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JULY 31, 1919 " Flight" Copyrieht A bunch of four in the third lap in the race at Hendon on Saturday. in turning or in getting any height, flying as he did very low- over the whole oi the course. The first prize was the Hendon Trophy and the London Aerodrome Prize of £20, and the second prize was the London Aerodrome medal and prize of £10. It was very gratifying to see that the demand for passenger flights was considerable, the enclosure next the flight booking office being practically filled with folk eager for their guinea trips. On Sunday this demand was continued, and all the Grahame-White machines were kept busy until late in the evening. <•> <s> Prince Albert at Crayford ON Julv 23 Prince Albert paid a visit to Crayford in order to re-open the Princess' Theatre in connection with Vickers' works. In the reconstruction of the theatre, which was burnt down in 1916, the former design and decoration scheme has been followed. Mr. Douglas Vickers presided, and among those present were the Countess of Limerick, Miss Shortt, the Hon. Mrs. Douglas Vickers, Sir Trevor Dawson and Lady Dawson, and Sir Vincent Caillard. Prince Albert, in opening the theatre, said that not many people had realised what a vast amount of labour to win the war had been done by workers of big firms like Vickers, and their thanks went out to them. We had always been the leading industrial nation of the world, but we were going to have to fight, and it was on the workers more than ever that we depended to secure that end. Only by hearty co-operation between employer and employed could we hope to win through. During the evening Sir Trevor Dawson presented gold watches, on behalf of Messrs. Vickers to Capt. Sir John Alcock and Lieut. Sir Whitten Brown to commemorate their flight across the Atlantic. A diamond and emerald brooch in the form of a Vickers' aviation badge, was also presented to Miss Kennedy, Sir Whitten Brown's fiancee. For the opening performance there was an augmented orchestra conducted by Mr. Kendall Grimston, and among those who contributed to the programme were Mr. Albert Sammons, Miss Sterling MacKinlay, Miss Dorothy Varick, Mr. George Baker, Miss Ethel^Walker, and Mr. F. A. W. Docker. Cross Country Races from Hendon AFTER the events at Hendon on Saturday, Sunday and Flying at Sheffield SHEFFIELD has been taking a great deal of interest during the past week as a result of the " flying week " arranged by Messrs. Vickers at the instance of the development com mittee. The four Avros at the Coal Aston aerodrome have been kept busy taking passengers, and the Vickers-Vimy was never without its full complement of 10 passengers when it went for a trip over the city. On July 24 the " Vimy," piloted by Capt. S. Cockerill, took a load of newspapers from Sheffield to Doncaster, arid on Saturday the same journey was made with a bag of mails. On July 25, Capt. Sir John Alcock and Lieut. Sir A. W. Brown were entertained to luncheon at the Vickers works, and were subsequently received by the Lord Mayor and Corporation and the Master Cutler at the Town Hall. In the afternoon they visited Coal Aston aerodrome and Capt. Alcock took the wheel of the Vickers-Vimy during one of her trips. At Liverpool THE Waterloo aerodrome on the banks of the Mersey was opened last Saturday. As usual a large crowd had collected, but with the aid of the mounted police they were kept in hand. From the air, the flying ground appeared as a yellow disc of sand surrounded by a black band of humanity, with three Avros in the centre. Capt. E. Maitland Heriot, D.S.C., Lieut. Shanks and Maj. McMinnies, A.F.C., were the pilots, whilst Lieut. Bambridge, who had the distinction of losing the tail of his machine at 15,000 ft. in France, and descending on the top plane more or less successfully, was in charge of the ground operations. For four hours the machines were busy taking up passengers, and trips to Southport and Blackpool were in great demand. At Other Centres FLYING at Morecambe is now in full swing with Lieut. Macrae, M.C., in charge. Lieut. Moxon is established at Douglas, whilst Blackpool has excelled all records—over 1,000 passengers were taken last week. The weather has been perfect and the tides have not interfered with flying We understand that the daily service to Manchester from Blackpool and Southport is beginning to pay its way, more and more passengers availing themselves of the air journey to the coast. The service has run daily for close on three months without even a forced landing to disturb the even tenor of its way, and there is every hope that August will prove a record. The time-table of this service reads as follows :•— Leave Blackpool daily, Sundays excepted .. Noon. Arrive Southport .. .. .. .. 12.15 p.m. Arrive Alexander Park, Manchester .. .. 12.45 P-m. Leave Alexander Park, Manchester .. 2 p.m. Arrive Southport .. .. .. .. 2.30 p.m. Arrive Blackpool .. .. .. .. 2.45 p.m. The fare is £4 4s. single, and £g gs. return. Monday next, the weekly races will be suspended until the Hendon-Brighton-Hendon race which is provisionally fixed to take place on Saturday, August 30. The Hendon-Man- chester-Hendon race will probably take place on Saturday, September 20. Vickers Workers and Atlantic Prize ONE of the first acts of Capt. Sir John Alcock and Lieut. Sir A. W. Brown, when they received the £10,000 Daily Mail prize for crossing the Atlantic was to set aside £2,000 for distribution among the employees at the Vickers works at Weybridge, who helped to produce the Vickers-Vimy machine. The firm has now decided to augment the amount until it is sufficient to pay one week's wages to all employees at the works. Hence, when the works close for a week early in August they will receive payment for the holiday. Great efforts are being made to repair the famous " Vimy " by Vickers' sports day, August 23. Capt. Sir John Alcock is expected to fly it to the sports ground at Byfleet. Mr. Raynham Back MR. F. P. RAYNHAM, the pilot of the Martinsyde machine entered for the Transatlantic Prize arrived at Woking on Monday, and met with an enthusiastic reception at the works. His misfortunes have in no way dimmed his faith in long distance flying, although he admits that he has learnt a lot from them as well as from his rivals' success. Now that the Atlantic has been flown he thinks the next thing to do is to make the crossing reasonably safe. His opinion is that the most practical form of machine for the purpose is a flying- boat capable of weathering heavy seas. This will call for greater engine power and machines of much greater carrying- capacity than the biggest machines of the present time. IC22
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