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1930
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FLIGHT, JANUARY 3, 1930 In May, 1909, Orville and Wilbur Wright paid a short visit to England, and after an interview with the War Minister they made a tour of inspection of the Royal Aero. Club Flying Ground at Eastchurch. Our picture on the right shows the Wright Bros, with Mr. Horace Short, after a visit to the Short Bros, factory where Wright biplanes were then being constructed. Above we show a characteristic portrait of George Reynolds at work on one of the hangars at Brooklands in 1910. " G. R. has been official timekeeper at most of the important flying races from the earty days up to the present time. Here are some more early British pilots : from left to right (top), Eric and Cecil Pashley (Shoreham) ; T. A. Rainey (Eastbourne) ; H. A. Petre, who with his brother Edward, belonged to the Brooklands colony ; P. P. Raynham, Maurice Ducrocq, Jack Alcock ; (bottom) H. Barnwell, S. V. Sippe, R. C. Kemp, Mrs. Maurice Hewlett" and M. Blondeau, Howard Pixton, C. P. Pizey, and F. W. Merriam, all of Brooklands. . _.-_ „,_.-.„_ -• , An interesting group of pilots taken at Hendon, is shown above ; they are (left to right) back row • T L Weston E TWillows, A. V. Roe, W. H. Ewen, N. C. Spratt, R. T. Gates, Gordon Bell, C. H. Greswell, W. E. de B Whittaker '' Birchenough, M. Chevalier and J. C. Porte. (Seated) : M. Teulade, R. H. Carr, Sydney Pickles, Pierre Verrier RoSlack, Lewis Turner, and E. Marty. (Front) : W. L. Brock, Louis Noel, and M. D. Manton. FLIGHT Photos. 35 Robert K
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