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1915
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NOVEMBER 5, 1915. fUGHf TLYiNG GftpUND London Aerodrome* Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame-White Civilian School.—Straights with Instructor last week : Messrs. Franck, Gammon, Holman, Howe, Henshaw and McConnel. Eights and circuits with Instructor: Messrs. Fraser, Horridge and Hughes. Grahame-White School (R.N.A.S.)—Straights with Instructor: Probationary Flight Sub-Lieuts. Moody and Ovens. Eights and circuits: Probationary Flight Sub- Lieuts. Gammon and Man. Eights and circuits with Instructor : Probationary Flight Sub-Lieuts. Aplin, Cross, Davenport, Graham and Sadler. Instructors during the week : Messrs. Manton, Pashley, Russell and Winter. Beatty School.—The following pupils were out during last week : Messrs. Baldwin, Begg, Bond, Bowick, Brown, Brynildsen, Byrne, Campbell, Collett, Collier, Cowper, Delves, Duffus, Fawcett, Fellowes, FitzHerbert, Fox, Gayner, Hodgson, Kirkwood, Lashmar, Litton, Mellings, Middleton, Nash, Nicholson, Podmore, Richard, Schollaert, Thompson, Halford-Thompson, Willmett, Samter, Hughes, and Barrow. The instructors were Messrs. G. W. Beatty, W. Roche- Kelly, R. W. Kenworthy, G. Virgilio, A. E. Mitchell and L. L. King, the machines in use being Beatty- Wright dual-control and single-seater propeller biplanes and Caudron tractor biplanes. Exhibition flights were given on Saturday by Messrs. Beatty, Roche-Kelly, Kenworthy and Virgilio. Hall School.—In spite of bad weather last week, the Hall school put in an excellent week's practice. The following pupils qualified for their Royal Aero Club Certificates:—Messrs. Brandon, Bangs and E. Hall, all of whom took splendid tickets. The following pupils received instruction during the week:—With H. F. Stevens: Messrs. Brandon, Bangs and Hall. With C. M. "Hill: Messrs. Broad, Nicolls, Butterworth, Drew, Stirling, Dodd, Dresser, Shum, Rattray, Manly, Sepulchre, Cook and Hall. With Charles Bell: Messrs. Wooley, Lieut. Bell, Redford, Mann, Smith, Ormerod, Cumber- birch, Arnsby, Capt. Grey, Milbourne, Cosgrave and Chapman. One of our pupils whilst flying on the Hall brevet tractor had the misfortune to lose his way in the clouds, and had to make a forced landing several miles away from the Aerodrome. This he effected with complete suc cess in a small field without the breakage of a single wire, much to the relief of H. F. Stevens, who flew the machine back to the Aerodrome. Machines in use during the week : Hall (Government type) tractor biplanes. London and Provincial Aviation Co.—Pupils doing rolling last week : Messrs. Porter, Heyn, Summerskill, Burgess, Atkinson, Jackson, Braim, Hunt, Lambert, Hardy, Roberts, Thorpe, Woods, Lees and Dawson. Doing straights: Messrs. Jowett, Lewis, Lockett, Knowles and Renton. Doing circuits : Messrs. Little, Franklin and W. Warren, jun. •• • Instructors : Messrs. W. T. Warren, M. G. Smiles and C. M. Jacques. The Royal Aero Club Certificate was taken this week by Mr. R. A. Little. Ruffy-Baumann School.—The weather would have been ideal for school work last week but for the repeated presence of fog, but even so this school has not been behindhand in giving its pupils plenty of practice. The following students have all been busy on one or the other of the school machines: Messrs. Cok, Harkness, Vernon, De Grauw, Barnard, Coppens, Wood, Bailey, Cuthbertson, Bolton, Stewart, Liddell, Griffith, Launoit, Sherwood, Thomson, Laidlaw, Yiule, and MacBaine. On October 29th Lieut. MacBaine took an excellent ticket, making a fine vol plant from 650 ft. Instructors : Messrs. E. Baumann, Ruffy, A. Baumann and Winchester. Machines in use: Three Ruffy-Baumann Caudron type biplanes of 60 and 50 h.p. Copyright, F, N. Birkett, from the KN.B. Stria of Aviators, Capt. L F. Fairbalrn-Crawford, R.E. (T.F.), who has just secured hts Royal Aero Club pilot's certificate at the Ruffy-Baumann School, Hendon. Capt. Falrbairn-Crawford la in control of the aviation section of Messrs. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whit worth and Co., Ltd., of Newcastle'On-Tyne. 85I
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