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]ftlGHT| SEPTEMBER 14, I916. IKe Ro^ral Xlero Clu of the United Kirigda OFFICIAL NOTICES TO NUMBERS EC- SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING. A SPECIAL MEETING of The Committee was held on Thursday last, the 7th inst., when there were present: Professor A. K. Huntington, in the Chair; Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Flight-Commander C. F. Pollock, R.N., and the Assistant Secretary. Election of Members.—The following New Members were elected:— Second Lieut. Arthur Vivian Burbury (Yorkshire Regt). Flight-Lieut. William Albeit Burns, R.N. Capt. Francis Percival Don, R.F.C. Flight Sub-Lieut. Arthur Westlake Farquhar, R.N. Lennox Weston Glendower Forster. William Edward Foster. Second Lieut. Arthur Clifford Hartley, R.F.C. Flight Sub-Lieut. Eric Perrin Hicks, R.N. Capt. Ernest E. Hodgson, RF.C. Huw Conway-Jones. Second Lieut. Roland Mann (Coldstream Guards). Second Lieut. Richard Fitz Power, R.F.A. Capt. Henry Sidney Lees-Smith, S.A.D.F. - Lieut. Guy Sydney Maxwell Taylor. R.E. Lieut. Hardress Edmund Waller (2nd York and Lancaster Regt,). Lieut, George Francis Maule Warner. Flight-Corn. Harold Edward Mostyn Watkins, RN. Flight-Corn. Ernest Victor Samuel Wilberforce, R.N. Capt. John Whitaker Woodhouse, R.F.C. THE FLYING SERVICES administered by FUND THE ROYAL AERO CLUB. THE Flying Services Fund has been instituted by the Royal Aero Club for the benefit of officers and men of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps who are incapacitated on active service, and for the widows and dependants of those who are killed. The Fund is intended for the benefit of all ranks, but especially for petty officers, non-commissioned officers, and men. Forms of application for assistance can be obtained from the Royal Aero Club, 166, Piccadilly, London, W. Subscriptions. Total subscriptions received to Sept. 5th, 1916 John Twells Collected at the Westland Aircraft Works, Yeovil (Forty-seventh contribution) Staff and Workers of Gwynnes, Ltd. (Twenty- third contribution) .. I 10,829 1 d. 5 o 8 s Total, September 12th, 1916 .. 10,839 7 4 166, Piccadilly, W. B. STEVENSON, Assistant Secretary. FLYING AT HENDON. IDEAL weather conditions prevailed at Hendon last Saturday afternoon, and a fair number of visitors turned up to see the flying. The latter was much the same as usual— passenger flights by the Grahame-White pilots on the 80 h.p. three-seater biplane and sundry Curtiss, B.E., R.E. and Maurice Farman machines up. We noticed Capt. B. C. Hucks was flying the last-named make of machine, and it quite reminded us of old times, except that the megaphone man did not announce him by name. H. Sykes brought out the Martinsyde biplane, and with A. A. Fletcher as passenger started'ofl for Richmond, where he was to give a looping dis play, as reported elsewhere. Before leaving the aerodrome Sykes gave us a farewell loop, for he is going to pitch his hangar in fields afresh, and will only be seen at Hendon in <s> <s> Aerial Contortions at Richmond. WHILST a sort of garden fSte, on behalf of the Richmond Boys' Naval Brigade and the Star and Garter Fund (wounded and disabled soldiers), was in progress on the old-world Richmond Green last Saturday afternoon, a biplane appeared overhead and " bombed " the merrymakers with thousands of leaflets bearing the following device :— " Whitehead Aircraft wish every success to the Richmond Boys' Naval Brigade and to the Star and Garter Fund, Richmond. Pilot—H. Sykes. Passenger—Mr. Fletcher. Saturday, September 9th, 1916." Then followed a series of aerial contortions that both amazed and amused. There were loops, tail-slides, nose dives, switchbacks, and many other indescribable evolutions —in fact, H. Sykes, figuratively speaking, let himself and the machine go. He and his passenger had come from Hendon on the Martinsyde, and on the way looped over Kew Bridge and Richmond Bridge, where, needless to say, considerable excitement prevailed. At the conclusion of the demonstration the pilot made for the old Deer Park—the scene of poor Graham Gilmour's fatal accident in 1912—where a safe landing coming days as an aerial visitor. During the afternoon a Sopwith triplane came over and performed various wonderful evolutions, including some climbing loops, which bore the unmistakable trade-mark of Harry Hawker. A little later on he departed for Brooklands way, and shortly after he— or perhaps it was another pilot—paid a second visit, this time on a one-and-a-half strutter. W. T. Warren-the-Younger, at about the same time the latter machine was gamboling about, brought out a 45 h.p. L. and P. Caudron and put up a few stunts, which appeared to be quite dainty alongside those of the other. After this the various schools got going, and as there were several " pups " in the early circuit stage plenty of fun was to be enjoyed, albeit at times it was some what alarming. On Sunday, Saturday's dose was repeated. <8> <S> was made. A little later G. H. Stevens made a short solo flight, after which the machine was flown over to Hanworth, where it was housed. Germans Forge Daily Mail. TRAVELLERS from Brussels report that forged copies of the Daily Mail are being printed and circulated with the idea of spreading false news as to the condition of this country and the effect of Zeppelin raids. It represents London as being for the most part reduced to ruins. It is stated that the forgeries have been so cleverly printed that it is extremely difficult to distinguish them from the genuine article. In the meantime the Vossische Zeitung publishes a story to the effect that the English Press prints two editions, one containing home truths for home consumption and the other pretty stories for neutrals. A Submarine Destroyed by Aeroplane. INFORMATION has been received in Amsterdam that a British pilot recently destroyed a damaged submarine in Zeebrugge Harbour. The Germans fired heavily at the aeroplane, which, however, returned safely to its station at Dunkirk. 788
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