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1910 - 0573.PDF
r ..:,,:' m~ J ' • v^B'wr (PHP- . , ..^'ia BEE • I ' ^r* r PP"^mH^*™ 11 ,. —-- 1 -' • -—• •ri p» • * . .... A3 |Kg 1 ___ " Flight " Copyright. STOPPING A MONOPLANE AFTER FLIGHT.—G. A. Barnes bringing his Humber to resetter being in the air. to hospital. He was wearing a special helmet at the time, which probably saved his life, for he fell on his head, and the helmet itself was battered. Grahame-White followed Christiaens, but failed to carry his weight with a misfir ing engine, and Capt. Dickson, being the only competitor to com plete the course with a passenger inside the time limit, was thus declared the winner. Apart from the fact that Dickson thoroughly deserved any prize he won for his good flying, the result of this com petition could hardly be considered satisfactory from any other point of view. The proceedings them selves scarcely suggested an event at all, far less anything in the nature of a sporting contest. Nor were they even instructive, for the load carried by Dickson, which amounted altogether to 407J lbs., represented by a passenger and a little lead ballast, is by no means extraordinary. Morane, who had prepared to carry two passengers in his Bleriot, dis covered at the last moment that the wing warping connections were broken, and the time limit elapsed before they could be repaired. After five laps for speed by Wagner a start was made forthe sea flight by Morane, who was fol lowed by Drexel. Morane reached the Needles and returned in 25 mins. I2§ sees., having accomplished a journey of 21 miles, of which 18 miles are over the water, at an " Flight" Copyright. BETWEEN FLIGHTS AT BOURNEMOUTH.— From left to right—Messrs. Grahame-White, Capt. Dick son, J. A. Drexel, and McArdle. average speed of 50 miles an hour. It is probable that the actual velocity was considerably higher than this, for it is not altogether easy to steer the shortest course even in a calm, and there was a fair wind blowing during the flight. Drexel, during such time as he was within sight, appeared to be carried far too much to the west, and he was ten minutes longer on the trip than Morane. Both flights were splendid achieve ments, and must have forced home on the public mind the possibilities of aviation in the future. Watch ing a machine fly round and round an aerodrome is impressive while it is a novelty, but the actual accom plishment of a cross - country journey or a sea flight never fails to emphasise the fact that flying is a means of locomotion that is already so far advanced as to enable a human being to be transported safely through the air from one place on land to another. A sporting attempt was made for altitude by Grace during the afternoon in his Short biplane, his tactics being to make long diagonal flights across the aero drome from the sea shore towards Bournemouth. It was an attempt that is particularly deserving of mention not only because it was a good flight but because in many ways it was a very plucky one. Grace has had the worst of luck with his engines and there is not the least shadow of doubt that he " Flight" Copyright. Towing back Ogilvie's machine after he was driven down to earth by a sudden storm. Note engine, &c„ protected with tarpaulin. 571 D
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