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IFLIGHT J0LYJ23, I9IO. Death of Daniel Kinet. AFTER surviving the injuries sustained during a.fall at Ghent, as recorded last week, Daniel Kinet succumbed on the 15th inst., and another brilliant exponent is thus lost to aviation. Although he only had his first lesson on January 16th last, he quickly became master of his Henry Farman biplane, and was placed in charge of the Henry Farman School at Mourmelon. At the meetings at Palermo, Naples, Marseilles, and Anjou he made splendid performances, and on April 8th he beat the world's passenger record by flying for 2h. 19m. I4fs., covering in that time 152 kiloms. World's Record Flight. IT is interesting that if the world's record of 39275 kiloms.of Olieslaegers were set out in a straight line and used as a radius starting Irom Paris, the circle would pass within easy distance of such places as Weymouth, Salisbury,Oxford, Southwold, Rotterdam, Coblentz, Strasburg, Colmar, Geneva, Lyon, La Rochelle, St. Nazaire, and St. Brieuc. Flying at Quimper. A FLYING meeting opened at Quimper on the 14th inst., and although on that day Barrier and Simon on Bleriot machines were able to make a few short flights, very little was done on the two following days. Barrier tried to fly on the 15th, but smashed his machine and sustained a good many bruises, while on Saturday, after Simon had been in the air, covering 2'5 kiloms., Cheuret on his Voisin made three ineffectual attempts in the rain to get his machine to fly. A Welcome Home for Olieslaegers. ON his arrival at Antwerp on the 13th inst. the Belgian aviator, Olieslaegers, who on his Bleriot machine, at the Rheims meeting, beat the world's record for distance and duration, was given a public reception. A tremendous crowd of his compatriots assembled at the station, where he was officially welcomed by the Antwerp Aero Club. A number of his enthusiastic admirers " chaired " him and carried him in triumph to his carriage. The First Italian Pilot. THE first pilot-aviator's certificate to be granted in Italy has been secured by Pascal Bianchi, the pilot at the Avis School at Cameri. He used an Italian-built Voisin machine, which in Italy bears the name " Avis." Good Flight by Dufaux. HAVING once more got his machine in going order, Armaud Dufaux, on the 12th inst., succeeded in making a flight of 36 kiloms. in 31 mins. 30 sees, at the Viry flying grounds. He is now practising with a view to making an early attempt to cross the Lake of Geneva. $ ® Flying from Denmark to Sweden. AFTER many attempts Svendsen, on his- Voisin biplane, succeeded in flying across the Sound from Copenhagen to Melmoe, in Sweden, on Sunday last, thereby winning a prize of 12,000 kroner (£600), which had been subscribed for by the public of the two countries. The trip, of about twenty miles, was made in 31 minutes, and on landing the aviator was given a very enthusiastic reception, which was repeated when he returned to Denmark by boat later in the day. De Lesseps jinl Canada. DURING the latter part of last week, M. de Lesseps was giving exhibition flights at the Western Aviation Grounds near Toronto, and on the 14th inst., rising on his Bleriot monoplane to an altitude of 2,000 ft., he made for Toronto, where he circled the tower of the City Hall and returned to his starting point, the total distance being about 20 miles. As he stepped out of his machine the enthusiastic crowd wrapped M. de Lesseps in a French flag and carried him to the grand stand. On Saturday he was flying at a very great height, and afterwards planed down to earth, while on Sunday he went up to an altitude of 914 metres. American International Flight Meeting. IT is now announced that the American International Meeting will commence at Long Island on October 15th, one week earlier than the original date. The Gordon-Bennett Cup will be competed for on October 18th. Curtiss Flies for an Hour. LAST week Glenn Curtiss was continuing his bomb dropping experiments, and on Thursday, while flying at 40 miles an hour, he succeeded in dropping a lacge percentage of missiles, in the shape of oranges, on to the deck of a ship 400 ft. beneath him. On the 13th inst. he was in the air for ih. 14m. 59s., at a height of 1,400 ft., over Atlantic City. Hamilton has a Tumble. ON the 14th inst. Charles Hamilton, who recently made such a splendid cross-country flight in America on a Curtiss machine, was induced to conduct some tests with a biplane designed by a student of Columbia University. The machine rose in the air, but immediately afterwards fell down again, and Hamilton was slightly injured. Reported Suicide of Lieut. Pfitzner. DEPRESSED by his inability to obtain great success with his novel monoplane, illustrated in FLIGHT of March 12th, 1910, Lieut. Pfitzner is reported to have drowned himself close to Boston on the 12th inst. He had made several short flights, but was greatly disappointed because he was unable to keep going for lengthy periods. AIRSHIP NEWS. "Beta" Back at Aldershot. THE Army airship " Beta" did not reach Bournemouth on Wednesday of last week, a broken crank-shaft necessitating a descent near Andover. The landing was made successfully, and the airship was then towed to the shelter of a chalk pit at Bury Hill. There the engine was repaired, and the next day the airship returned safely to Aldershot. The 42 miles were covered in 4 hours 20 mins. A 30-Mile Trip by "Beta." ON Tuesday a circular flight of about 30 miles in length was made, the trip taking a little under an hour. The dirigible was steered by Col. Capper, with Lieut. Ridge in charge of the engines, while General Scott Moncrieff, Chief Engineer at Aldershot, was a passenger. Three Dirigibles over Paris. DURING last week Parisians got quite used to seeing dirigibles hovering over their city. On the 13th inst. Count de la Vaulx took his "Zodiac III" to Issy, where the " Ville de Bruxelles" was already stationed, and later in the day the "Colonel Renard" arrived. On the following day, all three made excursions over Paris, and Comte de la Vaulx, who was at the disposal of the military authorities, indulged in some despatch carrying. Setting out from Issy on " Zodiac III " he went to the Champs Elysees, and after receiving there %jeply to the despatch he carried, returned to Issy. On Friday the three dirigibles cruised over Paris, and after rounding the Eiffel Tower returned to Issy. "Clement-Bayard II" Out Again. ON Friday of last week the "Clement-Bayard II" was taken out from her shed and cruised successfully for 1 hr. 20 mins. over Compiegne. The Parseval Dirigibles. ON the 13th inst. "Parseval VI" sailed from Bitterfeld to Dresden, where a large crowd, including the King of Saxony and Prince George, assembled to greet the airship. It was intended that the airship should go on to Munich or Gotha, but on the following day it returned to Bitterfeld, making a descent at Wurzen for a slight repair. On the same day "Parseval VII" made a successful trip from Breslau to Alshude. A start was made on Sunday to take " Parseval V " from Kundowa to Breslau, but at the first attempt, after half-an-hour, the airship returned to her starting place owing to the envelope and cords having become very heavy through the rain. Four hours later a second attempt was made, but after an hour's run the dirigible was brought down at Glatz and packed up to complete the journey by rail. German Aerial Manoeuvres. THE German Military aerial manoeuvres commenced on Saturday last, when " Zeppelin I " made a successful tour of recon- 584
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