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1911
1911 - 0296.PDF
[/ySHT] Test of an E.N.V. Engine. IN connection with the announcement that the British Govern ment has placed a further order for a second E.N.V. engine of the <5o-8o-h.p. type, the following results, which were obtained in a test made by Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman with one of these engines on the 17th ult., are very instructive :— "A 60-h.p. E.N.V, engine delivered 64-h.p. for five hours without intermission. "The petrol consumption was measured at '57 pint per b.h.p. hour. ArRiL 1, 1911. " The lubricating oil was M718 pint per b.h.p. hour. " Temperature of the cooling water about 400 C. Weight of the engine 337 lbs." Another Aeroplane for the Air Battalion. THE equipment at the disposal of the Air Battalion has received an addition in the shape of Captain Maitland's Howard Wright biplane, which has been purchased by the War Office. Several good flights have been made at Brook- lands on the machine, which is of the standard type. GRAHAME-WHITE, BLERIOT, AND MAXIM, LTD. THE piospeclus is issued this week of the above Company, which has a share capital of .£200,000, divided into 800,000 shares of 5*. each, there being neither preferred nor deferred snares. The present issue is of 560,000 shares, of which 260,000 are to be issued as fully paid in part payment of the purchase money. The balance of 300,000 shares is offered for subscription at par. As to the remaining 240,000 shares, these are reserved to provide further working capital if necessary, and are subject to an option for a period of three years under which Mr. Claude Grahame-White and Mons. Louis Bleriot can each subscribe for 120,000 of them or any less number at par. The object of the Company is to carry on the business of manufacturers of aeroplanes and of devices connected with aerial navigation, to conduct aviation schools, and to undertake the holding of and management of public and other aviation meetings. Altogether the Company appears to be founded upon good lines, and the securing of Mr. Claude Grahame-White, the very astute and well-known aviator, as managing director for a term of ten years, with M. Bleriot as technical advisor for a term of five years, and Sir Hiram Maxim as chairman of the Company, the conduct of the business portion of the concern should be regarded as likely to be carried out on sound lines. The other directors are Mr. H. W. Matthews, who is business manager of the Festival of Empire, and Lieut. W. G. Ramsay- Fairfax, R.N. An Honorary Advisory Committee is provided for, the members being Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, Lieut. - General Sir Henry Settle, Sir Edward Moss, Mr. J. T. C. Moore- Brabazon, and Mr. Arthur du Cros. The Company is acquiring as from the 15th of December last the London Aerodrome leasehold property of 207 acres, held under ten year leases, from September last. This includes all the improve ments and extensive work already carried out in connection with the aerodrome in fencing, levelling and draining, and the 17 hangars with the electric power plant, light railway, &c. as now in place at this Hendon flying centre. Beyond this the Company also acquires from M. Bleriot all his British patents and inventions present and future for Great Britain, the Colonies and India. The scope of the Company is extremely wide and under efficient guidance there should be an enormously successful future. Although it is difficult to probe the actual income which will ultimately accrue an estimated revenue and expenses has been set forth in detail in the prospectus, which shows that after placing £5,000 to reserve a sum more than sufficient to pay a dividend of 15 per cent on the whole ot the share capital of the present issue should remain. The purchase consideration amounts to £97,000, payable as to ,£32,000 in cash and as to £65,000 in fully-paid shares, and after payment of these items and the preliminary and other expenses, together with the sum of £7,000 proposed to be expended on the erection of factories and £5,000 for purchase of the aeroplanes, &c, now at the aerodrome, and as valued by Mr. Howard Wright, there will remain available for working capital out of the present share capital offered for subscription approximately a sum of £23,000. Nothing apparently is being paid for goodwill. The prospectus undertakes that no allotment will be made to the public unless a minimum of 220,000 shares of the present issue are subscribed, whilst notice is given that no part of the issue has been underwritten. The lists opened yesterday (Friday) and will close on or before Monday next, April 3rd, at 11 a.m. for both town and country. The secretary and offices respectively are Mr. Guy Livingstone, 1, Albemarle Street, W., and abridged details of the present issue appear in our advertisement columns of this week. A Paris to Madrid Aeroplane Race. THE Petit Parisien has announced that it is organising a race for aeroplanes to take place during the second fortnight in May. The prize is to be 100,000 francs (/4,ooo), and the course from Paris to Madrid. A Dozen in an Aeroplane. INTERSPERSED with his attacks on speed records M. Breguet has been indulging in successful experiments in passenger carrying at his flying ground at Douai, and on the 23rd ult. he succeeded in transporting eleven passengers besides himself over a distance of about 3 kiloms. It is true some of the passengers were somewhat youthful, but the live load carried was 597 kilogs., while there was also 35 kilogs. of petrol on board. On the previous day M. Breguet had made a flight with six passengers weighing 478 kilogs., while with the petrol, &c, the useful load totalled to 574'5 kilogs., and the aviator was officially timed to attain a speed of 100 k.p.h. The average height during the flight was 20 metres, Sommer Goes One Better. ON hearing of this exploit of Breguet, M. Roger Sommer determined to do better, and so at Douzy on the 24th ult., after squeezing twelve passengers on his machine, he mounted into the pilot's seat, and with this load—weighing 650 kilogs. —he rose in the air and flew for a distance of just under a kilometre. Just previous to this he had taken eight pas sengers on his machine and flown with them for a quarter of an hour. 298 Test With the New Military Sommer. ON the 24th ult. M. Sommer was testing one of the new biplanes which he has constructed to take part in the forthcoming French Military Competition. Taking with him as passenger Lieut. Girard, and with the latter's baggage as well as a spare Gnome engine stowed securely on the machine, M. Sommer rose from the ground at Mouzon and flew over to Douzy, where he safely landed, afterwards returning to Mouzon. A Youthful Goupy Pilot. THE ranks of pilots of the Goupy type of machine have received a notable addition in Pierre Divetain, who on the 24th ult. succeeded in qualifying for his aviator's certificate. He is only eighteen years of age and has had an adventurous career. He started cycling at seven, and at thirteen was publicly presented with a medal for saving a comrade from drowning ; while at sixteen he was a fully qualified motor car driver. Cross-Country Flying by Vedrines. -dlN view of his intention to try to fly from Paris to Pau and to win the Coupe Pommery, Vedrines made several cross country flights on his Morane monoplane on the 21st ult, Starting from St. Cyr, he flew over to Etampes, and on his way back landed for a short time at Buc. In the afternoon he flew over to Issy, rising on the way to a height of 1,750 metres. Fatal Accident to Cei. DURING the past few weeks the young Italian aviator Cei has been making remarkably good flights on his Caudron biplane,
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