Lateral control was effected by a pair of ailerons mounted independently of the wings on the lower longerons behind the pilot.

Various configurations were experimented with, the final arrangement being an elongated triangular fin with a rectangular unbalanced rudder hinged to the trailing edge.

Over the following weeks he made a number of long flights, and on 12 June it became the first aircraft to fly with three people aboard.

Later that day he succeeded in winning the prize for the fastest lap of the 10 km (6.2 mi) circuit, with a time of 7 minutes 47.8 seconds.

However, Grahame White found the aircraft unsatisfactory, and it was later sold to Colonel Joseph Laycock and the Duke of Westminster, who presented it to the British War Office, making it the first heavier-than-air craft possessed by the Balloon School.