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1910 - 0358.PDF
I/UGHT very best known aviators will take part in it. The situation of Southend, within flying distance of the Royal Aero Club's grounds across the river, to say nothing of its close proximity to the Metropolis, is bound, weather permitting, to assure success to the undertaking, since not only are the leading municipal officials down there associating themselves with it, but the close association between them and the City of London is sure to have its beneficial influence. A small company is now being formed for meeting the inevitable expenses and for assuring the convenience and comfort of everyone concerned, while we understand that Mr. George Neill has arranged to act as General Manager in conjunction with a strong Board of Directors. The site for the aerodome is, it is claimed, particularly suitable for an aviation meeting of this character. Mr. Farman's Monoplane Now Ready. SOME time ago we referred to the fact that Mr. Henry Farman had determined to experiment with a monoplane, and had commenced the construction of one. While London and Paris have been feteing his pupil, Paulhan, Mr. Farman has been putting the finishing touches to his machine, and by the time these lines are in print it is probable that the first trials will have been made. The monoplane differs in many respects from others of this type, notably in the fact that the pilot sits under the wings, with the Gnome motor behind him. It is confidently expected that it will be a great success. Farman Brothers Fly Together. ON the last day of April, Mr. Henry Farman paid a visit to his brother Maurice at Buc, and while there enjoyed the sensation of being taken for a trip in the new Maurice Farman biplane. Several of those who saw the two brothers seated one behind the other, recalled the time, some fifteen years ago, when they occupied similar positions, although their mount then was a tandem bicycle on which they managed to secure many valuable prizes. Maurice Farman at Buc. MR. MAURICE FARMAN is preparing for a passenger flight from Buc to Orleans, and on the 28th made a cross-country flight of 30kiloms, carrying M. Tabuteau as passenger. During the trip he passed over Villeroy, Voisin, Trappes, circling round the clock tower there, Toussus-le-Noble, Chateaufort and Saclay. On the previous day he took several passengers for trips, including his father, Mme. Tabuteau and Marquis Vivaldinir. Doings at Mourmelon. The Farman School.—Lieut. Cammerman commenced the training of five new military pupils on the 26th ult., and on the following day Lieut. Fequent flew for 1 hr. 7 mins., his average height being 100 metres. Lieut. Sidot made several circuits of the ground as also did Lebedeff, who was flying alone for the first time, Cheuret, a new instructor, flew with several pupils, being in the air altogether for about six hours, while on the 28th he made a splendid flight, taking a passenger for a trip lasting 1 hr. 32 mins. On Friday last Lieut. Fequent carried out the necessary qualifying flights for his pilot's certificate, and M. Mahieu, one of the directors of the new Farman aerodrome at Beauce, flew for 4 kiloms. On MAY 7, 1910. Monday, Nicholas Kinet took his brother for a 20 mins. jaunt, while a similar flight was made by Lieut. Fequent, who, in a second trial, rose to a height of 250 ft., from which he planed down with motor stopped. The Antoinette School.—Two flights of 20 mins. each were made by Wachter when testing new machines on the 26th ult., and on the next day one of his pupils, Labouchere, flew 2 kiloms., including turning, and this he repeated on the 29th. The same day Wachter went up in a new machine, and passed over the country at a height of 100 metres for 56 mins. The Bieriot School.—Rene Barrier successfully made the three flights to secure his pilot's certificate on April 28th, and Siman and Aubert also made several good trials, while several other pupils, including two ladies, Madame Herven and Madame Miel, were given lessons. On Monday, at his second attempt, Ehrmann flew for half a circuit of the camp, and later made a fine straight-line flight. Koechlin at Mourmelon. SEVERAL good flights have been made by Koechlin on his monoplane at Mourmelon, although none of them have been of any very great length. Doings at Pau. SEVERAL of the pupils at the Bieriot school have been busy practising on their machines during the past few days, and MM. Bieriot and Leblanc have been busy conducting experiments with a two-seated monoplane, built on the lines of the cross-Channel type. With this a flight of 40 kiloms. was made on the 28th ult. Leblanc carried out several trials on Sunday last, and landed at the end of one in a gliding flight irom a height of 60 metres. M. Paulhan after Clermont-Ferrand Prize. HAVING landed the London to Manchester prize, Paulhan, in conjunction with Mr. Henry Farman, may possibly, before long, try to win the ^4,000 prize offered by M. Michelin for the first man to fly with a passenger from Paris to Clermont-Ferrand and land on top of the Puy du Dome, which is 1,456 metres high. A Speed Record. AT their last meeting the Commission Aerienne-Mixte passed the speed record of 3 mins. 57 sees, for 5 kiloms. made by Jacques Balsan on his Bieriot monoplane at the recent Heliopolis meeting. Opening of the New Henry Farman School. THE official opening of the new Henry Farman aerodrome and flying school at Beauce, near Etampes, has been fixed for to-morrow, Sunday, when it is probable that, besides flying by many of the pupils, Mr. Henry Farman will attempt to better some of the world's records at present held by his machine, and possibly use his mono plane publicly for the first time. A New Bieriot School. WITHIN about five kiloms. of Etampes and close to the inew Farman aerodrome, M. L. Bieriot has acquired a large tract of land FCUR IN AN AEROPLANE.—Mons. Sommer on his'Sommer biplane upon the occasion when he carried three passengers, including Mdlle. Dutrieux. in addition to himself, for a flight. It will be t remembered we gave the particulars of this Flight in last week's issue, the weight of the machine complete_with its passengers totalling to no less than 1,060 lbs. 356
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