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DECEMBER 6, 1917. Camaraderie.IT is with great pleasure that we publish the following letter from Mr. George White, of Sandiacre, near Nottingham,for the spirit of camaraderie displayed by Mr. Burchell should be known to all model workers.Mr. White says : "I first had my attention directed to model aviation during December of 1916, when ray two boyshad a twin propeller A frame monoplane sent to them as a Christmas present. Although never having had any ex- together with explanations of the best methods of makingthe model. I must confess that on learning the delicate nature of the work required I was almost afraid to start,but seeing that Mr. Burchell had been so overwhelmingly kind and had been to a vast amount of trouble—it musthave taken him hours to write me the very full description— I felt it was up to me to go through with it. I thereforewrote asking him if he would kindly supply me with a list of the quantities of the whole of the material I should re- MR. GEO. WHITE'S MODEL.—On the left the model is seen complete, while the view on the right shows the fine flying qualities of the model. perience of this kind of thing before, we managed after repeatedefforts to put up what was to us a fine flight of perhaps 50 yds. Just a few weeks afterwards I was in town, and noticed on thebookstall a copy of "FLIGHT" which I brought home and eagerlyperused. In it I noticed a monthly report of the doings of the Finsbury Park and District Model Aero Club containing anaccount of the nights of a 4 ft. monoplane built by Mr. Burchell. The, to me, remarkable distance it had flown, filled me witha keen desire to learn something more about it, and although never having tried my hand at this kind of work, I decidedI would write the secretary, asking him if he thought Mr. Burchell would supply me with some particulars with a view toiny making this model. I received from the Secretary, Mr. quire and where I might purchase same. Instead of sendinga list he took the trouble of purchasing and sending to me, a perfect stranger, the whole of the materials I wanted, akindness I can never fully repay, and I have since built and very successfully flown the model as illustrated in "FLIGHT."My machine complete weighs slightly more than Mr. Burchell's, as I find that eight strands of £ in. strip rubber gives me themost successful flights. Up to date her best performance has been 60 sees, with an estimated distance of 500 yds.The large photograph is of the machine completed and the V DIRECTION OF FLIGHT END VIEW OF PROPELLOR. .f I FRONT ELEVATION. PLAN. SCALE Drawings of Mr. H. G. Pickering's model monoplane. Raynor, a most courteous letter promising to place my wishes smaller one, which I call "Well Up," of the model in fullbefore Mr. Burchell, and intimating that I should most probably flight. Both photographs were taken by myself, During get all the information I required from hirn. In the courseof a few days I received a most prodigious epistle of some fourteen pages containing sketches of all the various parts, a successful flight after the propeller has stopped she glidesdown gloriously and alights as lightly and gracefully as a bird. I can thoroughly recommend any reader to build this 1294
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