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1919
1919 - 0325.PDF
MARCH 6, 1919 SIDE-WINDS A MOST successful meeting of manufacturer of A.G.S. parts was held at the Cannon Street Hotel on Friday, February 28. It was decided to form an association to pro tect the members and settle questions with the Government. After hearing the views of the gentlemen present, a resolu tion was adopted that the first thing to do was to form a strong representative committee, and the following were elected :— Messrs. S. L. Forbes (Messrs. A.G.S. Manufacturing Co.) ; Arthur Green (Messrs. Coventry Repetition Co., Ltd.) ; Edward Joseph (Messrs. Ozonair, Ltd.) ; Sam. G. Mason (Messrs. Sam. G. Mason, Ltd.) ; A. E. Owen (Messrs. Rubery, Owen and Co.) ; and J. M. Pirie (Messrs. Edgware Engineering and Aircraft Co., Ltd.) ; with Mr. Grey McCann acting as secretary. The feeling of the meeting was that such an association would be not only a great help to the members but also of considerable assistance to the Government, it being felt that it would make working much smoother if the authorities knew they had an association to turn to. MR. F. ASTLETT COULSON, who before he went into the Aero- parts Co. was managing director of the Wooler Engineering Co., is now putting on the market a new lightweight motor cycle which should make a strong appeal to flying officers. The machine, which will be known as the Coulson B, has been designed by Mr. Coulson, and the motor will be a 2§ h.p. Blackburn. One of the special features of the design is the suspension of the rear wheel, which will be carried by a long leaf spring. The wheel spindle is carried on two pivoted side members which are attached to a rigid unbroken frame Lateral movement is impossible, the bearing surface being of generous fan-shaped construction. The leaf springs are attached to the frame by special brazed lugs, and shackles connect the springs to the side members. The front of the machine will be provided with Druid forks. Other items of the specification, from which the quality of the machine may be judged, are M.L. magneto, Brown and Barlow car burettor, Albion two-speed gear, Lyscett saddle. Clincher, heavy, tyres. And the price is 60 guineas complete. A little booklet giving further particulars of the machine can be obtained from the F. A. Coulson Engineering Co., 109. Piccadilly, W. 1. SOME of the newer generation may not have recognised HI M. Christiaens, who, as recorded in last week's FIJGHT, was accidentally killed at Wolverhampton last week, one of the pioneers of flying. He was one of the early pilots of Henry Farman machines, on one of which he took part in the Bourne mouth meeting. He was also proud of the fact that he was the first man to fly in Russia, India and South Africa, among other places. He had also won fame as a driver of racing cars, his successes on the road including the winning of the Coupe de Liederkerke in 1909. He had also made many records on Brooklands and on the Indianapolis track in America, where he had been in charge of a Sunbeam car. He was a native of Brussels, and after making his escape from Gennany in 1915, he served with armoured cars with tire Belgian Army for some time. During the latter phases of the War he was in charge of experimental work at the <s> <s> Sunbeam company's factory at Wolverhampton, where his sound knowledge of theory, his skill as a mechanic, and his wide practical experience had proved of the utmost value. THE list of aeronautic records in which Wakefield Castrol" R " has played its part grows steadily longer and more imposing The latest to be announced is the record for a non-rigid air ship recently made, when a British airship, fitted with two Fiat motors, from Longside, near Aberdeen, accomplished a non-stop patrol of 101 hours over the North Sea. The flight might have continued for some hours more but for the fact that the water supply, both for motors and men, came to an end. Messrs. C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., are naturally proud of this striking proof of the high efficiency of their lubricant on so severe a test. It is interesting, by the way, to hear that the pilot of the ship was Capt. Warneford, a brother of Lieut. Warneford, V.C. IT was with the deepest regret that Messrs. C. A. Vandervell and Co., Ltd., received news of the death of Mr. Bertram Davisson, who was manager of their Manchester depot before the War. Mr. Davisson joined the Army in 1914 in the Legion of Frontiersmen, and was attached to the Belgian Army. When the Legion was disbanded he went into the R.G.A., and was out in France till the Armistice was signed. He was practically demobilised and about to once more take up his duties with the firm, when he was seized with influenza, and, pneumonia supervening, he passed away on Saturdav last. The late J. C. H. Christiaens, the well-known Belgian pilot who, as recorded in our last issue, was acci dentally killed while testing a Sunbeam racing car. A batch of R.E. 8's in the works of the Siddeley-Deasy Motor Car Co., Ltd., where large numbers of these machines have been built in addition to quantities of the B.H.P. type aero engines, known as " Siddeley-Puma.'* 32?
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