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1910 - 0316.PDF
I/PGHT] APKIL 23, 1910. IMr. Radley in flight on his Bleriot monoplane over the Huntingdon Racecourse, now used as an aviation ground. certificate when his machine caught fire. M. Nieuport, keeping his head, at once shut off the petrol and glided down to the ground, where he was able to put out the flames before any great damage had been done. The Antoinette School.—Wachter, who has made splendid progress on the Antoinette monoplane, successfully made his qualify ing trials for the Ae.C.F. certificate on the 13th, and since then he has turned instructor, giving lessons to the other pupils at the school. On the 17th inst., Commandant Clolus made a couple of flights of 10 mins. each, during which he rose to a height of 30 metres. Other Doings.—Morame on his Bleriot has been making flights each day, and on Sunday was up for ten, fifteen, and twenty-two minutes, respectively, at an altitude of 100 metres. On Monday Peynet on the Saulnier monoplane made two long trials, one of forty minutes and another of thirty-three minutes ; while Koechlin on his monoplane also flew for thirty-five minutes. Legagneux now has his Sommer biplane at Chalons, and flew for thirty minutes at a height of 100 metres on the 16th inst. A Fall at Huntingdon. WHILE practising on the 14th inst., Mr. Radley had a fall on his Bleriot monoplane. He was flying at a height of 20 ft. when the machine was caught in a sudden gust of wind, and before Mr. Radley could recover control of the machine it touched earth. The propeller and framework was damaged, but this was soon put right, and on Saturday Mr. Radley twice made a complete circle ot the aerodrome, a distance of two miles, his altitude being about 40 ft. On Wednesday morning he flew 16 miles in 23 mins. Cross-Channel Flying. M. JACQUES DE LESSEPS has entered for the Ruinart prize, and announced that within ten or fifteen days he will attempt to fly on his Bleriot monoplane from France to England, probably from Calais to Dover, and also fly back again not later than the following day. The Ruinart prize is of a value of ^500. A Flyer's Caravan. ON Monday, Mr. Somers Somerset, who is practising on a Henry Farman machine at Chalons, surprised his fellow pupils by arriving at the camp in a fully-equipped gipsy caravan which he had. purchased at a fair at Rheims. Mr. Somerset proposes to live in this house-on-wheels while he is taking his lessons, and thus be independent of anyone else. He hopes by this means to solve the early rising problem, in order to meet the new regulations which have been imposed by the military authorities. The car of "Clement-Bayard II," as seen from in front, showing the arrangement of the framework carrying the propellers, which are driven through bevel gears. 314
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