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f/DGHT] Royal Aero Club Certificates were taken by Messrs. F. Moore, L. Pulford and L. H. Brake. During the month of May thirteen Royal Aero Club Certificates were secured. Ruffy-Baumann School.—Pupils with instructor last week : Messrs. Carr, Edgar, Wilson, Dobson, Portella, Maya, Torres. Di Balme, Bailey, Straus, Fansnawe, Westlake, Williams and Fraser. Straights or rolling alone: Messrs. Bailey, Williams, Winter, Fraser, Hos- kyns and Whitaker. Eights or circuits alone: Messrs. Straus, Portella and Baron D'Opstael. Instructors: Messrs. Ed. Baumann, Felix Ruffy, Ami Baumann, Andre Thomsen and Clarence Winchester. 50 and 60 h.p. Ruffy-Baumann tractor biplanes in use. Certificates taken by Baron D'Opstael, G. Straus and JUNK 8, 1916. M. Portella, the last-named making an exceptionally good series of flights. Bournemouth School. PUPILS rolling alone last week : Messrs. Kennedy, Pritt, Scaramanga, Daniel, Green, Brandon, Turner, Little, Hammersley and Hinchh'ff. Doing straights alone: Messrs. O. Wilson, J. Wilson, Gordinne, Smith, Adamson and Barlow. Half circuits alone: Messns. Gordinne, Mowis and O. Wilson. Eights and circuits alone : Mr. C. Gordinne. Instructors : Messrs. S. Summerfield and Brynildsen ; 35 h p., 45 h.p., and 60 h.p. Caudrons in use. Certificate was taken by Mr. C. Gordinne, whose flying was very good. During the week several passengers enjoyed flights by- Mr. S. Summerfield on the 60 h.p. Caudron. ® ® ® ® CLASSES FOR TRAINING MUNITION WORKERS. CONDUCTED AT REQUEST OF THE MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND AT OTHER CENTRES. THE following is a summary of the accommodation for the purposes of training as installed at School of Building, Ferndale Road, Clapham. This admirable scheme is dealt with in our Leader this week. The workshops are accommodated in a hall 150 ft. by 70 ft., of which 100 ft. is used for machine and fitting shops. The lay out is complete with the necessary offices, stores, refreshment rooms, machine, fitting and blacksmith shops. The organisation follows as nearly as possible that of a munition factory, hence the manufac ture of actual details of munitions is undertaken. In .Tilly, 1915, the following equipment was installed :—30 lathes, II drilling machines, 3 power hack saws, 2 shaping machines, 1 punching machine, 1 shearing machine, and 45 vices. The following machines have since been added:—6 capstan lathes, 12 milling machines (including profiling machines), 3 lathes for 18-pounder cartridge cases, 2 turret lathes for 18-pounder shells, 2 tool grinders, 2 Universal cutter grinders, and 1 slotting machine. The following machines are on order, but have not yet been delivered:—8 milling machines (including profiling machines), 5 lathes (including 3 capstans), I two-spindle drilling machine, and I power hack saw. There are three main lines of shafting, each about 100 ft. long, driven by 4 electric motors. Two definite classes of workers are trained: (a) Ordinary- operators at the vice and machine tools ; (b) Tool setters on lathes, milling and allied machines. Set schemes are worked to, excepting where special requisition is made by individual firms for workpeople to meet individual needs. All tool setters and practically all the operators have been placed in munition factories. A'eltirn of Training of Students from fitly, 1915, up to Saturday, May zoth, 19*16. Urixton School of Building (originally General Course from July, conducted at Beaufoy Institute) Poplar School of Engineering Brixton School of Building ... Goldsmiths' College South-Western Polytechnic ... General Course from Sep tember, 1915. Lead Burning from Novem ber, 1915. Gauge Making from March, 1916. Number in attendance during week ended 20.5.16 Number certificated up to 20.5. t6 Number refused certificates and with drawn ... Certificated— Number known to have entered factories or H.M. Forces ... Number unplaced Uncertificated. Number known to have entered factories Second and subsequent placings "3 <u «r9 O^ 501 2,897 ' 936 2,564 333 76 76 bis c "31 <U 3 i-"m 38 75 26 75 — 2 i "3 a O 0, H"i 36 38 1 37 1 — 2 MS 3-2 d rt os 36 28 11 27 1 ~a •3 H 611 3,038 974 2,703 335 76 80 Slmreditch Technical Institute 1915, and Tool Setting from February, 1916. General Course from July, 1915. The Centres at which training is given run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and 6.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m., from Monday to Saturday inclusive, i.e., 72 hours per week. Each student is required to attend 4 hours daily. In Gauge-making Centres, instruction is given for 44 hours per week. Students have been supplied to 338 individual firms, one of which has taken 344 students. 18 firms have taken over 20 students each. Women Tracers.—Included in the number of students placed in factories are 46 women who have been trained as tracers. 10,800 applications have been registered apart fronvthose whose applications have been declined. ® ® ® ® FLYING AT HENDON. As the early part of last Saturday afternoon was somewhat windy and showery, it was not until later that conditions were favourable for flying. The first machine away was a new 60 h.p. G.-W. biplane, of a similar type to the 80 h.p. three-seater, but having only two seats and fitted with dual control. It was piloted by C. Pashley, and carried a naval observer as passenger. They were up for some time, reaching an altitude of several thousand feet. M. Osipenko came out next on one of the 60 h.p. school 'buses, upon which he put up some of the best steeply-banked spirals for this type of machine that have been seen at Hendon for some time. Now and again he also indulged in a few switchback*. In the meanwhile one of the 80 h.p. three-seaters was brought out, and J. S. B. Winter, H. C. Biard, and B. F. Hale got going with passengers. Marcus D. Manton, who has had several weeks' severe illness, made a welcome reappearance, and put in about four flights on the G.-W. 'buses. A Curtiss tractor made a high flight, finishing with a fine spiral descent, and a Sopwith bullet and a two-seater de Havilland pusher left for destinations unknown. H. Sykes also came out on a two-seater Martinsyde, but some slight damage caused by the long grass he was unfortunate enough to get amongst after landing brought his demonstrations to a premature end. Later in the evening the various schools got going. On Sunday wind and rain put a stop to all proceedings. The usual exhibition and passenger flights will be given this Whitsun— Sa'.urday, Sunday and Monday—so that if anyone is taking a " holiday as usual" they will be catered for at Hendon just the same. 486
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