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1913 - 0561.PDF
MAY 31, 1913. l/UCHTj AN INTERESTING CEREMONY AT HENDON. OR Thursday of last week an interesting and, for this country at any rate, unusual ceremony took place at Hendon, when Lady Desborough christened a Ble'riot monoplane which the Imperial Air Fleet Committee have presented to the Government of New Zealand. The machine in question is the self-same monoplane with biplane and gave an exhibition flight lasting about ten minutes. Lord and Lady Desborough arrived at 3.30 p.m. ami WON m by Sir Joseph Wwrd (Ex-Premier of New Zealand) ami 1 .u\\ Ward, Miss Ward, the Hon. W. T. Mackenzie (High CnmiihlloiHIl for New Zealand), Miss Mackenzie, Messrs. Claude Grahame- *' Might" Copyright. THE RETURN OF DESOUT TER.—Pilots and mechanics waiting inside the gates at Hendon to "rush" the car on the arrival of Desoutter. On the rJght Mr. Grahame-White introducing Desoutter to Lady Desborough. which Gustav Hamel made his splendid flight, with Mr. Dupree of the Standard as passenger, from Dover to Cologne on April the 17th last. It is a two-seater (tandem) military-type Bleriot having an 80-h.p. Gnome engine. Just before the proceedings commenced, Louis Noel ascended on the Grahame-White Maurice Farman White, K. T. Gates, and N. Chereau (manager of the Bleriot Co.). Many other notabilities were present, including Lord Charles Beresford, Sir James Buchanan, Sir Thomas Coward, Capt. Tyrer, &C Mr. Gustav Ilamt'l pointfd out to Lord and Lady Dcsborough the various features of the monoplane, which looked very smart Desoutter inspecting the "Britannia" from the car with his Hendon friends around.—From left to right: L. Noel, Claude Grahame-Whlte, R. T. Gates, Gandillon, and Gustav Hamel. 583
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