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pggg AUGUST 20, 1910. "Mr. C. Grahame-White and Mr. A. V. Roe Going to America. MR. J. RADLEY, who, as we announced a fortnight ago, will sail for America early next week, will not be the only British aviator to visit the United States, as Mr. Claude Grahame-White, who has his eye on one or two of the big prizes, will also sail for New York in a day or two. Both will represent Great Britain in the Gordon- Bennett Race in the U.S.A. Mr. A. V. Roe is also going to America to take part in the Harvard meet from September 3rd to 13th. Mr. Ferguson Flies Three Miles. LAST week we were able to briefly note Mr. H. G. Ferguson's three-mile flight at Newcastle, co. Down, and since then we have received further details from Mr. Ferguson himself. In his attempt during the previous week the aviator had been greatly troubled by *'air pockets," and sustained many buckled wheels in consequence. On Monday of last week, after he had considerably lightened his machine, Mr. Ferguson determined to make a final trial. The •conditions were favourable in the evening, and he proceeded to Dundrum so as to get a course of over 2 miles in length. The machine rapidly rose to 40 ft., but in an endeavour to get clear of the "pockets" Mr. Ferguson continued rising to 80 ft. At Newcastle the people ridiculed the idea of a successful flight, but as soon as the murmur of the motor in the air was heard everyone rushed to a point of vantage. Over the Slieve Donard Hotel Mr. Ferguson passed at a speed of between 35 and 40 miles per hour, and when he had covered a distance of 3 miles he came down. Then he was "chaired" back to his headquarters. By this flight Mr. Ferguson won the prize of £100 •offered locally. His monoplane is covered with Dunlop fabric, and the J. A. P. engine with which it is fitted drives a Clarke propeller. With these exceptions the machine is entirely Mr. Ferguson's own •work, and he is to be congratulated on the success which has .attended his efforts. As soon as possible he will return to MagiHigan Strand to continue his practice there. Mr. Fletcher Tries a Biplane. ON the evening of the 8th inst. Mr. C. A. Fletcher had a trial •with his new biplane on the Manchester Racecourse at Castle Irwell. After one or two preliminary runs along the racecourse he got the machine to rise, but in attempting a sharp turn one of the wheels •came in contact with the ground and was buckled. This brought the whole machine down with a smash, and several parts were damaged, but they can be quickly repaired. This latest machine is of the Farman type, but entirely built in Manchester and fitted with •a 4-cyl. Empress engine. •"Daily Mail" Cross-Country £1,000 Prize. ON Sunday night the competition ended for the £1,000 prize -offered by the Daily Mail for the best cross-country total achieved during the preceding twelve months, and on the last two days both Paulhan and Grahame-White had been busy adding to their score. We have dealt elsewhere with Mr. Grahame-White's trips from Blackpool, and so need not refer in detail to them here. M. Paulhan added to his score by repeated trips to Chartres and back, from his headquarters at Buc. On Thursday he twice made the double journey, on Saturday he completed it three times, and on Sunday twice, and at the end he returned his record to date as of 855 miles, while Grahame-White's total was put at 842 miles. These figures must be considered as largely hypothetical, however, until they have been checked by the Royal Aero Club and the Aero Club of France. Willows Presentation Fund. MR. W, J. POTTER, of the Aerial Manufacturing Co. of Great Britain and Ireland, writes us to the effect that he has proposed and taken steps for the establishment of a fund wherewith to make a presentation to Mr. Willows as an appreciation of his recent successful flight from Cardiff to London and incidentally with a view to affording him some kind of material encouragement in his undertaking to sail from London to Paris. Mr. Potter informs us that Mr. D. A. Adams, M. P., has consented to act in the capacity of Chair man and Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart in that of Treasurer. Contri butions are payable to either of these gentlemen or to the Willows Presentation Fund at the Crystal Palace branch of the London and South - Western Bank, Westow Hill, Upper Norwood. It is suggested that with the proceeds Mr. Willows will be asked to construct, within three months if possible, a 200 ft. dirigible of his own design and under his complete supervision in every detail ; that it be presented to him publicly, and that his first flight therewith be London to Paris and back. Flying Meeting at Burton. A FLYING meeting is being arranged to be held at Burton-on- Trent from September 12th to 17th. The flying will be over Bass's Meadows, and the prize money will amount to ,£2,000. It is stated that it is expected that McArdle, Drexel, Cattaneo, Radley, Cody, and Chavez will be among the competitors. Another Flyer at Doncaster. EARL FITZWILLIAM will not be the only experimenter at Doncaster, as Mr. E. Hoyle, a well-known Huddersfield motorist, is taking his British-built machine, of the Sommer-Farman type, there in a few days in order to practise with it. Mr. Chanute and Newspaper Reports. MR. T. O'B. HUBBARD, the Secretary of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, writes us in regard to a report published a little while ago in the papers that Mr. Chanute had had a fall from an aeroplane while flying at Carlsbad, and had been removed to the American Hospital at Paris. After a large amount of inquiries, Mr. Hubbard has received a letter from Miss Elizabeth C. Chanute, dated July 30th from Paris, who writes:—" I have opened your letter of July 29th to my father. He has met with no accident, but with an acute attack of broncho-pleuro-pneumonia. He is quite too weak to bestow attention upon even such kind invitations as yours, but hopes to recover within two or three weeks, so as acknowledge the touching inquiries of his friends." _ /mmmmmK. Mr . \ 1 J n Unffl m^mmw'-Ammntm M ffllPIPIII^B.W^ * FLIQHT J^5J«M«K»JK^ psf**"*"* 1 . L^'iiii Hr t:^m^' ^ ; 4L y? I^ fc m^WB^^^. SR n ' A SCOTTISH-BUILT BIPLANE.—This is the work of "Gibson's Aeroplanes" of Lelth. Mr. John Gibson, its designer, in sending us the photographs, writes: " The machine which we are at present practising with promises well, rising readily, but none of us are capable of handling her efficiently as yet. Of course, we have had our engine troubles and a few smashes, but all the fault is either with the engine or with our own inexperienced handling, which time will remedy. The machine itself is all right, and I believe the first Scottish-built aeroplane to leave the ground. My son, age 19, can handle her best; he appears in photos. 672
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