FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1915
1915 - 0864.PDF
(/SO Liverpool Aero Research Club (62, CEDAR GROVE, LIVERPOOL). Monthly Report.—The weather last month was far from favourable, rain on October and preventing work. October 9th, with better conditions, T. W. Bennett treated an interested audience to some very good h.l. arrow-plane canard flights, showing during; its performance some fine wind-fighting qualities, additionally putting some fair work on his r.o.g. canard biplane. October i6tb, the arranged biplane r.o.g. trophy competition had to be postponed on account of heavy fog. Notwithstanding this, however, some very passable work was accomplished with a sinele r.o g. tractor mono, by G. H. Kilshaw. The latter's r.o g. biplane and T. VV. Bennett's same type model were put through short flights. We were pleased to note the presence of Mr. J. Scott at this meeting. No machines were pushed much in their performances, as the heavy fog rendered locating models too difficult for long flights. October 23rd, owing to extremely high winds, r.o.g. work was impossible, T. W. Bennett, however, accomplishing some very sound h.l. arrow-plane flying. October 30th, some very good work with r.o.g. machines with improved weather, the best flights being on the G. H. Kilshaw models—a tractor and a twin-pusher biplane, B. Tear attending with a latter type machine. Scottish Ae.S. Model Ae-C. (5, DOUNE QUADRANT, GLASGOW). Monthly Report.—On 9th October. Mr. G. Pinney and Mr. J. C. Balden were at Paisley testing a c.a. model and an r.o g. respectively. The committee have decided that no competitions be held or M certificates of record " be issued until the cud of the war. The club history, which is now being written, will net be finished for some little time, as it has been agreed to issue it in the form of a book, complete with photographs, drawings, and all data available. In future each year's data will be added, so that members of the future will be able to review the doings of the club in the days gone by. The secretary will advise members by post-card of the next flying meeting. & # ® ® The Austrian Bombs on Venice. THE following semi-official statement was issued in Rome on October 31st:— " Enemy bulletins assert that the dropping of bombs on Venice on the night of October 25th, and on the following day, was carried out by Austrian aeroplanes as an act of reprisal, our aviators having bombarded Trieste. This assertion is false in substance and equivocal in form. " The truth is that on the afternoon of October 24th our seaplanes bombarded, in conformity with the customs of war, establishments at Muggia and Pirano, where war material was being made, but not the city of Trieste, which is at least four kilometres distant from the nearest of the two bombarded localities. The Austrian machines, on the other hand, dropped bombs on buildings in the centre of Venice and even on the Piazetta San Marco, damaging a church and other edifices to which no one could attribute a military character, thus committing an offence not only against the most elementary rules of humanity, but against art." The Injured in Zeppelin Raids. REPLYING to Sir E. Cornwall in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr. Asquith said that the total number of persons seriously injured in this country by Zeppelin raids was 333, but the figures for those permanently injured were not available. No direct payments by way of relief in respect of personal injury or damage to property had been made by the Government since the introduction ot the Government scheme of insurance on July 19th except as provided by that scheme in respect of insured property. In view of the existing agencies for insurance against personal injuries, it was considered that there was no ground for the grant of compensation by the Government. The National Relief Fund was available for the purpose of affording assistance in suitable cases. Croydon Guardians and Aircraft Risks. THE Croydon Board of Guardians last week reversed their decision of a month ago not to insure their property against damage by hostile aircraft. There were only three dissentients. A "Christening"' Function at Richmond. IT is always gratifying to see a newcomer into the Aviation Industry " make good," especially when the initial start was made on a very modest scale. Such is the case of the Whitehead Aviation Company of Richmond, which was formed some months ago and which has, under the able guidance of its managing director, Mr. J. A. Whitehead, done exceptionally well in the way of aeroplane construction under none too favourable conditions. However, by good organisation of the resources available and by taking the best possible advantage of the space at hand this firm has just finished its first machine. By way of celebrating this event a little informal " christening " ceremony was arranged for Sunday last, at which a number of guests were present. Among those invited were Mr. Lloyd George, the ex-Lord Mayor of London, the Mayor of Richmond, Colonel Maude, Doctor A. Lynch, M.P., Mr. L. Blin Desbleds, and a number of Mr. Whitehead's personal friends. The function was very successful, Mr. Whitehead's little daughter HeHene afier whom the machine was named, breaking a bottle on the nose of the machine, assisted at the last moment by her father. At the luncheon which followed a telegram was read from Mr. Lloyd George expressing his regret at being unable to attend the ceremony, and some speeches, duriDg the NOVEMBER 5, 1915. afternoon, in which congratulations were offered to Mr. Whitehead and the firm, helped to wind up a very pleasant gathering of well- wishers to the Whitehead Co. in particular and aviation generally. A Special " "Wood " Line. MESSRS. JOSEPH OWEN AND SONS, of 199, Borough High Street, have, we hear, just landed by steamship "Feliciana" 76 standard clear silver spruce, 4 in. to 6 in. thick and 18 feet upwards long. The parcel is, moreover, we understand, in specially good seasoned condition. The Sunbeam Motor Car Co., Ltd. A VERY remarkable state of prosperity, upon which we con gratulate the directors and the shareholders, is disclosed in the report of the directors of this company for the year ended August 31st, 1915. It will be remembered that the Sunbeam Co. are manufacturing aero engines for the Government, and therefore the welfare of such an important concern as the Sunbeam is of vast interest to all associated with the future of aviation. In the report to hand it is seen that the profit for the year, after paying all expenses of management and allowing for depreciation and income tax (but before providing for directors' remuneration), amounts to ,£241,356 101. i,d. After adding £20,111 is. id., the balance from last year, and deducting ,£900, the half-yearly dividend on the preference shares paid in April, there is a balance of ,£260,567 12s. <,d., which they recommend shall be appropriated as follows :—Pay the balance of dividend on the preference shares, £900 ; pay a dividend of 15 per cent, free of income tax upon the ordinary shares, £36,000 ; pay a bonus of 2s. per share free of income tax upon the ordinary shares, £24,000 ; place to bonus fund, etc., £4,000 ; place to reserve (bringing this account up to £220,000), £120,000 ; and carry forward (subject to such an amount as may be voted to the directors for remuneration for the past year), £75,667 I2.r. $d. In December last Mr. L. Coatalen and Mr. W. M. Iliff were appointed joint managing directors on the retirement of Mr. T. Cureton from that position. ® ® ® ® NEW COMPANY REGISTERED. Macfie and Co., Ltd., Hampden House, Kingsway, W.C.— Capital £5,000, in 1,000 deferred shares of is. each and 4,950 10 per cent, participating preferred shares of ,£1 each. To carry on the business of manufacturers of fittings for aeroplanes of all types and all heavier-than-air flying machines, dealers in appliances, &c. First directors, H. F. Smallman-Smith, R. F. Macfie, and G. S. Littlejohn. ® ® ® ® PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Recapture and Expansion of British Trade: Internal-Combustion Engineering. London : International Correspondence Schools, Ltd., Kingsway, W.C. The Lord High Admiral. By L. Cope Cornford. London : Williams and Norgate. Price, paper boards, 2s. net; cloth, 2.s. 6d. net. Heredity: New Psychical Theory. By J. Scouller. Sydney, N.S.W. : Shipping Newspapers, Ltd., 16, Bond Street. ® ® ® ® Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for ID I«II Published October i%th. 1915. 20,607. D. MAGOIORA. Apparatus for destroying or upsetting aircraft. Published N<n>ember i,th, 1915. 21,312. E. R. CALTHEOP. Parachutes. Applied for In 1815. Published October 28th, 1015. •,351. A.G.NEVILLE. Steering wheels for aircraft. Published November 4th, 1915. 637. W. AND T. AVERY, LTD., AND A. W. BROWN. Means for balancing propellers. FLIGHT. 44. ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. Telegraphic address: Truditur, London. Telephone: 1828 Gerrard. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. " FLIGHT " will be forwarded, post free, at the following rates :— UNITED KINGDOM. ABROAD. s. d. s. d. Months, Post Free... 39 3 Months, Post Free... 5 o >> »> ... 7 6 6 ,, ,, ... 10 o " >> ••• JS ° 12 „ „ ... 20 o Cheques and Post Office Orders should be made payable to the Proprietors of " FLIGHT," 44, St. Martin's Lane, W.C., and crossed London County and Westminster Bank, otherwise no responsibility will be accepted. 864
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
