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JULY 17, 1914- (/jJGHf] " Flight " Copyright. Cecil Pashley banking one of the Farmans round a pylon in last Saturday's speed race at the Shoreham Aerodrome. country by road or rail, and it must be recorded that the meeting was exceedingly well organised. The officials were : Directors, Messrs. G. Arthur Wingfield (chairman), H. V. Fabrin, H. Wing- field, W, Pettett; General Manager, Mr. John Bellham ; Secretary, Mr. W. C. Littlewood ; Aerodrome Manager, Capt. C. A. Tyrer, L.F. ; Judges, Mr. W. B. Gentle and Mr. R. Brodrick ; Clerk of the Course, Mr. H. Gonne; Stewards, Col. Hudson, Col. A. Woolley, J.P., and Messrs. J. T. Musgrave, T. Blair, G. T. Richards and O. Mellersh. Among the pilots who were flying on Saturday may be mentioned J. L. Hall, Eric and Cecil Pashley, J. Alcock, W. H. Elliott and G. J. Lusted. Jack Alcock flew across from Brooklands on Saturday morning accompanied, by a passenger, in his 100 h.p. Sunbeam-engined Maurice Farman biplane, completing the journey in 38 mins. J. L. Hall had arrived from Brooklands the previous evening on his Avro biplane. The proceedings of the day com menced with test flights by Hall on his Avro, Alcock on the M. Farman, and E. Pashley on a new small biplane of the pusher type, built by the Pashley brothers. This machine, although following standard lines in its general arrangement, is an extremely neat job, and the Pashley brothers are to be congratulated on their skill as constructors as well as pilots. The machine has been built quite recently, in fact it was only erected on the previous Sunday, and it was Thursday before the engine was fitted, and it may be mentioned that the Pashleys did most of the constructional work themselves. At four o'clock Mr. Hall got into his machine, and starling off with a very steep climb soon climbed to about 2,200 ft. Having reached this height, Mr. Hall put the nose of his Avro biplane downwards and made a vertical dive of several hundred feet, to gain speed, and then pulling back his elevator, he made one of the cleanest loops we have seen, afterwards landing with a beautiful spiral vol tlanL Shortly after the speed race was started, this race including two heats of four lap? each and a final of six laps, the prizes being the Brighton Cup, and cash prizes aggregating ^100, presented by the proprietors of " Shell" motor spirit. In the first heat Cecil Pashley on an old-type Henry Farman biplane, received a start of 3 mins. from Jack Alcock who was flying his M. Farman. Competing unofficially was W. H. Elliott, also on an old-type Henry Farman biplane. Although banking his machine round the pylons at alarming angles, Alcock did not succeed in beating Cecil Pashley, who won by 3if .sees. In the second heat, J. L. Hall was scratch on his Avro biplane, whilst Eric Pashley on the new Pashley biplane received 1 min. start. Competing unofficially was G. J. Lusted on a Henry Farman biplane (2 mins. 45 sees, start). This heat was won easily by Eric Pashley by I min. 3! sees. Four machines were entered in the final: (1) Eric Pashley on Pashley biplane (2 mins. 25 sees, start); (2) J. L. Hall, Avro biplane (30 sees, start); (3) J. Alcock, M. Farman biplane (scratch). Cecil Pashley on one of the Farmans competed unofficially and received 3 mins. 45 sees, start. All the pilots handled their machines in excellent style, but although Hall's and Alcock's experience at Brooklands and Hendon stood them in good stead, they did not succeed in beating Eric Pashley, who won by 39! sees. There appeared to be very little difference between the speed of the Avro and that of the M. Farman, as Alcock finished 27 sees, behind " Flight " Copyright. The machines lined up for the start of the second heat of the speed race at the Shoreham Aerodrome. 759
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