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1915 - 0537.PDF
JULY 23, 1915. FROM THE BRITISH London Aerodrome* Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame-White School.—Straights with instructor : Probationary Flight Sub - Lieuts. Barrington, Blake, Clifford, Dallas, Douglas, Hodges, Hume, James, Minifie, Murray, Penley, Pennington, Perham, Roach-Pierson, Sievking and Wyllie. Straights alone: Probationary Copyright, F. N. Birkett, from the F.N.B. series 0/aviators. Flight Sub-Lieutenant D. J. Sheehan, R.N.AS., who has recently taken his ticket at the Chingford R.N. Air Station. Flight Sub-Lieuts. Murray and Wyllie. Instructors during week : Messrs. Manton, Russell and Winter. Beatty School.—The following pupils were out last week, accompanied by the instructors, on Beatty-Wright machines: Messrs. Arbon (8 mins.), Banks (15), Bond (15), Boyle (9), Grossman (8), Delves (18), Eaton (15), FitzHerbert (10), Jones (30), King (10), Ross (ii), Sampson (15), Theo (10), Tomlinson (no), Vickers (10), Savile-Onley (8), Dickenson (15). The following were out on a Caudron machine: Messrs. Arbon (5 mins.), Banks (10), Bond (5), Coates (20), Collett (30), Davison (20), Fawcett (10), Goodfellow (60), Litton (10), Nichol son (28), Rutherford (32), Sampson (35), Smith (10), Spicer (20), Thompson (30), Tolhurst (43), Whincup (8), Willmett (20), Dickenson (10), Stagg (28). The in structors were : Messrs. G. W. Beatty, W. Roche-Kelly, C. B. Prodger, and A. E. Mitchell, the machines in use being Beatty-Wright dual-control and single-seater pro peller biplanes and Caudron tractors. Exhibition flights were given on Sunday, and twelve passenger flights were taken in the course of the week. London and Provincial Aviation Co.—Weather fair last week until Friday, which was very wet and windy. Pupils doing rolling : Messrs. Sargood, Frost, Burton, May and Welsford. Pupils doing straights: Everidge, Gunner, Sykes, Scott, Jacques, Moynihan, Blackburne- Maze, Conner. Circuits and eights : Wood and Adams. Instructors : Messrs. Warren and James. Mr. Herbert L. Wood passed for his certificate on Wednesday, making a steady flight with remarkably good landings. Mr. E. L. G. Dower, who recently took his brtvet has obtained a commission in the R.F.C. ® ® Vacancies for Examiners and Viewers at South Farnborough. THERE are now vacancies for examiners and viewers in the Aeronautical Inspection Department, South Farn borough. The total pay and allowances of examiners varies between £5 14.?. and £4 4^. per week, and of viewers between 38J. and 48^. per week. Candidates for examinerships should be gentlemen having a good 53; FLYING GROUNDS. Ruffy - Baumann School. — Last week was an exceptionally good one from all points of view, many pupils taking active part in the constructional department, as well as receiving considerable flying practice. The following pupils are all making rapid progress, especially Lieut. Dixon, who recently returned wounded from the front: Crawford (20 mins.), Dixon (34), Perrins (10), Fitzsimons (10), Fenning (19), Boissorr(22), Railton (20), Gardner (20), Sykes (8), Darwin (7), Liddell (28), Hudson (9), May (10), Wallis (54), Mathewson (30), Ball (8). Instructors: Edward Baumann, Felix Ruffy, Gino Virgilio, Clarence Winchester. Machines: 60 h.p. R.-B. biplane (tractor), 50 h.p. R.-B. biplane (tractor), 50 h.p. Caudron-type biplane. Northern Aircraft Co„ Ltd. The Seaplane School, Windermere.—Flying on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday last week. Much wind and wet during week. With instructor: Miss C. Row land (24 mins.), Barber (17), Betts (14), Benson (15), A.J. Inglis (16), Laidler (31), Lawton (n), Macaskie (23), Macintyre (12), Part (14), Reid (13), Robinson (33), Ridgeway (22), Slingsby (8), Yates (38), and Robert son. Instructors : W. Rowland Ding and J. Lankester Parker. 2nd Lieut. A. D. de Broughton (on the right) and Instructor Virgilio, who trained him at the Ruffy-Baumann School for his certificate which he secured recently. On Sunday S. J. Sibley completed first half of ticket, making exceptionally good landings, but wind stopped flying for the rest of the day. Messrs. Ding and Parker out testing on several occasions. theoretical and practical training in engineering and a knowledge of micrometer measuring instruments. Pre ference, we understand, will be given to gentlemen who are unfitted for military service. These appointments provide patriotic men, having the necessary qualifications, with an unequalled opportunity to serve their country. Application should be made to the Chief Inspector, Aeronautical Inspection Department, South Farnborough.
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