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NOVEMBER 8, 1913. l/yciig PASSENGER AIRSHIPS IN GERMANY. A VERY interesting lecture was given the other evening before the Women's Institute by Eleanor Lady Shelley, who it will be remembered is a sister of the late Hon. C. S. Rolls, and has always taken a very active interest in aeronautical progress. After dwelling upon the use of aircraft in national defence, Lady Shelley went on to recount her experiences in the air, dating back to the time when the ambition of "flyers "had to be satisfied with ballooning. With regard to the future, Lady Shelley said that she looked forward to seeing within the next few years regular services between England and the continent, and services to take people rapidly to their work. As our readers know from the photos which we have been able to reproduce from time to time through the kindness of Lady Shelley (a further set appearing in this issue on pages 1220-21), she has spent some time in Germany and made a number of trips in the various types of airships used for passenger work, which she described as modern luxuries in aerial travel. Lady Shelley went on to describe the "Parseval" and " Zeppelin " type of ship, with their wonderful standard of comfort for passengers, and the delights of a voyage over Berlin in one of these luxurious vessels. It is difficult, she said, to believe that one is in the air. The movement is usually gentle, although bad sailors might find the motion sometimes disagreeable owing to an occasional pitch and toss when flying high. There are spacious windows in these dirigibles, which hold a crew in two gondolas and about fourteen passengers. These windows open and close at either end of the pas senger car. An excellent meal is served during the voyage, at little tables, as in a restaurant, a menu being provided. These lunches are, of course, cold, as no heating is allowed. When dark, the car is lit by electric light. Passengers are usually busy the whole time writing picture postcards to their friends, which are stamped by an attendant, and afterwards posted on return to earth. There is plenty to do besides postcard writing and examining the country out of the windows. There is the barograph to watch, and the course of the journey to be followed on the map. A considerable portion of the German Army are trained to start these dirigibles, as there is usually a military detachment on duty at the starting place. So popular have these flights become in dirigibles that seats have to be booked for days ahead. Tickets cost £$ and ^io, according to the length of the flights. ® ® ® ® ROYAL FLYING CORPS (MILITARY WING). WAR OFFICE summary of work for week ending October 31st :— No. 1 Squadron. South Farnborcugh.—The "Delta" and " Beta" were out most days during the week carrying out instruc tional and reconnaissance flights. No. 2 Squadron, Montrose.—The machines of " B" and " C " Flights were up daily. 1,881 miles in all were flown. Two more officer pilots arrived by air from Farnborough during the week. No. 3 Squadron. Netheravon.—BE, H. Farman and Bleriot machines were up most days, being flown by officer and N.C.O. pilots. The newly joined officers obtained considerable practice during the week. No. 4 Squadron. Netheravon.—" C " flight were at work daily. No, 5 Squadron. South Farnborough,—Avros and M. Farmans were flown by officer pilots daily throughout the week. The Dover detachment have been busy. Capt. Mellor, who had a rib broken last week in an aeroplane accident, is progressing favourably. Flying Depot, South Farnborough.—Various experiments were continued during the week. General Remarks.—Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck paid an informal visit to the sheds on the 30th ult. The First Lord of the Admiralty visited the headquarters of the Military Wing on the 31st ult., and made flights in airships and aeroplanes. THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS. The following announcement appeared in the London Gazette of the 4th inst. :— R.F.C.—Military Wing.—Special Reserve of Officers. —-.Second Lieut, (on probation) Sidney V. Sippe resigns his commission. Dated November 5th, 1913. ® ® ® ® AEROPLANE DESCRIPTIONS, WITH SCALE DRAWINGS. FOR the information of our readers, the following detailed descriptions of machines have appeared in FLIGHT. Most of these copies are still obtainable from the Publishers, 44, St. Martin's Lane, W.C., at d\d. each, post free, for those published during 1911 and 1912, and for the current year (1913) the charge is i,\d., post free. Machine. Army biplane... Avro biplane ... Blackburn monoplane Breguet biplane Bristol Military biplane Bristol monoplane Deperdussin monoplane Dunne monoplane Etrich monoplane Fritz monoplane Grahame-White Baby biplane Martin-Handasyde monoplane Morane monoplane .. Nieuport 2-seater monoplane Paterson biplane Roe triplane ... Sanders biplane Short biplane Short double-engine biplane Star monoplane Valkyrie monoplane ... Weiss monoplane Avro Military biplane J«iy Date Published. 1911. ... July 15 ... Nov. 4 ... Aug. S 22, July 29 ... Mar. 18 ... Sept. 30 Aug. 19 . . June 24 ... Nov. 11 ... Aug. 12 ... Mar. 25 ... Mar. 25 ... July 29 ... Oct. 7 ... Dec. 2 ... April 1 ... Mar. 4 ... June 10 ... Sept. 9 ... July I April I Machine. Date P Avro monoplane Blackburn monoplane Caudron biplane Caudron racing monoplane ... Cody Military biplane Cody monoplane Coventry Ordnance biplane ... Deperdussin monoplane Feb. 10, Flanders monoplane ... Mar. 23, Handley Page monoplane ... Henry Farman biplane Jezzi biplane ... Lake Flying Co.'s hydro-biplane ... Maurice Farman biplane Morane-Saulnier monoplane New Avro biplane Paulhan-Tatin monoplane Short monoplane Sommer biplane (all steel) Sopwith-Wright biplane Viking I biplane ... June 17 1912. ... Aug. 31 Avro hydro-biplane Bleriot sand yacht ublished. Oct. 12 Nov. 16 Nov. 30 May tl Sept. 7 June 29 May 18 Sept. 7 Dec. 21 Oct. 26 Oct. 19 Dec. 14 Dec. 7 July 6 Feb. 3 Mar. 30 Feb. 17 Mar. 9 Jan. 27 Nov. 23 Jan. 20 1913- July 12 Aug. 9 Machine. Borel hydro-monoplane Borel Military biplane Breguet biplane Bristol monoplane Date Published. ... July 26 ... Aug. 23 ... June 14 May 17 British Deperdussin hydro-monoplane May 10 Burgess flying boat .. ... ... June 28 Caudron hydro-biplane Aug. 2 Cody waterplane ... Aug. 16 Dyott monoplane ... ... ... April26 E.A.C. monoplane ... ... ... May 3 Flanders biplane ... ... ... Oct. 25 Grahame-White biplane ... ... Feb. I Grahame-White 5-seater biplane ... Oct. 11 Lake Flying Co.'s waterplane ...July 19 Martin-Handasyde monoplane ... Jan. 4 Morane-Saulnier monoplane ... May 24 Nieuport hydro-aeroplane .. ... April 19 Parsons biplane ... ... ... June 21 Radley-England waterplane April 12, Aug. 16 Short biplane June 7 Sopwith waterplane Aug. 16 " Tong-Mei " tractor biplane ... May 31 Westlake monoplane ... ... Sept. 13 Wright hydro-biplane Sept. 6 1219
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