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1909 - 0817.PDF
DECEMBER 18, 1909. "For those who prefer biplanes, we have ordered a latest type Farman two-seated biplane, fitted with 50-h.p. 7-cylinder Gnome motor, and we obtain delivery of this machine early next month. We have also placed a contract for la large number of Bleriot mono- planes, and have secured the sole and exclusive agency for Farman tiplanes for South and Central Africa, and can give early delivery of both types of aeroplanes. Flying Meetings not Exhibitions. APPROVAL has recently been given by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to a recommendation •of the Aero Section Committee that flying meetings be expressly declared not to be exhibitions or shows within the meaning of the bond. It has also been recommended •that the S.M.M.T. should sanction exhibitions of the nature of the Olympia Show outside the Metropolis. A Bradford Aerodrome. THE Northern Automobile Co., of Bradford, who are doing quite a good business in Bleriot monoplanes, have now made arrangements for a local flying ground. The ground is the property of the Corporation, is situated at Apperley Bridge, and is some thirty-four acres in extent. A large house has been taken by the Company, and this •will be fitted up as a club-house with every convenience for visitors and others. Flight Meetings in France. ALREADY the Aero Club of France has arranged for ten meetings to be carried out next year, either under its own control or those of its affiliated clubs, and at these meetings the prize-money to be distributed will reach the •enormous total of 1,350,000 francs (,£54,000). The dates provisionally selected are as follows, and they are to be submitted to the conference of the F.A.I, on January 10th for approval. Date. Place. Total Prizes. Feb. 6-13... Cairo 212,000 frs. (£8,480) April ... Biarritz 200,000 frs. (£8,000) April 3-10... Cannes 80,000 frs. (£3,200) April 15-25 Nice » ••• 240,000 frs. (£9,600) May 7-9 ... Croix-d'Hins (Bordeaux) ... 40,000 frs. (£l,6oo) May 14-22 Lyon 150,000 frs. (£6,000) June 5-12... Vichy 30,000 frs. (£1,200) July 3-10 ... A.C. de F. Gordon-Bennett (eliminating trials)... ... — Sept. 4-11... Crox-d'Hins (Bordeaux) ... 200,000 frs. (£8,000) Sept. 23-30 Havre-Deauville-Trouville ... 2co,ooo frs. (£8,000) The Altitude Record. MR. HUBERT LATHAM'S altitude of 453 metres, which he attained at Chalons on December 10th, has been officially recognised and registered as the world's Tecord for height. Flying at Issy. ON the 8th inst., two Bleriot pupils, MM. Thorup and Plessety, were receiving instruction at Issy from the works manager, M. Dumas, while M. de Lesseps made two short flights on a Bleriot machine of the cross- Channel type, including one of three and a half circuits at a height of 50 metres. On the following day this was bettered by a flight of 35 mins. duration at a height of 60 metres. This performance was repeated on the 13th inst., when M. Odier also had theVendome biplane out, and covered three circuits of the ground, but only at a height of five metres, and on stopping, the machine was considerably damaged in landing. " We are already instructing two pupils here now, and are expect- ing the arrival in a few days of some half-dozen more, and have just received news from our London offices informing us that two ladies have paid their tuition fees, and are on their way over here to receive tuition, which is again another proof of the enthusiasm which has lately been aroused in England [in this new and most invigorating sport of aviation." *OF THE WEEK. Delagrange and Others at Juvisy. DURING the last few days Delagrange has been busy at Juvisy practising on his Bleriot, and also teaching his pupils, Prevoteau and Le Blon. Count Lambert, who has been experimenting with starting without using the derrick, had a nasty accident on the ioth. By some means the petrol caught alight, and considerable damage was done before the flames were put out. On the same day, too, Prevoteau had a sudden fall from a height of 30 metres, and, although the aviator escaped without hurt, the machine was badly smashed. Others who have made short flights during the last few days are Ludovique on the Goupy, Koechlin on his monoplane, Gaudant on a Voisin, and Gaubert on a Wright. Chateau Flies for an Hour. M. CHATEAU, the instructor of the Voisin school at Chalons, is determined to make a bold bid for the Michelin Cup, and on the 12th, made an extended trial by way of preparation. Flying on the Wolseley engined Voisin belonging to M. Baeder, he was aloft for ih. im. 15s., during which he flew over Chalons Camp and the surrounding country, covering a distance of about 65 kiloms., his altitude averaging about 40 metres. Doings at Chalons. THE outstanding event of the week at Chalons Camp was M. Chateau's flight of over an hour on the 12th. The training of the Voisin pupils by M. Chateau and the Antoinette pupils by Mr. Latham was continued. On the 9th Sig. R. Ponzelli, an Italian journalist, commenced to take lessons on the Voisin machine, and so well did he progress that on the 13th he was able to fly round the ground twice unaccompanied. On the nth Latham flew for about a quarter of an hour at a height of 300 metres. The 13th proved an unlucky day to three of the aviators. Capt. Burgeat, on his Antoinette, damaged his machine by a too sudden descent. Grunet, on the Henry Farman biplane which Sommer has just sold to M. Brimont, by a false manoeuvre, crashed to earth, while an Austrian flyer named Waklowski also smashed his machine badly. Opening Flight at Croix d'Hins. THE honour of being the first to fly at the Croix d'Hins aerodrome fell to M. Roger Morin, who has been experimenting with a Bleriot monoplane. On the nth inst., he succeeded in getting it to rise and remain in the air for a distance of about 250 metres in a straight line. Molon a "Pilote-Aviateur." AFTER continuing his practice flights at Havre for some time, Molon summoned the officials of the Aero Club of Havre on the 12th inst. to officially observe his attempt to carry out the qualifying tests for the pilote- aviateur certificate. These tests were satisfactorily carried out, Molon flying for more than 30 kiloms., at times rising to a height of 150 metres, and they were repeated on the two following days in spite of strong winds. 819
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