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FEBRUARY 17, 1916. Hall School*—The following pupils were out re ceiving practice last week:—With H. F. Stevens: Evans, Redford, Ridley, and Nicolle. With C. M. Hill: Lieut. Cooke, Ormerod, Thorn, Dodds, Wooley, Arnsby, Cook, Smith, and Collins. With J. Drew: Milburn, Chapman, Roberts, Neal, Rochford, Smith, Jun., and Bennett. With J. Drew (for A. Chave): Worswick, Taylor, Le Grice, Halliday, Mahoney, Longton, and Rand. Machines in use : Hall tractors. Royal Aero Club certificate taken by Evans, and Test A passed by Redford. London and Provincial Aviation Co.—Pupils doing rolling last week : Messrs. de Goussencourt, Vilain XIIII, Aldous, Starey, Foley, Ledure, Houba, Hay, Scott, Rimer, Egelstaff, and Pulford. Doing straights : Messrs. Brown, Moore, Clement, Palethorpe, and Vertongen. Circuits and eights: Mr. C. J. W. Darwin. Instructors for the week: Messrs. W. T. Warren, M. G. Smiles, H. Sykes, C. M. Jacques, and W. T. Warren, Jun. [/OGHT Ruffy-Baumann School.—Pupils with instructor last week : Westlake, A. W. Williams, T. Williams, Avenbeke, D'Opstael, Muspratt, Durand, Edgar, Winter, Whitaker, Hoskyn, Dobson, Cox, Yiule, Bolton, Cuthbertson and Wood. Straights or circuits: Muspratt, D'Opstael, Thomsen, Laidlaw, Yiule and Bolton. Instructors: Edouard Baumann, Felix Ruffy, Ami Baumann and Clarencj Winchester. Machines in use: 60 h.p. and 50 h.p. Caudron-type and Ruffy-Baumann biplanes. Constructional work and erection has been progressing fairly, and much time has been spent in the air. Altogether a good week's work. Bournemouth School. PUPILS doing rolling last week: Messrs. Smith, O. Wilson, J. Wilson, Morley, Devos, W. Mouton, G. Mouton, and Morris. Straights alone: Messrs. Dubois and Meeus. Half circuits alone : Simpson and Bonnevie. Instructors: Messrs. F. King, J. G. Woodley, and S. Summerfield. Three Caudrons in use. » ® ® © THE sale of jewels of the late Miss Trehawke Davies took quite the character of a celebrity auction in both the attendance and many of the prices which some of the equisite jewels fetched. Probably the occasion when her furs and wardrobe are disposed of will bring an equally interested public to Messrs. Rutley's rooms. By the way, the "Trehawke" was an added prefix to Miss Davies' name, possibly in sympathy with her penchant for riding the air—her full name being Miss Eleanor Josephine Davies. XXX The fine record of the " Saucy Arethusa," which came to an untimely end last Monday, was not without its connection with aviation. On the occasion of that memorable raid by seven pilots on the Huns-of-war off Cuxhaven on Christmas Day, 1914, it was the "Arethusa" together with the "Undaunted" and a force of destroyers that escorted the seaplanes on their daring mission. Besides dodging and driving off the submarines which came out to attack, she put to flight two Zeppelins which also ventured forth with three or four seaplanes in attendance. After waiting in the Huns' home waters for nearly three hours, she, with the other ships, returned unharmed after the pilots had done their work, with some of them on board. It was a remarkably fine piece of work on the part of the ships, which was n°t, I think, as fully appreciated by the masses as it should have been. At all events it was an excellent example of what could be achieved by the combined action of warships and aeroplanes. XXX When I got the news of F. P. Raynham's—not, as some papers put it, G. W. Reinham's, by the way—nasty- accident at Brooklands the other day, it caused very un pleasant feelings to arise within me. Raynham is one of those pilots, and if I may say so, friends, who if he were taken from us would always be missing from my world of aviation. It is, therefore, most gratifying to hear, at the time of writing these notes, that his condition is improving and that there is every hope for his recovery. The reports I have had so far as to the nature of his accident have not been very clear, but apparently the tail of his machine broke when he was executing a loop, causing him to fall some 2,000 ft. Thus it was that at first I was antagonistic towards looping. It seemed so useless, so unnecessary. But on thinking it over quietly I came to the conclusion that perhaps, after all, looping has done less harm than good. It is said that it was his skill that enabled Rayn ham to check his terrible fall towards the end and so lessen its ill-effects. Is it not possible that it was the ability to loop, and the knowledge, skill and confidence gained in so doing, that enabled him to do this ? I hear J. H. Moore made his first cross-country flight the other day when he flew from Hendon to Farnborough and back on business—and his 50-55 h.p. biplane. He carried with him as passenger on both occasions J. H. James, and on the outward flight he had a strong wind against him so that the journey took him about an hour and a half. The homeward trip only took half an hour, which looks as if this little biplane of his can do quite good work when put to it. Moore told me he experienced no difficulty whatever in finding his way, and that he picked out the various land-marks with ease—but perhaps I had better not mention what these are, in case I give anything away to the enemy ! iEOLUS, 139
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