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o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o At Lympne: Testing the Blackburne en gine of the Supermarine " Sparrow." O O O O O O O The Avro "Avis " has difficulty in getting " unstuck." OOOOOOOO About half-an-hour after Piercey started, Longton brought out his Hawker " Cygnet I," and flew several laps of the course. He was not, however, doing sets of fives, but was merely running-in his Anzani engine at quite low speed, and, incidentally, putting in useful time towards his time aggregate as well. This machine also flies strongly, and gets oft" and climbs well. The two Hawker machines are among the prettiest in the competitions, and really they are a triumph of structural design, being far and away the lightest machines flying at Lympne. The Cranwell biplane also made several circuits, and, although slow, seemed to fly very well. Given a calm day, this machine should be able to get around the'course at 60 m.p.h., and will probably do well on the low-speed tests. On a windy day, however, it falls short of the minimum top speed stipulated, but the laps flown today or rather the time spent in the air, will, of course, count towards the 10 hours' total demanded. Late in the afternoon, one of the Parnall " Pixies " also covered a few laps, as did also the Westland biplane. The Beardmore " Wee Bee " was, however, the only machine to complete a set of 10 laps in the high-speed test. 0 o o o o o o o o The Light 'Plane Compet ition, Lympne: Longton on No. 14, the Hawker biplane, " Cygnet," land ing after the first circuit in the eliminating trials. O O O O O O O the third machine, entered as a monoplane, has not put in an appearance. Today (Monday) there has been a high wind, and during the morning no competitor ventured out. By about lunch-time the Supermarine had got. its engine running well, and Biard took the machine for a " flip." It flew strongly, and the new Blackburne engine seemed to be running very well. However, the machine is not permitted to take part in the competitions, so that whatever flying it does during the week will not count towards the prizes, although we think the machine will probably create a very favour able impression. During the afternoon the wind moderated somewhat, and Piercey brought out the Beardmore " Wee Bee," and got ready for his speed tests. The machine took off very well indeed, and flew strongly, Piercey making very pretty banked turns around the aerodrome turning-point. Although he was actually lapping at something like 70 m.p.h., Piercey was not, we believe, going " all out," so that should a favourable opportunity occur later in the week, he will improve his figure considerably. At the same time, the two sets of laps will count towards the 10 hours' flying required during the week, so that either way he was doing very well. The " Wee Bee "flies exceptionally well, and its I Bristol " Cherub " runs extremely smoothly and apparently without a falter. Ravnham, on the Hawker biplane, flying at Lympne. 637
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