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1911 - 0227.PDF
MARCH 18, IOII. Statue of Liberty Prize. ACCORDING to a cable message from New Vork, the Aero Club of America have reconsidered their decision regarding the above prize and awarded it to Jacques de Lesseps, disqualifying Mr. Claude Grahame-White for " fouling Pylon 5." If this decision be correctly reported it would appear to be somewhat quaint. A New Military Voisin. ON Saturday morning some military delegates visited Issy to witness some trials of the latest militarv type Yoisin machine, the main planes of which are 17 metres span. Piloted by Colliex the machine made two trial trips of an hour each, and on both occasions rose to a height of 400 metres in 9 mins. Colliex has expressed the opinion that the machine is capable of doing 80 k.p.h. Flying from Douai to Mourmelon. ACCOMPANIED by Lieut. Peralda, Lieut. Ludman, piloting a Breguet biplane fitted with a 50-h.p. Gnome engine, left Douai at 10 o'clock on the morning of the 8th inst. He landed at La Fere for luncheon, and then continued on to Courcy, near Rheims, where a stop was made for petrol, and at 5 o'clock he landed at Mourmelon, having successfully made the trip in accordance with a programme which he had drawn up previous to starting. Cross-Country Flying by Night. ACCOMPANIED by M. Vleminckx, Lanser started off from Etterbeek just as dark was falling on the 7th inst. He made a turn over Louvaine and then flew on over Tirlemont and St. Trond. By the time this point was reached it was quite dark, but the avaitors landed safely at Kiewit by the aid of the light of a great bonfire which had been lighted. Altogether 80 kiloms. was covered in an hour and three-quarters. A Mishap at Johannisthal. WHILE giving a lesson on an Albatross aeroplane to his pupil Dr. Geyerat Johannisthal, Koneig handed over the con trol of the machine to the pupil. Unfortunately the latter was not sufficiently expert in the handling of the levers and brought the aeroplane down on top of the shed from which it fell to the ground. The machine of course was smashed but the aviators managed to get away with only rather severe con tusions. The Saxony Circuit. THE subscription list in connection with the proposed flying race in Saxony has now been closed, and if the proposal that the district subscribing the largest sum should be the starting and finishing point is carried out this should fall to Chemnitz, which has subscribed 106,359 marks. Dresden comes second with 55,000 marks, and Leipzig third with 28,000 marks. The event is due to start on May 20th and finish on May 29th. A Nice to Corsica and Back Prize. A PRIZE of 10,000 francs has ]ust been offered by the Town of Nice through the local Aero Club and it will be awarded to the aviator who, between April 16th and 23rd, succeeds in flying in the fastest time from Nice to Calvi in Corsica and" back again to Nice. It is announced that Aubrun is almost certain to compete on his Dcperdussin monoplane while other probable competitors are Count Robillard-Cosnac. and the Marquis De Villeneuve Trans. Flying at Naples. DURING last week the inhabitants of Naples enjoyed the sight of two aeroplanes of very different types flying over their citywhen Fischer andMartinet, on their Henry Farman biplane, made several fine trips which were greatly to the taste of the 40,000 spectators, while Weiss on a Koechlin monoplane also made a fine flight at a height of 500 metres above the city. Bouvier at the Tunisian Manoeuvres. DURING the morning of the 8th inst. Bouvier mounted on his biplane made a couple of flights over the troops taking part in the manoeuvres in the neighbourhood of Tunis. During these trips he was able to secure information regarding the disposition of the troops which proved invaluable to the General in command, and after the evolutions were over the various officers present, including some British delegates from Malta, congratulated the aviator on his success. A Lady Pupil in Algiers. SOME good flying has been seen lately at the school established by Metrot at Joinville, close to Blida. The natives l/UGHT] are especially impressed by the flying and believe that the aeroplane carries a devil. Great interest is being taken in tin- school by the European population, especially in the doings of a lady pupil, Miss Ivy Moore. A Biplane in the Punjab. THE first small flight by an aeroplane in the Punjab took place at Patiala on Sunday, February 12th. The machine belongs to His Highness the Maharajah of Patiala, and was- piloted by Mr. C. W. Bowles accompanied by a visitor to tIn state, a Mr. Desroche, who went as passenger. At the end of this first trial the machine ran into a cannon and smashed one of the runners. It is of the Farman type built by Lane of Brooklands, and illustrated in our issue of December 17th, 1910. Curtiss and the Gordon-Bennett. HAVING re-purchased his old works at Hammondsport, New York, Glenn Curtiss has given up the idea of establishing a factory in California. He has announced his intention of making a serious attempt to again win the Gordon-Bennett Cup and is engaged on the design of a very fast racer lor this purpose. He declares it will be necessary to attain a speed of 100 miles an hour in order to win the Cup this year, and he proposes to equip his machine with a 200-h.p. motor. Latham and the G.-B. Cup. MR. HUBERT LATHAM, who is at present holiday making at Shanghai, has also announced his intention of having another try for the Gordon-Bennett Trophy. He contem plates returning to Paris in April and will at once commence the work of tuning up a special machine for the event. American Amateur Aviation. SUCH is the title of a very interesting brochure which has been published by the Elbridge Engine Company, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. The Elbridge engine, which is one of the most successful aviation engines in the United- States, has been adopted by a large number of experimenters. and the book contains an instructive account of the- ex periences of them while it is illustrated with a large number of photographs of various types of machines. Any of our readers who would like a copy of the booklet should drop a line to the Elbridge Company. Signer Quinto Pcggioli, who has iust obtained his pilot's certificate from the Royal Aero Club, having qualified at the New Forest Aviation School at Beaulieu on a Blerlot monoplane. 229
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