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1910
1910 - 0406.PDF
I/UGHT] MAY 28, 19101. THE SECOND CROSS-CHANNEL FLIGHT.—M. Jacques de Lessees, on his Bleriot, passing over the cliffs at Dover on Saturday last. A good specimen of a "composite" photograph. it eventually transpired that the descent was accomplished after a long gliding descent of over two miles in a meadow belonging to Wanstone Court Farm, about three miles east of Dover and about a mile inland. There M. de Lesseps was welcomed by Mr. R. Clayson, of St. Margarets, who happened to be in the field, while the ladies of the farm provided the aviator with refreshment. Among the first to congratulate the young aviator was the Hon. C. S. Rolls, who is waiting for a favourable opportunity to fly from Dover to Calais, and had himself entered for the Ruinart prize. In addition there were several officials of the British and French Aero Clubs, and Mr. Norbet Chereau, M. Bleriot's manager for the United Kingdom. The official observers for the Royal Aero Club at Dover were the Hon. C. S. Rolls and Mr. Chereau. M. de Lesseps wanted to fly back again almost at once, but was dissuaded by Mr. Chereau, as the weather conditions were rapidly getting worse. Prospects of improvement being small, the aviator eventually decided to abandon his intention of returning by way of the air to France. He ultimately boarded the French destroyer which crossed with him for his flight and returned to France, his machine following in due course. THE HON. C. S. ROLLS AND FLYING THE CHANNEL. ALTHOUGH the Ruinart prize for a cross-Channel flight has been won and lost, the Hon. C. S. Rolls seeks to be the first Britisher to cross the silver streak separating England from France. Everyone will wish him success during this week-end, when he hopes to be able to carry out his intentions. Having entered for the Ruinart prize, Mr. Rolls had his French-built Wright machine taken to Dover, where it has been fitted together in a shed near the Duke of York's Military School, in readiness for a favourable oppor tunity. Mr. Rolls hopes to cross the Channel and return to his starting point without alighting on French soil. More Pilote-Aviateurs. AT every meeting of the Committee of the Aero Club of France a large number of applications for pilote-aviateur certificates are always dealt with. At the last meeting certificates were granted to Capt. Dickson, Messrs. MacArdle, Graham-Gilmour, Baron Carl de Cederstrom, Capt. Felix Marie, MM. Henri Weiss, Mignot, Didier, R. Martinet, M. Tetard, Ladougne, R. Jourdain, G. Vinet, H. G. Laignier, E. Farnier, and Jules Bessonneau, making a total of no less than 86 pilot certificates granted by the club to date. The Deutsche French National Prize. ACCEPTING the proposition of the donor, the Aero Club of France have decided that the prize for French-built machines recently offered by M. Deutsche de la Meurthe shall be awarded to the builder of the first aeroplane which, between September 1st and October 31st next, flies between Paris and Orleans, keeping at a height of 300 metres for a certain part of the distance. Issy-les- Moulineaux has been selected as the starting place, while the military camp at Orleans will be the stopping place. The complete regulations are now being drawn up. 404
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