend (Mr. Sandys). Col. Seely : I rise to point of order. Is the right hon. gentle man entitled to say that I deliberately misrepresented the hon. member ? The Chairman: I think the right hon. gentleman is entitled to say that there was misrepresentation, but I do not think we should accuse one another of the intention to misrepresent. Mr. Bonar I^tw : I was hurried in what 1 said, or I should have put it in another form. The point is, that the right hon. gentleman did unintentionally misrepresent my hon. friend. He accused my hon. friend of saying that he doubled the word of the officers. No one who heard my hon. friend's speech could for a moment accept that as a correct statement. What my hon. friend said was that instead of having the expert advice, which would have enabled them to decide whether the machines fulfilled the test which had ® ® BRITISH Death of Col. Cody. IT is with the deepest regret that.we have to record that the news reaches us as we go to press that Col. Cody, while flying at Aldershot on Thursday morning with a passenger named Evans, met with an accident and was killed, together with his passenger. Col. Seely Visits the R.A.F., &c. ON Saturday Col. Seely paid a visit to Farnborough personally to see for himself just how many aeroplanes the Royal Flying Corps has there. A thorough inspection of the Royal Aircraft Factory was made under the guidance of the Superintendent, Mr. Mervyn Q'Gorman, and great interest was taken in the three latest machines, the R.E. biplane, an armoured machine, and the waterplane tested on Frensham Pond by Mr. Ronald Kemp. This pilot took up Mr. Nicholson, Col. Seely's private secretary, for a trip in the R.E. machine. Col. Seely also visited the airship sheds, and spent some time examining the " Parseval" and " Beta." The Government's Waterplane. ALTHOUGH official details are not available, it is understood that the trials conducted on the Frensham Great Pond by Mr. Ronald Kemp with the experimental waterplane built in the Aircraft Factory have proved very successful. Improvements at Walney Island. IN view of the proposal of the Admiralty, in conjunction with Messrs. Vickers Ltd., to make Walney Island an important centre for the testing of waterplanes and the construction of airships, the Barrow-in-Furness Town Council has decided to spend some ,£3,000 on improvements to the island. It is stated that the airship factory, when completed, will employ 1,500 men. Salmet Crosses the Channel— ON the new Bleriot two-seater, on which he will tour England by arrangement with the Daily Mail this summer, M. Salmet flew from Buc to Hendon on the VOX ult. Getting away from Buc at 2.40 p.m., Salmet, after the first few kilometres, had to steer been laid down by the hon. member for Brentford (Mr. Joynson- Hicks) they accepted the statement of the officers that the machines were ready to fly, and that that was a great concession to the right hon. gentleman. So it was. But the_ right hon. gentleman proceeded to explain that it was a concession for this reason, that he waived the other tests which could not be decided in that way. When the right hon. gentleman claims that all this was done on his own initiative, he forgets what has happened. My hon. friend made a challenge that there were not 120 aero planes, but only 80, which could efficiently fly. What was the result? There were not 80, but 51 on the most liberal computa tion. Further, the right hon. gentleman said they had 120 machines in first-class working order. From their own official statement this number included some that were described as damaged and awaiting instructions as to disposal, and others regarded as wrecked and awaiting authority to "knock off." All this proves that the right hon. gentleman was rash in the extreme in the statement he made to the House, and if we cannot accept a deliberate statement made in a case of that kind, how can we be expected to accept his assurances on other matters in regard to which it was impossible to have such a test ? ® ® entirely by compass as his map was broken. He, however, made Hardelot in good time, and flying against a strong wind crossed the Channel to Folkestone, landing on Shorncliffe Camp at half-past five. After securing petrol, &c, he restarted at 7 o'clock and reached Hendon at 8.15, after making a brief stop about four miles from the aerodrome in order to make certain of his whereabouts. —And Flies to Brighton. DURING the week-end Salmet gave some exhibition flights at Brighton whither he had flown on the 1st inst. Leaving Hendon at 12.55 p.m., he made a fast trip to Brighton and, after steering a wide circuit of the town, landed at Preston Park at 2 o'clock. Flying at Brighton. IF Brightonians have not seen enough flying during the August holiday, then they want a deal of satisfying. Preston Park and Messrs. Volk's hangar have been the centres of attraction, M. Salmet on the Daily Mail Bleriot being at the first- named place and Mr. Claude Grahame-White at the other. Mr. White's machine was a Morane-Saulnier waterplane, and very efficient it was too. Thursday, Friday and Saturday saw both pilots flying over Brighton and district, a strong wind persisting every day. Mr. Grahame-White left for Cowes at 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, but M. Salmet stayed over till Tuesday, giving exhibitions each day except Sunday. Preston Park is not an ideal spot for landing, being situated right in the valley and surrounded by trees. Certainly the Daily Mail pilot deserves congratulations on the way in which he overcame the difficulties of this awkward landing-place. In Memoriam. A CHEQUE for £4. 10s., being the first instalment of interest accruing to the fund raised in memory of the late D. G. Gilmour, who was killed at Richmond while flying from Brooklands on February 17th, 1912, has been sent to the Weybridge Cottage Hospital by the trustees of the Gilmour Memorial Fund. PHOTOGRAPHY ,LLUSTRA„NG THE 5^S^555SS55CS5SS 880
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