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and your propeller revolution* are arbitrarily fixed. Twin-engines usually indicate twin-chassis, which are not necessary on a trans mission machine. The only point where the twin-engine machine scores is in simplicity, but an aeroplane transmission, once the Experimental stage is passed, requires no more attention than that erf a car. My tale is told. I have made it clear to my readers why we have persevered with the Mann biplane so long, and also that the path of the experimenter ia by no means easy and pleasant, though it may easily lead him to destruction. Ridicule and calumny are poured on him at every step, and all men wisa him ill. He has 10 tight rigid conservatism and wrestle with invincible ignorance. His sole assets are the courage of his convictions and a saving sense of humour. But we forget the toil and danger of the past as we daily watch the Mann biplane rise like the Phoenix from the ashes of its predecessor. And perhaps this true story of how we wrested success from apparent failure may encourage others among the readers of " FLIGHT " to follow in our footsteps. Per Ardua ad Astra ! % 9 • » PERSONALS. UNDER the above heading will be published weekly particulars of a personal character relating to those who have Jallen or have been wounded in the country's service, announcements of marriages and other items concerning members of the Flying Services and others well known in the world of aviation. We shall be pleased to receive for Publication properly authenticated particulars suitable for this column. Casualties. Second Lieutenant H. A. JOHNSTON, R.F.C., who was killed in France on March 4th, was aged 24, and was the youngest son of Dr. H. M. Johnston, of Stranorlar, Co. Donegal. He was on leave for the day with a brother officer when a shell fell 10 yards away, killing him and wounding his companion. Before volunteering as a private he was with Messrs. Siemens Brothers, and had fitted wireless installations in many parts of the world. He was under graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. Second Lieutenant TERENCE DONOUGH O'BRIEN, 16th Lancers, attached K.F.C, whose death was referred to last week, was grand son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Terence O'Brien, formerly Governor of Heligoland and Newfoundland. He was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst, being gazetted to the 10th Lancers on August 14th, 1914. He proceeded to juin his regiment in Flanders on October 23rd, 1914, and was present in the action of February 21st, 1915, in the trenches at Zillebt-ck, when the 16th Lancers lost very heavily. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in September, 1915, as an obvrver, since which date he had been continuously employed. Lieutenant GRAHAM PRICE, who was killed in France on the 9th inst., was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Price, of Earbthorpe Koad, Sydenham. He was 28 years of age, and on the outbreak of war joined as a motor cyclist dispatch-rider and went out to France in September, 1914, remaining there in that capacity until Novcmliei last, when he was granted a commission in the Royal Engineers, being attached to the R.F.C. He quickly obiained his " observer's" certificate, and during this period had many successful encounters with hostile aeroplanes. His appoint ment to the R.F.C. with the rank of pilot was gazetted on March 3id. Caplain G. C. N. NICHOLSON, R.F.C., who was killed on March nth while flying in England, after several months service at the front, was the only son of Sir Charles Nicholson, Bt., M.P. Captain Nicholson was born in November, 1884, and was educated at Eton and Clare College, Cambridge. In 1007 he was appointed assi-t.mt private secretaty to Mr. E. Robertson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, and in the following year went to the War Office as private secretary to Colonel Seely, then Under. Secretary for War. lie became principal private secretary to Colonel Seely on his appointment as Secretary for War in 1912. He took up flying at the outbreak of war, rapidly became a proficient ptlot, and had done much to inspire his political and official friends with his own enthusiasm. Captain Nicholson, who was a nephew of Mr. Reginald Nicholson, formerly manager of the Times, married, in 1906, the Hon. Evelyn Izme Murray, youngest daughter of Viscount Elibank, and his son John Norris, who was born in 1911, becomes heir to the baronetcy. Wounded. Second Lieutenant CYRIL NOKMAN SKEDHOUSE, R.F.C., who has been wounded, is a son of Mr. William Seedhouse, of Rocking ham House, Newmarket. In a letter praising Lieut. Seedhouse's gallantry, it is stated that his aeroplane fought two German Fokker machines, and beat them off. Lieut. Seedhouse was acting as pil t. A fellow officer acting as observer, managed to bring the aeroplane safely to eatth after Lieut. Seedhouse had been wounded. Death of Mr. Fred T. Jane. Bv the passing of Mr. Fred T. Jane on the 8th inst., aero nautics has lost one of its strongest advocates. An expert in naval matters, Mr. Jane was quick to grasp the possibilities of aircraft lioth for military and commercial purposes, and in 1909 he com menced his annual," All the World's Airships"—on the lines of his " Fighting Ships," which has made such a name for itself—giving descriptions and illustrations wherever possible of every type of air- Craft produced in the world. A man of great enthusiasm and Marriages and to be Married. A marriage has been arranged between Captain B. P. GREEN WOOD, R.F.C., elder son of B. I. Greenwood, of Shoreham, Kent, and KATHLEEN, daughter of the late G. H. DUDLEY and Mrs. DUDLEY, of Kingswinford, Staffs, and will take place on March 21st at St. Andrew's, Wells Street, at 12 o'clock. There will be no reception and no invitations will be issued, but all friends will be welcome at the church. The engagement is announced between Lieutenant HENRY HAMILTON KITCHENER, R.E. and R.F.C., B.E.F., son of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Walter Kitchener, K.C.B., and Lady Kitchener, and WINIFRED EVEREST BLUCK, daughter of the Hon. A. W. Bluck and Mrs. Bluck, of Bermuda. Captain WILLIAM LAMBERT, R.F.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lambert, of Chesterton, Cambridge, was married on the 6th inst., at St. Michael's, Kensington, by the Rev. Prebendary Denison, Vicar of the Parish, assisted by the Rev. B. C. H. Andrews and the Rev. S. Langsford, to PHYLLIS MARY, daughter of the late Major Ross FULLER and Mrs. FULLER, of St. Mark's Road, W., and granddaughter of the late Lieut.-Col. Francis Fuller, C.B., East Lanes. A marriage has been arranged, and will shortly take place, between Flight-Lieutenant BENJAMIN TRAVERS, R.N.A.S., elder son of W. F. Travers, of Mole Cottage, Westhumble, Dorking, and DOROTHY ETHEL VIOLET MOUNCEY, only child of Captain D. B. W. Mouncey, Leicestershire Regiment, and Mrs. Mouncey, of 38, Elm Park Gardens, London, and granddaughter of the late Sir James Robert Longden, G.C. M.G. Items. Captain WILLIAN CAMPBELL ADAMSON, R.F.C., of Careston, Forfar, who was killed in action against German aircraft on September 5th, aged 28, son of Mr. W. Shaw Adamson, of Careston Castle, grandson of the late Mr. James A. Campbell, M.P., and nephew of the late Sir Henry Campbell-Bannermann, has left personal property in the United Kingdom valued at .£3,924. Speaking at a dinner on Saturday in connection with the London Fair and Market, Mr. JOYNSON-HICKS said that during his recent visit to the front a German shell landed at his feet, but fortunately failed to burst. While at the front he saw a great deal of the bravery of our own troops and our Allies, and all were absolutely convinced of victory. Out there there was every indication that there was no need lor the pessimism of which too much was seen at home. M. ALEXANDRE NELIDOW, Second Secretary to the Russian Embassy, a lieutenant in the Russian Cavalry Reserve, has resigned his post in the Russian Diplomatic Service to enter the Aviation Corps. He is learning to fly in England with the consent of the British Government. Sir GEOROE WHITE, presiding at the annual meeting of the Bristol Local Infirmary last week, announced that it had been arranged under the will of the late Mr. Francis Cape, of Bristol, that the Infirmary and the General Hospital should each receive £45,000, free from all charges. resource and well-informed, Mr. Jane made a host of friends who will sincerely deplore his loss, while his place in naval and aero nautical circles will be hard to fill. A Fatal Accident In France. IT was reported from Paris on the 8th inst. that whilst an officer at the Chartres military aerodrome was flying at a height of 1,650 ft. his biplane took tire and the machine crashed down in flames, the lieutenant being killed on the spot. 226
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