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1914
1914 - 0811.PDF
Saturday morning, Lieut. Waterfall on Martinsyde monoplane to Farnborough, Mr. Barnwell with passenger on Vickers gun 'bus : in the afternoon, Mr. Hawker flying well in strong wind on his Sopwith "looper." Sunday afternoon, Mr. Hawker gave some excellent demonstra tions of " looping-the-loop " on his Sopwith biplane in a very gusty wind, and also took up one or two passengers. One enthusiast wanted to " loop-the-loop" with Mr. Hawker, but was persuaded to postpone it for more favourable conditions. The winner of the ballot for the free passenger flight—Mr. W. H. Norton, Hon. Secretary of the Reigate, Redhill and District Aero Club—elected to defer his trip until there was less wind. Blerlot School.—Rolling and straights on 25, 28, and 35 h.p. Messrs. R. Creagh 14 mins , G. Pitt 24 mins., L. Treloar 48 mins., [, Brooke 20 mins., Comte Fitzjames 20 mins., Lieut. Commanch Fraser 46 mins. Circuits : Mr. A. Crick 8 mins. Bristol School.—Monday, last week, passenger tuition to Lieut. Sanders (2), Lieut. Hewitt (2), Lieut. Moule (3), solo and figure of eight by Lieut. Lawrence. Tuesday, passenger tuition to Lieut. Sanders (4), Lieut. Hewitt (4), LieJt. Moule (2), solo by Mr. Collins and figure of eight by Lieut. Lawrence. Wednesday, pa;senger tuition to Lieut. Hewitt (4), Lieut. Moule (3), solos by Mr. Collins, Lieut. Sanders (4), Lieut Coles (2). Thursday, windy. Friday and Saturday, no school work possible. Vickers School.—Monday, last week, with instructor: Capt. Lumsden, Lieut. Wells and Gillman solos. Tuesday, with instructor: Capt Lumsden, Lieuts. Wells and Gillman solo;. Lieuts. Wells and Gillman for brevets in excellent style, Lieut. Wells ascending to 3,700 ft. in height test, constituting a record performance for a pupil. Capt. Lumsden solo. Wednesday, Capt. Lumsden solo, and for brevet in fine style. London Aerodrome, Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame-White School.—Monday, last week, Messrs. Duncan, Wyles and Courtney straights with Instructors Howarth and Lilly white. Mr. Lowe volplane, &c, obtaining his pilot's certificate. Tuesday, Mr. Shepherd competing for and obtaining his brevet. Messrs. Murphy, Liu, Hain, Duncan, Stalker and Upton straights with Instructors Barrs, Dunn and Howarth. Messrs. Carabajal, Hawkins and Strickland (new pupils) rolling with instructors and alone. Mr. Palmer solo straights. Wednesday, Mr. Palmer solo straights. Messrs. Duncan, Gruning, Strickland, Liu straights with Instructors Barrs, Dunn and Howarth. Mr. Carabajal rolling with Instructor. Mr. North first part of brevet tests. Thursday, Mr. Lister (new pupil) and Mr. Carabajal rolling with Instructor Dunn. Messrs. Duncan and Courtney straights. Bzatty School.—Monday last week, Messrs. Allen 4 mins. and Ruffy 10 mins. up with Baumann. Messrs. Bentley 12, Leong io, Roche-Kelly 10, and Grunning (extra practice) 25 up with Watts. Tuesday morning, Mr. Roche-Kelly 10, Lieuts. Maguire 12, and Browning-Paterson 10. Evening, Messrs. H. Keating 12, Bentley 10, Roche-Kelly 5, and Lieut. Maguire 12 up with Baumann. Wednesday, Messrs. Leong 15, Travers 12, and Lieuts. Browning- Paterson to, Brown 13, up with Watts, and Messrs. Ruffy 13, Roche-Kelly 5, Lieuts. Settle 10 and Brown 4 up with Baumann. Thursday, Messrs. Bentley 5, Allen 5 up with Baumann. End of week very bad weather, so no school was held. British Caudron School.—Monday and Tuesday, last week, too windy for school to go out. Wednesday, the Caudron school out at 5.30 a.m. under the instruction of Rene Desoutter and R. M. Murray. R. Desoutter test flight. Mrs. Buller 20 mins. flight, reaching height of 1,000 ft. Thursday, Friday and Saturday weather too bad for school. Hall School.—Monday, last week, A. F. Arcier circuits on No. 1 Caudron. Tuesday, A. F. Arcier two circuits and figure eights on Caudron. Wednesday, A. Y. Arcier took the first two-thirds of his Royal Aero Club certificate with well banked turns, and landing with well judged vol plane". Messrs. Henry Gearing and A. L. Brookes now ready to complete their certificates as soon as weather changes. Shoreham Aerodrome. Pashley School.—Instructors for week : B. F. Hale, E. and C. Pashley. New pupils: C. Winchester and C. Borton. - Up with instructor : E. Roberts, C. Winchester, and C. Borton. Circuits and 8's : W. Mortimer. • • .-.'.'.-.. .'.. . Plwto Cotnall. A general view of Harrogate town, taken from Mr. W. Rowland Ding's aeroplane at 1,300 ft. high, showing the railway station, Victoria Monument, Station Parade, Albert Street, James Street, Prospect Hotel and Crescent, Alexandra Hotel and 'West Park. 8ll
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