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IftrGHT OCTOBER I8, 1913. BRITISH f The DaiI14 Mail Round Britain Race. THE Competitions Committee of the Royal Aero Club are at work on the regulations for next year's waterplane race round Great Britain for the Daily Mail ^5,000 prize, and, although the date has not yet been definitely fixed, it will probably be either in July or August. Next Year's Aero Show. IT will be seen from the official notices of the Royal Aero Club that the date has now been fixed for the Aero, Motor Boat and Engine Show, at Olympia, in 1914—viz., March 16th to the 21 st. Guns for Aeroplanes. IN his speech at the annual general meeting of the Birmingham Small Arms Co., Ltd., the Chair man, Sir Hallewell Rogers, spoke of the possibilities of arming aeioplanes with quick-firing guns. He (aid that the B.S.A. Co. had made arrangements to become the sole manufacturers, outside the U.S.A., of the Lewis automatic machine gun, which was being investigated by the British, U.S., Swedish and Russian Governments. Mr. Hawker's Mishap. THE mishap which befell II. G. Hawker when starting on Wednesday last week on an attempt for the British Michelin Prize, was fortunately not so serious as was at first stated, at any rate so far as the pilot was concerned. On examination at the Weybridge Cottage Hospital it was found that Hawker had escaped wiih a severe shaking, but he was out again, fit and well, on Monday. Bier lots for the R.F.C. THURSDAY of last week saw three two-seater Bleriot monoplanes being put through their official tests at the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough, Perreyon acting as the pilot. The one hour flight, climbing, speed (fast and slow) and rolling tests, for all three machines, on Laffan's Plain, were suc cessfully accomplished between 7 a.m. and noon ! The speed range was found to be over 27 m.p.h. We understand that these machines are being sent to Netheravon and that Mr. Norbert Chereau, general manager of the Bleriot firm, will shortly be delivering three single-seaters to the Royal Flying Corps. Vickers Ltd., at the Ghent Exhibition. QUITE a work of art is the interesting book issued by Messrs. Vickers Ltd., in connection with their exhibits at the Ghent Exhibition, which, incidentally, have been awarded six Grand Prix, one Diploma of Honour, three Gold Medals, and one Silver Medal. These awards include a Gold Medal in the aeronautics section, the only Briiish success in the section, to the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co., Ltd. The book has a coloured frontispiece, depicting one of the British battleships built by Messrs. Vickers Ltd., and it is plentifully illustrated by photographs, all beautifully reproduce^, showing the productions of Messrs. Vickers Ltd., and its subsidiary companies, the Electric and Ordnance Accessories Co., Ltd., and the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co., Ltd. The book also contains a very clearly written description of the exhibits, and this, as well as the titles under the pictures, is printed in both English ,and French. It is a unique publication, worthy of the house of Vickers. "Flight" Copyright. MESSRS. RADLEY AND ENGLAND PUNTING AT SHOREHAM. —This punt is one of the original floats, fitted to their waterplane, con verted into a punt. Lang Propeller Successes. IN connection with the splendid passenger world's records made by the Grahame-White " aero-char-a-banc," it should be noted that the machine is fitted with a Lang propeller. Records for Emailllte, THE planes of the Grahame-White 5-seater biplane, which has secured world's passenger records with seven and nine passengers, are doped throughout with Emaillite. General view of Caudron Flying School at Le Crotoy showing their 200 h.p. Anzani hydroplane specially built for that this machine ls of the engine behind or pusher type. 1152
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