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[/OGHT) Mr. Gilbert's Ortbopter. Referring to the recent article on this model on page 1029 line 2, 3 inches should be 3 feet. Mr. O. Hamilton, junr., calling our attention to the above clerical error, gays: " I have had no experience of such a type, but from reading the article on the design and construction of the same, I should deduce that the method of wing construction would give a flexible rear edge, that would, during i.e. the up and down stroke, flex automatically in the manner in which a bird's wing flexes. Fig. -Anothe Mr. Travers Ayers" experimental machines. With respect to the design of the elevator, both from an artistic view as well as from that of resistance, it would be better perhaps to use a different shape to the rectangular ; a crescent shape, say, conforming as near as possible to the shape of a bird's head, thus tending to direct the air stream in regular formation to the wings, i.e., the main plane in the rear, and also to produce an extended leading edge, a most noticeable feature in a bird's wing." ® ® @ ® KITE AND MODEL AEROPLANE ASSOCIATION. Official Notices. British Model Records. Single screw, hand-launched Duration ™»~«. d° fa Single screw.rise off ground 1 ^JJK Twin screw, do /Distance l Duration Single-tractor screw, hand- f Distance ...I Duration / Distance launched Do., off-ground Single screw hydro., water Single-tractor, do., do. Twin screw, do., do. Engine driven off grass I. E. Louch R. Lucas T. D. Collingwood Chown W. E. Evans ... J. E. Louch L. H. Slatter ... J. % Louch 95 sees. 590 yards. 145 sees. 200 yards. 68 sees. 365 yards. a mins. 49 sees. 266 yards. 91 sees. 190 yards. 94 sees. 35 sees. 39 sees. 65 sees. 51 sees. „F°lSc*?'~Ey 'P60'1' "Quest 'wo of the Association's observers attended at Wimbledon Common on Saturday last to witness Mr. Chown's (Wimbledon and District Model Aero Club) attempt to break the hand-launched twin-screw (i.t-asP) duration record. There was a strong N.N.E. breeze, and Mr. Chown's first flight finished right out of sight in the hollow on the southern part of the common only 6 sees, short of record time, and was, as far as the observers could see, still going s(r°nK- \a bis second attempt, however, he started his flieht at a point considerably further north, and finished well within view, with a duration of 145 sees. All communications with regard to models should be sent to H. A. Lyche, 46, Templesheen Road, East Sheen, S.W. ' ' '"\ Duration * f Duration ... Duration ... Duration ... Duration . C. Dutton J. E. Louch C. C. Dutton J. E. Louch L. H. Slatter C. C. Dutton S. C. Hersom D. Stanger OCTOBER 23, 1914. AFFILIATED MODEL CLUBS DIARY. Club reports of chief work done will be published monthly for the future. Secretaries' reports, to be included, must reach the Editor on the last Monday in each month. Levtonstone andDistrict AeC.(i4i LEYTONSTONE RD. ,STRATFORD) OCT 25TH flying as usual on Wanstead Flats, 10 a.m. B section competi tion, single-screw tractor, 10.30 prompt. Nov. 8th, A section competition, twin- screw tractor, 10.30 prompt. If wet meet at club-room. Sneffield Ae.C. (41, CONISTON ROAD, ABBEYDALE, SHEFFIELD). OCT ?IST, 3.30 p.m., hydro-aeroplane csntest for " The President's Challenge Cup" at Tinsley Park Brickyard. Competitors must be at the judge's flag between 3 and 3.15 p.m. UNAFFILIATED CLUBS. S. Eastern Model Ae.C. (154, PECKHAM RYE, S.E.) USUAL flying meetings oh Blackheath and at the Lee Aerodrome this week end. The rules for the next South-Eastern Trophy Competition will appear next week. ® ® $ ® Double Fatality in Germany. ACCORDING to advices received in Amsterdam during a cross-country flight from Doeberitz, on October i6th, a German military aeroplane, when near Rathenow, suddenly crashed to the earth. The pilot was killed and the passenger seriously injured. Sharing the Honours. IN connection with the winnning of the ^5,000 by the Green engine No. 1 in the Naval and Military Aero plane Engine Competition, it may be noted that the fuel used was Shell motor spirit, while " Mobiloil BB" was relied upon for lubrication. Makers of Shock-Absorbers. WE learn that the Scientific Model Co. have facilities at their works at 40 and 41, Brown's Road, Surbiton, Surrey, for the manufacture of aeroplane shock-absorbers of any description in all sizes from 8 mm. to 45 mm., together with any special fittings. ® ® ® ® PIBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Romance of Reality Series: The Aeroplane. By Claude Grahame- White and Harry Harper. London: T. C. and E. C. Jack, 67, Long Acre. Price 3^. 6d. Report on European Aeronautical Laboratories. By A. F. Zahm, Ph.D. Washington, U.S.A. : The Smithsonian Institution. Bartholomew's Reduced Survey Map of N.E. France, Belgium, and the Rhine. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew and Co. Price 2.v. net. ® ® ® ® NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED. British Bachelet Flying Train Synd., Ltd., 166, Piccadilly, W.—-Capital ^lo.ooo, in is. shares. Proprietors and builders of railways, tramways, mechanical manufacturers and suppliers of balloons, flying machines, and other contrivances for aerial navigation. Creser's Rotary Motor, Ltd., 16, Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square, W.C.—Capital ^250, in £1 shares. Acquiring an invention relating to internal-combustion rotary engines, manu facturers of hydroplanes, aeroplanes, motor cars, &c. First directors, R. M. Neate and E. C. Stileman. FLIGHT. 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. 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