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APRIL I6, 1910. An English Entrant lor Lyons. AMONG the entrants for the International meeting to be held at Lyons from May 7th to 15th, is Mr. Harding, who has recently been flying at Huntingdon racecourse. He has entered a monoplane fitted with a J. A. P. engine. The other entrants so far are Metrot (Voisin), Van den Born (Henry Farman), Latham (Antoinette), Molon (Bleriot), Legagneux (Sommer), Dubonnet (Tellier), Paulhan (Henry Farman), and it is also almost certain that Rougier will enter his new racing Voisin. A Two Hours' Flight at Berlin. A NEW German record for duration was set up on Monday when Jeannin, on a Henry Farman machine, flew 2h. im. 55s., during which time he circled the Johannisthal flying ground 44 times, keeping generally at a height of about 15 metres. Flying Meetings in Germany. IN addition to the International meeting which is to be held at Johannisthal from May loth to 16th, two other meetings have been arranged to be held there, whilst two are to be held at Munich and •one each at Dantzig and Leipzig. The first entry for Johannisthal was a Sommer biplane by Amerigo, while Voisin machines have been entered by Baron de Caters and Baroness de la Roche. Godard Flies 50 kiloms. at Barcelona. THE inhabitants of Barcelona were treated to an exhilarating experience of the 10th inst., when Godard flew over the town and harbour and twice circled above the monument of Christopher Columbus. Eye-witnesses describe the flight as being as impressive as that of Count Lambert's over Paris. Altogether about 50 kiloms. •were covered in 55 mins. A Bleriot Week for Seville. A WEEK of flying on Bleriot machines has been arranged by M. Borel to take place at Seville from May 1st to 8th, when the performers will be M. Bleriot, J. de Lesseps, Mr. Claude Grahame- White, and M. Barrier. A Monoplane at Baddeck. IN addition to the tetra-hedral aeroplane and the Baddeck biplane referred to last week, a monoplane is now undergoing tests al Dr. Graham Bell's laboratory at Baddeck, N.S. This is the invention of Mr. Hubbard, and resembles in general features the •cross-Channel type of Bleriot machine. Although the ice over the Bras d'Or Lake was in a rotten condition, nine flights were made, during which the designer was accompanied by Mr. Gardiner Greene. None of them exceeded half-a-mile in extent, and were mostly made at an altitude of between 10 ft. and 15 ft. Mr. H. S. Maxim has a Fall. WHILE trying his new aeroplane at New York on the 4th inst., Mr. H. Stevens Maxim fell from a height of about 30 ft., owing to something going wrong with the machinery. The machine, of course, was badly damaged and Mr. Maxim escaped with several bruises and a bad shaking. 1/015!] An Hungarian Monoplane, IN the two accompanying photographs is seen a monoplane which has just been constructed at Budapest by an engineer, Aladar Zeelyi. The frame is constructed of spruce and steel-tubing, braced in the ordinary way by steel wires. The two main-planes fit into sockets in the main frame at a small dihedral angle. They have a span of 20 ft. and a chord of 6 ft., while the total lifting surface of the machine is 130 sq. ft., and the elevator has an area of 21*5 sq. ft. A two-bladed Chauviere tractor-screw, 6 ft. in diameter, is driven direct by a 30-h.p. Darracq water-cooled motor ; and the novel arrangement of the radiator will be noticed in the photographs. The total length of the machine is 23 ft., and it weighs 340 lbs., or 475 lbs. with the pilot on board. "Clement-Bayard" Airship Launched. THE prospects of seeing the "Clement-Bayard" airship are getting near now, as, after the many difficulties which have had to be encountered, the dirigible was taken out of her shed at Com- piegne on Tuesday for her initial tests. No free flights were made, M. Clement deeming it prudent to thoroughly test the elevating planes and propellers while the airship was moored at the end of some hundred feet of rope. Everything seemed to work perfectly, however, and it is hoped that lengthy trials will soon be undertaken prior to its sailing for London. "Ville de Pau" in Service. THE Astra dirigible "Ville de Pau" made its first regular trip with paying passengers on the 6th inst., and since then it has been out daily when the weather has been fine enough. The fare charged for a trip lasting from thirty minutes to an hour is 100 fs. * Parseval III" at Cologne. PILOTED by Lieut. Stelling, who was accompanied by eleven passengers, " Parseval III " made its first ascent at Cologne in con nection with the German airship manoeuvres on the 7th inst. A strong wind was blowing, and the difficulties were added to by a thick fog, but a voyage lasting nearly an hour was successfully made, during which the vessel rose to a height of 1,300 metres. "Siemens-Schuckert" Nearly Ready. THE new German dirigible, "Siemens-Schuckert," is now practically ready for her maiden voyage, and last week a number of prominent German military officers, including General von Lyncker and Commandants Gross and Sperling, paid a visit to the garage at Blesdorf, near Berlin, to see the motors, &c, tested. The operation of the elevating planes was explained by Herr Knell, Capt. von Krogh, and the engineer Dietznis. It will be remem bered that this vessel will have three boats, each containing a 200-h.p. motor driving two propellers. A new monoplane built in Hungary, built by a member of the newly-formed Aero Club of Hungary at Budapest. 295
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