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1910
1910 - 0936.PDF
(/ED NOVEMBER i2f igio. Litigation~Over the Etrich Monoplane. ACCORDING to a note from Berlin, legal proceedings have been commenced by Herr Etrich against the Motor Luftfahrzeng Geseltschaft tor infringement of patents. An Appointment for Eftmoff. •si THE Russian aviator Efimoff, well known as a Farman pilot, has just been nominated as the chief of the school which is to be opened in connection with the Volunteer Aerial Fleet now being organised under the patronage of the Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch. During the winter the school will be carried on at Sebastopol, while during the summer it will be transferred to Gatschina. His salary will be nearly £3,000 per year, and he will be granted three months' leave of absence annually. Flying at Turin. *'" AT the three days flying meeting arranged to take place during last week-end at Turin, although the high wind on Sunday precluded any flying then, some good exhibitions were made on Saturday and Monday. On Saturday, Fischer on his Henry Farman machine AT the banquet which marked the successful conclusion of the Paris Aeronautical Show last week, General Roques, the new Inspector-General of Military Aeronautics, announced the details of the competition which will be held by the French Government during October next, with the object of obtaining the aeroplane most suitable for military use. In all, some 1,100,000 francs (£44,000) will be devoted by the French Government to prizes and the purchase of aeroplanes in connection with the competition. The winning machine will be bought by the Government at a price of 100,000 francs (£4,000), and the constructor will receive an order for ten similar machines at a price of 40,000 francs each, this price being subject to an additional bonus of 500 francs for every kilometre that the average speed during the final run of 300 kiloms. exceeds 60 kiloms. per hour, up to a maximum speed of 80 kiloms. per hour. The constructor whose machine is placed second will receive an order for six machines at a price of 40,000 francs each, subject to the same speed bonus, while the builder of the machine placed third will receive an order for four machines on the same terms. Should there be only one machine which satisfies the conditions, the builder of it will receive the prize of 100,000 francs, and also the full order for 20 aeroplanes. To be eligible the machines must be entirely constructed in France, but the builders need not necessarily be French subjects. The entries close on January 1st next, and the competition has been fixed to start on October 1st, 1911. Although it has not yet been definitely fixed, it is probable that the qualifying trials for the final 300 kiloms. test will be conducted on the military grounds at Satory, and will be continued during the month, after which the machines which have satisfied the judges will be required on a date during November, to be specified by the Minister of War, to undergo the final test mentioned, on which the awards will be made. Each machine must be fitted with three seats, one for the pilot, another for the mechanician, and the third for the observer. It went up to a height of 1 ,ooo metres and was lost for some time among the clouds. On descending he made several short trips accompanied by passengers. Weiss on a Koechlin, Bielovucic on a Voisin, and Eros also made some good flights, the first named being loudly applauded for a vol plane from a height of 500 metres. These same aviators were flying again on Monday, together with a local aviator, Gagliani, who has a Hanriot monoplane. Mr. Orville 'Wright Coming to Europe. A NOTE from New York intimates that Mr. Orville Wright will be paying a visit to Paris next month with the object of demonstrating a new' model of the Wright machine which is said to offer great security against accident. Latham Flies Over Baltimore. ON Monday Mr. Latham paid a visit to Baltimore in order to give demonstration flights on his Antoinette monoplane, and during the course of a trip of 25 miles or so he passed over the town. He was in the air for 42 mins. 10 sees. On the previous day Mr. Drexel was doing some high flying, and he got up to a height of 1,100 metres. must also be capable of carrying a useiul load of 300 kilogs., not including fuel, oil, water, &c. A minimum average speed of 60 kiloms. an hour will be required to be maintained over a distance of 300 kiloms., and the machine must be capable ot landing and restarting on ploughed land, prairies, stubble fields, or meadow land. It must also be possible for the machine to be transported by road or railway without being taken entirely to pieces. The eliminating trials will consist of six separate tests. In the first three the machine will be required to start fully loaded and alight on ploughed land at a fixed point 50 kiloms. from the start. At this point it will have to demonstrate its ability to start again. Each time it will be dismantled, and transported back to the starting point either by road or rail. In the fourth test the machine, while carrying its full load, will be timed over 50 kiloms. to see that it is capable of fulfilling the speed conditions, the course being an out and home one, and the machine being required to land at the point at which it started. The last two tests will be for altitude, the machines being required to attain a height of 500 metres within 15 mins. In the final tests the selected machines will be drawn up and started at 5 minutes intervals, and with their useful load of 300 kilogs. the machines will be required to complete a journey of 300 kiloms., maintaining a speed of 60 kiloms. an hour. Should a competitor not be able to get away properly at his appointed time, he will have to wait until the others have departed before restarting. Should the first attempt fail, the competitor will be allowed 48 hours during which he may make a fresh start, and should this also fail, he may within two days make a third attempt. Each competitor will, in fact, be allowed to make three tries, so that if not satisfied with the first attempt he may try and improve on it. The prizes will be awarded to the machine making the best time over the full course of 300 kiloms. During the trials, any repairs necessary may be carried out, even to the extent of a new machine being sub stituted for a damaged one, so long as it is identical in every respect, and should it be necessary the pilot may be changed. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT MEETING AT BELMONT PARK.—View from the Grand Stand, and a start for a one-hour flight competition. ® ® ® ® FRENCH WAR OFFICE COMPETITION FOR AEROPLANES. 934
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