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1910
1910 - 0451.PDF
JUNE II, 1910. (/jTJGHT) BR1T1 ^Closing Date for Wolverhamption Entries. THOSE aviators who are thinking of taking part in the forth coming meeting at Wolverhampton are reminded that the entries -close to-day (Saturday) and should be sent to the Secretary of the Midland Aero Club, Grand Hotel, Birmingham. Cardiff Flying Meeting. CONSIDERABLE enthusiasm has been evoked by the preli minary arrangements in connection with the proposed four days •flying meeting to be held at Cardiff from August 24th to 27th. Several influential local gentlemen are taking an active part in the movement, and already arrangements have been made for the use of the Ely racecourse, which has been approved by the Royal Aero '-Club subject to certain alterations. It is hoped that shortly a public meeting will be arranged, when an appeal for financial support will be made. In the meantime the secretarial arrange ments are in the hands of Mr. H. C. Jobson, Llanishen, Cardiff. The Baron de Forest Prize. As some misapprehension seems to exist as to the conditions of the Baron de Forest prize, it should be noted that the prize is open until December 31st next, when the prize of ,£4,000 will be awarded to the aviator who on a British machine has flown the longest distance from England to the Continent in one stage. It is •not merely to be given to the first man who flies across the Channel on a British machine, as some people seem to think. •Grahame-White at Ranelagh. UNDETERRED by a strong breeze, Mr. Claude Grahame-White made a short flight from Ranelagh, on his Henry Farman machine, on the 1st inst. Rising at 8 o'clock, Mr. Grahame-White made a wide detour over Putney, and landed after being jn the air for seven minutes. Two flights were made on Saturday, the first lasting -five minutes, during which Mr. Grahame-White made four wide sweeping circles over Barnes. In the second trip Mr. Grahame- White followed the river for some distance, passing over Hurlingham, ^nd returning across Wimbledon Common, landing m the presence •of a very distinguished company, after a twenty minutes trip. And at the Crystal Palace. ON Tuesday Mr. Grahame-White shifted his venue to the Crystal Palace, where he made a couple of trips from the flying enclosure in connection with the " Rendezvous" arranged in the Palace grounds by the Aerial League. Both flights were short, each only being of about five minutes' duration. In the first he flew towards Penge, and after making a couple of wide circles returned to the Palace grounds and planed down to his shed from a height of 60 ft. The second trip was confined to the grounds, and the thousands of people assembled on the terrace had the experience of seeing the machine pass over them. Later in the clay the machine rEEK. was dismantled and packed for its journey to Halifax, where Mr. Grahame-White had arranged to make some flights this week-end. Mr. A. V. Roe at Brooklands. ONE of the most successful trips he has yet made with his triplane, was carried out by Mr. A. V. Roe on Thursday of last week. The machine remained aloft for some twenty minutes, and although Mr. Roe did not fly very high, he turned very sharply once or twice. Several circuits of the flying ground were made and the machine answered her helm with remarkable ease. Mr. Handley Page at Barking. SEVERAL short but successful flights were made by Mr. Handley Page on his monoplane at his flying grounds at Barking on the 26th ult., and Mr. Thiersch, who made a flight of three- quarters of a mile at Belvedere on the same day, used a machine which was built by Mr. Handley Page at Barking. A Biplane at Bath. THE Voisin biplane with which Mr. Ernest Pitman has been experimenting in the Isle of Sheppey for some time has now been taken to Bath, where Mr. Pitman and Mr. Theodore Beach propose making trials with it over the plateau at Lansdown, close to the racecourse. An aeroplane shed has been erected there by Messrs. Harbrow for the accommodation of the machine. Spare Parts for Bleriot Monoplane. MESSRS. BLERIOT, LTD., inform us that they have arranged to keep in stock at their Long Acre showrooms a quantity of spare parts for the Bleriot cross-Channel type monoplane. This stock will be comprehensive in detail, and under ordinary circumstances they will be able to replace almost any part of the machine by the next train following receipt of an order by telegram. A British-built Farman. WE hear that Messrs. A. V. Roe and Co., Manchester, have received another order for a Farman-type aeroplane. In fact, this firm is being kept very busy in every department. They have been compelled to add very considerably to their range of sockets and other accessories and parts, as their clients are making so many different types of aeroplanes. We understand that the demand for their aeroplane wheels continues to increase as fast as they can turn them out. Tellier Monoplanes in the U.K. THE exclusive rights for the Tellier monoplane have been secured by Mr. D. Lawrence Santoni, and anyone who is thinking of purchasing one of these machines can obtain from him at 10, Coburg Place, Hyde Park, W., a little brochure giving particulars of the machine and its performances, as well as the terms of sale, &c THE BRITISH HOME OF FLIGHT AT EASTCHURCH (ISLE OF SHEPPEY).—Some idea of the imposing character of the Royal Aero Club's flight ground at Eastchurch is conveyed by the above view. In the centre of the picture is the new Short factory—where histcry is rapidly being made—and fronting upon the trial ground itself are the numerous sheds where so many of the leading British aviators now house their machines. 449
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