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(TGGHT] Mr. Hornstein's Good Friday Flight. SOME further particulars have been given to us by an independent eye-witness concerning the flight which was made by Mr. Hornstein with his machine on Good Friday, and about which — as also his unfortunate accident on the following Sunday—we reported in brief last week. It seems that there were at the time plenty of spectators about, to all of whom the outstanding feature of the performance was the remarkably high rate of speed that was maintained. Apparently a run of about 25 metres was taken before actually leaving the ground, and then the distance travelled was 21 kiloms., at a height varying between 12 and 18 metres from the ground. Amateur clocking credited the time taken as being but 48 sees., though needless to say this is en tirely unofficial as a record—such as it would seem to constitute. Ground was regained in a ploughed field, on to which the machine alighted without sustaining injury of any kind, and this particular machine, which is one of those that Mr. Hornstein has built in England, is equipped with an 8-cyl. Jap engine of 35-h.p. On a new machine which he has in course of construction, a trial is to be given to an 80-h.p. engine of Italian origin that has a special system of air-cooling embodied in it. Re-modelling Aeroplanes. A UNIQUE departure in the aviation business is the re modelling department which has just been started by Messrs. A. V. Roe and Co. If an aviator has built a machine and then finds it is not satisfactory, this firm, if they think it is possible to make it fly, will quote a price for re-modelling, and for this price they will guarantee to make the machine fly. 44 Cleaneasy." A PASTE that has a fine gritty base has been prepared by the Cleaneasy Company, as a soap especially suited to the requirements of motorists and aviators, whose hands are more than liable to become grimy with their work. There is nothing so difficult to remove as the greasy dirt that comes fiom tinkering with machinery, but " Cleaneasy" makes washing a simple and pleasant matter, and what is of great importance is that this particular soap is very effective even with cold water. It is economical to use, and is put up in various convenient sized tins, the smallest of which only costs id. It is well worth while carrying one of these tins and a small towel under the seat or in one of the pockets of the car, so as to be convenient for a wash en route in the event of a breakdown. -Capital 26, Shaftes- Formed to NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED. Aeroplane Supply Co., Ltd., in, Piccadilly, W £100, in £1 shares. British Aeronautical Co., Ltd., Dewar's House, n, Haymarket, S. W.—Capital ,£2,000, in £1 shares. fcdward Mines Aviation Syndicate, Ltd. bury Avenue, W.—Capital £1,500, in $s. shares purchase a Farman type all-British aeroplane, as per agreements with the Aerial Manufacturing Co. of Great Britain and Ireland, Ltd., and Edward Mines, and to enter the same for races, competiiions, &c. ® ® ® ® PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Les Aeroplanes: Considerations Theoriques. By Paul Raybaud. Paris : F. L. Vivien, 20, Rue Saulnier. Price I fr. Petite Encyclopedic Aeronautique. By L. Ventou-Duclaux. Paris: F. L. Vivien, 20, Rue Saulnier. Price I fr. 75 c. Annual Report of the Board op Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1908. Washington, D.C., U.S.A. : Smithsonian Institution. The Emperor of the Air. By George Glendon. London: Methuen and Co. Price 6s. net. Catalogue. The Aviator's Storehouse. A. V. Roe and Co., Brownsfield Mills, Manchester. APRIL 9, 1910. DIARY OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS. British 1910. May 14-21 Huntingdon Meeting. June 4-11 Doncaster Mee'ing. June 25-July 2 Wolverhampton Meet ing. Foreign April 2-10 Biarritz. April 3-to Cannes. April 10-25 Nice. May 10-16 Berlin. May 14-22 Lyons. May 20-30 Verona. June 5-K Vichy. June 5-15 Budapest. June 18-24 St. Petersburg June 26-July 10 Rheims. Events. 1910. July n-17 July 28-Aug AUg. 6-13 Events. July 14-24 July 24-Aug. Aug. 25-Sept Sept. 8-18 Sept. 24-Oct Oct. I8-25 Oct. 25-Nov Bournemouth Flight Meeting 3 Lancashire Meeting. Lanark Meeting. Rheims to Brussels, cross country event. 10 Belgium. . 4 Deauville. Bordeaux. 3 Milan. America. Gordon.Bennett Balloon Race. 2 America. Gordon- Bennett Aeroplane Race. Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for In 1009. Published April jth, 1910. G. P. OTTINO AND A. WYLLIE. Aerostatic and \ heavier -than-aic machines. & H. B. MOLESWORTH. Aerial machines and propellers, i 7,792. J. D. RooT-i. Flying machines. 11,523. B. STRETTON. Flying machines. 15,tio. A. J. FREDRIKSON. Airships. I7»r3I- J- MUCKLE. Ships for aerial navigation. 23,844. R. ALEXANDER-KATZ. Testing flyi, g machines. 6,378. 6,414. No. 2, Jan. 6, Feb. 8 BACK NUMBERS OF "FLIGHT." SEVERAL back numbers are now very scarce, and have been raised in price as follows :— 1909. s. d. 9, containing Table of Propellers ... .„ I 6 6 „ "How Men Fly" 1 o Aeronautical Bibliography, W.ight Bros.' Elevator Patents. :o ,, Flying Ground at Fambridge I o Illustrated Glossary. Human Side of Flying ... 1 o Aero Club Ground at Shellbeach, Military Aeronautics. Souvenir Supplement ._ r 6 Engines at Olympia I O Prize List .„ ... ... 3 6 Models at Olympia. Bleriot Flyer _ 2 o (Full page drawing.) Other back numbers (excepting Nos. 3 and 4, which are out of print), post free, i^d. each (including descriptions and scale drawings of the Voisin, Curtiss, Cody and Farman biplanes, the Santos Dumont, Antoinette, and Grade monoplanes, and of a full-size Wright glider). BINDING COVERS for Vol. I, price 2s. ^d.t post free. TITLE PAGE and INDEX for Vol. I, 2d., post free. 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