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1909
1909 - 0693.PDF
OCTOBER 30, 1909. Baroness de la Roche, the First "Aviatress" o£ the World.—Last week the Baroness flew on a Voisin biplane for 300 metres, and afterwards twice round the ChalonsCamp—a distance of about four miles. The First Lady Flyer. YET another sphere which some had thought man would, for some time, at any rate, retain for his own has been invaded by the gentler sex. Baroness La Roche has been successfully piloting a Voisin biplane, and has thereby earned the right to be known as the first lady flyer or "aviatress." For some time the Baroness has been taking lessons from M. Chateau, the Voisin instructor, at Chalons, and on Friday of last week she was able to take the wheel for the first time. This initial voyage into the air was only a very short one, and terra firma was regained after 300 yards; but on the following day the parade ground at Chalons was encircled twice, the turnings being made with consummate ease. During this flight of about four miles there was a strong gusty wind blowing, but after the first two turnings the Baroness said that it did not bother her, as she had the machine completely under control. A Biplane at Clacton. ESSEX appears to be quite strong in aspirants for flying honours. The latest is Mr. Guy Francis Laking, son of Sir Francis Laking, Physician to the King, who has had constructed locally by Messrs. Filch and Son, motor engineers, a biplane, fitted with a 12-h.p. J.A.P. engine, to be known as "Laking No. 1." The total weight, with pilot, is said to be under 4^ cwt. M. Bleriot at Vienna. ON Saturday last M. Bleriot gave the Viennese their first sight of a flying machine in actual use, and they turned out in force to see the demonstration, it being estimated that there were about 300,000 people assembled on the Simmering Common to see the first man who flew across the Channel. Two trips into the <: central blue " were made, the first of 22^ mins. and the second of 17 mins. At the conclusion of the first flight M. and Mme. Bleriot were presented to the Austrian Emperor by M. Crozier, the French Ambassador, and His Imperial Majesty manifested great interest in the working of the machine as it was explained by M. Bleriot, After the Imperial party left the flying ground, the crowd closed in on M. Bleriot and carried him shoulder-high to his motor car. On the following day M. Bleriot left Vienna for Bucharest, to demonstrate his flyer before the King of Roumania. " Flight " Copyright Photo. A group of the organisers of Blackpool Flight Meeting, including Alderman J. Bickerstaff, Mr. Verc Ker-Seymer, M. Georges Prade, &c 695
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