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1909
1909 - 0746.PDF
NOVEMBE* 20, 1909. Public Places as Stations for Flyers. IN the course of a paper by Mr. H. Inigo Triggs, read before the Royal Institute of British Architects on Monday night, on the " Planning and Laying Out of Public Places," the author said that in view of the rapid strides which were being made in aviation the necessity for trial grounds and alighting places would soon make itself felt. He hoped that he might not be considered too visionary in suggesting that the day might not be far distant when, perhaps, Hyde Park itself would furnish the site for a new form of place, the aviation place, with gigantic sheds able to accommodate a fleet of dirigibles. An Airway to Brighton. SPEAKING at the annual dinner of the S.M.M.T. Agents' Section, on Tuesday evening, Mr. S. F. Edge advised the agents to keep their eye on aeroplanes. They ought to consider the commercial side of aerial navigation. Already it was cheaper for one or two people to travel from point to point by air than by motor car. There was no wear and tear of tyres. He sug- gested the promotion of an airway of 200 ft. width of clear ground, say, from Purley Corner to Brighton. Though they might laugh at his suggestion, the time might come, he thought, when his airway would be an accomplished fact. Shoreham Aerodrome. AT a recent meeting of the Shoreham Harbour Trustees an application was received from Aviation Finance, Ltd., for permission to erect a landing jetty on the south bank of the river opposite Old Shoreham and next to the proposed aerodrome. The application was approved subject to the payment of £1. Aeroplane Building at Cowes. WITH its reputation as a centre for the production of " white wings " and other craft so dear to the heart of the yachtsman, and still later by the construction of high-speed racing motor boats, it seems quite fitting that Cowes should make a bid to secure a share at least of the coming industry in connection with the making of flying machines. It is announced that Messrs. S. E. Saunders and Sons are organising a department for building flyers. £1,000 "Daily I Mail" Prize. THE all-British Simms magneto was employed by Mr. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon in gaining the above prize recently at Shellbeach. " Lafcing No. L" WE learn from Messrs. T. W. K. Clarke and Co., the Kingston-on-Thames aeronatical engineers, with regard to the " Laking No. I " machine recently referred to by us as being built at Clacton-on-Sea, that with the • exception of the engines and the woodwork of the skids the whole machine has been constructed by them at their works. Has "Icarus II * "Saved its Bacon"? LAST week in recording the fact that, with the assistance of Mr. Moore-Brabazon, a pig had flown, we led our readers to believe that for its natural life " Icarus II" would be honoured for its achievement by remaining a pet of its owner. Doubt has now sprung up in our mind, inasmuch as we learn from Mr. William Harris, of West Smithfield, the world-famed poik sausage manufacturer, that he has "acquired" " Icarus II." We fear that " Icarus II" will find, as many previous creators of history have done before, that there is more danger in such notoriety than in humble every-day plodding life. Practice at Issy. MR. CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE has been practising at Issy for some time on a Bleriot machine, and during last week made several flights of varying length, some of them being with a passenger. M. Stoeckel, who was at one time famous for looping the loop on a monocycle, is training on a Bleriot of the No. XI type with a view to taking it to South America to give exhibitions there. Activity at Chalons. DURING the past few days there has been a good deal of practising going on at Chalons Camp, and the most interesting performances have been those of Mr. Latham and Mme. de la Roche. The former has been trying the new passenger-carrying Antoinette, and on Sunday took up his foreman, Charles, Capt. Burgeat, MM. Somerset, Sands, Kuhler, and Mumm, and Mme. de la Roche. Latham will use his newest machine to instruct purchasers of Antoinette monoplanes by taking them up with him as passengers. Earlier in the day he made a trip of 38 mins. duration on Antoinette X. On Sunday Mme. de la Roche made a flight of 35 mins. duration, and on Monday she took up, on the Wolseley- engined Voisin, M. Chateau, the Voisin instructor, and . made several circuits of the camp with him. During last week-end, Mr. Henry Rawlinson on his Farman, MacArdle on a Bleriot, and Kuhler on an Antoinette, were all practising, as well as the pupils of the Voisin THE MILLS-FULFORD MONOPLANE.—In the above photographs are shown a monoplane very much on the lines ofSantos Dumont's " Demoiselle," the chief differences being that this machine has an elevator in front, while the propeller is driven by a chain from a little 4-cyl. F.N. engine. 748
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