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1909
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JULY 17, 1909. OF Tl The "Daily Mail" Garage. PERMISSION has now been accorded by the London County Council for the erection at Wormwood Scrubbs of the airship garage which the Daily Mail is presenting to the War Office, and all being well the shed will be finished by September 1st in readiness to receive the French Clement-Bayard airship, which the Parliamentary Aerial Defence Committee have arranged to visit London. The sanction of the L.C.C. Committee was recom- mended by the Parks and Open Spaces Committee, and was necessary because Wormwood Scrubbs is vested in the Council by Act of Parliament dated 1879. This Act provides that the site with certain exceptions may be used for such military purposes as the Secretary of State for War may direct, but it does not enable a permanent building to be erected without the L.C.C. permission. The Northampton Institute and Flight. THE authorities of the Northampton Institute at Clerkenwell have decided to teach flight and aeronautics as a technical science during next session, and have arranged for a four years' course to cover workshop calculations, drawing and laboratory work, in addition to lectures. The "Wrights' Delay. FOR some extraordinary reason, the Wright Brothers do not seem to be getting along very quickly with their Government contract work, and there are signs of dis- satisfaction in some quarters at the delays which have occurred. As our readers know, they have had one or two little mishaps in getting their machine rigged up, and these facts, coupled with the very characteristic methods of the Wrights themselves, appear to have had a somewhat irritating effect upon the public. The Signal Corps Department, in particular, is anxious to bring things to a climax, as it hopes by their success to induce Congress to pass a substantial vote for further experiments. On Monday Orville had some success by flying round the Fort Myer drill ground nearly seven times. Ill-luck once more, however, returned to Orville Wright on Wednesday of this week, when he again made a couple of unsuccessful attempts to fly his machine. On the second occasion the landing, which was performed with the engine still running, resulted in damage to the runners. Decorations for Pilots. THE French Senate formally passed the Bill relating to the award of decorations for achievements in flight and aeronautics, without discussion, on Saturday, July iotb. Paulhan Training for a Prize. ; r AT Douai on Saturday, July 10th, M. Paulhan was training for the Societe d'Aviation 1,000-franc prize, with his biplane. He accomplished a circuit of 2 kiloms. at 60 kiloms. per hour. On Tuesday he was again practising at Douai for this, as .also for the Prix du Nord and Mahieu prizes, and executed some very successful flights, one of which was a circuit of 12 kiloms. lasting over 15 minutes. Bleriot at Douai. UNDAUNTED by the rain, Bleriot made several successful flights before a crowd of 20,000 spectators at Douai on Friday of last week, and followed these up with further successful attempts on the Saturday. On Saturday evening he left Douai in readiness for his cross- country flight, which is described elsewhere. Tissandier Enters for Vichy. • ' PAUL TISSANDIER has sent his name to the Aero Club of France as an entrant for the Vichy meeting, which takes place from the 18th to the 25th of this month. He will, of course, use a Wright biplane. Rheims Meeting—New Entries. Two more entries have been received for the Rheims meeting, from MM. Gobron and Sommer. Noti- fication has also been received that Mr. Glen H. Curtiss intends to bring over two American-built flyers, one of which is of higher speed and more solidly built than that with which he has been making his successful flights in America. Following the action of President Fallieres, who has notified his intention of being present at the Rheims Meeting, General Picquart, the French Minister for War, has also promised to attend, and it is not improbable that he will give permission for a military airship to be present during the meeting. Gobron "Wins 500 Metre Prize. JEAN GOBRON, the latest of the successful French flyers, who has entered for the Rheims meeting, won the Aero Club of France 500-metre prize on July 9th by making a flight of over 5 minutes' duration. In two other flights, lasting 6 minutes each, he ascended to an altitude of 20 metres. On Tuesday of this week he flew for 7 minutes at an altitude of 12 metres, in a 20 kilom. breeze. He is practising at Chalons. Laminne Flyer. OF Belgian construction, and designed by Chevalier L. de Laminne, a machine has been built near Liege, weighing 500 kilogs. and fitted with a 60-h.p. Vivinus engine. Within the next fortnight trials with it are expected to commence, and will take place on the Herbaye Plains, some 21 kiloms. from Liege. Demanest with His Antoinette. * M. DEMANEST took his Antoinette monoplane out again at the end of last week, and made several suc- cessful circuits of the Chalons ground. On Sunday, however, after a couple of flights of 16 minutes each, a sudden gust of wind brought him down unexpectedly, the machine being damaged, but no hurt coming to the aviator. Three Ae.C.F. Prizes. THREE new prizes have been received by the Aero Club de France. Two are of a value of 1,000 frs., one from M. Buirette, Mayor of Suippes, who stipulates that the start of the competition for it shall take place at Chalons, and the other offered anonymously for low-speed aeroplanes. The third prize has been offered by the Marquis of Ganay and will be given to the aviator who after flying at least 67 kiloms. shall land in front of the Chateau of Courance, close to Milly, Seine-et-Marne. 429
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