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1911
1911 - 0263.PDF
MARCH 25, 1911. (TycHT) Nice, and Pisa. At the time when the late M. Delagrange paid his visit to Rome in 190S it was then suggested that some of the French aviators might visit the Exhibition en aeroplane, although at that time it hardly seemed possible that such a thing would be feasible. Wilbur "Wright in France. IN connection with the lawsuit which is now proceeding in France over the Wright patents, Mr. Wilbur Wright is paying a short visit to Europe. He left New York on the 14th and arrived in Paris this week. Baron de Caters Returns from India. BARON DE CATERS, accompanied by the Belgian aviator Tyck, has returned from their journey to India and the East. Baron de Caters is paying a visit to Nice, but Tyck has proceeded to Antwerp where he is resuming his business of teaching flying. More Aeroplanes for the German Army. ON the 16th inst. three German officers paid a visit to the Albatross works in order to take over the three Farman biplanes which have been built there to the order of the German Army. Each of the officers, Lieuts. Mackenthum, Dunar, and Foester, made trial flights, the last-mentioned in landing damaging the chassis of his machine but fortunately escaping injury himself. Aix-la-Chapelle to Berlin Event Postponed. THE Committee which has been organising the cross country race from Aix-la-Chapelle to Berlin has come to a decision to postpone the event until next year, when it will probably take place between April 27 th and May 21st. This action has been taken at the suggestion of the German Minister for War, who apparently does not like the idea of the possibility of any airmen straying above the forts. German Gordon-Bennett Eliminating Trials. IN view of the postponement of the Aix-la-Chapelle to Berlin event, the German Aviation Federation has decided to entrust the Aero Club of the Lower Rhine with the organ isation of the eliminating trials for the Gordon-Bennett Cup. They will probably be held at Cologne between the 6th and 10th of May, and prizes valued at about 30,000 marks will be offered. From Antwerp to Breda. ON the 17th inst.. Count D'Hespel and Lieut. Coblyn, of the Dutch Army, succeeded in flying from Antwerp to Breda. They came down on the way at Dongen in order to make an adjustment to the motor, and in landing one of the skids was damaged. This, however, was with ease repaired sufficiently to allow the machine to continue on its way. A Scandinavian Cross-Country and Over-Seas Flight. THE Swedish aviator, Baron Cederstrom, has announced his intention of making a circular trip from Copenhagen across the Sound to Malmoe and then on to Landserona, Helsingborg, Elsinore, and back to the Danish capital. Baron Cederstrom has also arranged to give exhibition flig;hts in Norway at Christiania, Bergen and Dromthein. Bouvier at Tunis. ON the 15 th inst. Bouvier was flying on his Goupy biplane at Tunis and passed over the town at a height of 800 metres. He was flying until quite late in the afternoon and, in fact, when he returned to the aerodrome it was quite dark. He was also out again on the Goupy biplane on Satur day, when he was flying over the town for over an hour. The Aerial Post at Allahabad. THE flying post established at the Allahabad Exhibition has proved to be very popular, and on one Saturday M. Piquet carried over 5,000 letters on his Humber machine from the Exhibition across the Jumna to Naini, the aviator himself signing forty postcards. At the Oxford and Cambridge hostel, which has been turned into a miniature G.P.O., the work of sorting the large number of letters for the aerial post lasted from 9 a.m. to midnight. M. Piquet last month duly completed the 30 hours' flying which he had agreed to do at the Exhibition by taking Mr. Murray for a trip of igmins. across country. How Busson carried his four passengers on his Dip:rdusstn monoplane AIRSHIP NEWS. The Naval Airship Ready for Launching. ACCORDING to advices ftom Barrow, the Naval airship, No. 1, has now been completed, and only awaits a favourable spell of weather to make its appearance in the open. The officers and crew that have been appointed to the giant dirigible have been waiting anxiously at Barrow for some time to put the airship through her official trials. Mr. Willows Leaves Watford. AFTER being weatherbound at Watford tor some time Mr. Willows decided to deflate his airship and convey it to Wolver hampton by rail. His stay at Watford was unfortunately marred by legal proceedings, as the local Town Council issued a summons against him for erecting a hangar without obtaining permission from them. The case was heard at Bushey on Tuesday, when, however, it was decided in favour of Mr. Willows. Mr. Willows hopes to be able to fly shortly from Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton, to Manchester, where a hangar is being erected in Trafford Park. A Dirigible at Issy. A STRANGE craft has been seen at Issy during the past two days in the shape of the Spanish dirigible, " Torres Quevedo," which, after undergoing some alterations and repairs, has made one or two trial trips. The envelope is 45 metres long and 10 metres across the widest part. A peculiarity of the gas-bag is that it is of trefoil shape in section. It has a capacity of 1,600 cubic metres. The 60-h.p. Chenu motor drives a single propeller at the front of the car. Mishap to " Parseval VI." WHILE being drawn out of its shed preparatory to a flight with a number of passengers, the German airship " Parseval VI " met with an accident similar to that which befel the Morning Post National Fund airship at Aldershot last year. The envelope came into collision with the shed and was ripped so badly that it collapsed very rapidly. Fortunately no one was injured, although the would-be passsngers only narrowly escaped. Austrian Dirigible Wrecked. WHILE preparations were being made on Monday for a voyage from Linz to Vienna, in the Austrian military dirigible of the Lebaudy type, the dirigible was torn from her anchorage by a gale. The envelope was blown to the ground with such force that it was ripped up practically from end to end and the airship became a total wreck. Argentina and International Flying. A YOUNG native Argentine, who is at present successfully flying at Brooklands, is desirous of getting into touch with some other Argentine men who would care to interest them selves in aviation from a patriotic point of view. He, being fully capable, would like to represent the Argentine Republic in this year's big competitions. We shall be very happy to put any of our readers into communication with him upon receipt of a letter addressed to " Argentine," care of the Editor of FLIGHT. 265
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