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Aviation History
1920
1920 - 0813.PDF
•*m •• i JULY 22, 1920 PORTRAITS OF PILOTS AND IDENTIFICATION DIAGRAMS OF MACHINES No. 14. Bristol Bullet, 450 h.p. Bristol Jupiter a Pilot: Capt. C. F. Uwins No. 15. Martinsyde Semi-Quaver, 300 h.p. Hispano No. 16 Pilot: Mr. L. R. Tait Cox No. 15 Vi A Pilot: Mr. F. P. Raynham No. 16. Nieuport Goshawk, 320 h.p. A.B.C. Dragonfly The French Competitions OF the competitions which are being organised by the Service Technique de l'Aeronautique in France, thai for motors has been again postponed to January 1, 1921, while the aeroplane competition is to start on August 15. The entries for the latter are from the Caudron, Breguet, Farman, Latecoere and Bleriot firms. French Speed Range Competition WHEN the competition for the " Grand Ecart " (greatest speed range) prize of 10,000 francs, offered by our French contemporary L'Auto, concluded on July 15, the best performance had been made by Bossontrot on a Farman Sports Biplane, and he therefore secured the prize. His winning performance, made on July 1, was minimum speed 23.411 kiloms. per hour, and maximum speed 139.896, giving a ratio of 5.9753. Second place went to Ed. Pillon, also on a Farman Sports model, with a ratio of 4.5980, and third to Casale, on a Spad-Herbemont, with 3.5276. In the landing competition the best performance was Pillon's i6m.6o, Bossontrot's best being 19 m. 75 and Casale's 126 m. 15. The U.S. Gordon-Bennett Team THE Aero Club of America has now selected its team for the forthcoming Gordon-Bennett race in France. The three representatives are:—Air Service, United States Army aeroplane, pilot Maj. R. W. Schroeder ; Aero Club of Texas, Curtiss plane, pilot to be named ; Dayton-Wiight Division of General Motors, pilot to be named. Visitors from Denmark Two Danish seaplanes landed at Felixstowe at 3.45 p.m. on July 14. They were piloted by Lieuts. Lichtenberg and Rasmussen, who left Copenhagen on the previous day, accompanied bv two naval officers. The first portion of the journey—the longest undertaken by Danish aviators—was to Holland. A large crowd witnessed the landing at Felix- stowe, and the visitors were subsequently entertained by the 230 Squadron R.A.F. : •••
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