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Ai'Kli. 9, 1915- flMfl mmm Smmmmmmniii •mm mm »•• — JMHgg c5e^soTV The Flags of the Allies at Hendon. opens " FLYING as usual" is apparently once more to be the motto up at Hendon, judging by the first of the weekly meetings for 1915 held during the Easter holidays. Unfortunately, the Clerk of the Weather decided to have " weather as usual," so that conditions were hardly as pleasant as might have been wished, especially on Saturday, when flying was completely off owing to the wind and rain. Sunday and Monday, however, made up for this disappointment in every way, on both these days Hendon looking something like its old self. The band played " as usual"; the megaphone man announced events " as usual " ; and the visitors took tea, &c, " as usual," so that there is every promise of these meetings achieving in the future their " success as usual." On Friday the wind was in the neighbourhood of 30 m.p.h., so that flying was practically impossible. In spite of this, however, M. Osipenko came out on the 50 h.p. G.-W. school 'bus and made a daring, although short, flight. Later on, C. W. Graham ascended on " Lizzie," and put up a really magnificent performance 'midst wind and rain. A downpour of rain then put the stop on further airwork until about 6 p.m., when the weather cleared a bit, and H. Hawker arrived from Brooklands on a new Sopwith tractor biplane. Instead of alighting at once, he continued round and about over the aero drome for some time before landing, just by way of formally completing an hour's flight for Admiralty purposes. As previously mentioned, Saturday turned out too bad for flying, whilst Sunday, although nice and fine, had a turn of stiff wind about, a change which brought in a good many visitors. The feature of this afternoon's HENDON 1915 SEASON OPENS.—The crowd in the popular enclosures, and a corner of the motor car paddock. 241 c
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