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1914
1914 - 0842.PDF
MR. HUCKS is probably the only man in the world who has seen two sunsets in one day. This happened at Glasgow a week or two ago. After an evening flight, whilst standing on the ground he watched the sun dis appear over the horizon. About 15 minutes later he ascended in his monoplane to a great height, caught up the sun again, and watched it set for the second time. A genuine case of seeing double. The 80 h.p. Bristol tractor biplane purchased by Mr. Creagh is doing some very good work at Brooklands. ** Flight" Copyright. Messrs. Creagh and Sippe at Brooklands, looking a bit cold on their return to earth after reaching an altitude of 11,000 ft. on Mr. Creagh's Bristol. Needless to say, the cold did not extend to their lower extremities. On Thursday of last week Mr. Sippe went out for altitude accompanied by the owner of the machine. After being away beyond the eye of man for about an hour the " Bristol " was seen to be returning in beautiful spirals, and when she was sufficiently low it was also seen that the propeller was stopped. After executing some exceedingly small spirals and steeply banked turns, Mr. Sippe made a perfect landing without re-starting his engine. 11,000 feet was the total of this little climb. XXX Last week I had a sight of the Beardmore D.F.W. hydro, entered for the "Circuit " which is nearing com pletion at the D.F.W. works at Brooklands. With the exception of the wings everything in its construction is of steel. The fuselage for instance is built up of four longerons of steel tube connected with struts and cross members of the same material. The struts are joined to the longerons by a special method of welding which, according to Mr. Kny, does not suffer from the same disadvantages as the ordinary type of welding. The inter-plane struts, which are stream-lined steel tubes, are provided at their lower ends with short levers by means of which they can be instantly detached from the wings IES. without interfering with the adjustment of the bracing cables. It is thus possible to erect and dismantle the wings in a very short time, and in addition this arrange ment does away with the necessity of " tuning up " the machine every time it is erected. For military purposes the time thus saved would be of enormous value. XXX Following on the great monoplane which was built by Martin and Handasyde for the trans-Atlantic flight, and the small scouting biplane now in course of construction at this firm's Brooklands works, I learn that the drawings are being got out for a huge new monoplane. In its general arrangement the latest Martinsyde will follow the lines of its predecessors, but it is understood that the occupants' seats will be differently arranged. The pilot will sit very far back in order to get a good view in all directions, while the passenger's seat will be placed sufficiently far forward to enable him to look beyond the leading edge of the wings. XXX Among the passengers taken up by Mr. J. L. Hall at Hendon on Thursday of last week was Mr. G. T. Temple, whose son, Mr. G. Lee Temple, it will be remembered, met with a fatal accident whilst flying at Hendon in " Flight" Copyright. Mr. Raynham enjoying a short rest between testing *• Avros n at Brooklands. January last. This was Mr. Temple's first flight since the tragic occurrence, and in thus giving proof of his belief in aviation Mr. Temple is carrying out the often expressed wish of his son that in the event of anything happening to him his father should not give up interest in the great science.
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