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[/JJGHT] got away at 7.30, and he arrived at Brussels at 1.30, having m 1 two stops on the way, one of half an hour at St. Quentin, and tne other of ten minutes at Pontacelles. Legagneux did not leave Issy until just on 9.30 and he arrived at Brussels just as Wynmalen was starting on his return journey at 2.20. The latter, during the afternoon, got as far on the way back as St. Quentin, and there decided to spend the night. Early next morning he was astir and at 7 o'clock was well on his way towards the French capital. Heavy mists, however, made the journey anything but an easy one, and at Tracy Le Val a landing was necessary in order to fill up the petrol-tank. After a stop of half an hour the aeroplane was once more in the air and got as far as Meux, where another 40 minutes stop was made. Then half an hour was spent in com pleting a further stage to Orry la Ville. The next stopping place was at Bagatelle, and from there Issy was reached at a few minutes before a quarter past twelve, thus the double journey had been made well inside the limit of 36 hours. The annexed table shows the times of landing and restarting at the various stopping places, from which it will be seen that the total time occupied was 27h. 50m. 28s., while deducting the duration of the stops, the actual OCTOBER 22, 1910. time spent in flight was I ih. 25m. 28s. The total distance between the Belgian and French capitals is 190 miles, so that the double journey is 380 miles. Legagneux started back on the following morning, but only got as far as St. Quentin, where he damaged his machine, and in view of the delay necessary to obtain the spare parts Legagneux found it necessary to abandon his attempt. Time-Table of Wynmalen's Flight. Outward Journey. Leave. Arrive. Paris (Issy) — 7.33.303.01 St. Quentin 10.15a.m. 10.45 ,, Arrive. Leave. Pontacelles 12.55 p.m. 1.5 p.m. Brussels ... 1.30 ,, — Homeward Journey. Brussels ... — 2.i9p.m.|Orry-la-Ville 9.55a.m. 10.25a.rn St. Quentin 5.5 p.m. 6.40a.m. Bagatelle ...11.35 >> I2-2 >> Tracy-le-Val7.32a.m. 8.5 „ Paris (Issy)i2.13.43p.m. — Meux ...8.45 „ 9.25 „ I AMERHCAN NOTES. iCOWMJI. I>V.I.O.WS m&mmmmm TT; «F6 AUTO PARKING SPACE. Plan of Belmont Park, New York, as arranged for the International Aviation Meeting commencing to-day (Saturday). Grahame-White Over White House. , DURING his visit to Washington last week Mr. Claude Grahame- White, on his Farman biplane, flew over to White House, and landed in the roadway by the Army and Navy Building, where he was received by General Allen and Admiral Dewey. The arrival of the aviator was the signal for work to be suspended, and a crowd of several thousand persons quickly assembled to welcome the British flyer. Afterwards Mr. White flew back to the Bennings race track, but in alighting the planes of his machine were some what seriously damaged. Radley has a Mishap. WHILE testing his Bleriot monoplane at Belmont Park on the 13th inst., in preparation for the Gordon-Bennett competition, Mr. James Radley, one of Great Britain's representatives, met with a mishap which it is feared may put him out of the running. He had made a good flight, and was returning to earth, when his machine was caught in an eddy of wind and dropped suddenly. In the shock of the sudden landing the pilot sustained injuries to the head and shoulders. It is to be hoped that he will make a rapid recovery, in time to take his place in the Gordon-Bennett team when they line up next Saturday. Height and Vertical Speed Record. THE great advances made with the height record recently have led the Aero Club of France to put forward for consideration at the meeting of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale next week that a new series of records should be instituted. It is suggested that in future aeroplanes should be timed while ascending, the times being taken for every 500 metres, and the records recognised for vertical speed records of multiples of 500 metres. A Race Round the Statue of Liberty. IN connection with the flying meeting at Belmont Park which opens to-day, Mr. Thos. F. Ryan, the well-known financier, has offered a prize of ;£io,coo for the aviator who makes the best time during the week for the journey from Belmont Park round the Statue of Liberty and back again. The American International Meeting. IN our last issue we gave some details regard ing the International Flying Meeting which opens at Belmont Park, New York, to-day (Saturday), and we are now able to supplement this with the accompanying plan of the course, together with a list of the prizes. These will prove useful to our readers in helping them to identify the events referred to in the cabled accounts of the daily proceedings. In addition to these prizes there are several others, including one for the best time made round the Statue of Liberty, mentioned above, and another of ,£1,000 for the aviator who first gains an altitude of 10,000 feet. Among the English competitors will be Messrs. C. Grahame- White, J. Radley, Alec Ogilvie, and • W. E. McArdle. America is to be represented by Curtiss, Brookins, Hamilton, J. A. Drexel, and Weymann, while the French flyers will include Jacques de Lesseps, Hubert Latham, Leblanc, Aubrun, and Simon. $ Gordon-Bennett Trophy, winner also gets 5,000 Gordon-Bennett elimination, three prizes total ... 1,500 Totalisation for duration ... ... ... ... 6,000 Totalisation for distance ... ... ... ... 3,000 Grand speed ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,500 Grand altitude ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,000 Fastest flight, 10 kiloms. ... ... ... 3.000 Passenger carrying 1,60 Cross-country ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,700 Cross-country passenger carrying 2,00 Kilometre straightaway 2,55 Daily totalisation of duration, eight days, $850 each 6,800 Hourly altitude, thirteen hours, $400 each 5,2CO Hourly distance, seven hours, $400 each 2,800 Hourly speed, five hours, $400 each 2,00 Michelin prize 4,00 Mechanics' prize ... ... ... .. ... 1,000 S5.6SO Total ® ® Another matter which bring before the meeting the French Aero Club propose to _ of the F.A.I, is the regulation of height records. It is proposed that the height should be measured by means of a barometer, although the actual height reading shown by the barograph would not be used. It is suggested that the barometric depression should be converted into height by a formula based on the tables of Radau. Further it is proposed that records should not be officially recognised unless they are at least 100 metres better than the previous one. 870
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