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1909 - 0362.PDF
JUNK 19, 1909. The Club House, Muscle Manor, is now open to members, and refreshments can be obtained there. Until the ground is being regularly used it is, however, advisable to send a telegram so that arrangements may be made. Telegrams should be addressed " Aero Club, Shellbeach, Eastchurch." Members proposing to visit the Aero Club flying ground at Shellbeach are reminded that access to the aeroplane sheds or works can only be obtained with the consent of the owners of the flying machines. ® Hurlingham Club and the Aero Club. Members of the Aero Club may be elected Associate Members of the Hurlingham Club on very favourable terms. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the Secretary of the Aero Club. HAROLD E. PERRIN, Secretary. The Aero Club of the United Kingdom, 166, Piccadilly, W. ® & " DAILY MAIL" FLIGHT PRIZES. IN view of the great advances which have been made recently and the likelihood of serious attempts being made in the near future to win the valuable prizes which have been so generously offered by the proprietors of the Daily Mail, it is timely that the definite rules which are to govern the attempts should be finally decided upon. They have been drawn up in consultation with the Aero Club of the United Kingdom, and they are now published in full below. At present the Daily Mail prizes number three, ^1,000 for a flight across the English Channel, £1,000 for a flight for one mile by a British subject in the British Isles, ,£10,000 for a flight from London to Manchester or vice versa. The details are as follows :— THE "DAILY MAIL" CROSS-CHANNELFLIGHT. Under the Rules of the International Aeronautical Federation. The proprietors of the Daily Mail hereby undertake to pay the sum of ^1,000 (one thousand pounds) to the first person who shall satisfy them that he has succeeded in flying across the Channel from a point on English soil to a point on French soil or vice versd. 1. The whole flight to be made between the hours of sunrise and sunset. 2. No part of the machine shall touch the sea during the flight. 3. The flight shall be accomplished by means of a machine which is not in any manner supported by a gas lighter than air. 4. Entries for the competitions can be made at any date during 1909 by giving not less that forty-eight hours' notice to the editor of the Daily Mail either at Carmelite House, London, E.G., or at the office of the Continental Daily Mail, Paris. 5. In every case notification of the first attempt to be made under these conditions shall reach the editor of the Daily Mail not less than forty-eight hours prior to such attempt, and in the case of all subsequent attempts not less than twenty-four hours' notification shall be given. 6. The entrant must furnish satisfactory evidence of previous flights before making any attempt under these conditions. 7. The entrant must supply satisfactory signed evidence of the exact points of departure and arrival. 8. In accordance with the rules of the International Aeronautical Federation the entrant must be a member of, or obtain a permit from, the recognised body of the Federation. 9. Should any questions arise at any time after the date of entry as to whether a competitor has properly, fulfilled the above con- ditions, or should any other question arise in relation to them, the decision of the Committee of the Aero Club, in conjunction with the editor of the Daily Mail, shall be final. 10. Each competitor agrees to waive all claim for injury either to himself or to his apparatus, and agrees to assume all liabilities for damage to third parties or their property, and to indemnify the proprietors of the Daily Mail and Aero Club against any such claims. £1,000 FOR A ONE-MILE FLIGHT. Under the Rules of the International Aeronautical Federation. 1. The flight shall be accomplished by means of a machine which is not in any manner supported by a gas lighter than air. 2. The complete machine—i.e., the motor, planes, propellers, and all other parts thereof—shall have been entirely constructed within the confines of the British Empire by British subjects. This shall not be held to apply to raw material. 3. The inventor or inventorsand the entrant, who must be the person operating the machine, shall be British subjects at the date of entry. 4. The distance to be traversed shall be not less than I mile on a course round a mark half a mile distant from a prescribed starting line, and returning to the starting line, which will be defined by two posts. No part of the machine shall touch the ground during the flight. 5. The flight shall take place within the British Isles in the presence of official observers appointed by the Aero Club in con- junction with the Daily Mail. 6. Formal notice of entry shall be sent to the editor of the Daily Mail not less than one week before the proposed flight. 7. In every case notification of the first attempt to-be made under these conditions shall reach the editor of the Daily Mail not less than forty-eight hours prior to such attempt, and in the case of all subsequent attempts not less than twenty-four hours' notification shall be given. 8. The flight shall take place not later than the 30th June, 1910. 9. In accordance with the rules of the International Aeronautical Federation, the entrant must be a member of, or obtain a permit from, the recognised body of the Federation. 10. Should any question arise at any time after the date of entry as to whether a competitor has properly fulfilled the above condi- tions, or should any other question arise in relation to them, the decision of the Committee of the Aero Club, in conjunction with the Editor of the Daily Mail, shall be final and without appeal. 11. Each competitor agrees to waive all claim for injury either to- himself or to his apparatus, and agrees to assume all liabilities for " damage to third : parties or their property, and to indemnify the proprietors of the Daily Mail and the Aero Club against any such. claims. £10,000 PRIZE: LONDON TO MAN-CHESTER. Under the Rides of the International Aeronautical Federation. 1. The flight may commence from any spot selected by the com- petitor, but the machine must during the course of the flight pass within a radius of five miles of the London and Manchester offices respectively of the Daily Mail. 2. The flight shall be made within one day of twenty-four hours, and the competitor shall be entitled to not more than two stoppages in the course of the flight. 3. The flight shall be accomplished by means of a machine which is not in aay manner supported by a gas lighter than air. 4. Formal notice of entry shall be sent to the editor of the Daily- Mail not less than one week before the proposed flight. 5. In every case notification of the first attempt to be made under these conditions shall reach the editor of the Daily Mail not less- than forty-eight hours prior to such attempt, and in the case of all subsequent attempts not less than twenty-fpur hours' notification shall be given. 6. The flight shall be commenced in the presence of official observers appointed by the Aero Club in conjunction with the Daily Mail. 7. In each case the starting point shall be arranged after notice of entry, and no competitor shall be entitled to the prize unless the persons mentioned in Condition 6 shall have been present to witness the commencement of the flight. S. In accordance with the rules of the International Aeronautical Federation the entrant must be a member of, or obtain a permit from, the recognised body of the Federation. 9. Should any questions arise at any time after the date of entry as to whether a competitor has properly fulfilled the above conditions, or should any other question atise in relation to them, the decision of the Committee of the Aero Club, in conjunction with the editor of the Daily Mail, shall be final. 10. Each competitor agrees to waive all claim for injury either U> himself or to his apparatus, and agrees to assume all liabilities for damage to third parties or their property, and to indemnify the proprietors of the Daily Alail and the Aero Club against any claims. 364
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