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1911 - 0038.PDF
[/LIGHT] A Bavarian Circuit Race. IN connection with the jubilee, and also the 90th birthday, of the Prince Regent, the Academy of Aviation at Munich is endeavouring to organise an aerial circuit race round Bavaria during the coming season. It is proposed that the race should be in seven stages, and starting from Munich on September 3rd, Nuremburg would be reached in three days, the intermediate stopping places being Ratisbonne and Bayreuth. One day would be spent at Nuremburg in giving exhibition flights, and then the competitors would make their way back to Munich, stopping en route at Wurzburg, Ansbach, and Augsburg. Flying Over Dresden. THE inhabitants of Dresden had their first opportunity of seeing an aeroplane overhead on the 6th insd., when Kahn, mounted on his monoplane, passed over the city and then flew out into the country. He eventually landed at Blasevitz owing to his petrol supply having run out. Herr Grade was also flying on his monoplane, and made a cross-country trip. Flying at Calcutta. A FINE flight was made by Mr. Henri Jullerot on his Bristol biplane, on the 6th inst., at Calcutta, when he flew over the racecourse for about ten minutes. The Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, Sir Norman Baker, was among the spectators, who numbered about 100,000 persons, the native portion of the crowd being vastly impressed. A Transatlantic Aeroplane. NOTHING daunted by the failure of the Wellman airship to sail across the Atlantic, an American, Harry Grahame Carter by name, has announced that he will make an attempt to fly across the Atlantic in an aeroplane of his own invention. He has estimated that he can do the trip in 54 hours, and can carry sufficient fuel to do this in the hollow tubing of his machine. He hopes to be ready to start from Sandy Hook early in March. We fancy he is wrong in his starting date. JANUARY 14, 1911- Flying Above Charleston. AN 18 year old "aviator, James Ward by name, piloting a Curtiss biplane, flew over Charleston on the 7th inst. and won a prize of $5,000 offered for the feat. His trip occupied 52 minutes and in the course of it he covered a distance of about 25 miles. Flying at Buenos Ayres. CATTANEO now has a strong rival at Buenos Ayres in Paillette, who on the 4th inst. was flying on his Bleriot machine for more than an hour over Buenos Ayres. Rising from the Lugano Aero drome he flew over to the racecourse on the other side of the city. An Argentina Prize. A PRIZE of ,£2,000 has been offered by the Argentine news paper Nation for a cross-country contest between Buenos Ayres and Rosario, a distance of 280 miles. The distance may be covered in three stages, and already three aviators—Cattaneo, Paillette and Andre—have entered. Fatal Accident in Brazil. AT the end of December the Italian aviator, Jules Picollo, arrived at San Paulo, Brazil, with his monoplane in order to give some demonstration flights. On the 28th ult. he made several short trial trips, and in the last was at a height of 400 ft. when the machine pitched forward and dropped to the ground, the aviator being killed instantly. Mr, Vanderbilt Turns Aviator. APPARENTLY failing to find as much fascination as of old in motoring, Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt is now turning his attention to aviation. He has, it is reported, ordered three Wright biplanes, which are to be specially built and be ready for delivery to him next spring. One of these will be of the ordinary standard type, the second will be a racing model of the " Baby " type, while the third will be similar to that on which Johnstone established his height record. The machines will make their first appearance at the Long Island Aerodrome, but as to whether Mr. Vanderbilt will pilot them himself no precise information is yet to hand. AIRSHIP NEWS. The " City of Cardiff" Back in England. AFTER having completed the task of sailing his airship to Paris, Mr. Willows intended to continue his journey to Pau, but on being reminded that if he stayed much longer in France he would have to pay Customs duty amounting to 743 francs, Mr. Willows decided on Saturday to deflate the balloon and send it back to London by rail. The several ascents he made during his short stay at Issy aroused a good deal of attention, and on his intention being announced much regret was expressed. The Latest Austrian Dirigible. THE third Austrian dirigible has now been completed, and by way of a trial trip, on the 2nd inst., it sailed from Fischamend to Vienna, the voyage occupying about three-quarters of an hour. So * ® successful were the results obtained that two more of similar type have been ordered to be put in hand at once. The airship is in appearance a combination of the Parseval and Lebaudy types. The length of the envelope is 58 metres, and it is 10-4 metres diameter at the largest part. New Italian Airship. UNDETERRED by the unfortunate accident which destroyed his dirigible just as it was completed last year, Signor Piccoli has had a new airship built, which will be known as " Ausonia No. 2." It is housed near Verona, and it is expected that it will make its first public appearance during this month. The envelope is 121 ft. in length and 25 ft. in diameter, while the weight is said to be about 8 cwt. It is confidently hoped that the new airship will prove very fast. THE DALOZ COMPASS. By RENE IN Paris, at Christmastime, I found aeronautical circles sympa thetically discussing the disappearance of Cecil Grace, and more often than not passing on to some remark about the Daloz compass, which appears to have attracted considerable attention over there, and to have met with some favour. In some respects the principle involved is not new, but I believe that this is the first time it has been given practical effect. Most readers of FLIGHT are probably acquainted with the basic idea of its use, which is that of steering a course in relationship to the direction in which objects on land are observed to pass beneath the machine in flight. For the purpose of intensifying this observation the Daloz compass is mounted upon a lens that forms the base of the instrument, and serves to facilitate an accurate observation of this relative motion. The compass itself consists of a magnetic needle and a mica disc. The mica disc is transparent, but is striped with a number of parallel lines. When in action the disc and the magnetic needle move together, but means are provided whereby the disc can be adjusted relatively to the needle so that the lines on the disc may make any angle with the compass needle, which angle will be maintained permanently while the compass is in action. OZOUF. Prior to starting a cross-country flight the aeroplane is placed on the ground pointing absolutely in the direction of its destination. The parallel lines on the mica disc are then adjusted so that the compass needle holds them truly fore and aft along the machine. When the pilot is in the air it is his sole duty, so far as the navigation of his course is concerned, to observe that the objects on land beneath him always appear to pass across the lens parallel with the lines on the mica disc. So long as they do this he is assured that his course is truly the same as that on which he started, for the lines on the disc make an invariable angle with the compass needle. Should the machine tend to drift with the wind a change in direction would be immediately noticed and the steering adjusted to make the necessary correction. Unfortunately, of course, the Daloz compass does not overcome difficulties that are perhaps paramount on a big flight. Many pilots are suspicious of the reliability of a compass needle of any sort on their machines, others fly too high to properly see the things on earth, and others again may be making a sea voyage devoid of land marks. One and all fear the danger of a flight in the fog, and few are sufficiently expert to keep a constant eye on the course, which alone will render this form of navigation accurate. 38
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