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OCTOBER 16, 1909. Fhe Humphrys Monoplane. WITH his latest machine, Mr. Jack Humphrys promises to do very well, but at Wivenhoe he is sadly landicapped by the nature of his aerodrome, as it is ntersected by the river Colne and several ditches. It vas, in fact, one of these latter which brought him to ;rief on Saturday, when he made an attempt for he Daily Mail £1,000 prize for a circular flight. VIr. Humphrys had not quite cleared the ground when le was called upon to cross a ditch, and the rear wheels ;ank into it, causing the machine to lurch over to one iide and smashing it. Mr. Humphrys was unhurt, but t will be some time before his monoplane will be epaired and ready to take the air again. With such pluck aid perseverance as Mr. Humphrys possesses he should lot be long in making himself heard of in aviation. 7light Lectures in East London. WE would direct the attention of our readers in Last London to an announcement in our advertisement :olumns concerning a course of lectures on aeronautics, rhich, through the generosity of Mr. Patrick Alexander, t has been possible to arrange at the East London College. The course commences on Monday next, and he lecturer will be Mr. A. P. Thurston. • : •: • ::^:f \. '* Green" Engine for Aldershot. LAST week Lieuts. Dunne and Gibbs were present ,t a test of the 50-60-h.p. " Green " engine, which has >een built to the order of Col. Capper, C.B., R.E., and xpressed satisfaction at the result of the test. An order ias been placed with the Green's Motor Patents Syndicate iy H.M. War Office for a 30-h.p. engine which will be used in the experimental dirigible " Baby " at Aldershot. Another CrosS'Country Flight by Maurice Farman. ALTHOUGH nothing has been heard of Mr. Mauricer arman since his cross-country flight recorded in our ssue of October 2nd last, he has been quietly practising t Tousous-le-Noble, and on Tuesday morning last he ew for half an hour, during which time he made four ircuits over the surrounding country. It is estimated that lis circuit over Voisins, Merantais, Chateaufort, Villers- 5-Baile and Orsigny measured 10 kilometres round. ^. Speed Record by Wilbur Wright. ON the 9th inst. Wilbur Wright succeeded in ttaining a record speed over a course of one kilometre ut and home. A post was fixed in the ground 500 metres "om the starting point, and Wilbur Wright completed lis course in 58! sees., equal to speed of 74 kilometres, •r 46 miles per hour. Paulhan Changes His Mount. AFTER having been very successful as a pilot of Voisin machines, M. Paulhan has decided upon a change, and on the 7th inst. paid a visit to Chalons Camp in order to be instructed in a Farman machine, with which he intends to fly at Blackpool. Doubtless his previous experience stood him in good stead, for after only a few minutes' explanation he took his seat at the wheel, and rising steadily soared over the camp for an hour. He then came down, landing without the slightest difficulty, but after a few minutes was aloft again, and once more remained in the air for an hour. This augurs well for his future as a manipulator of Farman flyers. Trial Flights and New Recruits. ON the 8th inst. at Issy, M. Fernandez succeeded in getting off the ground for the first time, and covered a distance of about 200 metres. The same day MM. Balsan and Blanck were practising on their Bleriot machines and the former flew round the ground several times, and he got on so well that last Sunday his record flight stood at 25 kilometres. At Dunkirk, Baratoux has been continuing his practice with his Wright flyer, and on Saturday last he flew for about nine minutes, during which he several times described a figure of eight. Guyot has been making satisfactory progress with his monoplane at Toury, where last week he several times made flights of from two to five kiloms. in length. The ranks of aviators are to be swelled by two more Continental cyclists, Olieslagers having decided to invest in a Bleriot monoplane, while Vandenborn has ordered a Farman biplane. Bablot, who has successfully driven Brasier racing cars at many of the big French hill-climbs, will shortly be seen piloting a Wright biplane fitted with a Brasier motor. Progress of Herr Grade. ON Sunday last, Herr Grade on his monoplane beat all his own records by flying for 11 mins. 12 sees., making six rounds of his course at Bork, near Berlin, a distance of 13 kilometres. He has announced his inten- tion of making an early attempt to fly across country from Bork to Johannisthal, a distance of about 20 kilometres. Juvisy Aviation Meeting. OWING to the extended time of the French flight meeting at Juvisy, the special tickets advertised by the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway are still on sale on Friday and Saturday of this week. CORRESPONDENCE. „.* The name and address of the writer (not necessarily fot publication) MUST in all cases accompany letters intended fot insertion, or containing queries. METAL VERSUS WOOD AEROPLANEPROPELLERS. To the Editor of FLIGHT. SIR,—I notice that the French Government are discarding the letal propeller of "La Republique " in favour of a wooden one. his seems to me to be a very retrograde policy. It is known that •ooden propellers are affected very materially by heat, damp, &c., nd that they are not sufficiently rigid, and are for those reasons lost unreliable. The propeller used in " La Republique " was of lis type, but there is at the present time on the market a propellerr hich is infinitely superior to any that have yet been tried, and it is instructed of steel and aluminium, the vane being curved down- wards towards the ends of the spindle or shaft upon which it revolves and thereby making a very strong and light propeller, which is not affected by shocks, a 6 ft. 6 in. propeller weighing only from 13 to 14 lbs. We have had these propellers revolving at extremely high speeds without any sign of their giving way at any point, and we are now making them for M. Bleriot, Capt. Windham, and many others, but they can be run if desired at a slow speed, and owing to the very large area of the blades, they have been proved to give a much greater thrust than any other propeller. Thinking this may be of some interest to the public, We beg to remain, Yours faithfully, HENRY J. ROGERS. CLOCKWORK MOTORS. To the Editor of FLIGHT. SIR,—Could you supply me with the name or names of any firm who make a speciality of clockwork motors suitable for model 657
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