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JANUARY 15, 1910. I/O GHT PROGRESS OF FLIGHT ABOUT THE COUNTRY. <NOTE.—Addresses, temporary or permanent, follow in each case the names of the clubs, where communications of our readers can be addressed direct to the Secretary. We would ask Club Secretaries in future to see that the notes regarding their Clubs reach the Editor of FLIGHT, 44, St. Martin's Lane, London, W.C., by 12 noon on Wednesday at latest.) Aviation Association of Ireland (HOTEL METROPOLE, DUBLIN). THERE was a considerable attendance at the Hotel Metropole on the 7th inst., when a meeting of the Aviation Association of Ireland was held under the presidency of Mr. John Boyd Dunlop, -who gave it as his opinion that there was too strong an idea among inventors of aeroplanes to use bolts and screws too largely. Those interested in aviation should take a lesson frcm sailors, who made the, most of ropes. Mr. Dunlop then proceeded to give a demonstration of the properties of fans or propellers. It was unanimously agreed that Mr. Dunlop should be the president of the association, and Dr. Lilly the vice-president. The following were elected as the committee :—Messrs. R. J. Mecredy, T. C. Percy, J.P., George E. Shanahan, A. E. Porte, George Wilson, D. Gill, H. Stuart Doig, C. E. Wright, G. D. Scally, and R. Dunphy. The secretaries, Mr. G. Hatton and Mr. F. F. C. Trench, were elected treasurers. Oldham Aero Club (5. CHURCH TERRACE). THE usual weekly meeting was held on Thursday last, December 30th, 1909, at headquarters, when a paper was contri buted by Mr. E. Rogerson upon " Petrol Engines." The essayist treated the subject from a practical standpoint, and in all cases where technical terms were necessary explained them fully before proceeding with his paper. A lengthy discussion fol- ® ® ® ® OFFICIAL FRENCH RECORDS TO DECEMBER 31st. IN our issue of Jan. 2nd, 1909, we published a series of tables showing the progress of mechanical flight together •with the individual achievements of the leading aviators. As a companion to those figures we now give a table showing the various performances which had been officially recorded in France up to the end of 1909. Although the first recorded flights of Santos Dumont and Henry Farman were under the minimum distance of one kilometre, their speeds were officially passed as 41*292 and 527 kiloms. per hour respectively. DURATION AND DISTANCE RECORDS. lowed, which elicited much information of an interesting and instructive nature. The prospects of this club are exceedingly healthy, there being no lack of enthusiasm amongst its members. S. W.England Aeronautical Soc. (51, ST. LEONARD'S RD.,E SHEEN) AT a meeting of the above Society, held on the 9th inst., at the Ship Hotel, Hammersmith, a fund was started for the club mono plane, which was headed by Messrs. Surley Smith, Mateyka, Cochrane, Johnson, and Kennington, who contributed £1 each, and others ; realising in all £8. The chassis of the club's monoplane is now waiting for the wings, which are in course of construction. Every effort is being made to have it ready for flight about the middle of March. A model competition is being organised to take place about April 20th. The entrance fee will be i^., and a charge will be made of is, 6a. for every model entered. Entries close on March 30th. No special qualifications are necessary, but prizes will be given for length of flight and workmanship, as determined by the judges. Yorkshire Aero Club 63, ALBION STREET, LEEDS). OJJ January 4th Mr. C. II. Kruger gave his lecture on " Kites and the Principles of Flight Embodied Therein," and his remarks gave his own experience and the results obtained by his experiments. The next lecture on Tuesday, the 18th inst., will be by Mr. Ivan Fawcett on "The Utility of Aero Clubs and Aviation Meetings." kiloms. Pilot. 50 60 70 80 90 100 150 200 W. Wright Tissandier Latham WT. Wright Latham Latham Sep. 21, '08 May 20, '09 . Aug., '09 . Sep. 21, '08 . Aug., '09 Auvours . Pont Long. Rheims Auvours . Rheims H. Farman ... Nov. 3, '09 Pilot. Date. Place. Santos Dumont Nov. 12,'o5 Bagatelle Henry Farman... Oct. 26,'07 Issy ... Jan. 13, '08 ,, M ... Mar.21,'08 ,, Leon Delagrange Ap. 11,'08 „ >. May 30, '08 Rome ... Henry Farman .. July 6,'c8 Issy ... Leon Delagrange Sep. 6,'08 ,, Wilbur Wright... Sep. 21,'08 Auvours ,. ... Dec. 18,'08 „ ,. ... Dec. 31,'08 ,, L. Paulhan ... Aug. 25/09 Rheims Hubert Latham Aug. 26,'09 „ Henry Farman... Aug. 27/09 ,, >> ... Nov. 3, '09 Chalons Duration. Distance. h. m. s. o o 21J 220 metres 770 „ 1 kilom. 2-004 kils. 3'925 ., 12750 „ o o 52^ o 1 28 o j 39 o 15 26> o 6 30 o 20 19! 0 29 53! 24-125 1 31 25^ 66-6 1 54 531 99'8 2 20 23I 1247 2 43 24J 134 — 154*62 3 4 56| 180 4 17 53? 234'2i2 hours oj ... oi ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ••• 4 ... TIME RECORDS. Tissandier W. Wright Tissandier May 20, '09 Sep. 21, '08.. May 20, '09.. Pont Long Auvours Pont Long H. Farman Nov. 3, '09... Chalons h. m. s. 1 6 46J o 54 ~8f ... o 43 56 ••• 1 21 33J ... o 52 44? ...136 ... I II 264 ... I 19 56f ... I 28 17 ... 2 13 9f • •• 3 42 34 Distance. 12-5 Wis. 22 27-5 . „ 55 108-93 .. 162-276 ,, 215-622 „ PASSENGER RECORDS (one passenger besides pilot). Duration. fciloms. 1 ... .2 ... 5 ••• 10 ... :20 30 40 Pilot. Delagrange .. Capt. Ferber W. Wright .. Tissandier .. W. Wright .. Tissandiei Bleriot W. Wright .. Tissandier .. Curtis W. Wright ... Tissandier .. Curtiss W. Wright ... Tissandier ... Latham SPEED RECORDS. May 31, '09 ... Juvisy Sep. 3, '09 ... ,, Sep. 21, '08 May 20, '09 Sep. 21, '08 May 20, '09 Aug., '09 Sep. 21, '08 May 20, '09 Aug., '09 Sep. 21, !o8 May 2a, '09 Aug., '09 Sep. 21, '08 May 20, '09 Aug., '09 Auvours .. Pont Long.. Auvours .. Pont Long.. Rheims Auvours .. Pont Long.. Rheims Auvours Pont Long.. Rheims Auvours .. Pont Long.. Rheims h. m. s. o 1 i8f o 1 15 o 2 44 o 5 26f o 13 13* o 10 46 o 7 471 o 26 13! O 21 29f o 15 5°! o 39 28 o 32 28* O 23 29A o 52 48 o 43 J9 o 34 55 W. Wright (with M. F. Reichel) Oct. 3, '08 Auvours ,, (with M. Painleve)... Oct. 10,'08 ,, Distance. W. Wright (with M. Painleve).. Oct. 10, '08 „ Speed. 10 kiloms.... H. Farman ... Aug. 28 ... Rheims With two Passengers. 10 kiloms.... H. Farman ... Aug. 28 ... Rheims HEIGHT RECORDS. Latham Aug., '09 ... Rheims Count Lambert ... Oct. 18, '09 ... Paris Latham ... ... Dec. 1, '09 ... Chalons h. m. s. 0 55 33* 1 9 451 58 kiloms. o 9 52£ o 10 39 AIRSHIP SPEED RECORDS. 10 kiloms. 20 ,, 3° ». 40 „ 50 .» "Col. Renard" Aug., '09 155 metres 3°o » 453 .. h. m. s. > o 16 31 o 31 581 0 4S 3*i 1 3 2SJ 1 19 49* 41
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