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1909 - 0834.PDF
DECEMBER 25, 1909. stability is obtained by small ailerons placed between these two planes at their extremities. The machine is fitted with a three-cylinder Anzani motor of 25-h.p. and weighs 180 kilogs. On its first trial the machine rose to a height of two metres and traversed a distance of 50 metres. Flying at Cairo. BARON HE CATERS is the first man to fly in Egypt, having made several short trips on his Voisin biplane,at Cairo on the 15th inst. Aeroplanes Ordered in England. WE are informed by Mr. Cunliffe W. Elliott that he has received orders for three Latham type monoplanes, which are to be built at Twickenham. Two of them are for French owners, while the other is for a well-known English sportsman. The former fact indicates that the French do not by any means hold the market in aero- plane construction. The flyers are to be fitted with motors of 5C-h.p. A Youthful and Light Aspirant. AMONG the correspondence received by Mr. Howard T. Wright a day or so ago was a letter from a young gentleman anxious to be employed as a driver on one of the Howard Wright aeroplanes. Among the qualifications for the berth which he seeks, he mentions that he only weighs from three to four stone, and will be thirteen next birthday. The child is indeed the father of the man. Aladdin Up-to-date. WHEN Aladdin made his appearance at the Lyceun* Theatre on Thursday last it was found that during: the past year he had become quite up-to-date in his- ideas. When he becomes wealthy in the first act The Lyceum Up-to-Date Aladdin. he determines to invite all his friends to an aviation meet in the palace grounds. The wicked magician then swoops down and carries off the Princess in his mono- plane. At one time there are five Bleriot monoplanes swooping over the Lyceum stage, and some extraordinary- scenic effects are obtained in the pantomime. The New German Military Dirigibles. BOTH the new German dirigibles "P. Ill "(Parseval) and " M. Ill" (Gross) having been accepted by the military authorities, will be kept at Tegel for some time and tested together. The former was to have been sent to Leichlingen at Cologne, but the shed there is at present fully taken up with " Zeppelin II," which is being over- hauled and modified. The envelope of " M. Ill" is 86 metres long and 12 metres in diameter at the greatest point, the capacity being 8,000 cm. Forlanini Dirigible. CONSIDERABLE success attended the first long trial of the new Forlanini dirigible on Wednesday of lust week. Leaving its shed at Crescenzago, the dirigible flew to Milan, rounding the tall Cathedral spire. Then Monza was visited, and after circling round the King's villa, the airship returned to its shed, having been aloft an hour and twenty minutes, during which a distance of 32 kiloms. was traversed. The dirigible is of the semi- rigid type, and it is stated to be peculiar for the fact that the envelope is divided by a diaphragm, only the upper half being filled with gas. The envelope is 40 metres long, 14 metres in diameter, and contains 2,500 cubic metres. The motor is of 40-h.p. The Willows Airship. ON Saturday afternoon Mr. E. T. Willows had his- dirigible out for a trial, but, in view of the wintry weather, it did not extend over more than half an hour. During, that time the airship rose to a height of about 200 ft.," and manoeuvred over the East Moors. A " Mare's Nest." THE announcement made in several of the pri ncipal French daily papers, and copied into the English ones,, to the effect that the British War Offirfe had ordered a big dirigible from MM. Lebaudy Freres, turns out to have been a "mare's nest." The only dirigible on order with that firm for Great Britain is the dirigible ordered by the Morning Post five months ago. 41 MOTORIST'S AND AVIATOR'S YEAR-BOOK." SUCH is now the title of the year-book, edited by Mr. William List, the 1910 edition of which has just made its appearance. In accordance with the change in title, the contents have been added to in the form of a chronological record of progress in flight during the past year, full records of the performances at Rheims, Brescia, Blackpool and Doncaster, a list of the principal prizes offered for flying, and a list of aeronautical clubs and societies throughout the country. The other portions of the book, which refer to motorists generally, have been brought up-to-date, and in some cases amplified, but always keeping to the same excellent arrangement in which the information is stated in a concise manner and grouped in sections, such as law, touring, garages, hotels, records, &c. . The book, which. is. published by Messrs. E. J% Larby, at 2s. net., also contains many tables of great use to motorists, &c. 836
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