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JHNE 19, 1914. Diary of Events. June 20 ... Daily Mail Air Race. London-Manchester- London. Hendon Aerodrome. June 27 ... Balloon Race. Hurlingham Club, Fulham, S.W. July II ... International Correspondence Schools Race, London-Paris-London. Hendon Aerodrome. July 11 ... Balloon Race. Hurlingham Club, Fulham, S.W. Aug. I—15 Daily Mail .£5,000 Circuit of Britain Race. Start ing from Southampton Water. Aug. 22-29 Gordon - Bennett Eliminating Trials. Upavon, Salisbury Plain. Sept. 19-28 Gordon-Bennett Aviation Race. Buc, France. HENDON AERODROME. Members of the Royal Aero Club are admitted free to the Hendon Aerodrome on presentation of their Club Membership Cards. The Membership Card admits the Member only—motor cars must be paid for. Daily Mail £5,000 Circuit of Britain Race. The following entries have been received :— Messrs. White and Thompson— 1. Curtiss Biplane. Two 100 h.p. Curtiss engines. Pilot : Mr. A. Lofius Bryan. 2, Curtiss Biplane. 125 h.p. Anzani engine. Pilot: Capt. Ernest C. Bass. Sopwith Aviation Co., Ltd.— 1. Sopwith Biplane. 150 h.p. Sunbeam engine. Pilot: Mr. C. Howard I'ixton. 2. Sopwith Biplane. 100 h.p. English monosoupape Gnome engine. Pilot: Mr. H. G. Hawker. Grahame-White Aviation Co., Lid.—Grahame-White Biplane. 100 h.p. English monosotipape Gnome engine. Messrs. A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd.—Roe Biplane. 150 h.p. Sunbeam engine. Pilot : Mr. F. P. Raynham. Eastbourne Aviation Co., Ltd.—Tractor Biplane. 120 h.p. Green engine. Pilot: Mr. F. B. Fowler. Blackburn Aeroplane Co., Ltd. — Blackburn Hydro-Biplane. 130 h.p. Sulmson engine. Pilot: Mr. Sydney Pickles. Late entries will be received up to 12 noon, June 30th, 1914, in which case the Entrance Fee will be .£150. COMMITTEE MEETING. A Meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday last, June 16th, 1914, when there were present:—Col. H. C. L. Holden, C.B., F.R.S., in the Chair, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Prof. A. K. Hun tington, Major F. Lindsay Lloyd, Mr. F. K. McClean, Mr. Alec Ogilvie, Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B., Mr. C. F. Pollock, Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, and the Secretary. The late Mr. Gustav Hamel.—On the motion of the Chairman, the following Resolution was unanimously passed :— " The Committee of the Royal Aero Club desires to place on record its deep regret at the untimely death of the late Mr. Gustav Hamel, and at the same time to express its high appreciation of his personal skill, and the signal services he rendeied to aviation. The Committee further desires to tender its sincere sympathy to the members of his family upon the bereavement they have sustained." The Aero-Club de France, in a message of sympathy sent to the Club, referred to Mr, Hamel's many friends amongst French aviators. A message of sympathy has also been received from the Aero Club of Russia. New Members.—The following new members were elected :— William Henry Charlesworth, A. B. Ford, the Hon. Frederick Edward Guest, M.P., Leonard Hubert Jagenberg, Ftits Koolhoven, Capt. Saunders, Lieut. T. R. Wells, and Lieut. Norman Wood- Smith, R.I.M. Aviators' Certificates.—The following Aviators' Certificates were granted :— 793 Corporal Arthur Claud Robins, R.F.C. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Royal Flying Corps, Netheravon). May 21st, 1914. 794 Lieut. Ian Malcolm BonhanvCarter (5th Fusiliers) (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). May 25th, 1914. 795 Leonard Parker (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Biooklands). May 28th, 1914. 796 Percy Herbert Maskell (Henry Farman Type Biplane, Shore- .ham Flying School, Shoreham). May 28th, 1914. 797 Lieut. Gerald Goodwin Carpenter (ist Suffolk Regiment) (Grahame-White Biplane, Grahame-White School, Hendon). May 29th, 1914. 798 Lieut. John Collins (3rd Hampshire Regiment) (Vickers Biplane, Vickers School, Brooklands). May 29;h, 1914. 799 Henry Racine-Jaques (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brook- lands). May 29th, 1914. 800 Thomas Smith Duncan (Vickers Biplane, Vickers School, Brooklands). May 30th, 1914. 801 Ronald Portman Cannon (Henry Farman Type Biplane, Shoreham Flying School, Shoreham). May 30th, 1914. 802 Midshipman David Sigismund Don, R.N. (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). June 2nd, 1914. 803 Lieut. Kenneth Reid Van der Spuy (S.A. Defence Force) (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). June 2nd, 1914. 804 Sub-Lieut. Lancelot Tomkinson, R.N. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). June 2nd, 1914. 805 Archibald Maskell (Henry Farman Biplane, Shoreham Flying School, Shoreham). June 2nd, 1914. 806 George Evelyn Cowley (Grahame-White Biplane, Grahame- White School, Hendon). June 3rd, 1914. 807 George John Lusted (Henry Farman Biplane, Shoreham Flying School, Shoreham). June 3rd, 1914. 808 Charles Weber (Grahame-White Biplane, Grahame-White School, Hendon). June 5th, 1914. (Subject to permission of Aero Club of Hungary.) 809 Rupert Henry Steinbach (Vickers Biplane, Vickers School, Brooklands). June 6th, 1914. 810 John Philip Wilson (Vickers Biplane, Vickers School, Brook lands). June 8th, 1914. 8n Lieut. John Edward Tennent (Scots Guards) (Vickers Biplane, Vickers School, Brooklands). June 9th, 1914. 812 Geoffrey Hugh Eastwood (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). June 9th, 1914. The following Certificate was passed in France :— Jean Marie Landry (Bleriot Monoplane, Buc). May 30th, 1914. British Balloon Records.—The Committee decided to accept as British Balloon Records the following :— Holder of Record ... The late Mr. A. E. Gaudron, Lieut.-Col. E. M. Maitland and Mr. C. C. Turner. Balloon ... ... " Mammoth," capacity 107,963 c.f. Date ... ... November 18th, 1908. Voyage effected ... CiystalPalace toMateki, Derevni,Russia. Distance 1,117 miles. Duration ... ... 36^ hours. Accidents Investigation Committee.—On the motion of Col. H. C. L. Holden, the report on the fatal accident to Mr. Philippe Marty was unanimously adopted, and ordered to be published in extenso. (Full report will be found following these Notices.) Prize for Safety Belts.—On the recommendation of the Accidents Investigation Committee, it was decided to offer a Prize of £50 for the most suitable form of Safety Belt. The details were left in the hands of the Accidents Investigation Committee. Suspension of Ralph M. Brown, American Aviator.— Letter was read from the Federation Aejonautique Internationale, notifying the suspension, by the Aero Club of America, of Mr. Ralph M. Brown, from May 13th, 1914, until August 13th, 1914, for flying over the City of New York on May gth, 1914. Daily Mail £5,000 Prize, Circuit of Britain Race. The Contest for the Daily Mail £5,000 will start from Southampton on Saturday, August ist, 1914, at 6 a.m. The Royal Motor Yacht Club has kindly arranged to extend Honorary Membership of its Club to the Members of the Royal Aero Club from August ist to 10th, 1914. The Headquarters of the Royal Motor Yacht Club is the " Enchantress," which is moored in Southampton Water off Netley Hospital, and the starting and finishing line for the Race has been fixed between the " Enchantress " and Netley Abbey. In addition to the start and finish of the Daily Mail Race, Members may witness the various trials of the Motor Boats which 648
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