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1910 - 0317.PDF
APRIL 23, 1910. The London to Manchester £10,000. JUST as we go to press we learn that there is every prospect ot Mr. Claude Grahame-White, on his Henry Farman machine, making an early attempt to win the .£10,000 offered by the Daily M<£1 for a flight, with two stops, from London to Manchester. It is possible that the " jump-off" will be somewhere in the neighbour hood of Wormwood Scrubbs, at 5 a.m. on Saturday (to-day). M. Sommer and Pupils at Mouzon. AFTER successfully mastering the Henry Farman biplane, Frey is now taking lessons from M. Sommer, and on the 12th ult. flew for 5 kiloms. at Mouzon. On Monday Bouvier was up for iomins., with M. Demanest as a passenger ; Amerigo for 35 mins. ; Paillette made a trip of 25 mins. ; while Mdlle. Dutrieux had so far pro gressed as to venture for 5 kiloms. alone. Maurice Farman at Buc. SEVERAL short flights of 200 to 500 metres in length were made, on the 15th inst., by the Marquis Pasqua, who is under tuition with Mr. Maurice Farman at Buc. Rougier Tests His Mew Voisin. WITH the object of testing his new racing Voisin biplane, Rougier paid a visit to Mourmelon on the 13th inst. Several short flights.were made, a speed of 100 kiloms. an hour being reached at times. Whan he gets the 50-h.p. motor properly tuned up Rougier hopes to get still greater speed, and he will then try for the Daily Mail London to Manchester prize, if it be still open. The Cyclone at Chalons Camp. AN extraordinary amount of damage was done by the violent cyclone which burst over Chalons Camp on Friday morning of last week. Several of the Farman sheds, as well as those belonging to M. Sommer, were blown down and the machines inside smashed, while the military airship shed in course of construction was com pletely demolished, three men, unfortunately, being killed by the falling structure. But for the fact that it was about lunch time, when the workmen and other people were away, the loss of life must have been much more serious. Altogether, a number of aeroplanes were smashed, and it is estimated that the damage amounts to about £20,000. A German Six?Decker. IN the works of Pega and Emich, at Griesheim, there is under construction at the present time an enormous aeroplane, which has been designed to carry six to eight persons, and to be capable of remaining in the air for five hours at a stretch. It is fitted with six main planes, while the motor is of 80-h.p. Trials with Parseval Monoplane. AFTER a week's trials, skimming on the surface of Lake Plau, in Mecklenberg, the two engineers who were testing the giant monoplane built by Major Parseval decided to attempt a free flight. 1/yGHT] Countess Fitzwilliam in the pilot's seat of her husband's Bleriot monoplane in the grounds of Wentworth Woodhouse, Earl Fitzwilliam's seat near Rotherham. Lady Fitzwilliam, who is a younger daughter of Lord and Lady Zetland, is Lady Mayoress of Sheffield for this year. The machine had, however, only just got clear of the waterlwhen it was caught by the wind and capsized. The two occupants were rescued by a motor boat, and later the monoplane was towed to the shore and righted. Santos Dumont at Madrid. LAST week M. Santos Dumont was staying for several days with friends at Madrid, and made several short flights on his little Demoiselle over the Hippodrome golf course. Flying at Buenos Ayres. AMONG the many flights made by Bregi recently on his Voisin at Buenos Ayres, one of the best was on the 18th instant, from Langchamp to Lugano, a distance of 30 kiloms., which won MR. H. G. FERGUSON'S IRISH-BUILT MONOPLANE.—This photograph was taken in Masserene Park, Antrim, on the shores of Lough Neagh, after a successful essay by Mr. Ferguson. It will be noticed that the Automobile Association's well-known "A.A." badge adorns the prow of the machine. The four central figures are, from left to right, Mr. John Brown, the first Irishman to own and run a motor car in Ireland: Mr. H. Ferguson, the builder of the machine Mr. T. C. Percy, J.P.; and Mr. Francis Wilde, the Assistant Secretary of the A.A. 315
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