Liverpool Polo Ground
LIVERPOOL POLO GROUND: Temporary Landing Ground
Note: Both of these maps and the picture were kindly provided by Mr Michael T Holder
Location: S of the B5178, about 4nm ESE of Liverpool city centre
Period of operation: Presumably a one-off event in July 1911?
NOTES: The picture from Flight magazine, published on the 8th July 1911, shows Mr H G Melly performing a 'vol plané' in his Blériot.
What we need to remember is that the early rotary engines had only two power settings - full power or off. So a 'vol plané' landing was a glide approach without any assistance from the engine. A method which in many ways, in those days, clearly showed the expertise of the best pilots of those times.
Later, a switch was provided to enable the pilot, if the engine was still turning over, to adjust his approach by adding power to increase height when landing.
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