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OCTOBER I6, 1909. Tuesday, the sixth day of the meeting, was credited with only one good flight, that of Paulhan, who was in the air for just on 40 mins. He first completed the necessary three laps in an attempt for the slow prize, taking 6 mins. 11 sees, for the six kiloms. Without coming down he continued his flight for the total distance prize, but this attempt only commenced from the begin- ning of the fourth lap, after which Paulhan completed sixteen circuits in 32 mins. 50$- sees. Previous to this flight Paulhan had made a trial on the Voisin biplane, belonging to the Port Aviation authorities, which had been fitted with a new propeller. Two rounds of the course were made, and everything appeared to work satisfactorily. Gobron was the only other aviator to fly a complete circuit on Tuesday, and he completed the round in 2 mins. 33A sees. On Wed- nesday, although a gusty wind prevailed, there was a little more flying, for Comte de Lambert was flying as well as Paulhan. The latter did not stay up longer than 11 mins. 8 sees., during which time he covered 9-4 kiloms., while Lambert traversed 6-8 kiloms. in 7 mins. 21 sees. Gobron did one round in 2 mins. 17A sees. Mr. Latham made an attempt to fly during the afternoon, but by some means the machine tilted just as it was leaving the ground, and coming down on one wing smashed it rather badly. FRANKFORT MEETING. ON the 5th inst, the opening day of the Frankfort meeting, there was very little flying, Rougier only making a couple of flights of between seven and eight minutes duration, in the course of one of which he flew over the " Parseval III," a performance which naturally raised the enthusiasm of the crowd to a high pitch. Nervoe was the only other flyer to get off the ground, and he succeeded in coaxing his Voisin to make one circuit of the course. Herr Sidow, a German aviator, tried to fly with a monoplane of his own design, but the machine turned over as soon as it started. With good luck, the aviator escaped unhurt. On the next day a large crowd assembled in the hope of seeing Mr. Latham fly, but the heavy rains had so sodden the ground that the wheels of his machine kept sinking. He made several valiant attempts to get up in the air, finally having to give it up. Although Roug'ier did not fly for more than three circuits, he reached an altitude of about 150 metres, and this was received with due appreciation. Nervoe again made one or two short flights. On the 8th, storms of wind and rain rendered flying out of the question, but on Friday of last week M. Bleriot was seen at work, and he had little difficulty in capturing the prizes, although Baron de Caters put up a good fight for them. M. Bleriot made four flights, the first of 11 mins., the second of 8| mins., the third of 17^ mins., and the fourth of 6 mins. One round he completed in 1 min. 17 sees., and for this he was awarded the speed prize, Baron de Caters being second in 1 min. 18A sees. The following day saw both these aviators flying for over an hour in competition for theCityof Frankfort prize. Bleriot succeeded in putting up the best performance by covering 60 laps in 1 hr. 12 mins., while de Caters only completed 54 laps, but his time of 1 hr. 17 mins. was five minutes longer, consequently he secured the prize. The meeting concluded on Monday, when there was the height competition for the Krupp Prize. Competitors were asked to fly under and over three wires placed at a height of 15 metres, and separated by a distance of 200 metres. In this M. Bleriot was awarded first place, with Baron de Caters second. The full list of prizes awarded was as follows :— Distance Competition.—Baron de Caters, City of Frankfort prize of 40,000 marks (£2,000); M. Bleriot, second prize of 10,000 marks(£50°). Height Competition.—Krupp prize of 10,000 marks (^500), M. Bleriot; second prize, Polytechnic Company's prize of 5,000 marks (.£250), Baron de Caters. Five Kilometres Speed Competition.—First prize of 2,400 marks (;£i2o), M. Bleriot; second prize of 1,600 marks (^80), Baron de Caters. LONDON TO MANCHESTER FLIGHT. MR. CODY'S DISAPPOINTMENT. LARGE crowds gathered at all vantage points along the route of Mr. Cody's projected flight to Manchester from early hours on Saturday morning, but like the aviator himself they were doomed to disappointment. The motor refused to work satisfactorily owing, it is stated, to the crank-case being allowed to become full of lubricating oil. After four attempts to fly, in which the longest sustained flight was of about a mile, Mr. Cody decided to abandon all further attempts for the Daily Mail ^10,000 prize until after the Don- caster meeting. The first flight was made soon after seven o'clock, and then, in an endeavour to rectify matters, the engine was taken down and cleaned. Still further delay was occasioned by the discovery that owing to some petrol tins being left out in the rain the petrol was contaminated with water. These various delays occupied till eleven o'clock, when Mr. Cody decided to abandon his attempt, and pro- ceeded to at once pack up his machine for despatch to Doncaster. On the 8th Mr. Cody went up on his aeroplane with the intention of making a two hours' flight, but only kept going for about five minutes, as he found the wind blowing much too strong for his liking. MR. G. A. BARNES—ANOTHER BRITISH AVIATOR FLIES. WITH a monoplane of his own make, somewhat on the lines of the Bleriot,"^kG. A. Barnes, well-known a few years back as a raciny^j.ptor cyclist, succeeded on Monday in flying for a distance of well over a mile and a half, very nearly completing a circle, at Abbey Wood, near Woolwich. Mr. Barnes kept the machine fairly close to the ground, and this probably accounted for the incident which brought this trial flight to a conclusion. In crossing a ditch the machine was suddenly tilted, causing the rear wheels to run into the ditch and damage the framework. This will, however, be put right in a few days, and Mr. Barnes then hopes to make an attempt for the Daily Mail prize for a circular mile flight. He is using a 20-h.p. J.A.P. motor. 656
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