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1/ySjEj JULY 17, Z9># A mechanic having started his engine, he managed to. get back into the flying ground again, but minus his passenger. As Hall's mechanic was rushing to the rescue, the car he was driving nosedived into a ditch at the end of the aerodrome, fortunately without injury to the occupants, and but little to the car. The rest of the evening was spent in getting the car out of the ditch, and after several unsuccessful attempts this was at last accom plished, with the assistance and advice (mostly the latter), of a crowd of natives. XXX It seems that our cousins from "down under" possess a wonderful faculty for acquiring the " knack" of piloting an aeroplane. Mr. Harold Treloar of Ballarat obtained his ticket—and a very good one it was too—at the Bristol school, Brooklands, on July 9th, after only three weeks' tuition, under very unsettled weather con ditions. He has now arranged to take an extended course at the Bleriot school at Brooklands in order to familiarise himself with the handling of monoplanes. Mr. Treloar, who intends to go back to Australia in the middle of August, will probably take a British-built machine with him. Good luck to him ! with a tassel in future—he deserves it. such a famous Brock 'still chewing.'' To have beaten aviator as M. Garros is a feat of which Brock has every reason to be proud, especially as both were mounted on practically identical machines. The objection may be raised that perhaps Garros had bad luck in losing his way,, but then it must be remembered that it is just in this ability to find his way that an aviator shows his capabilities as a cross-country pilot Brock had" never been over the course, whereas Garros had, although it was in the European Circuit of three years ago. As I have already said, Brock may be justly proud of his victory, and it is fortunate that he is so level-headed a man, otherwise he might have to change the size of his head-gear. In- congratulating him on his success, the best wish for the future that I can think of is: " May you always be free from engine troubles." To have won three such races as the Aerial Derby, the London-Manchester-London and the London-Paris- London is what might be termed the " hat trick " of aviation, and I shall expect to see Brock's helmet adorned The Fr«ch quarter of Tien-Tsin, China. A photograph taken by Rene Caudron from a Military 80 h.p. Caudron bipla lane, 7fJ2 Running up against Mr. Cecil Kny, managing director of the British D.F.W. firm, the other morning, I found him highly elated at the news that the German pilot, Oelerich, has established a new world's altitude record by taking his all-steel military D.F.W. biplane, fitted with a 120 h.p. Beardmore Austro-Daimler engine, up to an altitude of 7,560 metres at Leipzig. We may hope to- see the record-breaking machine before long, as arrangements have been made for it to- leave Leipzig for Brooklands shortly. XXX Apart from the collection of mascots, which goes'on automatically, Man ton's private hobby is the collection of socks and ties of strange hues and designs. A sock of a particularly riotous color-scheme was spotted by a spec tator at Taunton, who approached Manton and claimed him as an old Winchester boy. On three other occasions his hobby has led to similar misapprehension, but each time a different school has been mentioned. XXX It is nothing new to. receive letters empha sising the fact that FLIGHT is jolly good value at 3d., but a North-country reader, who happens to be over in New York on business, puts' the matter in,a novel arid convincing way. He says: " Papers over here are so- dear, an aeronautical paper with just about 10 pages of reading matter costing 25 cents, while one with four pages costs from 10 to 15 cents ; so according to size FLIGHT should sell at about $r.5o." XXX .Some details will be found on another page regarding the fine flights made by Mr. Sydney Pickles last week-end. Although it was his first acquaintance with the Blackburn,. Mr. Pickles found no difficulty with it and reported that it was flying excellently. Incidentally it is interesting to note that this- is the sixteenth type of machine that this versatile pilot has flown. " JEOLUS."
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