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1910
1910 - 0132.PDF
?^rr:TrrrrT-^"~>r^^r i/uum FEBRUARY ig, 1910. The Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom. As will be seen from the official notification on page 119, His Majesty King Edward has, at this early stage of the movement, recognised the good work done by the Aero Club of the United Kingdom, and has, as a mark of appreciation, granted the Club the right to use the prefix " Royal." King Edward and Olympia. IT is also extremely satisfactory to note that His Majesty the King has been likewise graciously pleased to accord his patronage to the Flight Exhibition which will open at Olympia on the nth prox. Flying at Eastchurch and Shellbeach. THE HON. MAURICE EGERTON is making good pro gress at Shellbeach with his British-built Wright machine, and has been awarded two of the Aero Club prizes, one of ^25 for a flight of 250 yards, and the other of ^50 for a flight of one mile made on Saturday last, and witnessed by Capt. J. Spottiswoode and Mr. H. Short. His time for the mile was 2 mins. 30 sees. On Saturday he made his first long flight, covering over six miles. As preliminary tuning up for his trials for the British Michelin Cup, Mr. Moore-Brabazon made four flights on Saturday at Eastchurch. In the morning he flew for four miles, while his longest trial in the afternoon was of ten miles. He also flew for eight minutes on Monday, carrying on his Green engined Short biplane 20 gallons of petrol, weighing about 140 lbs. Mr. Cecil Grace also made a flight of 300 yards on his Short-Wright machine, while Prof. Huntington has made some satisfactory trial runs with his machine, which has a Wolseley engine, although no attempt at free flight was made. On Monday the Hon. C. S. Rolls flew for about 15 minutes on his Short-Wright machine, which has been fitted with a horizontal tail, at the Aero Club ground at Eastchurch, and the Saturday previous he indulged in a short spin on a French built Wright machine at Versailles. Sanders Biplane has a Mishap. A MISHAP befell the biplane which has been built by the Brothers Sanders at Kessingland, near Lowestoft. Remarkable view of St. Peter's, Rome, and the Vatican, taken from the Italian airship," I bis." Note part of the dirigible car on the left which the camera has caught. 128 On Saturday, Mr. Kempton Sanders was trying the machine and had got it to rise to a height of about 20 ft. when it came into collision with some telegraph wires. This caused the machine to pitch forward and fall to the ground, smashing it, but fortunately Mr. Sanders was able to jump clear. Doings at Chalons. DANIEL KINET, the Belgian flyer who is practising at Chalons on a Henry Farman machine, made a flight of 37 mins. over the country on Monday, while Van den Born was busy with his pupils. He gave lessons to fifteen of them, the cumulative distance travelled with them being about 125 kiloms. One of the most promising pupils is Geo. Chavez, who, at his fourth trial, flew for over 40 mins. on the 10th inst. He has since qualified for a pilote-aviateur's certificate. Sommer Weight-Lifting and Flying Across Country. ON the 8th inst. Sommer was visited at Mazan by the Hon. C. S. Rolls and Baron de Caters, and although it was pouring with rain he determined not to let his visitors go away disappointed, so he brought out his machine and flew for five minutes. Continuing his experiments in weight-lifting, Sommer carried a load of 210 kilogs. during some trials on the nth inst., and he has expressed his intention of gradually increasing the weight. On Monday last he flew acrose country to Brenilly and back again, attaining a speed of about 80 kiloms. an hour and being aloft for 17 mins. "Wright Flyers at St. Moritz. CAPT. ENGELHARDT and another German pupil of the Wright Bros, have been staying at St. Moritz for some days, and two Wright flyers have been despatched there by the German Wright Co., and it is announced that they will make experiments over the frozen lake towards the end of next week. Santos-Dumont has also been staying at St. Moritz. Flying at Issy. THE flood waters having subsided, practice has once more commenced at Issy, and on Friday of last week Rigal made several flights on his new Voisin machine. M. Panwels brought out an entirely new Voisin machine for trial. He had, however, only just got clear of the ground when the machine was caught in an eddy and capsized, and sustained considerable damage. M. Bleriot also brought out a new machine for trial, but in view of the state of the ground and treacherous wind made no attempt at free flight. Paulhan in America. NEW ORLEANS was entertained by Paulhan on Monday last, when 30,000 people turned out to see him make a series of flights. In the first one he remained aloft for 18 minutes, while in a subse quent trip of only 9 minutes duration he rose to a height of 457 metres. Proposed Model Club for London. READERS are reminded of the new Model Club which is being organised in London, and of which we spoke at length last week. The headquarters will be in the West End, and the Hon. Sec,pro tem.t is Mr. A. C. Horth, 2, West Grove Terrace, The Point, Blackheath.
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