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MAY 7, 1915- Jackson (4), Sykes (8), King (8). E. Baumann out on 60 Caudron with pupils. On Sunday, E. Baumann out on 60 Caudron with Mr. Winchester and other passengers. Instructors: E. Baumann, James Brothers, and Virgilio. Northern Aircraft Co„ Ltd. The Seaplane School, Windermere.—Flying last week on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Instructors : W. R. Ding, C. L. Pashley and ® ® FLYING AT THURSDAY afternoon of last week was too windy to allow many flights being made, and it was not until late in the afternoon that M. Osipenko got going on the 50 h.p. G.-W. school 'bus. Previous to that, however, the visitors—and there were quite a decent number—were able to see F. W. Merriam make test flights on the 100 h.p. (Anzani) Handley-Page biplane, which has just been rebuilt. Some of the public had evidently studied the various posters showing types of German and British aircraft, for we heard several remarks passed on the similarity of the H.P. 'bus to German Taubes and D.F.W. That, by the way. Anyway, Mr. Handley Page has de signed a first-class machine. At about 6.30 Rene Desoutter took up a new 100 h.p. (Anzani) Caudron and put it through its acceptance test. In this it was entirely successful, for it not only showed a good turn of speed, but remarkable climbing capabilities—roughly, 7 mins. for the 3,000 ft. Towards the end of the evening J. H. Moore carried his first passenger, M. G. Smiles, on his 45 h.p. L. and P. biplane, which he has just recently bought. A little later he took up another passenger. (fiJGHg J. Lankester Parker. With .instructors : Flight LieuU Atherton (62 mins.), C. A. Barber (22), D. S. C. Macaskie(i2), N. H. Mackrow(24), F. H. M. Mackintyre (25), H. P. Reid (38), G. S. Railton (28), J. F. Ridgway (19), H. Robinson (28), H. Slingsby (46). Figures of eight alone : A. Buck. Machines in use : Dual-control Avro, 50 Gnome, and N.A.C. pusher monoplane, 80 Gnome. Messrs. Ding, Pashley and Parker were out several times testing, and a number of passengers were carried on Sunday. ® ® HENDON. As we have stated on a previous occasion, this machine flies exceptionally well, and is a splendid climber, whilst its new owner loses no opportunity of bringing out its good points. G. W. Beatty, W. Roche-Kelly, and G. Bransby Williams then started instruction on the Beatty biplanes. It was just as it was nearly dark that the last-named pilot and his passenger had a narrow squeak from what might have been a nasty accident, for when rounding the corner of the aerodrome near the Hall sheds, the engine suddenly seized. They were only some thirty or forty feet up, and before the pilot could nose the machine down, it fell, making a complete turn in so doing, and the left-hand wing tip striking the ground swung the machine once again before it finally " folded up." It was with some relief we saw two figures emerge from under the wreckage, and on arriving at the spot it was soon ascertained that pilot and passenger received no more than slight cuts and bruises, whilst the machine, though partly " dismantled ready for transport," was not so badly damaged. Once again the wind hampered the flying exhibitions Copyright, F. N. Birkitl, j rom the F. N. B. S. -its of AT THE GRAHAME-WHITE SCHOOL, HENDON. SOME PUPILS AND INSTRUCTORS.—Standing (left to right): Flight Sob-Lieut. E. A tie L. de Ville, Flight Sub-Lieut. M. Hood, Instructor Marcus Manton, Instructor H. G. Russell, Mr. A. Murray Ross, Instructor A. h. Wright, Flight Sub-Lieut. J. F. Hutchinson, Flight Sub-Lieut. A. F. Jacob. Seated (left to right): Flight Sub-Lieut. J. F. Potts, Flight Sub-Lieut. H. S. Kerby, FJight Sub-Lieut. M. A Simpson, Flight Sub-Lieut. E. C. Bingham. 319
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