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FEBRUARY 27, 1909. Isabel the Catholic. An officer of the Spanish Army will, in all probability, be entered as a pupil of the Brothers Wright, as the Spanish Government is said to contemplate purchasing one of these machines. The Wrights at Berlin. A RUMOUR is in circulation that the proprietors of the Lokal Anzeiger—who brought the Voisin aeroplane and M. Zipfel to Berlin—have arranged for the Wright Brothers to give a demonstration there next summer. Wright's "Record" Speed-Kilometre. ON February 18th, Wilbur Wright, accompanied by Count de Lambert, made some speed trials over a measured kilometre, and put up an average of 52 sees, for four attempts, which works out at a speed of approximately 70 k.p.h. Wright Pupils on Their Own. '••••'- So satisfactorily have Wilbur Wright's three pupils progressed under his tuition, that it is anticipated they may be able to fly by themselves almost immediately. Yet all told, they have not been aloft more than a few hours with their master. Wilbur Wright and Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup. THE American Aero Club has decided to be repre- sented in the Gordon-Bennett Cup Race for aeroplanes, and hopes that Wilbur Wright himself may be induced to take part in their behalf. ; , -.-.•.••-•.-,-.:. • ., .-:.•.., M. Barthou Flies with Wright. ONE of Wilbur Wright's latest passengers was M. Barthou, the French Minister for Public Works, who paid a visit to Pau on Monday of this week, and was taken up for five minutes or so in the flyer. The feature of the flight was an ascent to an altitude of about 90 feet. Wilbur Wright's Busy Day with Pupils. ON Tuesday last Wilbur Wright flew four times, and on each occasion was accompanied by a passenger. The first was a flight of twenty minutes, with Count de Lambert; then Miss Wright flew with her brother for eighteen minutes. Then Count Lambert went up again, and for the four minutes the master and student were aloft the latter was in charge of the " tiller." The con- cluding flight was one of five minutes with M. Tissandier, and he also manipulated the controlling levers during the trip. Wright's Plans for the Future. WRITING from Pau, Mr. H. Massac Buist confirms in detail the plans for the future which have been kid by the Brothers Wright, as reported from time to time in these columns. When the training of his three pupils has been completed, and the Weiller contract thereby satisfied—which it is anticipated will occur in a week or two, at latest—the two brothers will proceed to Rome, there to give demonstration flights and train one pupil, in accordance with an Italian contract. Thereafter, they will go to America to attend to the army contract, and subsequently to Germany, with which country they also have a contract. On the Continent Mr. Hart O. Berg represents them, but for England and America the Wrights act personally. Eleven Wright Aeroplanes to be Delivered in May. M. CLEMENCKAU, who has the agency for the Wright aeroplanes, has sold eleven machines for delivery to private owners before the end of May. Hon. C. S. Rolls to Own a Wright Machine. ACCORDING to Mr. H. Massac Buist, the Hon. C. S. Rolls will be the first Britisher to own a Wright aeroplane in England, he having, as an old friend of the Wrights, ordered his machine unconditionally last September. Bleriot No. XL AT Issy, on Thursday of last week, February i8th, M. Bleriot succeeded in flying 700 metres with his short- span machine, " No. XI," and on a second attempt he again flew the same distance. Owing to the wind being a little gusty he did not, however, risk attempts at turning. Bleriot Goes to Buc- , ; M. BLERIOT has now emigrated to the aerodrome at Buc, having come to the conclusion that Issy had become too small for him, as it has for most of the other aviators who have succeeded in getting over their Wilbur Wright flying at Pau, with a passenger, on Saturday iast, before the King of Spain, who is towards the front of the group watching the flight.
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