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SEPTEMBER 14, 1922 during this second stage. Courtney ran out of petrol just outside Newcastle, but managed to glide into the aerodrome. Raynham had compass trouble, and lost time in straying off the route a little. Longton had to land at Bakewell to change a plug, whilst Muir was forced to land at Chesterfield with valve trouble. Tennant ran out of petrol five miles from Newcastle, whilst Butler and Spenser Grey lost their bearings and had to land—the former at Middlesbrough, and the latter at Jarrow—to inquire their way. Carr also had com pass trouble, and landed at Halifax in a rough field, and retired from the race, as previously reported. Before the last two machines arrived at Newcastle four of the competitors were started on the final stage of the day's journey to Glasgow. These were, in the order of starting, Raynham, Cobham Barnard and Hamilton. After this the others all got away on time. At 7.45 p.m. Spenser Grey and Kenworthy returned to Newcastle on the Kangaroos, as they decided they would not be able to get to Glasgow before dark. They continued their journey next day, however, and left Glasgow for Manchester in the afternoon. From Manchester they flew direct to Croydon, arriving late in the evening. Newcastle-Glasgow This last section was, perhaps, the most exciting of the day, as the leading machines kept very close together. Here also large crowds gathered at Renfrew Aerodrome and waited for the arrivals, whilst some R.A.F. pilots kept them amused with exhibition flights. It was not until 5.19 p.m. that the first man landed. This was Barnard on the D.H.4A, who was received with a great outburst of cheering, and on alighting he was welcomed by Lord-Provost Paxton, Lord Weir, and Sir Hugh Trenchard. Two minutes later Raynham arrived on his " Martinsyde " having lost the leading position when only 20 miles from Glasgow. The third man in was Cobham, three minutes behind Raynham. Courtney came in fourth at 5.43, and then three D.H.'s arrived in the following order ; Piercey (D.H.g) 5.47, Hamilton (D.H.gc) 5.51, and Butler D.H.37) 6.5. Two minutes after Butler came Cockerell on the Vulcan, and E EI GLIDING, IN connection with our Designing Competition, particulars of which were announced in our issue of August 31, the question has been raised what procedure should be adopted by intending competitors who wish to make certain enquiries regarding details of the competition. They should write us in their own name, as later on the designs will be submitted under a nom de plume, and the judges will thus not be aware of the identity of competitors. The fact that certain names of possible entrants thus come to our notice can therefore in no way influence the judging of designs submitted. OWING to the very considerable amount of space occupied by our report of the race for the King's Cup, it has not been possible to include in this week's issue particulars of all the then there was a wait of nearly half an hour before the ninth man arrived, this being Longton. Eleven minutes later, and with eleven minutes between them, the two B.P.'s came in, Holmes leading, and Muir hustling in one minute behind them. Nearly an hour elapsed before the brave little Avro Baby and its plucky pilot, Payn, came in last and least. Glasgow-Manchester On Saturday morning, out of the 21 machines that started from Croydon, 13 had reached Glasgow, and were ready to make the homeward journey. Raynham, the first starter, was sent off at 9 a.m. in glorious weather, and the others started according to their times, Hamilton being delayed by engine trouble. At Manchester an exciting race for first in took place between Raynham and Cobham, the former leading at first, only to be beaten at the last moment by a second or two. Barnard came in third, 7 minutes later, and Longton fourth at 11.18. The others followed at intervals of a few minutes in this order : Longton, Piercey, Butler, Hamilton, Courtney, Cockerell, Holmes, Tennant,' Muir and Payn—the latter arriving at 1.10. It was greatly regretted by all that Payn was forced to retire at this stage, owing to magneto trouble. Courtney was also obliged to retire, as a centre-section fitting broke shortly after leaving Glasgow. After their one and a half hour's stop the remaining 11 competitors .all got well away to time. Manchester-Bristol Raynham once again obtained the lead at the end of the second stage, with Barnard only a little over a minute behind. Cobham was next, four minutes later, and Piercey followed in about half an hour. The fifth man, Butler, and sixth, Hamilton, arrived 6 and 17 minutes after respectively, with Longton two minutes behind the latter. In about 12 minutes Cockerell arrived, and after a wait of 27 minutes No. 9, Holmes, came in—his reflection, Tennant, following 15 minutes later. Muir brought up the rear six minutes after. All eleven competitors arrived between 1.21p.m. and 3.15 p.m., and all got away to time on the final stage to Croydon. m a German gliders which took part in the Rhon competition in Germany. A great deal of descriptive matter, as well as a table of data and several photographs have therefore had to be held over until next week, when we can promise our readers a lot of interesting and valuable information relating to the German machines. In the meantime, we publish this week a photograph of the Hannover glider on which Herr Hentzen made a flight of over three hours. The scale drawings of this machine were published in our issue of August 31, and from the accompanying photograph, taken from underneath the machine, the alterations are fairly clear. Thus it appears that at the tip the trailing edge has been swept back, being now parallel with the leading edge. The span has, we believe, been slightly reduced, but otherwise the machine remains practically as it was in last year's competition. ^ ^ ^ ^ K The Hannover Glider " Vam- pyr," on which Herr Hentzen re mained aloft for over three hours. & & s ^ S5 ^ 5$ as & 534 \
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