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1909
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AUGUST 28, 1909. giving his big monoplane a trial run soon after 6 a.m. by traversing one circuit of the course. Nothing further of importance occurred during the morning except the arrival of the dirigible " Colonel Renard," which M. Kapferer had sailed over from Meaux in a little over 1^ hours, and a flight by M. Paulhan of not quite five circuits of the course. About midday the wind became somewhat gusty, and Bunau-Varilla and one or two others who ventured out failed to accomplish anything very startling. Bunau-Variila got blown off his course and landed in a field of oats, while M. Fournier was placed hors de combat by a gust of wind which caused him to land precipitately on one of his wings, crushing it, the damage being, however, quickly repaired. This was the day of the qualifying trials for the Grand Prix, and the other event was attempts to beat record for the lap time. A start was made at 4.30 p.m., when Lefebvre was first away, quickly followed by Paulhan. Lefebvre covered 2i*2 idioms. in2omins. i4f sees., when he decided to come down, while Paulhan kept going until 56 kiloms. had been covered in 58 mins. 48-i sees. Several of the competitors also attacked the circuit record, and Bleriot succeeded in reducing it to 8 mins. 421 sees., but his victory was shortlived, as Curtiss later, in his American biplane, brought it down to 8 mins. 35* sees. One con- dition of the Grand Prix was that competitors had to fly a reasonable distance on or before Monday to qualify to take part in the trials on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Under this regulation 18 actually qualified. Before the close of the day's proceedings Lefebvre again provided the crowd with a series of thrills by flying over and under and circling round Paulhan, who was at a height of about 25 feet. Arising out of this, when making one of his dashes under his rival's machine, he swooped down so suddenly and so close to terra firma that one of the vast brigade of Press photographers who swarmed over the flying ground, and in whose direction Lefebvre was travelling in a bee line, in not unnatural terror flung himself flat on the ground, not realising what was happening, and fearing that his last moment had suddenly arrived. A couple of seconds relieved his anxiety, but a brother " photo fiend " had recorded the incident in the meantime. • Tuesday's Progress. Black flags had once more to be hoisted on Tuesday morning, the strong winds blowing rendering flying out of the question. Later on angry and ominous clouds gathered over the ground, and it looked as though a wet reception awaited M. le President, for this was the day RHEIMS AVIATION MEETING.—Table of General Details of the Entered Machines (Approximate Figures). Pilots. • P. Tissandier ... ,, ... ... Comte de Lambert ... Schreck E. Lefebvre H. Farman R. Sommer ... G. B. Cockburn J. Gobron Delagrange De Rue (Capt. Ferber)Paulhan Bunau-Varilla... Rougier Fournier Sanchez Besa... Legagneux Glenn Curtiss... Breguet KlutymansFernandez L. Bleriot ,, L. Delagrange H. Latham Demanest Buchonnet Bailly R. Esnault-Pelterie .. >» M. Guffroy E. Laurens Make of Flyer. Wright ... ,, ... ,, ... ,, ... ,, ... Ariel Co ,, ... Farman ... Vo 55 ... )» ... sin Curtfcs ... Breguet ... KlutymansFernandez Bleriot ... 5> ** J J • • *Antoinette j j jj j > R.E.P. ... )» »J 5 J • • c .•3 J> po r rfa c a. s sq.m. SO So 5O 5O 5O 40 4O 4O 40 40 4O 5O 50 5°5O 5°So 50 50 5o 245° So 22 22 14 14 50 50 42 5o 20 20 20 20 '53 ojo K Stability. kgs. 470 470 Warping 47O 470 470 45° 45O 560 560 560 560 560 560 560 560 560 560 560 560 560 320 640 480 ... Ailerons (tips) Automatic ... Ailerons (tips] Warping —Warping 55o:Ailerons (tips] 620 ,, 340 Warping 34O 520 Ailerons (tips) 1 520! 49Oj520 Warping 4So 45o 45O 45° ,, ,, „ Chassis. Engine. Motor and H. P. BIPLANES. Runners Runners and wneeis j) j» ji Wheels ... —Wheels ... h.p. 25 4-cyl. B. and M. » ) ) » J J ) » ) •) i * 50 4-cyl. Vivinus ... 50 5-cyl. Gnome ... 55 4-cyl. Gobron ... 50 8-cyl. Antoinette 50 5-cyl. Gnome ... 50 8-cyl. E.N.V. ... 55 8-cyl. Renault... 50 4-cyl. Itala 50 8-cyl. Antoinette 55 4-cyl. Gobron ... 30 3-cyl. Curtiss .. 55 8-cyl. Renault... —s50 8-cyl. Antoinette MONOPLANES. Wheels ... 3 J * * • 19 Runners and wheels >* j j »» Wheels ... ,, ... ,, ... > 40 Vcyl. Anzani ... 50 8-cyl. E.N.V. ... 25 3-cyl. Anzani ... a --"••*? ••• 50 8-cyl. Antoinette M ) J 35 7- 3 J 5» > ) ) 5 cyl. R.E ) 3» ) it S 7 P. ... ... titsc Cool i Water ,, >> ,, 1 J J) J) JJ Air J1 Water >> J» Air Water Air Water ?J Air —Water Air] Water Air Water J j ? A 1 j ir j > Ignition. H.T. mag. „„ J » 5J )» »» J? JJ )J )J 2 mag. Accu. 1) Mag. JJ Accu. 2 rnag. Accu. Mag. —Accu. Accu. H.T. mag. Accu. ,, »» j» H.T. mag. Propellers. 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