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1909
1909 - 0819.PDF
DECEMBER I8, 1909. A -H.P. PETROL ENGINE FOR MODELS.-Theabove well-built engine is one that is being supplied by Mr. W. Cochrane, fitted with one of his 18J-in. propellers,to Mr, Moya t of Leicester, for demonstration purposes. Itweighs 8 lbs. complete, as seen above; its bore and its stroke are If ins.; and we are told that it gives a thrust ofclose upon 5J lbs. when driving the propeller at 1,800 revs, per rnin, A similar model of J-h.p. is also to be put on,*he market by Mr. Cochrane at an equally moderate price very soon. Among the flyers who are to take part in the meeting will be the young American sportsman, Mr. Hayden Sands, who purchased the Antoinette on which Mr. Latham made the height record the other day. Mr. Sands is already at Cairo practising. Commander Engelhardt has a Fall. WHILE practising on the Wright flyer at Johan- nistal, on Saturday last, Commander Engelhardt fell from a height of about 15 ft., apparently due to some defect in the steering gear. The machine was broken badly, but the aviator sustained slight injuries. Flying in Canada. ON Thursday of last week, Earl Grey, the Governor- General of Canada, paid a visit to Dr. Graham Bell's laboratory at Baddeck, N.S., and spent some time examining the different flying machines there. Afterwards Earl Grey had his first sight of an aeroplane in flight, when Mr. McCurdy, mounted on " Baddeck No. 1," flew for a mile in a heavy storm. L'Institut Aerotechnique. A SITE has at last been found for the technical institute for flying matters, for which M. Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe so generously gave the endowments to the University of Paris at the end of June last. It is situated at St. Cyr, on the national road from Versailles to Ram- boillet, at the junction of the Bois d'Arcy with that road. The opening ceremony has been fixed for May 1st next. ® ® AIRSHIP NEWS. "Zodiac III" at St. Cyr. HAVING arrived back at its headquarters at St. Cyr, Count de la Vaulx's dirigible, "Zodiac III," has been inflated again, and on the 12 th inst. made a trip lasting an hour, during which it was manoeuvred over Le Chesney, Vancresson, Garches, Serres, Ville d'Avray, and Versailles. L.N.A. and Dirigibles. WITH the object of infusing fresh interest into military aeronautics in France, the Ligue Nationale Aerienne have recently formed a Military Committee with General de Lacrois as President and General Langlois as Vice-President. At their first meeting this Committee came to the conclusion that the situation in Germany regarding dirigibles constituted a grave danger to France. Although great developments have been made with aeroplanes, it was agreed they cannot render the same service as dirigibles, and it is therefore necessary that France should have a fleet of airships ready to meet a hostile aerial squadron. The Committee will therefore carry on propaganda work with this end in view. Accident with a German Dirigible. MISFORTUNE dogged the trials of a new dirigible balloon built for the Rhenish Westphalian Motor Air- ship Co., on Sunday last. Starting from Leichlingen, the airship had not proceeded far before it was necessary to descend to repair a gear-wheel. All night was spent in an open field, and the next morning a fresh start made, but by the time Gladbach was reached further defects rendered another descent necessary. A large crowd of sightseers was attracted by the unusual spectacle, and they greatly hampered the anchoring operations, so that the balloon could not be kept head on to the wind. Eventually, one gust of wind caused the ropes to break, and the gas-bag floated away but burst in the air. The car and motor of the dirigible were not seriously damaged. To Replace " La s Republique." IN the Journal Ofjiciel of the 14th inst. appeared decrees authorising the French Minister of War to accept (1) the offer of a dirigible balloon to replace "La &epub- lique," made by MM. Lebaudy; (2) that of a motor made by MM. Panhard and Levassor, and (3) that of two wooden propellers made by M. Chauviere. The dirigible will be put in hand immediately, and it will be remembered that in his original letter containing his generous offer M. Lebaudy said the work of con- struction would occupy about three months. THE ITALIAN MILITARY DiRIGIBLE.—In its latestform the Italian military dirigible is somewhat different in appearance to what it was originally when the long pointedtail was the distinguishing feature. From the above photo- graph it will be seen that this has now been shortened,and a series of horizontal and vertical rudders fitted beneath. In the long-distance voyages of this airship, notably fromRome to Naples and back, these stabilising and steering- planes worked with every success. 821
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