FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1910
1910 - 0895.PDF
[TAL FLIGHT MEETINGS. Tohannisthal Flying Week. A PROVISIONAL list of awards has been issued in connection with the recent flying meeting at Johannisthal. Lindpaintner secured first place and 25,000 marks in the competition for the War Minister's Grand Prize, his time in the air being nh. 37m. 53s., while Jeannin was second, taking 15,000 marks, with 8h. 7m. 20s. For the other prizes offered by the War Minister Brunnhuber took the first, of 5,000 marks, with 3 hrs. 58 mins., and Wiencziers the second, 3)O0O marks, with 2 hrs. 12 mins. The latter's height record of 1,560 metres also won the prize of 4,000 marks and the special silver cup, while he also secured the Bleichroder Prize for speed. The starting prize went to Thelen, whose best get away was 2974 metres, he also winning the passenger prize with th. 50m. 27s., Brunnhuber being second with ih. 45m. 56s. The Brussels Meeting. ALTHOUGH the second meeting to be held this year at Brussels did not officially open until Friday of last week, the previous day saw one or two very good trial flights by competitors who were tuning up their machines. Petrowski was the first to get up, he covering three laps on his Sommer machine at a height of 50 metres. Christiaens on his Farman also completed one circuit, but on a second attempt came down a little too suddenly and damaged the rear planes. Darioli also made one lap on his Bleriot. On Friday of last week the weather was not all that it might have been, and in consequence the flying was of very short duration. Laffont on his Antoinette, De Ridder on his Voisin, Madame Niel on a Koechlin, Petrowski on his Sommer, Christiaens on the Farman, and Darioli on a Bleriot were all in the air at some time or another, the last-mentioned meeting with a mishap. He had covered a distance of 500 metres when his machine capsized suddenly. Fortunately the aviator escaped with only slight injuries, and the monoplane, except for the smashing of its propeller, was also very little damaged. During the afternoon the dirigible " Ville de Bruxelles" left its hangar at Etterbeek and, carrying eight persons, cruised for a little under 20 mins. over the flying ground. Saturday last saw a good deal of very satisfactory flying, the outstanding feature of the day being a flight of 1 hr. 6 mins. by Laffont. Apart from this, the two next best performances were those of De Ridder of 20 mins. and Petrowski of 10 mins., but there were a number of other short flights. For a second time the big dirigible paid a visit to the flying ground, and cruised overhead for I hr. 13 mins. There was very little of note to record on Sunday, but on Monday Petrowski was the first in the air, and after a trial flight of 2 mins. was off again Arrival of the "Morning Post" National Fund Airship. JUST as we go to press comes the news that the Lebaudy dirigible, built for the Morning Post National Fund, has success fully made the passage across to England. Leaving the shed at Moissons at 10.15 on Wednesday morning, the airship was steered direct to St. Valery on the French coast. Across the Channel a course was set by a British destroyer until the English coast came in sight, where a captive balloon, which has puzzled Brighton and the neighbourhood for some days, served to direct the airship on its way. The cross-Channel trip occupied a few minutes over two hours, Brighton being passed at ten past two. Continuing the voyage in splendid form, Aldershot was reached at half-past three, and half an hour later the airship was docked, after it had circled round the camp once or twice. While the airship was being pulled into the shed, the envelope came in contact with a girder which tore the fabric, and the envelope collapsed. No one was hurt, and the framework was undamaged. A Preliminary Trial in France. ON Thursday of last week the Lebaudy airship, built for the Morning- Post National Fund, made its re-reappearance after undergoing the slight modifications suggested from Us original trial flights. Altogether it was in the air for 70 minutes, and during that time went through numberless manoeuvres and evolutions •without a hitch. A Long Trip by "Parseval VI." A LENGTHY journey was successfully carried out by " Par- seval VI " recently. Leaving Munich on the 10th inst., she sailed to Plauen in Saxony, where a stop was made for the night. On the following day the airship continued her journey to Bitterfeld, where again a stop was made for the night, while during the afternoon of the 12th a tour-hour trip took the airship over to Johannisthal. The The Crown Prince of Germany congratulating Wiencziers on his altitude flight of 1,560 metres at Johanntsthal on the 16th of this month. for an 18-min. trip, while De Ridder was flying for over half an hour. Laffont also made a notable performance by remaining up for 32 mins. ® ® ALLOON NEWS. distance between Bitterfeld and Johannisthal is 75 miles, and the airship, piloted by Lieut. Stelling, carried nine persons during the last stage. A Gross Airship Damaged. THE delicacy with which dirigible balloons have to be handled was again strikingly illustrated the other day by a mishap with one of the Gross airships. On Saturday night orders were given (or an airship of the Gross type to proceed from Tegel to Gotha after dark. Leaving Tegel soon after three o'clock in the morning the destination was reached in six and a half hours, the airship being favoured by a north-easterly wind. While the dirigible was being towed into the harbour, however, the envelope came into contact with a beam projecting from the side of the shed, and this tore a large hole in the'fabric. As it was impossible to repair this on the spot, the balloon was deflated and sent back to Tegel by rail. Two New Dlrigible'Pilots. AT the last meeting of the Aero Club of France Committee, certificates as pilots of dirigible balloons were granted to M. Andr6 Cohen and Captain E. Mugnier. Berlin to Amsterdam by Balloon. SETTING out from Berlin with the intention of sailing to London, three passengers in the German balloon "Hildebrand" had perforce to end their journey at Amsterdam. After i6\ hours' travelling the balloon had covered about 320 of the 500 miles which separate the German and English capitals, and she was just over the entrance of the North Sea Canal, by Amsterdam, when for some reason the balloon lost buoyancy and fell into the sea. Fortunately all the occupants were rescued by a steamer, which was also able to salve the balloon. 893
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
