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LAHEE) Mishap with M Gross III." ON Wednesday afternoon of last week the latest of the German military dirigibles met with a mishap, as a result of which it will be out of commission for some time. The airship had been cruising over Berlin for some hours when it was noticed that the envelope had collapsed towards the rear end, thus rendering the craft unmanageable. For some time it was able to make a little progress against the wind, but eventually this became impossible, and the vessel drifted at the mercy of the wind. An attempt was made to land at the Templehof field, but this was not effected, and the dirigible drifted on a couple of miles further, where it came down in an open field. Apparently, the mishap was due to the bursting of a ballonette, and the damage to the framework caused by the sudden landing was so serious that Major Gross ordered the machine to be dismantled and taken back to Tegel by road. Trial of Clouth Dirigible* ON Monday afternoon the Clouth dirigible was given a trial lasting three hours, during which it manoeu vred above Cologne. Several modifications have been introduced since it last appeared, and in its trial on Monday the effect of driving the airship by only one screw was tried, and found to work well. The dirigible at present finds shelter in the military aero dock at Bickendorf, and although permission to use this expired last Tuesday, it has now been extended for a fortnight. "Espana" in the Air Again. THE Astra dirigible " Espana," built for the Spanish military authorities, has now been repaired and reinfiated at Pau, and on the nth was given a trial trip, which gave satisfactory results. M. Deutsche de la Meurthe and M. Kapferer were in charge, while the other passengers were Airaud, the pilot, and Col. Vivez and Capt. Kindelan, the two Spanish military officers who will take over the vessel when she has passed her tests. The dirigible manoeuvred for some time above Pau at a height of 150 metres. Across the Irish Sea. AFTER a very long interval the Irish Channel has again been crossed in a balloon, Mr. John Dunville accomplishing the feat in his balloon, "St. Louis" on Tuesday last, accompanied by Mr. C. W. Pollock. They started from Dublin at 10 a.m., and were sighted at the South Stack signal station at 12.30. Passing over Holyhead, they were carried by the wind towards Chester, and eventually landed safely at Birtles, near Macclesfield, at 3 p.m. The maximum altitude attained was 10,000 ft., where the thermometer showed 27 degrees of frost. The average speed worked out at 34 m.p.h. ® ® ® ® • Index and Title-Page for Vol. I. THE Index and Title-Page for Vol. I, January to December, 1909, of FLIGHT, has now been published. Any reader may obtain one by sending 2d. to the publishers, 44, St. Martin's Lane, London, W.C. After February 28th, a charge of 6d. post free will be made. ® ® ® ® PUBLICATION RECEIVED. Airships in Peace and War. By R. P. Hearne ; with an Intro duction by Sir Hiram S. Maxim. London : John Lane. Price 7s. 6d. net. FEBRUARY 19, ioio. DIARY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS. 1910. Mar. 11-1 g July 11-17 British Events. Flight Exhibition at Olympia. Bournemouth Flight Meeting. 1910. Aug. 6-13 Flight Meeting, place not fixed. Foreign Events. 1010. I 1010. April 2-10 Biarritz. ' July 14-24 Rheims to Brussels, cross April 3-to Cannes. country event. April 10-25 Nice. July 24-Aug. 10 Belgium. May 10-16 Berlin. Aug. 25-Sept. 4 Deauville. May 14-22 Lyons. Sept. 8-18 Bordeaux. May 20-30 Verona. Sept. 24-Oct. 3 Milan. June 5-12 Vichy. Oct. 18-25 America. Gordon-Bennett June 5-15 Budapest. Balloon Race. June 18-24 St. Petersburg Oct. 25-Nov. 2 America. Gordon- June 26-July 10 Rheims. Bennett Aeroplane Race. 2.443-9,805. 18,204. 23,270. Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied lor In IQOQ. Published February Tyt/i, 1910. J. GAUNT. Aerial propellers. J. GALEA. Automatic balancing apparatus for aerial machines. M. HARTZ. Apparatus for aerial navigation. H. MESINGRR. Airships. BACK NUMBERS OF "FLIGHT." SEVERAL back numbers are now very scarce, and have been raised in price as follows :— Price. s. d. No. 2, Jan. 3 .. 4 .. 6, Feb 9, containing Table of Propellers , 16 ~ «3 6 Engines Engines at Paris Salon ... 3 6 " How Men Fly" I O Aeronautical Bibliography. Wright Bros.' Elevator Patents. 8 ,, 20 ,, Flying Ground at Fambridge I O Illustrated Glossary. 10, Mar. 6 ,, Human Side of Flying ... I o Aero Club Ground at Shellbeach. Military Aeronautics. 12 ,, 20 ,, Souvenir Supplement ... I 6 15, Apr. io „ Engines at Olympia 1 o 16 „ 17 ,, Prize List 3 6 Models at Olympia. 31, July 31 „ Bleriot Flyer 2 O (Full page drawing.) 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