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pGHT| JULY 31, 1914. IKe Royal flero CU^ . of* the Uixited Kix^gdoi OFFICIAL M0TICE.5 TO MEMBERS Diary of Events. Aviation Meeting. Hendon Aerodrome. Daily Mai/£5,000 Circuit of Britain Race. Start ing from Southampton Water. 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. Official List of Competitors. No. Pilot. Aircraft. 1 V. Mahl Sopwith Biplane, 100 h.o. English Monosoupape Gnome. (Sopwith Aviation Co., Ltd., Kingston.) 2 C. H. Collet ..- Beardmore J). F.W. Biplane, 120h.p. Beardmore Austro-Daimler. (Wm. Beardmore and Co., Ltd., Glasgow.) 3 C. H. Pixton ... Sopwith Bat Boat, 225 h.p. Sunbeam. (Sopwith Aviation Co., Ltd., Kingston.) 4 C. Grahame-White Grahame-White Biplane, loo h.p. English Moiwsoupape Gnome. fGrahame-White Aviation Co., Ltd., Hendon, N.W.) 5 F. B. Fowler ... E.A.C. Biplane, 120 h.p. Green. (Eastbourne Aviation Co., Ltd., Eastbourne.) 6 Capt. E. C. Bass... White and Thompson Seaplane, 120 h.p. Beardmore Austro-Daimler. (White and Thompson, Ltd., Bognor.) 7 F. P. Raynham ... Avro Biplane, 150 b.p. Sunbeam. (A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd., Manchester.) 8 S. Pickles Blackburn Biplane, 130 h.p. Dud- bridge Salmson. (Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co., Ltd., Leeds.) 9 A. Loftus Bryan ... White and Thompson Seaplane, two 100 h. p. Curtiss. (White and Thompson, Ltd., Bognor.) This Race will start at 6 a.m. on Monday, August 10th, 1914, from the " Enchantress" (the Headquarters of the Royal Motor Yacht Club), which is moored off Netley Abbey. The Royal Motor Yacht Club has kindly allowed the Royal Aero Club the use of the " Enchantress" for its headquarters from August 6th till the start of the Race on August 10th. The cabins are all booked up, but Members may go on board to witness the start. The progress of the competitors in the Race will be com- municated to the "Enchantress" throughout the day. Members going on board the " Enchantress" will be made Honorary Members, and will be able to obtain meals. Officials. Stewards of the Race. The Competitions Committee of the Royal Aero Club. Marking Officials at Southampton, Frank K. McClean, J. H. Nicholson, and Capt. C. H. Saunders. Clerk of the Course and Secretary, Harold E. Perrin. Headquarters : " Enchantress," Netley Abbey. Telephone: 2 Netley. Telegrams: Perrin, Netley Abbey. Controls and Control Officials. Ramsgate.—Headquarters: Granville Hotel. Telegrams: Aeroplanes, Granville, Ramsgate. Officials: Hany DelaCombe and Roy DelaCombe. Yarmouth.—Headquarters: Naval Air Station. Telegrams: Aeroplanes, Great Yarmouth. Officials: Lieut. R. Gregory, R.N., Lieut. C. L. Courtney, R.N., Capt. Henry Fawcett, Lieut. William G. Sitwell, Sub-Lieut. Ronald H. Kershaw, and A. J. A. W. Barr. Scarborough.—Headquarters: Grand Hotel. Telegrams: Aeroplanes, Grand, Scarborough. Officials: C. G. Grunhold and Robert Loraine. Aberdeen.—Head/uarters: Palace Hotel. Telegrams : Aeroplanes, Palace Hotel, Aberdeen. Officials: Capt. G. W. Dawes, R.F.C., C. J. Waldie and Tames Clinkskill. J Fort George.—Headquarters: Naval Air Station. Telegrams: Aeroplanes, Fort George. Officials: Lieut. D. A. Oliver, R.N., and Capt. C. S. Nairne. Oban.—Headquarters: Great Western Hotel. Telegrams: Aeroplanes, Western, Oban. Officials : J. Allison, Jr. (Secretary, Scottish Aeronautical Society), Robert Chalmers, W. K. Chalmers, R. C. Kemp, and James G. Weir. Kingstown, Dublin.—Headquarters: Royal St. George Yacht Club. Telegrams: Aeroplanes, St. George Club, Kingstown. Officials: John D. Dunville (Chairman, Aero Club of Ireland), Major E. H. C. Wellesley, E. White, J. C. Percy, F. Trench, Oliver Fry, and D. F. Gillman (Secretary, Aero Club of Ireland). Falmouth.—Headquarters : Royal Cornwall Yacht Club. Telegrams: Aeroplanes, Yacht Club, Falmouth. Officials: Claude Foster, Capt. E. J. K. Nicholls, R. G. Borne, F. G. Dawson, and M. Wright. Aerial Navigation Acts, 1911 and 1913. Exemption, The Secretary of State hereby grants the following Exemption from the Orders under the Aerial Navigation Acts, 1911 and 1913, made by him March ist, 1913, and May 25th, 1914:— Seaplanes taking part in the Daily Mail Circuit of Great Britain Race, 1914, may, during the course of the race, pass within the following prohibited areas, subject to the conditions specified below:— 1. Spit head: On condition that (1) all seaplanes, starting from Southampton Water near Calshot or Hamble, shall pass between the Calshot and Calshot Spit Lightships ; they shall fly thence in a direct line to Horse Sand Fort, passing within a distance of 400 yards from that Fort, and thence East South East into the English Channel. Competitors desiring to proceed Westward after passing Horse Sand Fort as above, shall pass the Nab Lightship, leaving it on the right hand, and shall then pass South of St. Catherine's Point off the Isle of Wight. (2) All seaplanes returning to Southampton Water [a) if coming from the Westward, shall pass South of St. Catherine's Point, thence to the Nab Lightship, leaving it on the left hand, and thence to Horse Sand Fort ; or (b) if coming from the Eastward, shall after rounding Selsey Bill proceed on a West North Westerly course towards Horse Sand Fort. They shall pass Horse Sand Fort within a distance of 400 yards of that fort, and shall then proceed to Southampton Water by the same course and under the same conditions as at the start. While in the Spithead prohibited area, no seaplane shall rise to a greater height than 300 feet above sea level. 2. Dover Castle and Archcliffe Fort: on condition that no com petitor shall pass nearer the shore than a distance of 800 yards seaward from the end of the 'Admiralty Pier, nor at a height exceeding 300 ft. 3. Newhaveu, Lydd and Montrose: these areas shall not be pro hibited to persons competing in the race. 4. All other Prohibited Areas in the Line of Flight: on condition that no competitor flies within 800 yards ot the land or at a greater height than 300 feet above sea level while passing through the pro hibited area. 5. No departure from these conditions shall be permitted except in case of emergency. (Signed) EDWARD TROUP, Under Secretary of State. Home Office, July i8th, 1914. COMMITTEE MEETING. A Meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday, July 28th, 1914, when there were present:—Col. H. C. L. Holden, C.B., F.R.S., in the Chair, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Prof. A. K. Huntington, Major F. Lindsay Lloyd, Mr. F. K. McClean, Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B., Mr. C. F. Pollock, Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, and the Secretary. New Members.—The following new members were elected :— George W. Beatty, Algernon Boyesen, Alexander L. Howard, T.P-, William Thomas Vere-Wayte Wood. Aviators' Certificates.—The following Aviators' Certificates were granted :— 838 ist Class A. M. William Boyle Power, R.F.C. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). July ist, 1914. 839 Master Mariner Alfred William Clemson, R.N.R. (Vickers Biplane, Vickers School, Brooklands). July 14th, 1914. -
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