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paid frequent visits to the peninsula ; on these occasions, whilst the ' Taube ' was in evidence, animals and transports approaching the beaches were turned and marched in the opposite direction, and stores and horses already in lighters were even unloaded on the beaches to give the appearance of a disembarkation." ONCE in the War, " hustle " is the slogan of the Americannation. Last week mention was made of the intention to drop, by means of aeroplanes, German translations of Presi-dent Wilson's speech over the German lines. As a fact, Mr. James M. Tuohy, the London correspondent of the NewYork World, announces that their Paris correspondent had already actually fixed up on April 7th, with the Frenchauthorities that this very effective means of conveying a little wholesome information to the German troops, should betarried through without a moment's unnecessary delay. IT would have been appropriate that the American LafayetteAir Squadron, which has been so actively engaged with the Allies on the Western front, should have been the conveyorsof their President's message, by way of consecrating the right now to Wear their own country's uniform in the world'sconflict. FOLLOWING the recent glorious work of our pilots at thefront, the discussion on the Air Services a<6ked for in Parlia- ment, is more than likely to be put down for the earliestpossible date. POSSIBLY—even probably—this discussion will form oneof the chief heart to heart talks assigned to the Seifret Session which may be decided upon by the Government. FROM " The Londoner's Diary " :— "The following piece of red-hot history might well havestaggered the imagination of Jules Verne. " On a certain morning just before the present phase of theWestern advance opened a flying squardori set out for France from an inland aerodrome. They took exactly 2^ hoursto complete the journey, and sat down to lunch behind the British lines at 1.30. Every machine completed the journeywithout a single forced landing. " The following day another complement of learnersoccupied the aerodrome, and within 72 hours of leaving England the squadron commander, who possesses the doubledistinction of being an intrepid flyer and a first-class instructor, was back at the flying school, and ready to take his new pupilsin hand. In the meantime, however, he had, single-handed, accounted for three German machines. As an instance ofsuper-hustle in doing one's bit, this must surely be hard to beat." • AVIATION now has its very own Masonic Lodge, althoughits membership is confined to one section of the Services only, viz. : R.N.A.S. Anti-Aircrafters. At the consecration ofthe new Royal Navy Anti-Aircraft Lodge, No. 3790, by Sir Edward Letchworth, the Grand Secretary, last Saturday morn-ing, a gathering of about 500 very earnest Masons resulted. THE Bible used in the ceremony and the warrant of thelodge were bound with boards cut from a piece of the pro- peller of one of the Zeppelins brought down in England, andpart of the regalia of the lodge officers was made of aluminium from the Zeppelins brought down at Cuffiey and in Essex.Sir Edward Letchworth was assisted in the ceremony of consecration by Admiral Sir Hastings Markham, Rear-Admiral E. F. Inglefield (Provincial Grand Master, Bucking- ham), Inspector-General Belgrave Ninnis, the Bishop ofWillesden, and Mr. G. Woods Wollaston, M.V.O. LIEUTENANT DONALD ALFRED ELLIOTT, R.N.V.R., wasinstalled as the first Master, with Lieutenant Thomas WTontner Smith, R.N.V.R., as acting I.P.M., and the following in theother offices: Captain L. S. Stansfeld, R.N., C.M.G., and R. R. Hayne, L.R., Wardens; R. P. Hamp, Treasurer;P. C. Webb, L.R., Secretary ; G. Woods Wollaston, M.V.O. (Bluemantle), D.G.D.C, Director of Ceremonies; Sub-Lieutenant K. V. Dolleymore and G. E. Kimp, Deacons ; E. V. Reynolds, A.D.C. ; A. W. M. Marshall, Almoner; F. Pooley, Inner Guard; J. S. Huddleston, D. Neale, G. W.Roberts, F. W. Jackson, and J. W. Taylor, Stewards. There were 60 grand officers present and the lodge ,has nearly100 founders. WITH such a good send-off by way of a lead, we can alreadysee other Air Service Lodges materialising within a measur- able period. It is fitting that the controllers of the new formof Craft should join up with The Craft. APRIL 19, 1917. CURIOUS that following the publication of the title" Dawn t ", of our cartoon last week, on the very day of its issue (Thursday), at the American Luncheon Clubs' functionat the Savoy, the Prime Minister should, in his really inspired speech, have taken hold of the same text so emphatically.When referring to the glorious work of our Imperial Army in France, Mr. Lloyd George with convincing emphasis and sternearnestness painted a picture for which the whole world must by now Jong. " To-day," he said, " we are waging the mostdevastating war that the world has ever seen ; to-morrow— perhaps not a distant to-morrow—war may be abolished forever from the category of human crimes. This may be some- thing like the fierce outburst of Winter which we are nowWitnessing before the complete triumph of the sun. It is Written of those gallant men who won that victory on Monday—men from Canada, from Australia, and from this old country, which has proved that in spite of its age that it isnot decrepit—it is written of those gallant men that they attacked With the daWn—fit work for the daWn !—to driveout of 40 miles of French soil those miscreants who had defiled it for three years. ' They attacked with the dawn.'Significant phrase !" WHAT an interesting story " HoW Squadron Commander Briggs, D.S.O., R.N., reached London " would make to be sure. Since he did his Friedrichshafen strafing he has been through quite a lot of experiences. His being able to person- ally congratulate S. V. Sippe, D.S.O., R.N., who was also in the same strafe upon his latest promotion to Squadron Com-' mander, should be an agreeable surprise for both sides. TEN YEARS AGO. Excerpts from the " Auto. " (" FLIGHT'S " precursor and sister Journal) of April, 1907. " FLIGHT " was founded in 1908. THE BLERIOT MACHINE.M. Bleriot's determined efforts to get his aeroplane off the ground have at last been crowned by a mild success. Onthe 5th instant it got fairly off the ground, attaining a height above terra firma of 60 centimetres, or a little under two feet,at which elevation it accomplished a " flight " of 6 metres \ M. Bleriot, being rather alarmed for the safety of his machineafter making his flight of 6 metres, cut off the ignition and once more came to the ground. AEROPLANE MODEL TRIALS.One of the most promising events which had hitherto been arranged in the aeronautical world was the competitionorganised by the Aero Club for model flying machines, and in connection with which our contemporary, the Daily Mail,offered valuable money prizes. This event took place at the Alexandra Palace on Monday, April 15th ; that is to say,immediately after the closing of the Agricultural Hall Show, where, as our readers are aware, the machines in question,and many more besides, had been on exhibition for more than a week. As the result of the trials, the judges awardedthe second prize to Mr. A. V. Roe, and the third prize to Mr. WT. F. Howard. No first award was made. THE FILIPPI AEROPLANE.As a variation on the ordinary aeroplane machine, par- ticulars come from Paris of a device invented by a Frenchengineer named M. Antoine Filippi, which must apparently be classed among the helicopters, although the machine, itseems, is a combination of both principles. In appearance it has rather a bird-like appearance, since it consists of ametal body, outstretched from which, on either side, is a large wing or fin, resembling to a certain extent a blade ofsome immense propeller. About the centrrof each plane thus formed is a circular orifice 1 • 3 metres in diameter,covered by an openwork cage carrying an electric motor- driven propeller which revolves in the plane of the out-stretched wings. When in motion these two propellers convert the machine into a helicopter, but when once liftedup into the air the outstretched wings ate available for gliding. It is reported that preliminary tests have alreadyshown the machine to be capable of lifting a load of 700 kilogs. in addition to the electric equipment, but no infor-mation is at present available to show what power was being consumed in accomplishing this feat. Steering is accom-plished by tilting the propellers, and by the same [means these can be utilised for propulsion. ^ THE DELAGRANGE AEROPLANE TRIALS. Shortly before 11 o'clock last Saturday morning the Dela-. r grange machine was taken out for another trial, but although some success was attained, the attempts had to be abandoned owing to minor accidents with the framework. 374 _J
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