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FEBRUARY 19, 1910. The Stringfellow model monoplane of 1848. an area of 70 sq. ft. This model represented the embodi ment of ideas that Henson put forward in 1842, when he proposed to design a full size machine with 4,500 sq. ft. supporting surface obtained from a span of 150 ft. and a chord of 30 ft. Experiments with the model were con ducted on Bala Down, in Somersetshire, but before any definite results were obtained Henson left England. Stringfellow continuing the interrupted experiments alone, ultimately achieved success with his own model a few years later. Apart from the interest directly attaching to the Henson and Stringfellow models as flying machines in embryo, they have a very considerable importance on account of their indirect association with the famous The Stringfellow model triplane of 1868. English scientist, Sir George Cayley. Cayley's articles on flight in " Nicholson's Journal" and the " Philosophical Magazine " undoubtedly influenced Henson and String fellow in their work. Cayley was a profound and, as events have proved, an extraordinarily accurate thinker, for his investigations led him to suggest most of the essential characteristics of the modern aeroplane, although the date of his work was 1809. By a happy coincidence the Aero Show last year formed a commemoration of his centenary. Many of our readers will doubtless remember an article that we devoted to the subject in FLIGHT, Vol. I, page 240, where a photograph also appeared showing a copy of the early Henson model that the Aero Club had prepared for exhibition purposes. LOS ANGELES FLIGHT MEETING.-Remarkable photograph of Curtiss in flight, on his biplane, over the Grand Stands, taken from a captive balloon. 122
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