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1914
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JULY' 10, 1914 IfilGHT On Sunday the weather was dull and showery, but there was a fairly good attendance nevertheless and plenty ot flying. Louis Noel and N. Howarth took up passengers on the 70 h.p. Maurice Farman, whilst A. E. Barrs and R. J. Lillywhite did likewise on the 80 h.p. Bleriot. Lillywhite also flew the 50 h.p. G.-W. 'bus, as did R. T. Gates and F. G. Dunn. Carr also gave a looping demon stration during the afternoon, executing two loops and a tail slide. The Vaudeville Charity Carnival and Avia tion Day in aid of the Music Hall Convalescent Home Fund, which took place at Hendon on Tuesday, was a great success. From 1 p.m. till 6.30 p.m. the fun went on without a break, and some of the events were indeed very amusing. Many well-known members of the " Profession * were present, and the attend ance and weather were quite good. The pro ceedings opened with flying displays by the Hendon pilots—Louis Noel and W. Birch- enough on the G.-W. Maurice Farman, R. J. Lillywhite on the G.-W. bi-rudder 'bus, P. Bjorklund on his SO h.p. Bleriot, R. H. Carr on the 50 h.p. G.-W. tractor biplane," Lizzie," N. Howarlh on the G.-W. 'bus, and P. Verrier on the Aircraft-Maurice Farman. Several passengers were also taken up. A running relay race for lady teams from the principal revues, such as " Hullo Tango," " Get 'Away You Boys," " Mam'selle Cham pagne," &c, then took place. The young ladies, looking quite smart, attired suitably for the event, ran exceedingly well—they were started, by the way, by the official timekeeper, Mr. George Reynolds — and the race resulted in a win for the team from " Hullo Tango," "Fancy Meeting You" being second. In the meanwhile, Verrier took up a passenger on the Maurice Farman, and " Gunboat " Smith put up a couple of rounds of boxing with his coloured sparring partner "Big Bob" Armstrong. The next event was, perhaps, the most exciting race seen at Hendon—a race for four-wheeled cabs. In "Flight" Copyright. WOMEN'S AERIAL LEAGUE.- One of the sellers of patriotic badges -who did a goad trade at Hendon Aerodrome, spi<e of the fact that it was not necessary to call upon the official hardicappers, the h.p., head resistance and other conditions being equal in each case, the race reiulled in a dead heat for two out of four of the competitors, so these two had to race again ; this time the winner got in an easy first. Another passenger was then taken up by Veriier, and the " Atlantic " machines, specially designed and constructed by the Grahame-White Co., were brought forth from their hangars. Some of the revue girls started off in a donkey race, one or two of the competitors getting in the other.' back-wash, making rather bad landings. A record for Hendon was thtn put up, when W. L. Brock, R. H. Carr, R. T. Gate? ani Louis Noel all finished in a dead heat in the "Pilot's donkey race." A start was then made for the Atlantic flight by Harry Tate and Joe Elvin. The former, in a very com plete aviator's outfit, started first, the mechanics having duly doped the engine and swung the propeller both ways, but unfortu nately the machine struck a remous or some thing on starting, for it very complttely collapsed. The unfortunate avia'or was re moved from the dibrh by the members of the St. John Ambulance Corps, and carried from the ground on one of the wings of his machine. Joe Elvin tried next. At first his engine refused to fire, so a mechanic came to the rescue with a box of matches, and it started with a healthy rattle, something like the sound of a Renault. In order to gi\e the machine a start, several willing hands gave it a push off, but it made a dash for the enclosure, and disaster seemed inevitable until someone saved the situation by pushing the machine over. The third machine, the planes of which were covered with a special non- uninflammable fabric, caught fire and was totally destroyed. None of the pilots have yet reached America. Carr then gave a looping display on " Lizzie," making three loops iat about 1,000 ft. and finishing up with a fine spiral descent. He received a hearty round of applause on landing. " Flight" Copyright. THE FOUR LADY PASSENGERS IN THE HENDON CROSS-COUNTRY RACES ON SATURDAY.- Left to right: Misses Saunders, Paddephatt, Gladys Lightfoot and Dorothy Arless. 729
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