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JANUARY 16, 1909, and will last 15 hours without descending. They will be carried out at an altitude exceeding 1,300 metres during two-thirds of the voyage, and places specified in advance will have to be reached. A prize of 5,000 francs will be awarded to the winner of the competition, and other prizes will be allotted according to classification. The winner will be given the order for the construction of a duplicate or duplicates for the Government. Public Garage for Dirigibles. AN interesting project is on foot in Belgium, where a wealthy manufacturer, M. Solvay, who, it is stated, has been backed up by Pringe Albert of Belgium, has decided to build an immense shed at jemeppe for dirigibles and airships. Large stores of hydrogen will be available for the inflation of envelopes, and arrangements made for carrying on other kinds of work in connection with them. It is stated that the Company have ordered two dirigibles from France as part of their stock-in-trade, and that one of their engineers, M. Lepouse, is experimenting with an aeroplane of peculiar construction. What their ultimate full programme is to be, is not at present quite evident. Germany's Airship Garage. GERMANY is also contemplating the erection of a vast shed for her airships, but in this case it naturally JtJjA/nxxJtixrruxJu INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTICAL FEDERATION.—Signatures of those present at the Luncheon to theDelegates of the Conference, given at the Royal Automobile Club on Tuesday, January 12th. 41
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