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1910 - 0048.PDF
IftiGHT Parliamentary Candidates and Flight. THE Secretary of the Aerial League wishes to urge all Parliamentary candidates who have not yet replied to his circular, regarding their attitude on the question of National Aerial Defence, to do so at once. Up to Wednesday evening 339 replies had been received, 320 being favourable, 14 are doubtful, while the remaining five are negative. A San Remo Prize. A PRIZE of 25,000 francs hae been offered by M. Lurati, manager of the Casino at San Remo, to the aviator who in the course of the Nice and Monte Carlo flying meeting lands at San Remo. On the initiative of the Gazetta dello Sport, an attempt is being made to organise a flying meeting, to be held at the close of the Nice meeting, on the San Remo golf links, and to have an exhibition in the winter gardens of the Casino. A New German Aerodrome Co. UNDER the title of the " Flug und Sportplatz Berlin- Johannisthal," a new society with a capital of 700,000 marks has been formed to take over the aerodrome at Johannisthal. Count Wilhelm Arco is president of the new concern, with Count Sierstorpff, Capt. Kehler, and Major Tschudi constituting the managing committee, the last-named being the managing director. One of the first acts of the society has been to settle the debts of the company which was in charge of the Berlin flying week which ended so disastrously last year, both Latham and Rougier being unable to obtain their prize money. Three big meetings are being arranged for this year, one at Whitsun, another during the summer and a third during the autumn. They will be held under the patron age of both the Imperial Aero Club and the Imperial Automobile Club. First German Aeroplane Pilot. THE first aeroplane pilot's certificate to be issued by the German Aeronautic Association has been granted to Herr Auguste Euler, of Frankfort, who easily fulfilled the conditions of flying for 7 minutes without touching earth, the height varying from 10 to 15 metres. Flying at Liege. M. EMILE ALLARD, who was recently taking lessons at Chalons, has now removed his Voisin biplane to his native town, Liege, where on Friday of last week he made three very good flights of 6, 7, and 20 mins. duration respectively. Baron de Caters at Athens. BARON DE CATERS recently spent a few days at Athens with the intention of giving some exhibition flights on the Phaleron plain. Eventually, however, he left, without attempting any flight, because of the treatment meted out to him. Although the weather was unfavourable he found there was no shelter for his machine other than a tent, and this was partly blown away by the high wind, and as a result the aeroplane sustained damage. Finding his request for a more suitable shelter met with no response, Baron de Caters, therefore, decided to leave the place at once. JANUARY 15, 1910. Discontented Spectators in Algiers. ON the 9th inst., Oleslaegers was announced to give some exhibition flights at Oran, Algiers, but the spectators were dissatisfied with the two short trials which were made, and showed their displeasure by breaking down the enclosures and making a raid on the buffet. Eventually order was restored- by the military. On the following day the aviator flew for about 6 mins. at a height of 80 metres, and was loudly cheered by the crowd, while on Tuesday he flew for 54 mins., during which he made a wide sweep over the town of Oran. Los Angeles Flying Meeting. THIS meeting opened on Monday last with Paulhan and Glenn Curtiss as the " star turns." The latter, unde terred by the writs which have been issued against him by the Wright Brothers, made three circuits of the course, but in landing damaged his propeller. He has, however, four other machines available on the spot so that did not delay matters. Paulhan did not indulge in any flying, but stated that he would later attempt to beat all records, and to fly over the Sierra Madre, which is 1,200 metres high and snow-capped. Paulhan Flies 4*146 Feet High. THE 50,000 spectators who assembled on Wednes day to witness the flying had plenty to entertain them, for not only did Paulhan and Curtiss indulge in a series of speed trials, but Paulhan was successful in beating Latham's recent altitude record. In the course of a flight lasting 50 mins. 46^ sees, he rose to a height which was officially recorded as 4,146 ft., while the aneroid baro meter on his machine registered 4,600 ft. He used his Henry Farman machine on this occasion, but on the previous day he was flying on his Bleriot. In the speed trials the best performance was that of Curtiss, who covered a mile and a half in 2 mins. 13 sees. Another splendid performance was that of Curtiss, who flew with a passenger for 55 miles in one hour, while a second record secured by Curtiss was in rising in 6f sees, after running only 98 ft. along the ground. Count Zeppelin Better. ON the 6th inst. Count-Zeppelin was well enough to leave the St. Catherine's Hospital at Stuttgart, where he recently underwent an operation on his throat, but for the time being he will continue to reside at his house in Stuttgart until he has quite recovered his strength. GERMAN MILITARY AERONAUTICS.—The "Schiitte" dirigible airship dock at Rheinau near Mannheim. 44
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