FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1915
1915 - 0284.PDF
Aircraft Henry Farman biplane. F. W. Merriman then took a turn on a 70 h.p. Maurice Farman (just rebuilt at the Aircraft works), and M. Osipenko ascended on a 50 h.p. G.-W. school 'bus. A biplane was then sighted several thousand feet over the aerodrome, and when it descended with some 20 beautiful spirals many rightly guessed the aerial visitor to be F. W. Gooddenona 70 h.p. B.F. On landing he was welcomed by many friends, and he reported a pleasant, but cold, journey from Farnborough, which had occupied some 40 mins. owing to a strong head wind. Geo. W. Beatty then ascended on a 60 h.p. Beatty-Wright biplane, and executed some stunts well worth seeing. He flew backwards and forwards alongside the enclosures, switchbacking in a remarkable manner, making exceedingly sharp turns on the close of each A three-quarter front view of the de Havilland machine in the air. journey up and down. As soon as Beatty had finished his " turn," his understudy, Roche-Kelly, came out on the 50 h.p. (Gnome) Beatty biplane, and put up one of his remarkable exhibitions of banking. Some of these banks were very nearly vertical, and the manner in which © ® Salmet Mentioned in Army Orders. UNDER date of April 7th, H. Salmet, who is now Marechal des Logis, Squadrille C. 9, in the French Avia tion Service, was specially mentioned in the French Army Orders. His exploit is officially set forth as follows:— "This impulsive and audacious pilot did not hesitate on a scouting expedition to approach a German warplane within 37 yards, so as to permit the observer to shoot at it.—General Hambert, Commander of the D. A. L." Aerial Attacks on Steamers. THK captain of the. Cork S.S.,Co.'s "Serula,'.' on HENDON 1915 SEASON OPENS.—A few of the men of the R.F.C. South African contingent having tea whilst watching the flying. he brought the machine back to the normal was most extraordinary. Marcus D. Manton did some fancy work on the 70 h.p. G.-W. biplane, whilst J. S. B. Winter put up some stunts on a 50 h.p. G.-W. school 'bus. J. L. Hall next ascended on his 45 h.p. Caudron, and after climbing to an altitude of about 1,500 ft., descended with a pretty spiral vol plane. Osipenko and Manton, both on 50 h.p. G.-W. 'buses, next tried their hand at bomb-dropping, and some of the visitors expressed dis appointment at the " bombs " not going off with a " bang." The two Beatty bankers then gave another demonstration, after which Manton, Osipenko, and Winter took up several passengers on the G.-W. biplanes, whilst a start was made with school work. Sunday afternoon was almost a dead calm, and very fine ; in consequence there was plenty of flying to satisfy a very good attendance, naval and military officers being very much in evidence. The first up was J. L. Hall on his 45 h.p. Caudron, and shortly after W. T. Warren made a flight on the new 45 h.p. two-seater L. and P. biplane, which, by the way, is a credit to the L. and P. works, not only as regards construction but also in its behaviour in the air. Its speed is well in the neighbour hood of 50 m.p.h., whilst it is a good climber. The next up was Roche-Kelly on the 50 h.p. Beatty biplane, " banking as usual "; then followed Wright—a new G.-W. instructor—on a 50 h.p. G.-W. 'bus. After this, Osipenko and Manton gave another bomb-dropping demonstration, Manton subsequently changing over to the 100 h.p. (Green) G.-W. 5-seater biplane, and gave many visitors a trip in the central blue. The rest of the afternoon and evening was spent in passenger flights—34 passengers in all were taken up—and school work. ® © arriving at Rotterdam on the 12th, reported having been attacked by an aeroplane and a seaplane near the North Hinder lightship, about twenty bombs being discharged. The captain fired at the machines with his rifle and sent up rockets, and eventually they made off. The " Tinker," of the same line, was also attacked in the same vicinity two days later. A report from Copenhagen on the 20th stated that the steamship " Uranus," while on a voyage from England to Halmstad (Sweden), when just off Lowestoft en countered a Zeppelin, which threw two bombs, both of which fell wide.
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
