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1914
1914 - 0465.PDF
MAY 2, 1914. London Aerodrome, Colltndale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame-White School.—Monday, last week, Mr. Weber rolling with Instructor Howarth and straights with Instructor Strange. Messrs. Smiles and Parker solo straights, circuits, &c, Major Piercy straights with Instructors and alone. Messrs. Boyesen, Robinson, Lowe, Moore, Cowley, Norris straights with Instructors Strange, Howarth, and Cripps in passenger seat. Tuesday, Messrs. Parker, Smiles, and North solo circuits, figures of eight, &c, Messrs. Weber, Cowley, Moore, Robinson straights with Instructors Howarth, Strange, and Cripps. Mr. Peck (new pupil) rolling with Mr. Cripps. Major Piercy solo straights. Wednesday, Mr. Peck rolling alone. Messrs. Weber, Robinson, Cowley, Peck, Moore, straights with Instructors Strange and Howarth in passenger seat. Messrs. Parker, Smiles, and Major Piercy solo straights, circuits, &c. Mr. Moore solo straights. Friday, Major Piercy and Mr. Parker straights, circuits, &c. Messrs. Boyesen, Cowley, Peck straights with Instructors Howarth and Strange. Beatty School.—Pupils up with Instructor Baumann on dual- control Wright machine last week. Monday morning, Messrs. Ding 12 mins., Watts 5 mins., Ruffy 15 mins., Stewart 7 mins., Hodgson 10 mins., Bentley IO mins., Major Piercy 22 mins. Afternoon, Messrs. Watts 20 mins., Ding 15 mins., Ruffy 10 mins., Bentley 8 mins., Stewart 8 mins., Hodgson 7 mins. Tuesday morning, Ding 9 mins., Bentley 10 mins., Watts 5 mins., Ruffy 10 mins., Hodgson 11 mins. Afternoon, Watts 12 mins., Ding 10 mins., Ruffy 7 mins., and Major Piercy's son was taken up by Baumann for a joy ride. Wednesday, Ding 15 mins., Ruffy 9 mins., Watts 18 mins., Bentley 10 mins., Piercy 8 mins., Hodgson 8 mins. During the Wednesday morning training Mr. Ding was up by himself doing circuits in very good style, then Mr. Ruffy went up with Baumann, and did some very good figures of " 8" ; afterwards Mr. Watts took the machine up by himself, and seems to be handling it very well. On Thursday Mr. Baumann took part in the night flying, and made some very good flights. Friday, Messrs. Ding 9 mins., Garvin 4 mins. W. H. Ewen School.—School was out on Monday, last week, at 6 a.m. After test flight by Mr. W. T. Warren on brevet machine Mr. G. Carruthers did several circuits and figures of eight. Tuesday morning schcol out at 5.30 o'clock, Mr. Verney doing straights and circuits, after which Mr. G. Carruthers went through his brevet tests in excellent style, climbing 800 ft. After test flight Wednesday at 6 a.m. by Mr. W. T. Warren on brevet machine, Mr. Verney did circuits and figures of eight, after- l/jjGHT Mr. T. Bankes-Price, who recently passed his brevet tests on ft 35 h.p. Caudron biplane at the W. H. Ewen School. Hendon. wards going through the tests for the R.Ae.C. ceitificate in excellent style. Mr. R. McGregor did straights on 35 h.p. Caudron No. 1. At 6 a.m. on Friday, Mr. Warren was out with pupils. After test flight by him, Mr. R. G. Garvin did straights and circuits, and Mr. McGregor straights. Hall School.—Monday last week, Messrs. A. P. Arcies and F. Palmer had instructional flights on Avro at 1,000 ft. Later on in day J. L. Hall, with II. C. G. Allen, mounted to 3,000 ft., and had beautiful view o( sunset, afterwards descending in long rW plaiti. Tuesday, J. L. Hall out on Avro, taking up Messrs. Haines and R. Gibson 500 ft., the latter taking snapshots. 11. Gearing also had passenger flight 1,500 ft. J. L. Hall, Wednesday, on Avro with pupils. Thursday, I. L. Hall exhibit flight. Friday, J. L. Hall taking instruction In Mr. Victor S. Wilberforce, who last week took his brevet at the Vickers Flying School, Brooklands, on Vickers biplane. morning. Messrs. A. Gibson and Harries doing straights on 25 Anzani, R. Gibson showing good progress for a beginner. J. L. Hall out testing No. I Caudron. Saturday and Sunday, J. L. Hall exhibition on Avro. Salisbury Plain. Bristol School.—Passenger tuition Monday, last week, to Mr. Hay (3), Mr. Parker (4), Capt. Walcot (2), and Air-Mechanic Locker (2). Solo flights were made by Lieut. Myburgh (4), Lieut. Rabagliati (4), and Capt. Walcot. Lieut. Myburgh success fully completed the first two parts of his certificate tests. Tuesday, Jullerot, Stutt, and Voigt gave tuition to Lieul. Rabagliati, Lieut. Smythies, Mr. Parker 12), and Mr. Hay (2): Air-Mechanic Locker, Capt. Walcot (2), Lieut. Myburgh, Lieut. Kabagliati, Lieut. Smythies made SOIOR, after which Lieut. Myburgh completed his certificate tests at 720 ft. Passenger tuition was given Wednesday to Mr. Parker (2), Mr. Hay (2), Mr. Gresley (2), and solo flights were executed by Capt. Walcol (2), Lieut. Smythies(3), Lieut. Rabagliati(4), Air-Mechanic Locker (3), and Mr. Hay. Thursday, the weather was too bad for tuition to pupils, the wind continuing throughout remainder of the week. Shoreham Aerodrome. TUB weather has been favourable for morning and evening flying every day last week, and much work hag been done. Pupils doing straights alone were: Ackman, Gates, Cannon, Sholt-Douglas, Mayland-Wilson, C. H. Maskall, A. Maskall, and each of these pupils have also been up a number of times on the Henry Karman-type machine with the pilot, Mr. W. H. Elliott. On Sunday a considerable advance was made by the pupils, four of whom did their first circuit alone in the evening, these being Messrs. A. Maskall, R. C. Cannon, C. H. Maskall, and D. Ackman. On Tuesday last, Mr. Elliott, with Mr. B. H. England as passenger, flew to Horsham on the school machine, returning on Wednesday morning to the 'drome at well over 3,000 ft. Pashley School.—The Instructor for last week was C. L. Pashley. The following were up with instructor : Gray, Dawson and Mortimer. Straights alone by Gray and Mortimer, and circuits and eights by Hale and Mortimer. 465
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