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(/jJGHT] Lieuts. Oxlade and Playfair. Saturday morning Gassier test flight, Mr. Hunt twice, Lieut. Oxlade twice, and Mr. Thornley twice. Bad weather prevented anything further until Monday morning, when Gassier had Messrs. Hunt, Thornley, and Lieut. Oxlade up twice each. Another spell of rain and wind followed. Tuesday morning was a repetition of Monday. Fowler was busy all the week passenger carrying on the H. F. waterplane. London Aerodrome. Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Hall's School.—Very little doing- last week. Sunday and Monday poured with rain. Wednesday, Scotland, out in evening, managed to put in three straights before wind rose again. Wind too strong for school Thursday. Friday poured with rain. Saturday, wind still too strong. Salisbury Plain. Bristol School.—Monday last week, no flying all day, rain and wind rendering it impossible. Rain all Tuesday morning. Pixton and Julierot with passengers for trials in the evening, but too bad for school work. Flying impossible all Wednesday coming, rain and wind. Pixton trial about 4 o'clock with Mr. Voigt. Julierot trial later, then with Air-Mechanic Locker and Asst.-Paymaster Coles. Pixton with Capt. Hay. Good solos by Capt. Ferguson, Lieut. Spence, Lieut. Jenkins, Mr. Courtney and Mr. Voigt, two flights each, the latter pupil making a fine volplane from 300 ft., with engine stopped. Thursday, rain and wind prevented flying all day. Friday, yet another impossible day, pouring rain throughout. Saturday, rain pouring all day. Stopped towards evening, but Strong wind rendered tuition work futile. Royal Flying Corps. 3rd and 4th Squadrons (Netheravon).— During the past week the weather has been a nightmare, rendering flying impossible, so that things have been very quiet with work in the air. In last week's report, the passenger flight given by Capt. Herbert was to Mechanic Walland, not Wadham, as printed. ® ® ® ® Mr. Blackburn at Harrogate. FOR the past week Mr. Harold Blackburn ha> been flying with Dr. Christie at Harrogate, on the latter's 80 h.p. Blackburn monoplane. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Blackburn took two or three passengers for short flights. On Sunday, Blackburn and Christie flew to Ripon, where they gave a pretty show of fancy flying. They returned to Harrogate later in the afternoon, and made a beautiful descent on the Stray. fmm\ Lord Edward Grosvenor, who has just passed his certificate tests in a most skilful manner at the Bristol School at Brooklands under the tuition of Mr. F. W. Merriam. Lord Edward went right through his course of tuition without even breaking a wire, and during his tests made a splendid vol planS landing. SEPTEMBER 13, 1913, Lord George Wellesley who has just gained his brevet at the Bristol School, Salisbury Plain, flying throughout in excellent form. THE AERIAL DERBY AT HENDON. SATURDAY next week should be a greater day even than usual for the Hendon Aerodrome, as, subject to " impossible weather " prevailing,, the Aerial Derby will be run off between some of the best flyers in the country, starting at 4 p.m. Next week we shall be giving fuller details of this splendid sporting fixture, so that our readers may be able to easily follow the aviators in the competition from any point of the course round London. In the meantime, it might be noted that starting from Hendon the various turning points taken in a straight line from paint to point are at Kempton Park (14 miles), Epsom Race Course (10 miles), West Thurrock (26J miles), Epping (i7jmile-), Hertford (Iof miles), and back to the London Aero drome (16 miles), a total of 94^ miles. En route there will be opportunity for millions of people to observe the flying, and there is little doubt that full advantage will be taken of this chance of seeing some of our best pilots and machines matched against one another in what it is hoped will be an annual fixture for many years to come. In addition to the Daily Mail Gold Cup and 200 sovs. for the winner, there will be a sealed handicap for the " Shell " trophy and 200 sovs. It is anticipated that at least 20 well-known British and Continental airmen will compete. Already a goodly number of entries have been received, including the following:—H. G. Hawker, 80 h.p. Sopwith; Gustav Hamel, 80 h.p. Morane- Saulnier S B. C. Hucks, 80 h.p. Blcriot ; G. Lee Temple, 50 h.p. Bleriot; Robert Slack, 80 h.p.'Morane-SauInier ; M. D. Manton, 50 h.p. Grahame-White ; Louis Noel, 120 h.p. Grahame-White 5-seater biplane; P. Marty, 50 h.p. Morane-Saulnier ; Pierre Verrier, 80 h.p. Farman ; W. L. Brock, 80 h.p. Morane-Saulnier -r Lieut. Porte, no h.p. Deperdussin ; J. L. Hall, 50 h.p. Bleiiot. ® ® ® ® Verrier Flies to London. M. VERRIER, on Thursday la<t week, accompanied by Max Bruyere of the French I'Aero as passenger, on an 80 h.p. Gnome- Farman, started f.om Buc with the intention of going through to London, where he would be delivering the biplane to the British Government. Getting away in very bad weather, a stop was made at Crotoy tor replenishment and, then, following the coast line, Boulogne was reached at 5 p.m., where it was decided to rest for the night. An attempt was made on Friday to cross the Channel, but fog rendered it inadvisable to proceed. Verrier ultimately on Monday morning, making a start at 6 o'clock, passed along the coast to Calais and, from there crossing over to Folkestone in 40- minutes, he continued on to London, landing at Charing, near Maidstone, en route, by reason of a thick ground fog. He reached Hendon at 9.21 after an hour's stay at Charing, having encountered Strong winds all the way. IOI4
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