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1910
1910 - 0147.PDF
FEBRUARY 26, 1910. (/OGHf) Another Motorist to Turn Pilot. WE learn from Mr. W. E. de B. Whittaker that he has undertaken to fly a Farman biplane for the Aerial Navigation Company. The Collier Monoplane. SATISFACTORY progress is being made with the Bleriot type monoplane which Mr. H. A. Collier, the winner of the Tourist Trophy motor cycle race, is building, and he hopes to have it ready for a cross-Channel flight next month. The pilot will, however, conduct his pre liminary trials on Plumstead Marshes. The machine will be fitted with a 20-h.p. 8-cyl. J.A.P. engine of special design, and it will be entirely British, except for the Chauviere propeller. Monoplane at Manchester Show. FOLLOWING the lead of other motor car shows, the Manchester Show, which was opened last week, had an aeroplane suspended from the roof as a feature. In this case it was the Fletcher monoplane, and was exhibited by the Empress Motor Co. It will be remembered that this monoplane is somewhat similar to the Antoinette, and is fitted with a five-cylinder " Empress " motor. Flying Meeting at Lanark. A BOLD bid is being made by the Scottish Aero nautical Society to secure the second fixture allotted to Great Britain by the Federation Aeronautique Inter nationale, for a meeting at Lanark, and from the energy which has been put into the preliminary arrangements there would appear to be every possibility of the date being given to them. In that event the meeting will be held from August 6th to 13th on the racecourse, the use of which has been granted free by the Town Council. Rule of the Air. WITH regard to the question raised by " Barrister-at- Law," in our issue of January 28th, as to " what shall be the rule of the air ? '" a forthcoming issue of the Nautical Magazine will contain an article from the pen of Mr. Harold R. Ingersoll in which this question is discussed and a suggested rule given, as well as proposals regarding navigating lights for airships and aeroplanes. SKI-GLIDING IN THE SEMMERING.-Fraulein Ehrenz-weig in "flight." Capt. Dickson Flies Half-an-Hour. ON the 17th inst. Capt. Dickson, at Chalons, flew for thirty minutes on his Henry Farman machine. Doings at Pau. AFTER a visit to the works at Paris, both M. Bleriot and M. Leblanc returned to Pau on the 19th with new machines. So great is the demand for these monoplanes that M. Bleriot has had to arrange for an extension of his Neuilly works, and has acquired the old Bowling Palace, which is being turned into a factory for machines ot the No. 12 type. On the 18th, Delatang, one of the Bleriot pupils, flew three times round the course at Pau. All the other pupils have made short trial trips. At the Wright aerodrome M. Rene Gasnier has qualified for his pilote-aviateur certificate, and Tissandier has been busy giving lessons to the two Government pupils, Capt. Eteve and Capt. Largier. "La Fregate" monoplane, fitted with 30-h.p. 3-cyl. Anzani motor, and piloted by M. Robert De Lesseps. 143
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