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NOVEMBER 6, 1909. QTES OF THE WEEK. Col. Capper on Military Flying. ON Thursday, November 18th, Col. J. E. Capper is to deliver a lecture at the Royal Artillery Institutiqn on " The Military Aspect of Dirigible Balloons and Aero- planes." Major-General H. E. Belfield will preside, and after the lecture, which will be illustrated by lantern slides, there will be a discussion. Changes at Aldershot. OUR readers will note with interest that Mr. Meryyn O'Gorman, who is chairman of the Expert and Technical Committee of the R.A.C., has been appointed Superin- tendent of the Balloon Factory at Aldershot. Col. Capper will in future devote all his time to the directing of the instruction school. Mr. Cody to Fly at Aintree, .. ' . - IT is announced that the Liverpool Daily Post, who are taking charge of the arrangements for the ;£ 1,000 prize for a flight from Liverpool to Manchester, have made an arrangement with Mr. Cody to give a three days' exhibition on the Aintree racecourse, commencing on the 16th inst., and concluding with an attempt to fly to Manchester. At the same time there will be competitions for model flying machines. Paulhan at Sandown Park. ~ . ON the conclusion of his engagement at Brooklands, Paulhan made an agreement to fly on the Sandown Park racecourse yesterday and to-day (Saturday). His intention is to make attempts to beat both records for height and duration. Naval Officers and Aeronautics. LAST week, in the House of Commons, the First Lord of the Admiralty was interrogated with regard to the selection of officers to take part in experimental aeronautic work, and whether he had made it known that 50 4O I 30 201 a z. \Q f 1 I1•. FLEW 11. I II 1 1 m4J-* 1,IfImM • IN 'i u .81 ' . htl Mill UMy 11 iWBBiwr'^mf 1M 1 •pr W T \l NOON "Flight" Copyright. ; LATHAM'S GREAT FLIGHT.—The above diagram is acopy of the actual chart representing the state of the •wind on the aerodrome at Blackpool on Friday, October 22nd.Latham made his flight between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, when, as •will be seen by the section betweenthose hours, the wind fluctuated between 15 and 30 miles an hour. The chart was produced by a Dines pressure-tubeanemometer, and consists of a sequence of vertical move' ments on the part of a fine-pointed pen. The proximityof the vertical lines, which gives them collectively the appearance of a ragged-edged band, is an indication of thefrequency of the gusts. no engineering officers would be chosen. To this, Mr. McKenna replied that two officers only have so far been selected to work the airships now under construction. No decision has been made not to employ officers of the engineering branch ; when the services of officers of this branch are required, the necessary selections will be made. A LEVEL AND WIND INDICATOR FOR FLYERS.—The above photograph illustrates an interesting instrument which has been designed for use on flying machines byM. Arnoux, the Vice-President of the Technical Committee of the A.C.F. It indicates the force of the wind, theinclination of the machine, and the " angle of attack " when ascending or descending. Farman Improvements, &c. LAST Saturday Henry Farman tried a new method of warping the wings on his biplane, which was entirely successful. It being the anniversary of the first cross- country flight from Chalons to Rheims, on October 30th, 1908, he had intended to traverse the journey again, but the high wind made this impossible. Henry Farman Flies Again with a Passenger. AT Chalons, Mr. Henry Farman finds time now and again to escape from the cares of looking after his aero- plane factory to take a trip into the air and just " keep his hand in." On Monday morning he made a flight of 40 mins. with a passenger, but in the evening he went one better, and set up a new French passenger record of ih. 16m. 35s., the only record better than this being Orville Wright's at Berlin, when he flew with Captain Engelhardt for ih. 35m. 47s. Farman Again Breaks World's Records. ON Wednesday, however, Mr. Farman made another huge step forward by adding over an hour to his own world's record for duration. He started shortly after twelve o'clock, and 4h. 17m. 35s. elapsed before he touched earth again. In the course of that time he completed 150 miles, but part of this was flown after the sun had gone down, and so he will only be credited with i37i miles (221 kiloms.) in his record for the Michelin Cup. That, however, places him a good way ahead of his world's record at Rheims of 112 miles in 3L 4m. 56s. Maurice Farman's Cross-Country Flights. ON the same day as the above Mr. Farman's younger brother Maurice also made one of his aerial excursions over the country round about Buc. This time he flew for three-quarters of an hour, during which time a heavy fog lay over the ground, and it was very impressive to see him disappearing and reappearing in the thick mist. 711
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