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I/UGHT Finsburv and District (85, UPMER TOLUNGTON PARK, N.). Monthly Report.—This club has been in existence ten weeks. Flying ground (pro tern.), Finsbury Park. On Nov. 15th, Mr. K. Mullins won the 14 ins. carved propellers, presented by Mr. S. Gibbs for duration. A club badge was also taken by the same member. On Nov. sand, Mr, S. Gibbs was out with his " M.-G.-M." mono., Mr. Barnard with biplane. Liverpool Aero Research Club (62, CEDAR GROVE, LIVERPOOL). Nov. BOTH, flying Sefton Park, 3 p.m. till dusk. It is probable that this will conclude the present season's flying, except individually. Monthly Report.— Weather not favourable this month. On the 1st, A. O. Pugh out with 1-1-0-P1. G. H. Kilshaw out every week end with 1-1-0-Pa, li. Tear I-I-O-PQ, Mr. T. Keale with new mono. M. Payne and W. F. Woods are building tractor machines. At the general meeting, Nov. 14th, decided to hold an exhibition early next year, probably for two days, when a specially- designed Trophy will probably be offered for competition. Now that 'ndoor work will be the chief item, experiments with power-driven machines would be extremely useful, as well as apparatus, &c, for testing purposes. The secretary has at present in hand a fairly-large power-testing apparatus, which will shortly be completed. Manchester Model Ae.C (890, CHESTER ROAD, STKKTFORD). DEC. 13TH, open duration competition, particulars at the lecture on Dec. ist. Monthly Report.—Owing to inclement weather during past month there is little to report. Messrs. Jackson, Kenworthy and Huntingdon have been out with new r.o.g. hollow .spar models, and Messrs. P.roadhurst and Watson with tractors. In the open competition that was held, Mr. Askew, of the Sheffield Aero Club, obtained- the first place with 118 marks, and Mr. Kenworthy (M.M.A.C.)second place with 77 marks, the third and fourth prizes being with held owing to insufficient entries. It is hoped that all will make an endeavour to be present at thedecture, as a good audience is expected and much depends on the result. Scottish r\e.S.("ROCHELLE,"LlMKSIDE AVENUE, RUTHERGLEN). Nov. 29TH, Dec. 13th and 27th, Paisley Racecourse, h.l. machines, tractors, &c. Monthly Report.—Nov. ist, members at Paisley successfully attacked Scottish h.l. records, J. C. Balden's best flight being 80 sees. To show that it was not due to fortune, other flights obtained were timed at 68^,65 and 68s».cs. Mr. Koss also made a number of good flights. Nov. 15th, members visited Milton of Campsie at the invitation of Mr. Ross, but the afternoon was very wet and very little flying was attempted. After tea, we were treated to a cine matograph display of flying films, including the Aerial Derby and Pegoud at Hrooklands It has been arranged that the Inter-club Championship is to be competed for at Edinburgh, on Jan. ist, between Edinburgh, Dundee and ourselves. The conditions are :—Teams of three members from each club ; types ut machines: h.l. monoplane, h.l. biplane and r.o.g.; two events: distance and duiation : points to be awarded as follows : ist, 10 marks ; and, 7 marks ; 3rd, 4 marks ; team with greatest aggregate winning. Mr. Forsen has been Susy in the workshop constructing planes foi full-sized monoplane, and we hope to be able to report successful results later on. S. Eastern Model Ae.C. (1. RAILWAY APPROACH, BROCKLEY). Nov. 20TH, meetings Woolwich Common, 3.30 p.m. until dusk. Nov. 30th, Blackheath, 7.30 to 10 a.m. Monthly Report.—Messrs. G, iirown, A. T). Nicholls, F. Plummer, G. H. Westwood, S. E. Grim-stone (assist, hon. sec. and treasurer), and A. B. Clark (hon. soc.) have been elected to constitute the managing committee for 1914. As announced in the last report, an exhibition of model aeroplanes, &c, will be held at the end of this year in a convenient South London hall, and the owner of the best model, or most interesting exhibit—to be decided by voting amongst the visitors—will hold the South-Kastern Trophy for the ensuing three months. Members are requestetl to push on with the construction of their exhibits, as time is short. The next contest for the South-Eastern Trophy (January-March quarter) will, as mentioned in last month's report, be a " stability " contest. This will be on the lines suggested by the club's president (Capt. H. F. Wood), i.e., models will be required to make flights in four different directions, viz., down wind, into the wind, and across the wind in both directions, and fly on that course for a stated time, to be decided later, without any deviation what ever. Messrs. J. Bonn and Co., Ltd., of 97, New Oxford Street, W.C., have kindly offered material to the value of 25J., as a prize for a weight-carrying com petition. This will be for r.o.g. propeller models, weighing not more than t •>**. in complete flying trim (exclusive of weight carried). The amount of weight carried is left entirely to the discretion of the competitor, as the prize will be awarded to the model having the highest product of weight carried multiplied by the duration, e.£., a model carrying 3 ozs. dead weight, and making a flight of 30 sees, duration (r.o.g.), would receive 90 marks, others in like proportion. Very consistent flying exhibitions have been given all through the past month, honours being evenly divided between the tractor and propeller types. Messrs. C. and A. Beere have obtained fairly good results from tractor monoplanes, and G. Brown has flown various twin-propelled floating tail models, some being very good, others have made the most extraordinary stunts, while his latest creation has an extremely flexible plane, and when the mono, is caught in a series of gusts, which frequently happens, the oscillation of the plane makes the model look like a flapping wing machine, but the most remarkable fact is however much the wings flap they do not disturb the model's course in the slightest. An r.o.g. and water mono, and a small tractor have been flown by E. W. Brunton, and a very promising tractor by E. Campbell. Mr A. F. Chinnery, the popular exponent of " gulls-wing ' monoplanes, has successfully exhibited a large 1 lb. gull's-wing " and a smaller replica. Considerable interest has been aroused by Mr. A. B. Clark's experiments with an all-steel twin-propeller monoplane. One is really hard pressed to find something this model cannot do. It banks, performs hideous spiral dives and fine glides, has also flown as an elevator- lending mono., as a floating tail mono., and has also made several flights fitted with the elevator ami floating tail combined, which, for a model, is rather a unique combination. Mr. F. W. Edwards has had fine flights from an " A " frame, and also from a large r.o.g. tractor. Mr. F. Evans is still persevering with his scale model Bleriot, and hopes to have it in flying trim very shortly. A small iS-in. single-screw mono, has made several flights under the pilotage of L. Hatful!, who has also flown a very stable tractor. A twin-propeller hydro, a similar h.l. mono., and a single-screw machine have been flown by W. Jones, while A. D. Nicholls has obtained several quarter-mile flights from a twin-pro peller biplane, and some of almost equal duration from a twin-propeller hollow spar mono., and has also exercised a r.o.g. hollow spar tractor. Mr. F. Plummer's twin-propeller hollow-spar mono. (4 ft. 3 ins. long) has made excellent flights, as has his 20-oz. tractor mono, (holder of South-Eastern Trophy). A very interesting mono, fitted with double-surfaced Morane-Saulnier wings, and a similar chassis, was brought out by R. Prance. Extremely satisfactory results have been obtained by G. H. Westwood from a twin-tractor mono., and also from several other single-tractors, one of them weighing over 22 ozs. He has also flown an elevator leading r.o.g. monoplane. NOVEMBER 29, 1913. Southend. Westcliff and Leigh Model Aero Club (96, VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA). Moulhlv Report. -Considerable advance and good work has been achieved by this dubsince ks formation. The records at present are rather low on account of advert weather. The club met for flying compet.t.on on Nov. ist E Prockter out with bis single-propeller h.l., and made a 30.sees, duration in a stiff wind E Louis was second with 23 sees, duration with a similar machine. F vine trials were continued on the 4th inst. Mr. Stathatn did 15 sees, with his floadrfg tail racing mono. twin-propelters. E. Prockter with E.P. mono. ,5 sees, •it a ereat height. New members will be heartily welcomed. Twickenham Model *e.C. (74, CLIFDEN ROAD, TWICKENHAM). Monthly AVitorr.—Despite windy weather during last month, Messrs. J. Rice Skinner R Hill. Kiddetl and H. Clayton out with tractors, the nrst-named getting a h.l.'flight of 250 yds., while R. Hill's As made capital r.o.g. flights ana flat glides from 7° ft. '" «pi'« of squally weather Last Saturday when everyone was tired with the job of tuning up tractors Mr. Maynard treated us to some splendid flights of 500 yds.-6oo yds. with his new model (o-r-t-P* type). The duration of this model must be about 80 sees, or thereabouts. ® ® ® ® A Variable Pitch "Integral" Propeller. ONE of the exhibits at the forthcoming Pans Aero bhow which promises to be of unusual interest is an ingenious device invented by M. Chauviere, which meets the requirements for a variable pitch propeller, so essential in the case of dirigibles. We hope to give details of the mechanism later. ChevilHard in Belgium. A CROWD of about 25,000 people crowded the Ans aerodrome, near Liege, on Sunday afternoon to see Chevilliard give some exhibition flights, including looping the loop, Sec, on his Henry Farman machine. Russia Places Big Orders. . IT is understood that the Russian Government has decided to order one thousand aeroplanes, to be delivered over a period of three years, and the bulk of these orders will be placed with Russian firms. Aero Club of America Elections. AT the election of officers of the Aero Club of America on November 10th, Mr. Alan R. Hawley was elected President, with Messrs. Cortland Bishop, MacCormick, Henry A. Wisewood and C. Jerome Edwards as Vice-Presidents. Up to date, the Ae.C. A. had issued 264 certificates. During the year 88 pilots qualified for certificates on aeroplanes, 13 on hydro-aeroplanes and three in balloons, while four pilots secured " expert'' aviators' certificates. A Model Aero Club for Wellington, N.Z. MR. FRED FREEMAN, who writes from 126, Wallace Street, Wellington, New Zealand, would like to hear from anyone in or around Wellington, who is interested in model aviation, with a view to forming a practical model aero club. ® ® ® ® NEW COMPANY REGISTERED. T. K. Wong, Ltd., 17, Ironmonger Lane, E.C.—Capital £2,000, in £1 shares. Manufacturers of and dealers in aeroplanes, balloons, airships, &c. First directors, Tsoe Kwong Wong, E. H. Lawford, and W. F. Skene. ® ® ® ® Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for In 1018. Published November 27th, 1913. 5,492. MACHENBACH AND SPRENGSTOFF A.-G. CARBONIT. Projectiles for dropping from aircraft. 8,507, MACHENBACH AND SPRENGSTOFF A.-G. CASBONIT. Bombs to be dropped from aircraft. 8,585- JULIUS PINTSCH A.-G. 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