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1910 - 0085.PDF
JANUARY 29, 1910. Efimoff Flies for an Hour.! • YET another aviator can claim to have flown for more than an hour, for on the 21st inst. M. Efimoff, on his Henry Farman machine, was at Chalons able to keep up for this time, during which he traversed 63 kiloms. During most of the time he flew at a height of about 15 metres. Olieslaegers Has a Fall. AFTER his many successes at Oran, Olieslaegers was the victim of an unfortunate mishap on the 20th inst. He was flying at a height of 80 metres when by some means his foot fouled the steering gear. The machine dropped suddenly down to within five metres from the ground, and then came into contact with the telegraph wires, and rebounded on to the railway line, when the monoplane caught fire, and was considerably damaged. Fortunately the aviator escaped with nothing worse than a burn on the face. A public subscription is being got up in Oran to provide the aviator with a new machine. Sommer Testing. ALTHOUGH Sommer has not yet made any flights of long duration on the new biplane of his own design, he has made short trial trips of from 10 to 20 minutes almost every day, and has been experimenting with weight carrying. On some of his trials he has carried as much as 150 lbs. of ballast on his machine. It is stated that Baron de Caters has been so impressed with the machine that he has ordered two. Molon at Havre. ON the 21 st inst. Molon made three flights at Havre, the cumulative distance traversed being 40 kiloms., while he mostly maintained an altitude of about 60 metres. Another Racing Man Flying. M. EDMOND, who, it will be remembered, drove a Renault car in several of the big car races, is the latest recruit to the ranks of flyers, he having purchased a Henry Farman machine. As with the majority of Henry Farman's other pupils, M. Edmond's course of instruction was short. At his second attempt' by himself he flew 700 metres; this was increased to 4 kilometres at the next lesson, while in the next, twice this distance was covered. AeC. of France Enters Gordon-Bennett Events. THE Aero Club of France have already sent to the Aero Club of America entries of full teams of three challengers both for the Gordon-Bennett Balloon Cup and the Gordon-Bennett Flight Cup. French Army and Aeroplanes. IN connection with the order for aeroplanes recently placed by the French War Office, Capt. Marie and Lieut. Bellanger, two artillery officers, have been selected to go to Pau to be instructed in the manipulation of Bleriot monoplanes. They will be taught to manipulate two machines, one a monoplane of the cross-Channel type, fitted, as usual, with a 25-h.p. Anzani motor, and the other a new model having two seats, both of which are below the main-plane, as in the " No. XII" machine. This will be fitted with a 50-h.p. Gnome engine. Juvisy Under Water. FLYING has been out of the question during the past week at Port Aviation, as the flying ground has suffered severely from the recent floods, and the track has been l/ycfiT] more suitable for motor boat meetings than for flying, the water being several feet deep in parts. One or two aviators fortunately managed to remove their machines to Croix d'Hins before the flood, but those who did not are in a helpless position at present. Capt. Engelfaardt at Work Again. HAVING recovered from the effects of his accident just before Christmas, Capt. Engelhardt has recommenced his trials with the Wright flyer recently purchased by the German Government. He made several short flights at Johannisthal on the 22nd inst. ® ® ® ® AIRSHIP AND BALLOON NEWS. " Col. Renard " Ready Again. AT the beginning of the week the airship "Col. Renard" was re-inflated at Beauval, where the Astra Company have been making some modifications. As soon as the weather is favourable an attempt will be made to pass the five hours' endurance test required by the military authorities before they will take over the vessel. " Zodiac III" Wins Three Prizes. THE Aero Club of France have awarded to the " Zodiac III," belonging to Count de la Vaulx, the Meusnier, Giffard, and Dupuy-de-Ldme prizes, provided under the subvention given by the Minister of Public Works. The first, of 4,000 francs, was for the dirigible flying the greatest distance from town to town; the second, of like value, was for the airship which flew the longest distance over a closed circuit; while the third, of 2,000 francs, was for the dirigible of less than 1,500 cubic metres which developed the greatest speed over a 50 kilom. circuit. Trials with ** Gross III." A SERIES of trials were carried out with the new German dirigible, "Gross III," on the 22nd inst. Rising from Tegel in the morning to a height of 300 metres a series of manoeuvres were gone through over Dceberitz, and the airship eventually landed in a snowstorm. In the afternoon the airship again went up and cruised for some time over the Imperial Palace at Berlin, and several times circled above the Brandeburg Gate. Crossing the Irish Channel. LAST week Mr. John Dunville took his balloon " Banshee " across to Dublin, with the object of making a trip from there to England, a feat which it is believed has only been successfully performed once previously. Unfortunately, while preparations were being made to ascend on Monday last, the balloon was caught by a sudden gust of wind, with the result that the envelope was badly torn, and caused the abandonment of the project for the time being. Fate of Andree Expedition. THE information which has come from Canada with regard to the finding of a balloon at Reindeer Lake, which it is believed was used by M. Andree in his ill- fated expedition to the Pole, has induced the Swedish Government to send a mission to the district to inquire into the matter, and see if there is any truth in the report that the explorer was killed by Eskimos.
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