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1909 - 0118.PDF
FEBRUARY 1909. Zipfel Leaves Berlin. AFTER a mishap to the Voisin machine, M. Zipfel brought his trials at Berlin to a conclusion, and left for France last week. The First Aerial "Way." THERE has been a good deal of discussion in France about the question of properly marking out the country so that aviators may know where they are when in the air, and it now appears that a definite move is being made by the Aero Club du Centre, who are at work upon the route between Juvisy and Orleans. The terminus at the Orleans end will necessarily be about 3 kiloms. away from the town, as there are many dangerous obstacles in the way of closer approach. An aeroplane dock is con- templated on the aerodrome at Cercottes, where the landing will be effected. Suitable signs will be erected at such places as Arthenay and Angerville, but for the most part the route is an easy one to follow on account of the directness of the high road. French National Aero Laboratory. • • THE Aero Club of France has expressed the opinion that an aero laboratory should be founded and subsidised by the Government. A sum of 200,000 francs is spoken of in connection with the financial side of the scheme, and the Committee of the Aero Club have voted in principle a subsidy to help it to be carried through. Pressure is to be brought to bear in official quarters to bring the project to a head. ® ® Zeppelin Taken Over by the German Army. MAJOR SPURLING has been despatched to Friedrichs- hafen with a company of 80 men to take over the Zeppelin airship which has been purchased by the State. After a long series of trial trips, which will be carried out next month, the airship will be transferred to Metz. " Parseval IIL" WITH the exception of the Zeppelins, " Parseval III," which was placed in commission by the German Army last week, is their largest airship. The envelope is made of "Continental" balloon material, is 210 ft. long, 34 ft. in maximum diameter, and has a capacity of 5,600 cubic metres. The car is 22 ft. long, and carries two 100-h.p. engines. The headquarters of this airship are at Bitterfelde, and although in military commission, it is still actually the property of the semi-official Motor Air- ship Study Society. ..r_. ...... . . ....... _ ,: -• Another Ligue Prize. ONE of the latest Ligue Nationale thousand-franc prizes is that offered by Madame Charles Claudel and her sons, of Rouen. This will be awarded to the first aviator who, in any type of " heavier-than-air " machine, shall, starting from a point on the upper side of the Pont de Pierre at Rouen, fly down the river and over the Pont Transbordeur, then after having turned, return to the starting place, this time passing under the Pont Transbordeur, which has a height of 50 metres. The whole manoeuvre must be carried out without the machine touching earth. ® AVIATION IN PARLIAMENT. REPLYING to Mr. Fell, Mr. Haldane, in Parliament last week, said that the future policy, as regarded aeroplanes and dirigible balloons, was now receiving very careful consideration, and accordingly at the present moment he was not in a position to give information on the subject. Mr. Fell : " Does the right hon. gentleman consider that the results up to the present time have been satis- factory ? " Mr. Haldane: " All that had better be answered -when I go into the whole subject." In answer to a further question, Mr. McKenna said that the use of dirigible balloons for work in connection with the fleet was being considered. On Tuesday, in replying to Mr. Macpherson, who asked how much public money had been spent up to the present by the War Office on experiments with aeroplanes and dirigibles, Mr. Haldane said the amount was about ^19,000. Mr. A. Lee then asked if any steps had been taken by way of expenditure to acquire the services of the Wright Brothers, but Mr. Haldane said he would rather not answer that question at present. "Mr. Guffrov's R.E.P. monoplane after its accident last week. When turning, during a flight of 800 metres at aspeed of 80 kiloms. per hour, one of the wings struck the bank seen in the photograph, causing the machine to -capsize and crash to earth in the position seen above. Only the propeller was damaged, and Mr. GuEfroy escaped unhurt. I2O
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