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1923 - 0639.PDF
OCTOBER 18. 1923 HEELING OUT THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE " GANNET " : Engine trouble prevented the " Gannettaking part in the competitions. The inset SJM*W9 the machine taking off for a flight. from During the day Longton on No. 4" Wren " succeeded in improving his previous mileage per gallon ofpetrol from 85 • 9 to 87 • 5 miles per gallon, or exactly the same as thatattained by James on the A.N.E.C. monoplane. Thus fresh interestwas added to the competition for the two largest prizes, the Duke ofSutherland's ^500 and the Daily Mail ^1,000, and it was a matter forspeculation whether these figures would be improved upon before theclose of the meeting. Maneyrol brought the Peyretmonoplane, No. 15, out during the morning and made the circuitsnecessary for qualifying for entry in the various competitions. ThePeyret did not appear to be very fast, but the engine sounded well,although probably not running at anything like full power. Hinkler continued his " lapping "during the day, and increased his total to 74 laps, corresponding to adistance of 925 miles. It was estimated that at the speed andfuel consumption at which he had been flying this distance wouldcorrespond to a flight from London to Rome at a cost of somewherein the neighbourhood of £1 for petrol. Naturally, to this shouldbe added a certain amount for wear and tear and depreciation, but the Mr. C. R. Fairey discusses the latest phaseof aviation with the Duke of Sutherland, to whose initiative in first offering a prizefor light 'planes a great proportion of the success of the Lympne meeting is due. flight did show that touring by lightaeroplane in the future should be within the-^ reach of people of evenquite moderate means. Incidentally Hinkler made a non-stop flight of125 miles by covering 10 laps of the course without landing. In the afternoon several machineswere out. Squadron-Leader Wright on No. 3 " Wren " increased hismileage to 82-5 m.p.g. by a flight of eight laps, which brought histotal number of laps up to 14. James on No. 17 improved uponhis speed over the course from 66 • 6 m.p.h. to 74 m.p.h. In the lappinghe was now a good distance behind Hinkler, with a total of 59 laps, ora distance of 737-7 miles. An attempt on the A.N.E.C. monoplaneto improve upon the consumption was brought to a close by the rain,which prevented James from rinding his way around the course after he**had covered six of the eight laps necessary to better his previousperformance of 87-5 m.p.g. The Sayers-Handley Page mono-plane (No. 25), which passed its transport tests on the day before,came out during the afternoon. In this machine the pilot is totally en-closed, the only view he obtains being through two small openings inthe roof of the fuselage. When Ting in a normal position he The Vickers" Viget" at Lympne : Wheel-ing the machine out for a flight.Note the pilot's name painted onthe side of the fuselage. 639
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