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APRIL 17, 1909. MDaily Mail" £1,000 Prize. ONCE more our contemporary, the Daily Mail, has come forward to encourage flight by another generous offer of a valuable prize, and this time it is not something which may be won in the future on some problematical occasion, but is a prize which can be secured just as soon as an Englishman can get a British-built machine, capable of flying, put together. The conditions are of the simplest possible kind, and are all well within the scope of the performances achieved in France ; the great point about them is, however, that the whole construction must be British. The prize is ^i,ooo, and remains open for 12 months from April 7th. The distance to be flown is 1 mile. The conditions, as summarised by the Daily Mail, are as follows :— 1. That the motor, planes, propellers, and all other parts be entirely of British manufacture. 2. That the inventor and the aeroplanist be British sub- jects, and by British subjects naturally those of the British Colonies are included. 3. That the flight shall take place within the British Isles, and be approved by officials of the recognised aviation organisation. 4. That the flight be either circular, or to some point and back, involving turning. 5. That no part of the machine shall touch the ground during flight. Wright's Preparations in Rome. EVERYTHING was to all intents and purposes in readi- ness for Wilbur Wright to com- mence his flights at Centocelle this week, but the trials will in all probability not take place until King Victor EmanuePs return to Rome. His Majesty, as we announced last week, has already given an audience to Wilbur Wright, and the military attaches of the Diplomatic Corps have been taking an immense interest in the preparations which have since been going forward. There is no doubt that all Rome is anxiously waiting to see Wright in the air. Tissandier Carries a Pupil. ALTHOUGH barely out of the nest themselves, the original Wright pupils are already beginning to fulfil their purpose of transmitting the art they have acquired from the master hand to pupils of their own. Rene Gasnier is the first of the new apprentices,' and on Saturday, April 10th, made his initial voyage in charge of M.T> —1 Tissandier. The flight, although not of long "Antoinette IV" MR. HUBERT The Norton Griffiths Aeroplane Challenge Trophy. Demanest Wins a Prize on " Antoinette V" AFTER a short but brilliant series of trials which have hardly exceeded a total of five in number, M. Demanest succeeded in winning, on April 9th, the last of the French Aero Club's 250-metre prizes. Henry Farman officially observed the attempt. So far " Antoinette V " must be regarded as being a fortunate flyer, for it has always behaved very satisfactorily, and has required compara- tively little alteration. Recently it was fitted with a new radiator to work in conjunction with its 50-h.p. Antoinette engine, and another interesting detail in its construction is that its planes are surfaced with Michelin fabric. at Work, LATHAM, who is using "An- toinette IV" until his own machine is ready, is again making satisfactory progress after his slight accident which we recorded in our issue of April 3rd. Just before Easter he succeeded in flying about half a kilometre. The Norton Griffiths Aeroplane Challenge Trophy* THIS work of art, of which we give a photo- graph on this page, has been presented to the Aero Club by Mr. J. Norton Griffiths, F.G.S., in perpetuity, for the longest distance flown each year. The trophy is in the form of an allegorical repre- sentation of an ancient galley, winged, emblematical of dying, having an owl sitting on the prow, illustrative of knowledge. Upon the stern appears the Globe with a finely-modelled figure of Mercury, symbolical of progress. The whole is on a square base with four pairs of wings, one at each corner, re- presenting the cardinal winds. This work, which is in solid silver, has been designed and manufactured by the Gold- smiths' and Silversmiths' Co., Ltd., of Regent Street. Paul duration, was very satisfactorily executed, and comprised a complete ciicuit of the Pau aerodrome. This flight in itself constitutes a new record, for it is the first occasion on which a pupil has made a flight with a passenger. On Monday last M. Tissandier carried Colonel Vives, an official representative of the Spanish Government, as passenger during a 5 minutes flight. Ae.OF. Aviation Committee. THE election of the Aviation Committee of the Aero Club of France has resulted in placing M. Soreau once more in the Chair, with MM. Bleriot and Esnault- Pelterie as Vice-Presidents. Major Ferrus, Capt. Ferber and M. Zens are Honorary Secretaries. - The Next Paris Aero Show. AT their last Committee meeting under the chair- manship of M. Esnault-Pelterie, the Association des Industries de la Locomotion Aerienne finally decided upon the general lines of the next Paris Aero Show, which, as we have announced, is to take place from September 18th to October 8th this year. 226
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