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JUNE 19, 1909. also endeavouring to attain greater skill with his Voisin machine. Having re-erected the Wright flyer with which he had been flying at Napoule, Comte Lambert prepared to make a new start at Juvisy on Monday. The machine had, however, only just got clear of the derrick when it fell to earth, apparently owing to the weight representing a passenger being placed out of balance. The left wing and screw were slightly damaged, but will soon be repaired. M. Tissandier is aiso putting together the Wright flyer which he used at Pau, and may be flying at Juvisy at any moment now. Bleriot to go to St. Brieuc. ARRANGEMENTS have been made by the Union Aerienne des Cotes du Nord for M. Bleriot to visit their aerodrome at Cesson and make exhibition flights on July 25th and the four following evenings, from 5 to 7 p.m. Entries for Douai Meeting. THE Ligue Aerienne du Nord announce that they have received eight entries for the contests which are to be held on the Brayelie aerodrome, Douai, from June 28th to July 18th. They include MM. Bleriot (monoplane), Tissandier (Wright flyer), Rougier, de Rue, Baron de Caters (Voisin biplanes), Jeruve (biplane carrying two persons), Breguet (double monoplane carry- ing two passengers), Gobron (biplane). M. Paulhan Flies at Bar-sur-Aube. ON the 9th inst. M. Paulhan, who has been practising at Bar-sur-Aube with a Voisin biplane fitted with a Gnome engine, succeeded in making several flights, including one of about a kilometre in length at a height of ten metres. After the last flight the machine landed rather suddenly, and was slightly injured. Curtiss Flying in America. FROM cable messages received, it would appear that Mr. Curtiss, who was a member of the Aerial Experiment Association and made some of the first flights on the " June Bug " and " Silver Dart" aeroplanes, has now got his new aeroplane in going order. On the 8th inst., he made two flights of half a mile and one mile respectively. He is experimenting at Morris Park on the ground of the Aeronautic Society. Prix Osiris Awarded to Aviation. BY the award of the Institute of France in recog- nition of their work in furthering the cause of aviation, M. Bleriot and M. Gabriel Voisin share the Osiris prize of a value of about ^4,000, which commemorates the wealthy art collector who presented to the French nation the Chateau Malmaison, the one-time residence of the Empress Josephine. This is now one of the very valued awards in France, and hall-marks successful pioneer endeavour—being somewhat on a par to the well-known Nobel prize. It is awarded once only in three years for the most useful achievement during that period. In selecting MM. L. Bleriot and Gabriel Voisin as the recipients of the 100,000 francs, for their work in building the machines which made the cross-country flights last October, and in thus lending very substantial encouragement to the latest field of scientific research, the Institute has earned the gratitude of everyone interested in human flight. British Flight Industry Saved ! ACCORDING to a communication received from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it appears that he has decided that aviators will be entitled to a rebate of the petrol duty on spirit used on their flying machines. No doubt the huge number of flyers in this country will hail this most important announcement with a feeling of intense relief. An Ae.C.F. Aerodrome. IT is announced by Le Temps that the Aero Club of France are considering a project for the establishment of an aerodrome quite close to Paris. The Lieusaint Plain on the east side of Paris is given as the site of the ground, which has an area of 500 hectares, and is quite open andl suitable for the purpose. Another Novel Prize. AMONG the large number of 1,000-franc prizes which, have been given to the Ligue Nationale, several have novel conditions attached to them. One—that given by M. Alphonse Combe—it has been decided shall be awarded to the aviator who shall, before July 14th next, have stayed up in the air for five minutes in the strongest wind over the Juvisy aerodrome. The force of the wind is to be measured in all cases with the same anemometer COMING OF THE MONOPLANE.—M. Bleriot, on his No. 12 machine, flying 6 kiloms. at Issy on June 12th, with a passenger on board.
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