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1916 - 0060.PDF
l/tJCHT) JANUARY 20, 1916. tf/?/77JVy FIXING QROUNDS- London Aerodrome, Coilindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame'White Civilian School.—Straights with instructor last week: Messrs. Butler, Smith, Verguilt, Eichbrenner, Barret, Hathaway, Hillaby, Williams, Leigh, Matthews, Parkinson, Sandys, and F. Williams. Circuits and eights with instructor : Messrs. Grasset and McClaughrie. Circuits and eights alone : Messrs. Henshaw and Hallet. Brevet during week : Mr. Hughes. Grahame-White School(R.N.A.S.)— Straights with instructor: Probationary Flight Sub-Lieuts. Coloquhon, Cook, Cuckney, Durston, Evans, Kingsford, Maxted, Rampling, Rees, Rockey, Templeton, and West. Eights with instructor: Probationary Flight Sub-Lieuts. Copyright, F. N, Birkett, from the F.N.B. Series 0) Aviators. Pilots who have recently obtained their certificates at the Ruffy-Baumann School: 1. Mr. W. J. Martin Tomson; 2. Mr. W. G. Stewart. Burden and Jones. Eights alone: Probationary Flight Sub-Lieut. Newton. Instructors during week: Messrs. Biard, Manton, Hale, Pashley, Russell, and Winter. Beatty School.—The following pupils were out during last week : Messrs. Baker, Barnes, Barrow, Brand, Branford, Brynildsen, Cumming, d'Allesina, Drysdale, Dunne, Edwards, Fellowes, Greenhill, Hodgson, Jaquin, Jones, le Champion, Markham, Martin, Mossop, Owen, Podmore, Samter, Schollaert, Sellars, Stampe, Symington, Wainwright, Whincup, Williams, Willmet, Young and Parsons. The instructors were: Messrs. G. W. Beatty, W. Roche-Kelly, G. Virgilio, R. W. Kenworthy, A. E. A Gemum Seaplane Adrift. AT noon on January 12th, the German seaplane No. 510 was found, by a Dutch boat, drifting near the Noordhinder lightship. The two officers were taken on board the lightship, after abandon ing their machine, and they were subsequently taken by the Dutch pilot boat Coertzen to Flushing and handed over to the military authorities. According to a message received from The Hague on Tuesday, the two officers have received permission to return to Germany. Mitchell and L. L. King, the machines in use being Beatty-Wright dual-control and single-seater propeller biplanes and Caudron tractor biplanes. Mr. O. C. Godfrey flew for his certificate on the 12 th, making excellent flights throughout. Hall School,—Excellent practice was put in last week by the pupils of the Hall School, and Royal Aero Club Certificates were taken by Capt. Grey (Indian Army), Messrs. Stirling (son of late Lord Mayor of Doncaster), Butterworth, Shum, Mann, whilst Wilkins made tests A and B. The majority of the other pupils are getting on well. With Cecil M. Hill and H. Stevens: Messrs. Redford, Evans, Butterworth, Cook, Nicolle, Sepulchre, Shum, Mann, Dresser, Punnett. All doing circuits or half- circuits, figures of eight. With John Drew and Anstey Chave: Messrs. Baron Ackroyd, Arnsby, Chapman, Collins, Niel, Lieut. Cooke, Millburn, Rayne, Ridley, Robert, Rochford, E. Smith, Thom, Wooley, Ormerod, Camberbirch, S. Smith, Mahoney. All doing rolling practice and straight flights. Machines in use : Hall and Caudron Government type tractors. London and Provincial Aviation Co.—Pupils doing rolling last week: Messrs. Snow, Rimer, Aldous, Egelstaff, Verbessem, Vertongen, Loomes, Dawson, Darwin, Pulford, Stevens, and Starey. Doing straights : Messrs. Hardy, Heyn, and Van Roggen. Circuits: Messrs. W. E. Thorpe, B. H. Hunt, and Lieut. E. R. Manning. Instructors: -Messrs. W. T. Warren, M. G. Smiles, C. M. Jacques, H. Sykes, and W. T. Warren, jun. Four good Royal Aero Club certificates were taken by Lieut. E. R. Manning, Messrs. W. E. Thorpe and B. H. Hunt, and Lieut. Van Roggen. Ruffy-Baumann School.—One or two opportunities arose last week for school work, and the following pupils were enabled to put in their practice on the 50 and 60 h.p. machines. A great deal of work has again been accomplished inside the sheds, and erecting is progressing rapidly. With instructor: Muspratt, Thomsen, Durand, Edgar, Whitaker, Hoskyn, Cox, Yiule, Laidlaw, Cuth- bertson and Flanders. Straights or circuits : Vernon, Griffith, de Launoit, Hamtiaux and Pauli. Certificate taken: Monsieur Pauli, of the Aviation Militaire Beige. This ticket was taken in brilliant style, and finished with a clever volplani. Instructors: Edouard Baumann, Felix Ruffy, Ami Baumann and Clarence Winchester. ® ® ® ® German Aeroplane Over Holland. INFORMATION was received by the Echo Beige last week that on January 10th an Aviatik aeroplane was seen flying over Selzaete and Sas van Ghent. Dutch soldiers fired on it, but it is said to have escaped, owing to its altitude, going off in the direction of Terneuzen. On the other hand the Telegraaj states that the machine was seen to be hit and capsized soon after it had crossed the frontier into Belgium. 60
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