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NOVEMBER 13, 1909. THE WEEK. Hon. C. S. Rolls Wins Another Prize. FOLLOWING up his previous success, the Hon. C. S. Rolls succeeded on Thursday of last week in winning the first of the Aero Club's £50 prizes for a circular mile flight. He circled round the sheds at Shellbeach, and eventually the Wright flyer reached a height of 60 feet, the highest yet seen on the Aero Club's ground. Mr. Moore-Brabazon Flies Across Country. GETTING more and more accustomed to his Short machine, Mr. Moore-Brabazon is now gradually lengthen- ing his flights, and on the 4th inst. had an aerial excursion of about 3^ miles over the country in the neighbourhood of the Shellbeach aerodrome, returning quite easily to within a few yards of his starting point. Last week, too, Mr. Moore-Brabazon took a passenger, in the shape of a little pig, for a short trip on his machine, just to show that it was not impossible for pigs to fly, in spite of the old proverb. That pig has now been named Icarus II, and it is said to have "saved its bacon." On account of its having been the first pig to fly, its owner has decided to bring it up as a pet, and it will therefore not share the fate of its six brothers. , , ., . Another British Flyer. MR. A. OGILVIK, whose Wright glider was fully illustiated and described in our issues of September 18th and 25th last, has at last obtained delivery of his full-sized Wright flyer, and has met with considerable success with it so far, on Wednesday flying for nine minutes at Camber Sands, near Rye. The Humphreys Monoplane. MR. JACK HUMPHREYS has now transferred his monoplane irom the unsuitable ground at Wyvenhoe to Colchester, where he has received permission to fly over the cavalry parade ground adjoining Reed Hall. Mr. Humphreys has now installed a 50-60 h p. Green engine, and he hopes to soon make another attempt to secure some prizes. On Thursday of last week he intended to make a trial, but the propeller broke, rendering an adjournment necessary. Henry Farman After Height Honours. LAST week Mr. Henry Farman sent in his entry for the Lazare Weiller Prize, which will be awarded to the aviator who beats Wilbur Wright's record of no metres. Mr. Farman intended to try for this prize at Chalons on Sunday last, but a slight accident to his machine caused the postponement of the attempt. It was at the end of a second flight with M. van der Born that the machine suddenly glided down from a height of 20 metres, and before the descent could be properly checked the skid had come into sharp contact with the earth. That the damage was not serious, however, was shown by the fact that it was repaired during the evening, and Farman was ready to fly again on the following day. M. Levavasseur Retires from Antoinette Co. THE retirement of M. Levavasseur, the eminent engineer and designer of the Antoinette engine and flyer—with which Mr. Latham has made history—from the French Antoinette Company, is announced. It is stated that he will join hands with M. Jules Gastambide, and exploit the famous monoplane in Great Britain. Prince Bolotoff still Experimenting. ALTHOUGH up to the present he has not met with any very great success, Prince Bolotoff still retains his faith in his triplane. On the 29th ult. he commenced a new series of trials at Chalons Camp, but the first attempt did not give any promise of success. Engelhardt Flies Nearly Two Hours. * > AT Bornstedt, on the 5th inst.. Lieut. Engelhardt, on the Wright flyer belonging to the German Army, flew for 1 hour 53 minutes, until, in fact, the petrol supply gave out. . : . Another German Flyer. FOLLOWING on the successful flying of Herr Grade, Lieut. Gohler, a young officer in the 6th Infantry Regiment, stationed at Muhlheim, near Cologne, has been carrying out some short flights on a monoplane of his own invention. Last week he succeeded in flying round the camp for four minutes, the trial being witnessed by a number of other officers of the regiment, and it was only brought to a conclusion by trouble with the motor. Flying in Canada. AFTER some weeks' delay, due to the accident to their aeroplane, " Baddeck II," Messrs. McCurdy and Baldwin have recommenced their flights, and on the 1st inst. Mr. McCurdy flew a distance of about 15 miles in 21 mins. at Petewawa Camp, by Ottawa. Orville Wright Home Again. ON the 4th inst., Orville Wright and his sister arrived in New York on the White Star liner "Adriatic." It is a n- nounced that t h e Wright Brothers have under con - sideration an attempt to make, before the end of the year, a determined effort to keep the Michelin Cup for a second year. Prizes at Rio de Janeiro. AT the Hygiene Ex- hibition re - cently held at Rio de Ja - neiro, Mr. Godet made some experi- ments with a flying ma- chine, and these fired some of the At the Watford Engineering Workswork is very brisk manufacturing Beedle aeroplane propellers. The aboveis the first sent abroad for actual use. It is 6 ft. 94 ins. in diameter, and wasmade for M. Bleriot. By the side of the propeller, giving a good idea of itssize, is Mr. Beedle, the inventor. 731
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