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1911
1911 - 0147.PDF
OVER 60 MILES PER HOUR WITH A PASSENGER. SPLENDID new records have been put up at the Deper- dussin Aerodrome, Rheims, on Saturday and Monday last by M. Busson, who, on the first day—on a Gnome-engined Deperdussin military type monoplane—carrying a passenger, covered 48 kiloms. in 30 mins. 36 sees., equal to 98-756 k.p.h., and on the Monday 100 kiloms. in ih. im. 32s., the distance for the hour being 97-508 kiloms. During this flight Busson put up new records for intermediate distance times as follows : 10 kiloms. in 6 mins. 30 sees, (old record, Laurens, 7 mins. 31 sees.); 20 kiloms. in 12 mins. 51 sees, (oldrecord, Laurens, 15 mins. 14 sees.); 30 kiloms. in 19 mins. 15 sees, (old record, Laurens, 22 mins. 56 sees.), and 40 kiloms. in 25 mins. 30J sees, (old record, Vidart, 29 mins. 40 sees.). After covering 50 kiloms. M. Busson was compelled to shut down owing to a thickening fog, which rendered it unsafe to continue. Busson, thus foiled in his intention of flying for the hour record, made a second attempt on Monday, and was splendidly successful, beating his own records of the Saturday with con siderable ease. As already mentioned above, he covered 100 kiloms. in ih. im. 32s., giving a speed of 98*739 k.p.h., and in the hour his distance was 97' 508 kiloms. The quickest 10 kiloms. circuit was 6 mins. 4§ sees. After completing the 100 kiloms. he descended and took up three passengers, including Lieut. Mailfert, and made a further circuit of the aerodrome. The following are the intermediate times for the new records :— kils. 10 20 3° 40 50 00 70 So 90 100 It. ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 I III. 0 12 IS 24 30 36 42 4<> ss I s. 5 t3i 20 24;: iil M>'. S2i 71 IS .i- Previous Busson ... )> ,, • 1 Laurens ,, ,, ,, „ ., records. h. ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 in. 6 12 10 »S ;s 4S S3 1 s [6 s. SO Si is ?o.'. n>:; fi| -•»,. 8', s>: S> THE JULES NOEL AND DE LA TORRE FATALITY. IT is indeed unfortunate that two more deaths have to be recorded in connection with the progress of aviation, and it is the more regrettable inasmuch as these are, it would appear, the direct result once more of unnecessary trick- flying on the part of the pilot. Many of the previous fatalities have been, as our readers are aware, attributable to " circus " performances, and in the death of M. Jules Noel and his unfortunate passenger M. de la Torre, on Thursday of last week, another addition has to be made to this category. The accident occurred at the Sommer School at Douzy, when Noel, after a splendid flight of an hour with his passenger, decided to plane to earth. With more than exceptional risk he started his descent, for which he has created a con siderable name, at an extraordinarily sharp angle. Evidently miscalculating his distance from earth, the biplane struck the ground at a terrific speed, both he and De la Torre being killed. It is noteworthy that only the previous day or so M. Noel had been publicly admonished by M. Sommer for his extremely hazardous methods of alighting in this manner. Much as we admire the splendid work that such aviators have done, it is to be sincerely hoped that such endings will teach their lessons more and more to others who are inclined to take unnecessary risks and thereby swell the list of fatal accidents already sufficiently long. This aviator must not be confused with M. Andre Noel, who took part in the big Circuit de l'Est, who is also one of the chief pilots at the Sommer School at Douzy. M. de la Torre was an Italian naval engineer about 24 years old and had been himself flying at the Sommer School. HANRIOT WING CONSTRUCTION. No part of the modern monoplane is of more importance or less visible than the framework of the wing, and the accom panying sketches illustrating the Hanriot wing-construction will doubtless interest many of our readers. The out standing features of the system are the two main spars, that in front being a very substantial box- girder, 3 ins. in depth by 1 \ ins. in width. It will be observed from the detail sketch that the sides of the girder are secured to the top and bottom pieces by copper rivets after being glued. The method of letting the steel shackle-plates for the tie-wires into the spar is also interesting and is clearly shown in the sketch. The rear spar of this machine is built up on the three-ply principle and is of smaller dimensions. It is, of course, obvious that the front main-spar is also fundamentally of three-ply con struction, the only difference being that it has a hollow core, which thus introduces the box-girder principle. The construction of the ribs is clearly illustrated in the sketch. It will be observed that the top and bottom laths have their camber maintained by light distance-pieces at intervals, and that the fabric is supported between the ribs, which are situated about 12 ins. apart by light laths arranged parallel to the spars. The front of the plane is formed by a sheet of thin aluminium, which makes a light, smooth, and blunt entering edge. This entering edge is situated about a foot in front of the main spar, which is itself 3 ft. 4 ins. in front of the rear spar. Behind the rear spar the rib extends to a distance of about 2 ft. 7^ ins. The front main-spar is attached rigidly to the body of the machine by steel straps tnat em brace the spar and the wedge-shaped blocks on which it MJMI 0f„ SNTtmnia Eoqe. rests. These wedge-shaped blocks are supported by a trans verse girder in the body and give the set of the dihedral angle to the wings. For additional security a pair of long bolts tie this support to the bottom of the body. The rear spar is merely hinged to the body, as it necessarily requires a flexible attachment to facilitate the warp. Each wing weighs complete with fabric 48 lbs. An Aerodrome at Kiel. AN aerodrome on modern lines has been laid out and is in active preparation in the neighbourhood of Kiel, at Kreushagen. Already five hangars have been erected and half-a-dozen more are being proceeded with. Three machines are already on the ground, these being monoplanes belonging to Herr Nordhurst and Herr Heine, and a biplane belonging to Herr Kohlscheen, and three more are due to arrive. Prince Henry of Prussia is taking a lively interest in the progress of the concern as are also the civil and military authorities. 149
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