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LIGHT MAY 29, 1914 IKe Rocsal &ero Clu of the UixitedL Kii\gdo. J2W OFFICIAL NOTICES TO ME.MBER5 Diary of Events. Tune 1 I Whitsun Flying Meeting. Hendon Aerodrome. June 6 ... Aerial Derby. Hendon Aerodrome. June 10 ... Balloon Race. Hurlingham Club, Fulham, S.W. June 27 ... Balloon Race. Hurlingham Club, Fulham, S.W. July u ... International Correspondence Schools Race, London-Paris-London. Hendon Aerodrome. July II ... Balloon Race. Hurlingham Club, Fulham, S.W. Aug. 1-15 Daily Mail ^5,000 Circuit of Britain Race. Start ing from Southampton Water. Aug. 22-29 Gordon - Bennett Eliminating Trials. Salisbury Plain. Sept. 20-29 Gordon-Bennett Aviation Race. Buc, France. HENDON AERODROME. Members of the Royal Aero Club are admitted free to the Hendon Aerodrome on presentation of their Club Membership Cards. The Membership Card admits the Member only, motor cars must be paid for. Balloon Contests at Hurlingham. The Club has arranged the following Balloon Contests from Hurlingham Club, Fulham, for this year :— June ioth... Hare and Hounds Race for Cup presented by Mr. John Dunville. June 27th... Long Distance Balloon Race for Cup presented by Mr. A. Mortimer Singer. July nth... Hedges Butler Challenge Cup. Members are admitted free to Hurlingham on the above dates, on production of their Club Membership Cards. Daily Mail Circuit of Britain Race, £5,000. Date of Contest August 1st to 15th. Starting Place Southampton. Entries.—The Entrance Fee is ^100 per aircraft, and entries will be received up to 12 o'clock noon, May 30th, 1914. The Entrance Fee of .£100 is payable either in one sum or as follows :— .£50by noon on May 30th, 1914. ,£50 by noon on June 20th, 1914. Late entries will be received up to 12 noon, June 30th, 1914, in which case the Entry Fee will be ,£150. The Entry Form, which must be accompanied by the Entrance Fee, must be sent in to the Secretary, Royal Aero Club, 166, Piccadilly, London, W. Full particulars can be obtained from the Secretary, Royal Aero Club, 166, Piccadilly, London, W. Mr. Gustav Hamel. No news having been received of Mr. Hamel since he left Hardelot on Saturday last to fly across the Channel, it is greatly to be feared he is drowned. Mr. Hamel had been a member of the Club for many years, during which time he had endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact. His well-known skill as a pilot did much to further the science of flyiDg in this country, and he will be greatly missed by all interested in aviation. The sincerest sympathy of all members is extended to his relatives in their sad bereavement. COMMITTEE MEETING. A Meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday, May 26th, 1914, when there were present:—Col. H. C. L. Holden, C.B., F.R.S., in the Chair, Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Prof. A. K. Huntington, Major F. Lindsay Lloyd, Mr. F. K. McClean, Mr. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, Mr. Alec Ogilvie, Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B., Mr. C. F. Pollock, Com. C. R. Samson, R.N., Mr. T. O. M. Sopwilh, and the Secretary. New Members.—The following new Members were elected :— Harold Blackburn, JensTryggve Herman Gran, Eng.-Lieut. Hubert John Napier-Hemy, R.N., and Hubert Walter. Aviators' Certificates.—The following Aviators' Certificates were granted :— 780 Frazier Curtis (Caudron Biplane, Caudron School, Hendon). May nth, 1914. (Subject to permission of Aero Club of America.) 781 2nd Lieut. John Aidan Liddell (Vickers Biplane, Vickers School, Brooklands). May 14th, 1914. 782 Reginald Max Maximilian Murray (Vickers Biplane, Vicker School, Brooklands). May 14th, 1914. 783 Michael Geoffrey Smiles (Grahame-White Biplane, Grahame- White School, Hendon). May 14th, 1914. 784 Victor Mahl (Sopwith Biplane, Sopwith School, Brooklands). May 14th, 1914. 785 Benjamin Herbert Piercy (Grahame-White Biplane, Grahame- White School, Hendon). May iSth, 1914. 786 Bernard Francis Hale (Farman type Biplane, Shoreham.) May 18th, 1914. 787 Major Edward H. Phillips (Vickers Biplane, Vickers School, Brooklands). May 19th, 1914. 788 Capt. Alfred Garnet Moore (Grahame - White Biplane, Grahame-White School, Hendou). May 19th, 1914. 789 Lieut. Norman Wood-Smith (Vickers Biplane, Vickers School, Brooklands). May 20th, 1914. 790 Lieut. John Burgh Talbot Leighton (Vickers Biplane, Vickers School, Brooklands). May 20th, 1914. 791 Lieut. Gerald Desmond Mills (Sherwood Foresters) (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). May 22nd, 1914. • 1 792 Robert Eugene Lagrange (Bristol Biplane, Bristol School, Brooklands). May 22nd, 1914. (Subject to permission of Aero-Club de Belgique.) Accidents Investigation Committee.—On the motion of Col. H. C. L. Holden, the report on the fatal accident to Lieut. Hugh Frederic Treeby was unanimously adopted and ordered to be published in extenso. (Full report will be found following these notices). COMPETITIONS COMMITTEE. A Meeting of the Competitions Committee was held on Tuesday, May 26th, 1914, when there were present: Col. H. C. L. Holden, C.B., F.R.S., in the Chair, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Major F. Lindsay Lloyd, Mr. F. K. McClean, Mr. N. C. Neill, Mr. Alec Ogilvie, Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B., and the Secretary. British Empire Micheltn Trophy No. 2, £800. Duration Contest.—The draft regulations were considered and approved, and ordered to be issued. Daily Mail Circuit of Britain Race, £5,000.—The following Officials were appointed to take charge of the arrangements for the starting and finishing of the Race at Southampton :—Mr. F. P. Armstrong, Col. H. C. L. Holden, Mr. Robert Loraine, Mr. N. C. Neill, and Mr. H. E. Penin (Secretary). The question of the Controls and Control Officials was left to the Secretary. Gordon-Bennett Eliminating Trials.—The following officials were appointed for the Gordon-Bennett Eliminating Trials which take place on Salisbury Plain during the last week in August:— Major W. S. Brancker, Col. H. C. L. Holden, Major F. Lindsay Lloyd, Mr. N. C. Neill, Mr. Alec Ogilvie, and Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman. Timekeepers, Mr. A. V. Ebblewhite and Mr. A. G. Reynolds. The selection of the course was left to Major W. S Brancker and Mr. H. E. Perrin. PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE. A Meeting of the Public Safety and Accidents Investigation Committee was held at the Royal Automobile Club (by kind per mission) on Tuesday, May 26th, 1914, when there were present :— Col. H. C. L. Holden, C.B., F.R.S., in the Chair, Eng.-Lieut. E. F. Briggs, R.N., Mr. F. K. McClean, Mr. Alec Ogilvie, Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B., Major-Gen. R. M. Ruck, C.B., R.E., Com. C. R. Samson, R.N., and the Secretary. Fatal Accident to Mr. Philippe Marty.—The draft report was considered and approved, and ordered to be submitted to the Committee. Fatal Accident to Capt. C. P. Downer.—Lieut. W. W. A. Burn and Mr. S. Heckbtall Smith attended at the invitation of the Committee and gave evidence. The reports of the National Physical Laboratory on the various tests carried out by them were gone into, as also the reports of tests carried out by the Royal Aircraft Factory. The report of the Accidents Investigation Committee was then drafted. S70
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