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OCTOBER 23, 1914. (/UGHf] THE NAVAL AND MILITARY AEROPLANE ENGINE COMPETITION. IT is officially announced that the Army Council have decided, on the recommendation of the Judges' Com mittee, to make the following awards:— The prize of ,£5,000 to the Green Engine Co. for the Green 100 h.p. water-cooled engine No. 1, which best fulfilled the requirements of the competition and possessed the greatest percentage of attributes desirable in an aeroplane engine. Awards of J£IOO for each engine to the under mentioned firms in respect of the engines entered by ® ® FROM THE BRITISH Royal Aero Club Eastchurch Flying Grounds. Naval Flying.—There was not so much flying last week owing to the very windy weather, though the greater number of the machines were out for instructional purposes when possible. The machines up were : 2 Maurice Farmans, Vickers gun 'bus, and 2, 63, 66, 152 Shorts, and Deperdussin. London Aerodrome, Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame- White School.—Sunday, last week, Flight Sub-Lieuts. Allen, England, Ffield, Groves, Hodsoll, Price and Messrs. Greenwood and Stalker straights with Instructors Manton, Russell, Winter and Shepherd. Flight Sub-Lieut. Young (new pupil) rolling with Instructor Shepherd. Mr. Carabajal solo circuits and Flight Sub-Lieut. Riggall going in for and passing excel lently his brevet tests. On Monday, Flight Sub-Lieuts. Allen, England, Ffield, Groves, Hart, Hodell, Price, Young, Messrs. Green wood and Stalker straights with Instructors Manton, Russell, Shepherd and Winter. Mr. Carabajal solo straights and half circuits. Mr. Easter ditto. Flight Sub-Lieut. Morgan straights and circuits with instructor and afterwards alone. Tuesday, Flight Sub-Lieut. Bray (new pupil) rolling. Ffield and Mr. Greenwood straights with Instructors Winter and Shepherd. Flight Sub-Lieut. England and Mr. Easter solo straights and half circuits. Wednesday, Flight Sub-Lieuts. Bray, Groves, Hodsell, Young, and Mr. Y. Y. Liu straights with Instructors Russell, Shepherd, and Winter. Flight Sub-Lieut. Watson (new pupil) rolling with Instructor Shepherd. Flight Sub-Lieut. England solo circuits. Thursday, Flight Sub-Lieuts. Allen, Bray, Ffield, Groves, Hodsell, Price, Watson, Young, and Mr. Green wood straights with Instructors Winter, Manton, Shep herd, and Russell. Sub Lieut. Allen afterwards solo straights. Flight Sub-Lieut. England and Messrs. Carabajal and Easter solo circuits. The rest of week too windy for flying; pupils keep to hangars. Beatty School.—Last week, pupils being instructed on " dual "-controlled machines. Instructors : Messrs. Geo. W. Beatty and Roche-Kelly. Instruction given during the week to Messrs. Leong (5), Virgilio, Gardner, Aoyang, Parker, Whitehead, Jenkinson, Fletcher, Leeston-Smith, Beynon, Moore, Le Vey, Christie and Donald. British Caudron School.—On Monday, last week, the Caudron school was out at 8 a.m. Instructors during week R. Desoutter and R. M. Murray. R. Desoutter trial flight. Dr. Christie half circuits. Messrs Barfield and Stevens doing straights. Mr. Beynon rolling. Pro bationary Sub-Lieuts. Tench and Bird rolling. Evening, them which performed successfully the eliminating trial of a six hours continuous run at full power :— £ Argylls, Ltd IOO Beard more Austro- Daimler Engine Co. ... 200 British Antani Engine Co 10 Dud bridge Ironworks Co. 300 Gnome Ecgine Co 30 Green Engine Co. ._ 100 Sunbeam Motor Car Co. Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co. 200 ® ® FLYING GROUNDS. school out at 4.30 p.m. Probationary Sub-Lieuts. Bird and Tench rolling practice. Messrs Gunner and Beynon rolling. Messrs Christie and Ivermee half circuits. Tuesday and Wednesday, weather too bad for school work. Thursday morning, windy; evening, Mr. Ivermee doing circuits, nearly ready for ticket. Mr. Barfield straights. Mr. Beynon rolling, Lieuts. Bird and Tench rolling practice. Dr. Christie half circuits. Friday and Saturday, very windy. Hall School.—Sunday, last week, Brynildsen and Roe six good straight flights each. J. L. Hall four circuits on brevet tractor. Lieut. F. Polchampton, who passed for his brevet tests at the Grahame> White Aviation School, Hendon, on September 27th. Monday, J. Rose three good circuits at 60 ft. and eight straight flights, followed by E. Brynildsen eight straight flights and two circuits. Tuesday, too windy for practice. Wednesday, J. L. Hall out on brevet tractor. Thursday, windy in morning In evening, J. L. Hall 1,000 ft. on brevet 'bus, testing for J. Rose. Friday and Saturday, gale blowing. On latter day, new pupil, Lloyd Williams (of Old Public School's Corps, Epsom), joins school. Two new school machines now well advanced in construction. 1059
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