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FEBRUARY 1, 1923 GLIDING. SOARING AND AIR-SAILING Those wishing to get in touch with others interested in matters relating to gliding and the construction of gliders are invited to write to the Editor of FLIGHT, who will be pleased to publish such communications on this page, in order to bring together those who would like to co-operate, either in forming gliding clubs or in private collaboration. FOR several weeks now the two French pilots Bossoutrot and Maneyrol have been playing a game of patience, the one at Etaples and the other at Veauville, near Cherbourg. Bossoutrot is anxious to beat Manevrol's performance, and Maneyrol means to keep in front, whatever success shall attend the efforts of the Farman pilot. On Wednesday of last week (January 24) Bossoutrot took the air under far from favourable weather conditions. It was bitterly cold, and occasionally snow fell. Nevertheless Bossoutrot stuck to his task, and actually succeeded in remaining up long enough to beat Maneyrol's record of 3 hrs. 21 mins. 7 sees. by 21 mins. Unfortunately, the flight was not officially observed, and thus will not count. It was a fine performance nevertheless, and as official observers are pow stationed at Etaples there is little doubt that Bossoutrot will soon be trying again. * * * BOSSOUTROT was not left to enjoy his unofficial record for long. On Monday of this week Maneyrol took the air on his Peyret glider at 1.15 p.m. and remained aloft for 8 hrs. 6 mins. landing in the dark at 9.21 p.m. Flares were lit to enable him to make a safe landing. At Itford, it will be remembered, Maneyrol also landed after dark, the ground being illuminated by the head lights of motor-cars. Maneyrol's record flight was made at Veauville, the site suggested for the competition to be held this summer. At the time of writing it is not known whether or not the flight was officially observed, but it seems probable that it was. * • * THE arrangements for the Biskra meeting are now complete, and Commandant Brocard, who is to open the meeting officially, arrived on January 25. At the moment the following pilots are in readiness at Biskra : Thoret, Barbot, Descamps, and Lepetit. Maneyrol was detained at Veauville, but now that he has set up a new record there is little doubt that his Peyret glider will be sent to Biskra with all speed. * * * UNFORTUNATELY this country will not be represented, as Raynham has decided not to go. The rules for the competi- tion were changed repeatedly, and it was even stated that the competition would not be held at Biskra after all. Then came the flights by Thoret in a Hanriot school machine (power driven), and it was found that the locality was. suitable after all. Probably this influenced the organisers in their decision to hold the meeting, but what with all this uncertainty Raynham did not think it " good enough," and has decided to remain at home. Nor do we blame him. * * * A GLIDING competition is being held at Sain-Andreasberg in Germany from January 28 to February 6. Several of the German glider pilots are expected to take part, and it is stated that Hentzen will be there with his " Vampyr." It is probable that experiments will also be made with gliders fitted with small engines, and possibly Budig will be present with the machine described in FLIGHT recently. * * * WE should like to remind our readers that the competitionfor the Selfridge Prize of 1,000 guineas is now open. The rules were published in our issue of December 7, 1922, buta brief resume1 may be helpful. * * * THE Selfridge Prize will be awarded to the entrant of the machine which first covers a distance of 50 miles, measured in a straight line. Competitors may start from any point in the British Isles, but a map of the district in which it is intended to fly must be sent to the Royal Aero Club seven days before the first attempt, and on this must be marked the approximate starting place and route to be followed. Notification must be given to the official observers, and as far as possible these will be appointed locally. The expense of observers must be borne by the competitor. • * * THE Royal Aero Club will issue special log sheets, and these must be carried by the pilot in all flights in connection with the competition. On landing, the pilot must fill up the landing certificate on the log sheet. The landing certificate must be signed by the pilot and by two responsible persons present at the time of the landing. If none was present the certificate must be signed by two responsible persons residing in the district. The log sheet must be posted to the R.Ae.C. not later than 48' hours after the landing. * * * FULL particulars of the competition can be obtained from the Royal Aero Club, 3, Clifford Street, London, W. 1. The entrance fee is £5, and must be sent, with a properly filled up entry form, seven clear days before any flight made for the prize. In the event of the prize not being won this year, Messrs. Selfridge and Co., Ltd., will present 500 guineas to the entrant of the machine which covers the longest distance, provided a minimum distance of not less than 25 miles has been exceeded. LONDON TERMINAL AERODROME Monday Evening, January 29, 1923 THE new Aero Union, as the combination of CM.A. and Grands Express is now called, are having considerable success with their newspaper service between Lympne and Paris. Last week, indeed, there were three days on which this service was run when it was impossible for any machine to leave or enter Croydon. It is a remarkable commentary on the bad communications between London and the aero- drome at Croydon when it is realised that the time occupied for the newspapers to get to Lympne from London is only half an hour more than the time taken from London to Croydon. Taking this into consideration, a recent flight by one of the " Goliaths " from Lympne to Paris in 1 hr. 10 mins. must have meant that the newspapers were transported between London and Paris in record time. The Instone Air Line have again resumed their service to Brussels, the machines calling there again on their way to and from Cologne. " Dress Rehearsals " for the Night Service IN preparation for the night-flying experiments which are to be carried out for a month from February 5, several " dress rehearsals " have been held at the aerodrome during the last week. The machine used was a Bristol " Fighter " with a Rolls-Royce " Eagle " engine, and Major Biddlecombe, who is in charge of the night-flying on the English part of the route, has been making flights between here and Lympne to see for himself that all is in working order. The Daimler Airway have been running consistently on the Manchester route—despite the fact that passengers are not forthcoming in such great numbers as hitherto-—and, owing to a prevailing north-west wind in the upper air, they have been making the journey from Manchester to London in a little over 90 mins. The Daimler Airway is to run a service between London and Manchester and the Trades' Fair at Birmingham, which commences on February 19, and, as the exhibition buildings are adjacent to the aerodrome, passengers will be landed actually in the grounds of the Exhibition, thus saving an appreciable amount of time in the journey from Manchester, even taking into consideration its comparative shortness. Major Woods Humphreys left for Wiesbaden on Saturday to attend a conference of the International Air Traffic Association which opens there today. I understand that the principal item on the agenda is the question of operating European services in view of the present state of affairs in Germany. When the members of the Air Conference visit the aero- drome on February 5, they will, in addition to seeing all the latest commercial machines—and, of course, all the Air Ministry " white elephants "—be treated to an exhibition of speed-flying by Mr. Jimmy James on the " Bamel." " Joy-Rides " Already in Vogue Again JOY-RIDES are beginning again to be a feature of the week- ends, and on Saturday and Sunday this week-end there were quite a number of passengers carried by the Surrey Flying Service " Avros." In fact, although it is as yet slow work, the success already augurs well for a successful season. Regarding the accident to the Fokker monoplane recorded in this column last week, the machine was not as badly damaged as was at first thought, and will be flown back to Holland in the course of the next few days. •••"•*.£. 66
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