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1910 - 0017.PDF
JANUARY I, 1910. The Cairo Meeting. AMONG the competitors at the Heliopolis meeting from February 6th to 13th will be the two Humber-built BleYiot monoplanes which Mr. Ballin Hinde has taken out to Egypt. They are fitted with Humber 3-cylinder engines and equipped with dual ignition. Mr. Ballin Hinde, we understand, has expressed the opinion that the Nile district is ideal for practising flying. Flying in Algeria. ON Christmas Day, M. Metrot, on his Voisin biplane, made two trials, one of 14 and the other of 16 minutes duration, while the altitude varied between 30 and 150 metres. On the following day M. Metrot flew from his hangar at Joinville to the racecourse at Boufarick, 14 kiloms. away, landed there without difficulty, and later in the day made the return trip to Joinville. A New German Aeroplane. ACCORDING to our German contemporary Morgenpost very satisfactory results have been obtained with a new aeroplane built by Herr Max Kuhn, of Berlin, to the order of Herr Alex Alper. It is reported that a flight of about 80 kiloms. at a height of ten metres has been made, and the promised trials in public will be awaited with interest. Contests for Switzerland. THE first flying meeting in Switzerland is to be held from the 2nd to the 4th inst. at Colombier, close by NeufcMtel, and it is said that two Bleriots, a Voisin and a Dufaux have been entered. A programme of flying events suitable for Switzerland has been drawn up by M. Emile Durer. He suggests flights across Lake Geneva in all directions, a flight over the Alps, a cro^s-country trip from Geneva to Nyon and Lausanne, while the Grand Prix should be for the best flight made from Geneva to Evian les Bains and back in a single journey. A Swiss Aerodrome. THE Count de Viry has decided to construct an aerodrome in his grounds at Viry, near Geneva, with a view to encouraging flight in Switzerland. At present there are four aeroplanes there, and two more are expected almost at once. One of these is the Dufaux biplane which, as we announced last week, has made one or two short flights, and promises well. Flight Meeting at Florence. FOR the flying week, which it is proposed to hold at Florence in the early days of the coming spring, the municipality have voted ^2,000, and it is expected that the total prize money will reach ^"8,000. The work of preparing the aerodrome is now being actively pushed on with. A New British Firm. ONE of the latest British firms to take up the business of aeroplane building is Messrs. A. V. Roe and Co., under the management of Mr. A. V. Roe, who was one of the first Britishers to fly on a power-driven machine. His lengthy connection with experiments in the art of flying should prove of valuable assistance in the building of machines. We understand that the standard range of machines which it is proposed to put on the market will include monoplanes, biplanes, and triplanes. [fLJCHTj AIRSHIP AND BALU ION N: u Zeppelin III" Not Bought. FROM Friedrichshafen comes a rumour that the German War Office have decided not to purchase "Zeppelin III," which after its journey to Berlin was offered to them for ^28,000. This decision is said to have been reached because of the many improvements made since the vessel was built, especially in the intro duction of electrum into the framework of " Zeppelin IV," by which the weight is considerably reduced. Clement'Bayard Airship. ALTHOUGH Mr. Arthur Du Cros, M.P., secretary of the Parliamentary Aerial Defence Committee, states that the Clement-Bayard airship is now ready to make the journey from Paris to London, it has been decided to postpone the voyage until after the General Election. The object of bringing the vessel over here is to make an impression on the public mind and to interest members of Parliament by taking them for trips over London. It is felt that this object would be defeated at the moment when all interest centres in the forthcoming elections. And so the Daily Mail garage at Wormwood Scrubbs will have to wait patiently for another couple of months for its guest. The Spiess Dirigible. THE full specification and working drawings of the rigid dirigible, which was offered to the P'rench Govern ment some time ago by M. Spiess, have now been sent in to the Minister of War. The dimensions of this dirigible are : length of envelope 88 metres, while the diameter is 12 metres. The capacity is 8,000 cubic metres, there are eleven internal ballonettes, and the two motors of 120-h.p. drive four screws 4 metres in diameter. " Zodiac III " Wins a Prize. ON the 27th ult., Count de la Vaulx, with " Zodiac III," made an attempt to win the Giffard prize offered for the best performance, before the end of the year, by a dirigible over a closed circuit. In spite of the rain and fog, leaving its shed at 2 p.m., the dirigible started off at 2.43 over a circuit comprising Rambouillet, Trappes, and Le Mesnil. Eventually it came to rest at 4.40 p.m. when darkness came on. New Italian Military Dirigible Station. A CONTRACT has just been let by the Italian Govern ment for the construction of a new balloon shed at Verona which will house two dirigibles of the type which have been so successfully experimented with at Bracciano. It will be erected at a cost of ^20,000, under the super intendence of Col. Morris, who has been in charge at Bracciano. Country House Ballooning. ON the 27th ult., the Hon. C. S. Rolls ascended in a balloon from the Hendre, Monmouthshire, Lord Llangattock's country house, taking as a passenger Major B. Baden-Powell. A descent was made at Glou cester soon after dusk. ® ® ® ® An Address Wanted. MR. P. G. RANDALL, who has written to Mr. John F. Rennie regarding rubber cord, omitted to mention his address. Will he kindly send this along, so that his requests may be complied with ? 13
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