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1910
1910 - 0960.PDF
[JFUGHT] FOREUG: Changes in the American Aero Club. ACCORDING to a cable from New York, Mr. Alan A. Ryan was successful in the annual election of officers of the Aero Club of America, being elected piesident to succeed Mr. Cortlandt Field Bishop by a large majority. Five Persons on a Henry Farman Machine. CONTINUING his series of experiments in connection with passenger transport, Mr. Henry Farman on Friday of last week succeeded in carrying four passengers beside himself on his biplane, one of the passengers weighing 91 kilogs. The total weight carried was 370 kilogs., made up as follows :—pilot, 67 kilogs., passengers, 91, 65, 62, and 51 kilogs. respectively, petrol, 22'5 kilogs. ; and oil, iO'5 kilogs. On the previous day a similar performance was carried out, but then the total weight was only 354 kilogs., with which the machine flew quite satisfactorily for a distance of 20 kiloms. Flying Home from Aeroplane School. HAVING completed his course of instruction at the Bleriot School at Etampes, Eugene Duflot decided to fly back to his home at Vervins. Although there was a thick mist over the ground, he left Etampes on Saturday morning, but he had not proceeded far when he found he had lost his way. He therefore landed at the first convenient spot, which proved to be Aulnay-les-Bondy. Almost immediately afterwards he started again in the direction of Soissons, but when within 2 kiloms. of his destination, he was obliged to land in order 10 replenish his fuel tank, &c. This done he started off once more and soon reached his destination, the total distance covered during the journey being 200 kiloms. English Visitors at Buc. ON Saturday afternoon among the visitors to the R.E.P. School at Buc were Vice-Consul Sir Henry Jackson, Captain Murray, R.N., Mr. Frank Barker, M. Clementel, and Lieut.-Col. Bouttiaux. They witnessed several fine flights by Pierre Marie and Laurens, the former concluding one of his flights by gliding down from a height of 500 metres. M. Esnault-Pelterie afterwards conducted the visitors through his works. Aeroplanes to Assist Surveyors. WITH reference to the note in last week's issue regarding the Bleriot monoplane which is being sent to Persia to be used by a surveyor in the course of his duties, it is now announced that negotiations are in progress in Paris with a view to sending a mono plane out to South America. This it is proposed to use in con nection with the surveying operations for a new railway, and it is believed that it will prove of great value to the surveyors in con nection with their work. New Maurice Farman Military Pupils. AMONG the latest four military officers to be nominated to receive instruction on the Maurice Farman biplane, one of them is Captain Eteve, who, it will be remembered, has hitherto confined NOVEMBER 19, 1910. his attentions to the Wright biplane, for which he has designed several modifications. The other officers are < apt. Taron, Meunier, and Lieut. Lucas, the last-mentioned also a Wright pilot. A Military Tellier Monoplane. A TELl.lERmonophne specially designed for military use has been tested recently at the school at Etampes. On Saturday after noon, Chateau started off with the intention of flying over to Buc, but owing to the mist he was forced to land at Rambouillet. The First Japanese Pilot. AMONG the last list of pilot-aviators, now passed by the Aero Club of France, was the first Japanese aviator to receive such a certificate. His name is Tokugawa Yoshitoohi, and the number of his certificate is 289. Paris to Brussels Flight. LEGAGNKUX and Martinet have again been dogged by ill- fortune in their second attempt to win the Grand Prix of the Automobile Club of France for a passenger trip from Paris to Brussels and back. They started from Issy on Sunday morning, and the aviators reached Etterbeek, the flying ground near Brussels, safely, after making two stops en route at Compitgne and Bavay. The wind was favourable, and so the speed was very fast, the 280 kiloms. being covered in 3h. 38m. 5s. net tunning time. The two aviators intended to start on the return journey the same evening, but the wind rose and necessitated a postponement. On the following day the weather conditions were much worse, heavy rain falling and the wind being very violent. As there was no hope of the aviators being able to complete the return journey within the maximum time of 36 hours, they were reluctantly forced to abandon their attempt. Accident to a Belgian Aviator. WHILE giving a series of demonstration flights with Louis Bathiat at Mouseron, the aviator, Peeters, was caught unexpectedly in a squall and fell to the ground from a considerable height. He was moved to a doctor's near by, and it was at first reported that he was dead, but happily this proved not to be the case, and the latest reports say that his injuries are not serious and he is well on the way to complete recovery. Count Zeppelin Offers a Prize. IN connection with a cross-country flight from Ulm to Friedrichshafen, which is being organised in Germany, Count Zepp-lin has promised to give a prize of 25,000 marks. The com petition will be confined to German aviators and the first to enter are Jeannin, Wiencziers and Grade. Prince and Princess Henry Flying. NOT only is Prince Henry of Prussia rapidly qualifiing as a pilot of the Euler biplane, but Princess Henry, no doubt encouraged by her husband's success, has also been flying with Herr Euler. On Sunday afternoon the Princess went for a trip of about 20 kiloms., during which the biplane soared to an altitude of 120 metres. The new "Baby Wright" which made its first appearance at the Belmont Park (U.S.A.) International Meeting— and, it will be remembered, came to grief. 958
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