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1915 - 1023.PDF
DECEMBER 17, 1915. hull is built up of two-ply mahogany and riveted, over a framework of ash longitudinals^nYsnrTe TF™ c?mP«rt,n«" are the passenger's and pilot's cock- l . ribs (Fig. 4). it is divided into > eac > avir>g a small cowl or dash in front as a \ . o- T/- *>. ID uiviueu into some six bulkheads, and the nose u "J y streaml>ned by a canvas hood at the extreme bows and by a sheet steel bonnet over the engine. 1SH MfiHOQfiMy PUmKMQ' Fig. 4.—The Shaw Flying Boat.—Method of building up the hull. At the rear of the engine bonnet is the radiator, which is made to fit flush with the former. Behind the IT cannot by any stretch of the imagination be said that the last week-end at Hendon was a pleasant one, for in the first place Saturday morning saw a regrettable accident to a Service Machine which resulted in the death of a passenger, Flight Sub-Lieut. Geo. A. Armitage, and secondly the weather, at its best by no means favour able for flying, got worse and worse as the day grew older. It is not surprising, therefore, that only one flight, but a fine one nevertheless, on Saturday afternoon has to be recorded. This was put up by J. H. Moore on his 55 h.p. Caudron-type biplane. He went up with the intention of improving upon his altitude flight ot 8,500 ft. the Wednesday previous. It was not long before he found the breeze was pretty stiff, so keeping head to the wind he climbed steadily for several minutes only to find that he was hovering Flying Officers Decorated. IT was announced in the Court Circular, dated Buckingham Palace, December 9th, that the following officer had the honour o being received by the King, when His Majesty invested h.rn with the insignia of Companion of the Distinguished Service Urotr. Captain G. A. K. Lawrence, Royal Flying Corps. It was also announced that the following had (he honour of being received by His Majesty, when the King decorated them with trie Military Cross : — Captain C. E. C. Rabagliati, Captain E. W. Wilson, Captain R M. Vaugban, Captain L. A, Strange, and L.eutenant C. t. M. James, all of the Royal Flying Corps. The 90 h.p. Johnson 2-stroke engine, in Its cockpit, of the Shaw flying boat. protection from wind and spray. A Deperdussin ty|K- of control is provided for both pilot and passengers. ® ® ® « 4t Fie n don. over the same spot. He then, as he got higher, began to drift backwards until he was well to leeward of the aerodrome, so he thought it better to give up any idea of ascending further—he was about 6,000 ft.—and to make tracks for the aerodrome right away. This took him well over half an hour, and it was not until he got to about 1,000 ft. that he could make any decent forward progress and get back into the aerodrome. It was a really good flight, lasting about an hour and twenty minutes, and more than made up for the absence of other pilots. Sunday was another bad day, being very cold and windy, and I, like many others, preferred to stay by ray own fireside that afternoon, so did not see the numerous flights that did not take place. However, I understand that M Osipenko put in some extra practice on one of the 60 h.p. G.-W. 'buses. ® ® © ® Derelict German Seaplanes. THE Daily Mail correspondent at Copenhagen reported the following on December loth :—A wrecked German waterpiane marked " Reschki, Brandenburg, 1014," wai to-day washed ashore at Thistrd (on the North Sea coa»i of Jutland). The airmen had apparently been drowned. The wings of the waterpiane were crushed together over the back of the machine, and the collapse of the wings was evidently the cause of her loss. The machine was one of the most up to-date types. It was equipped with wireless, photographic apparatus, and guns. An Exchange message from Copenhagen on December 141 h stated : Wreckage from a German aeroplane has been found on the shore north of Shacrbek, in Schleswig. Q87
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