7 SEPTEMBER 1912, Page 3

Last Saturday's papers contained the War Office awards in the

recent Military Aeroplane Competition. The first prize of £4,000 in the competition open to the world and the first prize of £1,000 for aeroplanes made wholly in the United Kingdom have both been awarded to the Cody biplane. The award was based on its attainment of a higher average of efficiency in all the various requirements imposed than that reached by any other competitor, and is a great personal triumph for Mr. Cody, who is the inventor, designer, builder, and pilot of his machine. Mr. Cody, whose biplane has been purchased by the War Office, became a naturalized British subject in 1906. In this context we deeply regret to record a fatal accident to two members of the Flying Corps at the Army manoeuvres on Friday morning.