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JANUARY 30, 1909. "BLERIOT No. 9."—General view of the large Bleriot monoplane taken from behind, showing the tail, elevator,and rudder. The steering tips on the extremities ol the main wings are also clearly visible. The span is 10 metres, the surface is 25 square metres, the weight with pilot 560 kilogs., and the engine a 50-h.p. 16-cyl. Antoinette. has ordered a set of special floats for his aeroplane from Messrs. Despujols. As a matter of fact, the organisers themselves are none too anxious to have any trials take place just yet, for this question of falling in the water is after all a somewhat serious matter, and there is a certain amount of moral responsibility, if nothing greater, attaching to the officials which makes them anxious to have some means available for preventing fatal accidents. When the motor boat races take place, the French Admiralty lend a couple of destroyers for this purpose, but the Government could hardly be expected to make the Monaco Bay a head- quarters for two of their boats for a period of two or three months on end. The motor boats, which ordinarily would not turn up until towards the beginning of April, have been invited to come earlier, and so there should be ample assistance more or less always afloat on the water. . Encouragement of Flight in France. IN connection with the vote of 100,000 francs included in the Budget of the French Minister of Public Works, to be expended in the encourage- ment of the science of aviation, M. Louis Barthou has formed the following Committee to assist him in the disposition of the fund :— MM. Maurice Levy, Member of the Institute (President); Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe (Vice-President); D'Estournelles de Constant, Senator; Leon Janet, Deputy ; Loreau, Presi- dent of the Commission Aerienne Mixte; Soreau, President of the Commission d'Avia- tion of the Ae.C. de F.; Painleve, Vice- President of the Ligue Nationale Aerienne ; Leon Barthou, President ot the Commission Aerienne of the Touring Club of France; Bleriot, Member of the Chambre Syndicate Aeronautique; Lecornu, Engineer-in-Chief of Mines; Jonguet, Engineer of Mines (Secretary). ::v... ::."•• Professors of Aviation in France. FRANCE keeps a vigilant eye on the doings of other countries, in spite of the fact that she is herself more often than not the leading spirit of progress. But in connection with the establishment of Chairs ; of Aviation she has failed to get the lead,and the action of Germany, not to mention England, has evidently aroused her to a sense of the necessity for some more or less immediate action. The Minister of Education, in a recent conversation, ex- pressed himself as being absolutely in sympathy with -the idea, and only wished he had the funds to put it into practice. In the meantime he hoped that the French Press would educate the public to a sense of its im- portance, so that when a suitable opportunity arose for ob- taining a grant the necessary support should not be lacking. M. Pelterie on " Aviation." M. ESNAULT PELTERIE, having recovered from his recent indisposition, gave his lecture on " Aviation" before the members of the Aero Club, on Tuesday last, at 8.45 p.m., at the Royal Automobile Club, 119, Piccadilly, W. The opportunity of hearing this dis- tinguished and successful French aeronaut was sufficient to ensure a very large attendance. On page 60 we give a resume of the lecture. The Farman-Neubauer Aeroplane. THE aeroplane which has been constructed by the Societe Zodiac to the designs of Messrs. Farman and •' BLERIOT No. 9."—View of the nose of the machine, showing thetractor-screw in front and the laddeMike radiators on either side of the box-girder frame which carries the engine. The torpedo-shaped petroltank behind the -wheels is another feature of the construction, as also are the elastic bands which supplement the spring suspension. Themain wings are covered with a vellum-like paper. 63
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