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JULY 17, 1914. \f\M\ IKe Royal &ero Clu of the UixitecL Kii\gd6i Uffl OFFICIAL /NOTICES TO MEMBERS B.S Diary of Events. July 18 ... Flying Meeting. Hendon Aerodrome. Aug. 10-22 Daily Mail .£5,000 Circuit of Britain Race. Start ing from Southampton Water. Aug. 22-29 Gordon - Bennett Eliminating Trials. Upavon, Salisbury Plain. Sept. 27-28 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. This Race will be open from 6 a.m. on Monday, August 10th, 1914, the starting place being Southampton Water. The following are the entries, with the official numbers to be displayed on each aircraft:— (1) Sopwith Aviation Co., Ltd. (Pilot : V. Mahl.) (2) Wm. Beardmore and Co., Ltd. (Pilot: To be nominated.) (3) Sopwith Aviation Co., Ltd. (Pilot: C. Howard Pixton.) (4) Grahame-White Aviation Co., Ltd. (Pilot: To be nominated.) (5) Eastbourne Aviation Co., Ltd. (Pilot: F. B. Fowler.) (6) White and Thompson, Ltd. (Pilot: Capt. Ernest C. Bass ) (7) A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd. (Pilot: F. P. Raynham.) (8) Blackburn Aeroplane Co., Ltd. (Pilot: Sydney Pickles). (9) White and Thompson, Ltd. (Pilot: A. Loftus Bryan.) The Official Controls have been fixed as follows :— Southampton (starting place), Ramsgate, Yarmouth, Scarborough, Aberdeen, Fort George, Oban, Kingstown (Dublin), and Falmouth. Arrangements at Southampton. The Royal Motor Yacht Club has kindly postponed the moving of the ''Enchantress" until Monday evening, August loth. Members wishing to witness the start of the Race on Monday morning may do so from the " Enchantress." A number of cabins are available for the week-end commencing August 8th, and members wishing to stay on board are requested to apply to the Secretary of the Royal Aero Club at the earliest possible moment. COMMITTEE MEETING. A Meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday, July 14th, 1914, when there were present:—Col. H. C. L. Holden, C.B., F.R.S., in the Chair, Mr. John Dunville, Major F. Lindsay Lloyd, Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B., Mr. C. F. Pollock, Mr. A. Mortimer Singer, and the Secretary. New Members.—The following new members were elected ;— William Campbell Adamson, Capt. G. C. Buckland, I.A., Hugh Burroughes, Earl of Carnwath, Capt. Alister James Henryson- Caird, Denis George Murray, and Evelyn Ronald Whitehouse. Aviators' Certificates.—The following Aviators' Certificates were granted :— 827 Capt. Gerard Percy Wallace (S.A. Defence Force) (B.E.3 Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). June 29th, 1914. ^828 Lieut. Gilbert Lindsay Farie, H.L.I. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). June 30th, 1914. 829 Dennis Gwynne (E.A.C. Biplane, Eastbourne School, East bourne). June 30, 1914. 830 William Henry Charlesworth (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). July 1st, 1914. 831 John Edmund Burnet Thornely (E.A.C. Biplane, Eastbourne School, Eastbourne). July 5th, 1914. 832 Lieut. Edwin Cheere Emmett (S.A. Defence Force) (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). June 9th, 1914. 833 Sub-Lieut. Frederick Barr, R.N.R. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). July 9th, 1914. 834 Capt. John Francis Aloysius Kane (2nd Devonshire Regt.), (Vickers Biplane, Vickers School, Brooklands). July 9th, 1914. S35 William Harold Treloar (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). July 9th, 1914. 836 Charles Cayley Godwin (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands), July 9th, 1914. 837 William Donovan South (Bleriot Monoplane, BMriot School, Brooklands). July 9th, 1914. London-Paris-London Race.—Major F. Lindsay Lloyd, who was one of the Stewards in Saturday's Race, submitted a report of the results. The Observers' and Timekeepers' reports were also considered, and the official placings were confirmed as follows :— 1st ... W. L. Brock. 2nd ... R. Garros. 3rd ... E. Renaux. The prizes were awarded as follows :— £500, presented by the International Correspondence Schools, to the Grahame-White Aviation Co., Ltd., as the entrants of W. L. Brock, who completed the course in the fastest time. ^300, presented by the Royal Aero Club, to the Grahame-White Aviation Co., Ltd., as entrants of W. L. Brock, who completed the course in the fastest handicap time. £i$o, presented by the International Correspondence Schools, to M essrs. Morane-Saulnier, as the entrants of R. Garros, who com pleted the course in the second fastest handicap time. .£50, presented by the International Correspondence Schools, to E. Renaux, who completed the course in the third fastest handicap time. Left Hendon. At rived Paris. Left Paris. Arrived Hendon. W. L. Brcck R. Gairos .. E. Renaux .. 7.45 a.m. 11.18.24 a.m. 1.18.24 p.m. 14.48.6 p.m. 8.5 a.m. 12.10.32 p.m. 2.10.32 p.m. 16.33.47 p.m. 7.35 a.m. I 2.49.50 p.m.| 4.49.50 p.m. 12.25 p.m. (Sunday). A Vote of Thanks was unanimously passed to the following Officials who assisted in the Race :— Stewards:—Major F. Lindsay Lloyd, Mr. D. W. Thorburn, Mr. A. W. Ruthven-Stuart. Observers at Turning Points:— Mr. C. Parry Williams and Mr. E. T. Willows (Harrow). Mr. A. J. A. W. Barr and Mr. L. Brotherstone (Epsom). Mr. H. DelaCombe (Folkestone). Mr. C. G. Grunhold (Boulogne). Capt. W. Oswald Watt (Buc.). Memorial to the late Mr. Gustav Hamei.—Correspondence from Members and others, suggesting a memorial to the late Mr. Gustav Hamel was considered, and it was decided to obtain some particulars relating to the endowment of an aviator's bed at a hospital. Suspension by the F.A.I.—Letter was read from the F.A.I., notifying the suspension by the Aero-Club de France of M, Maurice Letellier, an aeronaut, for one year from May 21st, 1914. • Hedges Butler Challenge Cup. The Long-Distance Balloon Race for the Hedges Butler Challenge Cup took place at Hurlingham on Saturday last, and resulted in a win for Mrs. John Dunville, who was accompanied by Mr. C. F. Pollock and Capt. B. Corbet. Mrs. Dunville descended at Nesscliffe, near Shrewsbury, in the early hours of Sunday morning. This being Mrs. Dunville's third consecutive victory in this race, the Cup now becomes her absolute property. Paris Aeronautical Exhibition. The Sixth International Aeronautical Exhibition will be held at the Grand Palais, Paris, opening on November 21st and closing on December 6th, 1914. Particulars can be obtained from the Royal Aero Club. 166, Piccadilly, W. HAROLD E. PERRIN, Secretary. The Next German Aero Show. ARRANGEMENTS are now well in hand for the Second Interna tional Aero Show which is to be held, in the Kaiserdamm, Berlin, from October 31st to November loth next, under the auspices of the Kaiserlicher Aero and Automobile Clubs and the German Motor Manufacturers Association. Ample space is available in the new building, and it is proposed to make the show a most compre hensive one. A uniform scheme of stand decoration will be adopted. Application forms for space and other particulars can be obtained from " Ala," Allgemeine Luftfahrzeug-Ausstellung, 12, Unter den Linden, Berlin W 8. 755
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