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SEPTEMBER 3, 19101 about 24 kiloms. from Rheims, and after a 50-minute flight landed just by M. Dejardin's house, in the Pare aux Dames. This flight secures the prize of 5,000 francs offered by that French sportsman to the first aviator to land on his property. Practice at Juvisy. RlGAL, the one-time racing driver, has purchased a Sommer machine, and is making good progress at Juvisy. On Sunday week he covered one complete circuit of the course at a height of about 10 metres. During the same afternoon Didier was up for a quarter of an hour on his Henry Farman machine, and Ladougne, on the Goupy, flew for an hour at a height of 200 metres, while his pupil, Duhait, made a good trial lasting ten minutes. On the previous day Didier was out for a quarter of an hour, Ladougne for half an hour, Duhait for 8 minutes. The Prize for French Makers. THE regulations have just been issued in connection with the 10,000 frs. challenge trophy, offered by M. Deutsch de la Meurthe to French manufacturers. For this year the competition will open on September 1st and continue open till the end of October. The winner will be the manufacturer whose machine first flies with two persons on board from Issy to Orleans. During the trip an altitude of not less than 300 metres must be maintained above the earth, and the aviator and passenger must weigh at least 150 kilogs. This weight may be made up with ballast which must not be capable of being used. The maker of the aeroplane, the maker of the motor, and the pilot must be of French nationality, while the latter must also hold the Ae. C. F. pilote aviateur certificate. The altitude will be recorded by a registering barometer. The entrance fee has been fixed at 100 frs. A New Aeroplane at Kiel. A DR. TREISCHKE, of Kiel, has invented and constructed an aeroplane with which he has made some successful trial flights. On the 25th ult. he made three trips at heights varying between 10 and 20 metres. Lake Geneva Traversed by Swiss Machine. PERHAPS the greatest success so far of the Dufaux machinei which was illustrated in our last issue, was the flight accomplished on Sunday last by M. Armand Dufaux. Starting from Noville, four miles south of Montreux, he reached Collogne, not far from Geneva, the distance of about 66 kiloms. being covered in 56 mins. 6 sees. The altitude maintained was about 150 metres. By this performance M. Dufaux won the Perrot-Duval prize of 5,000 francs. A Baron Flies Across Copenhagen Sound. AFTER several unsuccessful attempts, Baron Cederstrom succeeded, on the 24th ult., in crossing the Copenhagen Sound. Mounted on his Bleriot machine he rose from the flying ground at Amager, by Copenhagen, and landed at Limhamnsfeltet, close by Malmoe, in Sweden, the 30 kiloms. being traversed in 23 mins. He intended to fly back again, but thick fog which came on rendered it desirable to postpone the return trip. An Austrian Biplane over Vienna. EARLY in the morning of the 18th ult., before the festivities in connection with the Emperor's birthday had begun, Adolf Warchalowski, on a machine which he has designed as the result of his experience with the Henry Farman biplane, succeeded in flying from Wiener-Neustadt to the Austrian capital and back to his starting place. At twenty minutes past five, he rose from the aerodrome, and rapidly attained a height of 200 metres. Still rising, he headed for Vienna, and was soon over the Imperial castle at Laxenburg. Crossing the Danube, he made for the Cathedral of St. Stephen, and at 6.20 made a wide circle round it at a height ot 700 metres, and then started off on the journey home, reaching Wiener-Neustadt safely at ten minutes to seven. During the hour and a half he had covered about 110 kiloms., this being the best cross-country flight so far made in Austria, completely eclipsing that made by Illner. The latter, although over a similar course, except that Illner did not fly over the city, was made in two stages. The Warchalowski machine was made at the Autoplan works, which, we understand, also builds the Pischoff monoplane. An Italian Three Passenger Record. ON Sunday last, at Pordenone, Cagno set up a new Italian passenger record by flying for some distance with three passengers on his biplane. An Italian Cross-Country Flight. IMPRESSED by the success of the Circuit de l'Est, a movement has been started in Italy to organise a race on similar lines in that L/DGHT] country next year. A sum of .£2,000 has been offered by the Corriere della Sera to the Italian Aviation Society to form the nucleus of a prize fund. Mars has a Lucky Escape. WHILE flying across New York Bay from Coney Island to Staten Island on Saturday, the aviator Mars had a lucky escape. He was at a height of about 2,000 ft. when his motor stopped, and his Curtiss machine began to fall rapidly. He, however, righted the machine and planed down to the water, although he was unable to prevent the machine from striking the water at a high speed. The shock broke up the machine, but Mars himself was unhurt. Bomb Guns for Aeroplanes. FOR the purpose of making some tests in dropping bombs on to warships, at Garden City, N.Y., Mr. Clifford B. Harmon fitted a novel "gun" to his Farman biplane. It consisted of a steel tube placed vertically, the lower end being closed by a hinged door. An ingenious arrangement of mirrors shows the operator exactly when the tube is pointing directly to the object he wishes to strike, and by merely pressing a button the door is released, and the bomb drops to its mark. FLIGHT PIONEERS. Full page Portraits which have appeared in "Flight." FRAMED, this series makes an unique gallery of our flying men. Most copies can still be obtamtd trom the Publishers, 44, St. Martin's Lane, W.C., for \\d. each. S. F. CODY J. T. C. MOORE BRABAZON HON. C. S. ROLLS .. FRANK MCCI.EAN .. ROGER W. WALLACE MORTIMER SINGER .. LOUIS PAULHAN A. V. ROE HENRY FARMAN 1909. Sept. 18 Nov. 6 ., 13 Dec. 18 1910. Jan. I » 15 ,, 22 .. 29 Feb. 12 MAXIM GRAHAME HIKAM S CLAUDE WHITE CECIL GRACE CAPT. BERTRAM DICK SON... Hon. ALAN BOVI.E .. J. ARMSTRONG DREXEL LANCELOT D. GIBBS JAMES RADLEY JOHN B. MOLSANT 1910. Mar. 12 April 30 July 9 Aug. 2/ Chas. F. Willard, in his Curtiss machine on which he carried in America, at Albany Park meeting, three passengers. Both he and his sister, Miss Emily T. Willard, are given as competitors at the Harvard aviation meeting. 719
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