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1911
1911 - 0094.PDF
Changes at Rubery Owen and Co. THE terms of the partnership between Mr. J. G. Rubery and A. E. Owen having expired at the end of last June, Mr. Rubery has taken the opportunity of retiring from active participation in the business. Mr. Owen, who has been connected with the motor industry for the past fifteen years, is continuing the business under the old style, and is determined to devote full attention to the aeroplane industry. The firm have a large and up-to-date hydraulic pressing plant, and are prepared to go fully into the matter of aeroplane frame work and fittings. Testing Zimmerrrrann Radiators. DURING two flights made by Mr. Cody on Monday of last week his passenger was Mr. P. O. Serck, of the Motor Radiator Manufacturing Co. This firm has just made a radiator for Mr. Cody's machine, and the flights, which we understand were very successful, were in the nature of tests. The first was a flight of 5 miles, and the second of 10 miles, during which an altitude of too ft. was reached. The latest airship—the semi-rigid Siemens-Schukett, which last week, as reported, made its maiden voyage at Berlin.— The dirigible is just ascending, the building in the background being the Siemens-Schukert revolving shed. Note the three cars as described last -week. " Beta " and Wireless Telegraphy. DURING the instructional cruise made by " Beta " on Saturday last communication was kept up with headquarters at Farnborough by means of wireless telegraphy. The trip lasted for over an hour, and taking a southerly course the airship was steered to within a few miles of Portsmouth before turning and making a wide westerly detour on the return journey to Farnborough. The German Transatlantic Airship. NOTHING daunted by the fate of Mr. Wellman's airship, the promoters of the German Transatlantic airship expedition are actively pushing forward with their arrangements. The airship *' Suchard " is nearing completion at Kiel, and it is stated that it will probably be named by Princess Henry of Prussia on February 15th. The start is to be made from the Azores and the promoters are confident that they will be able to steer their craft to America. A Parseval Company Winds Up, UP to the present very little financial success has attended Companies formed for the purpose of arranging trips by dirigible. Last week a meeting was held at Munich of the Parseval Luftfahzeug Gesellschaft when it was decided to wind up the Company. The hangar built for the dirigible will now become the property of the City of Munich. Another Balloon Wedding. FOR some reason or other the idea of getting married in a balloon did not become so fashionable in America as it was anticipated. A Texan couple, however, in search of the sensational, decided the other day that this was the only method to ensure their future happiness. Rising from the ground just by San Antonio, in Texas, in a balloon, piloted by Mr. H. E. Honeywell, and accom panied by the Rev. J. H. Adams, a Presbyterian minister, Mr. Walter Stow and Miss Marie Shelton enjoyed the experience of being married in the clouds above their native city of San Antonio. The ceremony completed, the balloon drifted on for a honeymoon trip of thirty-five miles, when the balloon was brought down in a wood. After a walk of three miles the young couple secured a motor car which took them back to San Antonio. Florida-Havana Flight. IN the presence of about 10,000 spectators, Mr. McCurdy on Monday started off from Key West, the southernmost of the chain of islands off the Southern Coast of Florida, to fly to Havana in Cuba. The weather, for which Mr. McCurdy had been waiting for a week, was practically ideal for the attempt. He rose to a heu ht of 1,000 ft., and after circling above the harbour steered straight for his destination, about 100 miles away. Following the chain of torpedo boats which had been stationed in the channel by the Naval authorities, Mr. McCurdy made satisfactory progress until within about ten miles of the coast of Havana, when he was obliged to come down owing to his lubrication oil giving out. His biplane was, however, fitted with floats, and he was thereby enabled to alight on the surface of the water and calmly await the arrival of a torpedo boat destroyer, which rescued both him and his machine. Mr McCurdy made an endeavour to start again from the deck of the destroyer, but did not succeed in getting away. The flight was made in an attempt to win the prize of ;£ 1,600 recently offered, and Mr. McCurdy intends making another try shortly. 96
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