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I/IIOHTI BRITISH NOTES Men of Moment on Naval Machines. A VISIT of inspection to the Naval Flying School at Eastchurch was made on the 25th ult. by Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, who afterwards enjoyed a flight on a biplane piloted by Commander Samson. On Monday Mr. Eustace Fiennes, M.P., who was included among Mr. Winston Churchill's party on the " Enchantress " for the weekend, went for a flight over Calshot and Portsmouth on a biplane piloted by Lieut. Sigsworth. The Army and the B.Es. IN the House of Commons last week, the Secretary of State for War was asked if he would give an explanation as to why so many accidents had occurred with the B.E. biplanes belonging to the Army ; why the rudder has no stays to strengthen it, and why the main spars of the machine have such large bolt-holes drilled through them, when other types of machines do not have their fpars weakened in such a way ; and whether he would do away with the use of the B.E. type of machine in the Army. Mr. Baker, who replied, said that if the number of accidents in connection with B.Es. appeared to be large, that was because there was A large number of them in use and because they are continuously in the air. The details of construction are based on most careful and long-continued calculation, and the strength of these machines is in every way satisfactory. There is no intention of doing away with the type until it is superseded by a superior pattern. In reply to a supplementary question, Mr. Baker said that he had made enquiries', and thought it quite untrue that officers had any dislike to the B.E. kind of machine. The Round Britain Flight. WHEN the entry list for the Round Britain flight for the Daily Mai! prise closed on Tuesday last, it was announced by the Royal Aero Club that they totalled nine, the latest being a Beardmore waterplanc, fitted with 120 h.p. Austro-Daimler engine, entered by Messrs. Beardmore, Ltd. It will be remembered that the other entries are two Curtiss, two Sopwith and one each Avro, Grahame- White, E.A.C., and Blackburn, as set out in the Royal Aero Club notices. It will also be noticed that the Royal Aero Club, after consulting all the entrants, has decided to postpone the start to Monday, August toth, and the competition will therefore be open from August 10th to August 22nd. Further details as to the arrange ments for the race, which, as last year, will start from Southampton Water, will be published next week. The London Paris-London Race. SOMK further details regarding the race from London to Paris and back, which is to be held on Saturday, July nth, will be found among the Royal Aero Club notices on p. 702. The entries number eleven; they comprise three entered by the Grahame- White Co., including W. L. Brock, R. H. Carr and another pilot yet to be nominated, all on 80 h.p, Gnome-Moranes, Eugene Renaux on a 120 h.p. Maurice Farman, Lord Carbery on either his new Bristol or the Morane, Mallard on a 100 h.p. Gnome-Nieuport, Max Lenoir on a 80 h.p. Gnome-Ponnier monoplane, A. Parmelin on a 80 h.p. Gnome-Deperdussin, R. R. Skene on a 120 h.p. Austro-Daimler-Martinsyde monoplane, T. Elder Hearn on his 80 h.p. Gnome-Bleriot and Pierre Verrier on a Farman. It will be seen that the first competitor will be started from Hendon at 6.30 a.m., and the others will follow in the order of their handicap a ^intervals of not less than ten minutes. The com- F. P. Raynham and his Avro waterplane at JULY 3, 1914. OF THE WEEK. pulsory stop at Buc, the turning point, has been extended to two- hours. In order to enable the competitors to cross the Channel at a con siderable height the competitors will leave the English coast at a high altitude between New Romney and Dungeness. coming down low for identification at Boulogne after the Channel crossing, and on the homeward journey they will leave the French coast, flying high over the Point du Hourdel. near Valery, coming down lower when crossing the harbour at Folkestone. The rules of the contest insist upon all pilots wearing lifebelts. The pilot completing the course in the fastest time will receive a valuable trophy and a cash prize of £500 presented by the Interna tional Correspondence Schools, who have also presented £200 to be divided between the pilots who are second and third in the handicap. The first prize for the handicap, a sum of ^300, has been presented by the members of the Royal Aero Club. The Grahame-White Scholarship. ON Tuesday last, Col. Seely presented the Grahame-White scholarship, tenable for twelve months at the Hendon aerodrome, to Sidney Tompkins of St. John's School, Ealing. Three Days' Flying at Glasgow. On the opening day (Thursday, 25th ult.) of the three days' meeting at the Scotstoun Ground on the outskirts of Glasgow the weather was somewhat rough. Mr. Hucks, too, had some bad luck, the tent which did duty as a hangar falling down owing to the breaking of a pole, but little damage was done beyond breaking the rudder on his looping machine. Mr. Hucks first made a solo flight on the two-seater Bleriot, after which he took a very young member of a local model aeroplane club up to 4,300 ft. for a joy ride. This was followed by a fine display of steep banking and steeplcchasing which aroused great enthusiasm. After a short interval, Mr. Hucks brought out his 50 h.p. Bleriot and gave a very fine upside down flight followed by a number of loops. In the evening the conditions improved somewhat and Mr. Hucks gave a similar demonstration, to that of the afternoon. Friday proved a much better day, for although there was a fair amount of wind it was less gusty than on the previous day. During, the afternoon Mr. Hucks broke the Scottish height record, attaining an altitude of 7,200 ft., and descending by means of a very fine spiral vol plani. In the evening both Mr. Hucks and Mr. Macton, who had arrived with his machine from Malton during the afternoon gave solo and combined demonstrations of fancy flying, after which each did some looping. The last flight of the evening was a demonstra tion of combined looping ; Mr. Hucks and Mr. Man ton both On 50 h.p. Bleriots rose to the same altitude and manceuvied round until they were in line side by side and then looped, this evolution being carried out several times before descending. The machines moved with such precision that it seemed as though they were con nected by means of an invisible bar. Saturday, the last day of the meeting was taken up with a similar programme in both the afternoon and eveniDg. The Advisory Committee's Report, A LARGE number of enquiries have been received as to the price, &c, of the Report of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. This report costs 10*. and the postage is 50?., and copies can be supplied post free from FLIGHT offices, 44, St. Martin's Lane, W.C. on receipt of remittance for lor. $d. Photo by Miss R. Wallace Barr. in connection with the Daily Mail tours. 716
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