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1909
1909 - 0474.PDF
AUGUST 7, 1909. Boulogne-Folkestone Return Prize. IT is proposed to offer a prize of 1,000 guineas for the aviator who first flies from Boulogne to Folkestone and back, ^800 of this sum to be put up jointly by the municipalities, while ^250 will come from Mr. Forsyth, ex-Councillor of Folkestone, who, however, stipulates that the landing must take place in the gardens attached to the Folkestone Victoria Pier. The event is to be organised for September, and is restricted to that month, but the successful pilot will be allowed a month in which to make a return passage. Ostend Meeting. FROM the first of this month to October 1st a sum of 25,000 francs is available at Ostend, for the first pilot who makes an hour's flight between the Kursaal and the Estacade. The distance between these two places is about 800 metres, and the event is being organised by the Belgian Aero Club. Deauville 1910 Meeting. THERE is talk of organising an important meeting at Deauville for August next year, to include a cross- Channel flight from England with a landing at Havre. The Dunkirk Meeting. FOR the aviation meeting which is to be held at Dunkirk from the 5th to the 20th inst., three competitions have been arranged. The biggest prize, 6,000 francs, is that offered for the machine which remains the longest time in the air, traversing meanwhile a circuit of 2 kiloms. round. A prize of 2,000 francs is offered for the best time over a 16 kilom. course from Malo-les-Bains. The third prize is of 1,000 francs for the greatest height flown. In addition, prizes of 500 francs each will be given to the first four aviators who fly for 1 kilom. in a closed circuit. Competition at Verdun. THE authorities of Verdun-sur-Meuse have put up a prize of 4,000 fr. to be awarded during the early part of September for flights over the racecourse. Meeting at Tournay. A FLIGHT Committee having been formed at Tournay, with a municipal subsidy of 5,000 francs, the organisation of a meeting to take place in September is to be attempted. Paulhan is expected to fly on this occasion. Colonel de Stein d'Altenstein is the Honorary President of the meeting, which is in the hands of influential men. Brescia Meeting. JUST a reminder that from the 5th to the 20th of September the Brescia Meeting will be held at Campagna on a ground situated about a mile from the town of Brescia. Prizes to the value of ^3,400 will be available for competitors, and a valuable silver cup has been presented by the Mayor of Milan. The meeting, if it is successful, should be of more than usual interest, inas- much as the competitions cover classes for dirigibles as well as flyers. The Brescia Grand Prix-goes to the flyer which wins the 100 kiloms. speed race. There is another prize for speed at an altitude exceeding 230 feet, and yet another for a passenger race. Among the more special events is a prize for getting off the ground without special mechanical means. Count Oldofredi has offered ^120 for the fastest kilometre flight made by an entirely Italian machine. Rheims Meeting. OF thirty-five garages which are being erected for flyers in connection with the Rheims Meeting, which opens on August 22nd, thirteen are already finished and the remainder are expected to be ready in good time. Curtiss and the Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup. ABOUT the nth of August Curtiss is expected in France from America. In the meantime the President of the American Aero Club, who is in Paris, has stated that Mr. Curtiss certainly intends to participate in all the principal flying contests of the year. Last week Curtiss sent in his entry for the Brescia Meeting, and on the 5th of this month he set sail on the " Savoie " to be in time for the Rheims Meeting. The " Silver Dart" Damaged. THE Canadian aeroplane, " Silver Dart," which has been thoroughly overhauled and fitted with a new six- cylinder engine, was slightly damaged at Petewawa on Bank Holiday, while landing after an otherwise successful flight, in which two passengers had been carried at a speed of 40 miles an hour. It is stated that Mr. McCurdy, who was in charge, was momentarily blinded by the brilliant sun, and brought the machine too close to earth, the right wing striking a little hillock and being injured. Altogether four flights, each of about a mile in length, were made. " Baddeck I" is the name of the flyer which will probably supersede the "Silver Dart" while it . is being repaired. Fenaille Glides at Angers. RAISED by being towed by a car running at 60 kiloms. an hour, Fenaille succeeded in executing several gliding flights, including one of 250 metres, at a height of 20 metres, on a biplane glider of the Chanute type. The event took place on July 30th, the venue being the Deree Plains, near Angers. The apparatus has been constructed by M. Jean Bedonet, at Deree, and is fitted with a tail-fan arrangement for warping the wings. . The lifting surface is 14 square metres. Flight in Russia. M. VAN DER SCHKROUFF has made his first trial flight on the Voisin type of biplane owned by the Aero Club of Odessa. He succeeded in' covering about 80 metres while flying close to the ground, but came to earth in attempting a turning. Teaching the Young Idea in Russia. THE President of the Council has proposed to the Minister of Industry that all technical schools should include a course of aeronautics. This suggestion will be first put into effect at the St. Petersburg Institute. Count Cournet Progresses. OUR readers will remember that on June 20th one of the visitors to Juvisy, Count de Cournet, was so impressed with Delagrange's flying that he promptly bought the aeroplane, and, ignoring the advice of his friends, proceeded to attempt to fly, with disastrous results. Since then he has been making himself thoroughly acquainted with his Voisin machine, and on 476
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