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1910 - 0046.PDF
1/yGHTj JANUARY 15, 1910. Cross-Country Flying at Shellbeach. ON Friday of last week Mr. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon paid a visit to the Aero Club's new auxiliary ground at Eastchurch, flying across from Shellbeach against a 12-mile wind, a distance of about 4§ miles. His mount was the " Short" biplane with which he recently won the Daily Mail £1,000 prize. Incidentally he also secured one of the Aero Club's prizes for short-distance flights. Hon. C. S. Rolls Flies in France. DURING a recent visit to France, the Hon. C. S. Rolls took the opportunity to run down to Chalons and had one or two trips with Henry Farman and Latham on their respective machines, the latter indulging in some extra smart turning movements for the particular entertain ment of his visitor. Flying a Kilometre High. IF on January 13th, 1908, when Farman first succeeded in flying for more than a kilometre, anyone had dared to suggest that within two years it would be possible to fly at a height of a kilometre, they would have received little sympathy for their optimism. Yet on Friday of last week, with the consummate ease so characteristic of himself, Mr. Hubert Latham rose from AT FRANKFORT FLIGHT EXHIBITION.—A reminiscence of 1870. Some envelopes which were despatched by balloon post from Paris during the siege, to Germany, &c Chalons Camp on his Antoinette monoplane and gradually climbed up into space until the barometer he had hung round his neck registered 1,100 metres. Then he gradually descended in wide sweeping circles, and came to rest 42 mins. nf sees, after the start. The weather was beautiful and the wind only blowing at about eleven miles an hour, so that the conditions were favourable. Questioned as to the possibility of flying still higher, Mr. Latham said he saw no reason why it should not be so. His impressions were just the same as usual, and he rose as high as he pleased because his machine was running splendidly. The height was also measured by some military officers under General Journe, and they returned the altitude reached as 830 metres. Another Farman Pupil Flies x hr. 16 mins. ON the 5th Van den Born, one of the latest of Mr. Henry Farman's pupils, took the air at Chalons with the intention of flying for an hour, and actually he re mained up for 1 hr. 16 mins. On the following day both Mr. Henry Farman and Van den Born each flew for 20 kiloms., while M. Mitchell, a new pupil, made a couple of circuits of the camp. Herr Frey, another new pupil, was not so successful, and fell from a height of about 4 metres, smashing the right wing and the front part of the machine. On the 8th inst., Van den Born intended to fly for three hours, but trouble with the carburettor caused him to land after flying for 56 mins., during which about 52 kiloms. were traversed. Ae.C.F, Prizes Disposed of. AT their last sitting, the Committee of the Aero Club of France confirmed their awards for the several prizes, the competition for which closed at the end of the year.. M. Paulhan took the first prize of 5,000 francs in the Prix de la Tenue de l'Air with 653776 kiloms., Tissandier was second, 2,500 francs, with 315*41 kiloms., Bleriot third, 1,000francs, iai'2 kiloms., and Delagrange fourth, 500 francs, 76-25 kiloms. M. Bleriot was awarded the Prix du Voyage for his trip from Etampes to Orleans, 41*2 kiloms., and being both pilot and builder of his machine, took the first two prizes of 5,000 and 4,000 francs, while M. Chauviere, as maker of the propeller, took 2.OC0 francs. The Michelin Cup was awarded to Mr. Henry Farman for his record of 234*212 kiloms. at Chalons, on November 2nd last, while the Archdeacon Cup was secured by M. Leblanc for his flight of 22*5 kiloms. at Pau, on December 31st last. Flying at Pau. LIEUT. AQUAVIVA, the first of the French Government pupils to attend the Bleriot School, has been receiving tuition since the 5th inst. On that day M. Leblanc easily carried out the first flight for the Montefiore Friant prize, and, having also accomplished without difficulty the other two necessary trials on the 8th and nth, eventually secured the prize. During the past week several of the pupils have been making short flights each 42
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