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I FLIGHT NOVEMBER 15, 1917- view of the affairs of the war, as can easily be read into their pit-head resolution in which they single out the R.F.C. as if by intuition of a third service. Their views thus expressed are " That we place on record our deep sense of gratitude and apprecia- tion for the noble and self-sacrificing work of our boys in the Army, the Navy, the Royal Flying Corps, and all parts of the great war; that we are determined to support them by all the means in our power to bring this war to a victorious conclusion." A worthy finish to the voting. OHE hears a good deal of the profiteerof to-day, but, by way ef curiosity, we should like to have a view of the typefor whom the ^5 " big, fat cigar" was invented. Perhaps the proprietor of theWest-End Automobile Co., who en- deavoured to induce an R.F.C. officer totry one and thereby got himself entangled with the Prevention of Corruption Act,plus " Dora," may be able to engineer an introduction for us. TEN YEARS AGO. Excerpts from the " Auto." (" FLIGHT'S " precursor and sister Journal) of Novem her, 1907. " FLIGHT " was founded in 1908. ^ THB GERMAN MILITARY AIRSHIPS. On Friday of last week. Kaiser Wilhelm inspected for the first time the two German military air- ships, the " Gross " and the " Parseval," at the Tegel Aero- nautical Station. Both craft sallied forth from their hangars and executed several manoeuvres at a height of about 465 ft. The Kaiser, who, it is stated, was hitherto somewhat of a sceptic in regard to dirigible balloons, expressed himself very emphatically in regard to a favourable view for the future of this type of craft. NEW BRITISH ARMY AIRSHIP. A successor to " Dirigible No. 1 " is being constructed apace in the balloon factory at Farnborough, and should, if it comes up to expectations, be an altogether more promising machine than its predecessor. The gas-vessel is to have a capacity of 64,000 cubic feet, and will be 42 ft. at its greatest diameter. This will give a lifting power of 4,800 lb., which is about 1,400 lb. more than was available from " Nulli The above pilot's certificate was, according to Flugsport, found onthe French Ace Guynemer, who was killed a little time ago. Secundus." In calm weather it is anticipated that a speed of 40 miles an hour will bs attained, the engines bsing capable of developing 100 h.p. It is anticipated that six passengers instead of three will be safely carried by the new airship, which is to bs so constructed as to remove all liability of its becoming water-logged in the same way as did " Dirigible No. 1 " when it terminated its remarkable journey to London at the Crystal Palace. U.S. ARMY TO HAVE A DIRIGIBLE. . • <I~" For some considerable time past the United States War Department have been experimenting with ordinary balloons, and they have now, it is reported, decided to construct a dirigible balloon. It is proposed that the gas-vessel should be 190 feet long and have a capacity of 50,000 cubic feet, while the propellers are to be driven by two 120 h.p. French motors, which, according to the calculations, should drive the airship at a speed of 35 miles an hour. FATAL ACCIDENTS. AN inquest was held on November'6th in Middlesex on 2nd Lieut. D. C. Bispham, R.F.C., who was killed on November 4th ?'- According to the evidence it was his second flight alone, and in trying to land he got into a heavy mist. The machine came to the ground, but was not badly damaged, and the lieutenant's body was picked up about 40 feet away. A verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned At a South Coast town on-November 6th, an inquest was held on Lieut. C. Jackson, R.F.C., whose body was found in the Channel with the wreckage of his aeroplane. Lieut. Jackson, with another officer as pilot, went out for practice on November 5 th. A verdict was returned of " Found Dead in the Sea," death being due to injuries and drowning. A fatal flying accident occurred at a North Wales aero-drome on November 7th. Preparing to descend, Lieut. R. H. Carter, R.F.C., stopped his engine and was circling over theaerodrome when a gust of wind upset the machine, which fell and was wrecked. Lieut. Carter was thrown against a walland killed, but Corpl. Harold Smith, -who was with him, escaped with a severe cut. Lieut. R. J. Moore, R.F.C., while carrying out a flight, fell intp the Channel, and was killed. Lieut. Leduc, R.F.C., was killed in Kent on November 7th while making an instruction flight. An inquest was held on November 8th on Flight Sub-Lieut. G. H. Herriot, of the R.N.A.S., who was killed by falling into the sea off the South-East Coast while testing a single-seater machine. A witness of the accident stated that the pilot attempted to turn the machine whilst travelling slowly and fell. "He was found floating near the aeroplane, but he died two hours later from concussion of the brain. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." Lieuts. Croker and Price, flying near Rugby on November 8th, fell about 300 ft. and sustained fatal injuries. A collision between two single-seater aeroplanes occurred on November nth over Walling^on, as a result of which two R.F.C. officers were killed. The machines were flying in company at a great height when the collision occurred. One of them fell immediately, but the other appeared to right itself, and it was descending when, apparently, the propeller came off and the machine crashed to the ground. One of the machines fell in a school yard and the other in a private garden. Lieut. A. J. Moore, a Canadian, aged 22, attached to the Royal Flying Corps, was killed while flying near Montrose. While at a high altitude an explosion took place, and the machine fell to the ground. An inquest-was held at Minster, Thanet, on November 1 ith, on Sub-Lieut. David Ross Kerr, R.N., who was killed on the previous day while flying. The evidence showed that when at a height of 3,000 feet his machine began to spin. The air- man recovered control about 1,500 feet from the ground, but another spin began immediately afterwards, and the machine fell. It was stated that the aeroplane was in good order. The jury returned a verdict of " Death from Mis- adventure." A verdict of "Accidental Death " was returned on Novem- ber 1 ith at an inquest on the body of Lieut. D. A. Robertson, R.F.C., who was killed. I2C2
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