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JUNB 25, 1915. [/jjGMT] FLYING AT HENDON. LAST Saturday's proceedings opened unofficially with a remarkable demonstration by W. Rowland Ding on a Blackburn-B.E. 2c This machine took the air like a pantomime fairy in the transformation scene, or, to put it in more technical phraseology, like a helicopter. It seemed impossible to stall the machine in the true sense of the word, for when it could climb no more, it— without the aid of the pilot—simply put its nose down and proceeded in a more horizontal attitude. During the afternoon Ding made four other flights, one of which was for the hour test. On this occasion, accompanied by an joined him on the other Ruffy-Baumann biplane (60 h.p. Gnome), and then followed several other flights by Kelly Osipenko, and Marcus D. Manton, the latter flying the 50 h.p. G.-W. school 'bus. About this time a Maurice Farman shorthorn left for Eastchurch piloted by Lieut. " Somebody." The next up were Moore on the L. and P., J. S. B. Winter on the G.-W. 'bus, and W. Birch- enough on a Henry Farman. The final flights of the afternoon were made by Kelly on the 50 h.p. Beatty, Osipenko on the 100 h.p. G.-W. fi?e-seater, and Baumann on the 50 h.p. Ruffy-Baumann. A Blackburn-built B.E. C 2 machine in flight at Hendon. observer, he reached an altitude of over 10,000 ft., without forcing the machine. The first official flight of the afternoon was put up by M. Osipenko on the 50 h.p. G.-W. school 'bus, J. H. Moore following him on his 45 h.p. L. and P. biplane. Both these pilots went up again after short intervals, and reported the air as rather bumpy. E. Baumann then ascended on the 50 h.p. Ruffy-Baumann biplane, whilst the 50 h.p. (Gnome) and the 60 h.p. (Wright) Beatty biplanes were flown by W. Roche-Kelly and C. B. Prodger respectively. After this Baumann ascended once more, and G. Virgilio ® ® The Output of Aeroplanes. REPLYING to a question in the House of Commons by Mr. Lynch as to the possibility of fabricating in this county 3,000 aero planes in six months, Mr. Tennant, the Under-Secretary for War, said that no good purpose would be served by giving orders on so large a scale for the production of aeroplanes at present. This was not a service which could be improvised in a hurry Steady development had been in progress since the beginning of the war, and this development would continue as rapidly as possible, rhe training of pilots required both time and care, and the output both of machines and pilots was engaging constant attention. The development of this arm of the Service was a legitimate source of gratification to the country. He did not himself think it would be possible by co-ordinating the efforts of private firms to produce without additional plant 3,000 aeroplanes in six months. It was one of those questions which would have to be Tery carefully gone into. He thought the Minister of Munitions would be the proper Minister to reply on that point. Sunday's flying was much the same as Saturday's ; there was a very good attendance, and many passengers were taken up. The pilots and the machines out included Marcus I). Manton, J. S. B. Winter, and M. Osij«nko on 50 h.p. G.-W. 'buses and, with the last-named pilot at the joy-stick, the 100 h.p. G.-W. five-seater; J. H. Moore on his 45 h.p. L. and P.; P. A. Johnston on the 4Sh-P- Beatty Caudron ; W. Roche-Kelly and C. B. Prodger on Beatty biplanes; E. Baumann and G. Virgilio on RufTy- Baumann biplanes; and J. L. Hall on the new 50 h.p. Hall fuselage tractor. ® ® The Fatal Accident at Brooklands. IT is with the greateit regret that we have to record the acci dent on Monday morning which cost the life of Major H. T. Lumsden, officer commanding the Royal Flying Corps ichool at Brooklands. According to the evidence at the inquest, Major Lumsden ascended as passenger on a machine piloted by Lieut. Carpenter. When flying outside the aerodrome at a height of 120 ft. the engine stopped ; the machine started to glide down, but a sharp turn had to 1* made to avoid some trees, and the machine crashed to the ground near Addlestone. The pilot was badly bruised and shaken, but Major Lumsden was so injured that he died four hours later in hospital. The inquest was adjourned until Lieutenant Carpenter could attend. A Fatality at Shoreham. IN the Brighton military hospital on Wednesday, Lieut. R. F. Morkill, East York* Regiment, attached to the Royal Flying Corps, died from injuries received in a flying accident at Shoreham on the previous evening. 455
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