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1911
1911 - 0587.PDF
JULY 8, 1911. The greatest praise 'must be accorded to the admirable arrange ments which were carried out at the flying grounds from first to last under the auspices of the Royal Aero Club, with Mr. Harold E. Perrin, the indefatigable secretary, guiding operations in every direction. IfiiGHf] The committee and stewards, starters and timekeepers, all worked with the heartiest enthusiasm, and to these must be given the credit for the great success which attended the meeting, in view of the unexpected large gathering which came together in pursuit of the new sport. GORDON-BENNETT COMPETITION.—Table of Cumulative Lap Pilot. C. Weymann A. Leblanc... E. Nieuport A. Ogilvie ... M. Chevalier G. Hamel ... Country. U.S.A. France France Great Britain France Great Britain Machine. Nieuport Bleriot Nieuport Wright Nieuport Bleriot Pilot. Weymann Leblanc ._. Nieuport Ogilvie ... Chevalier Hamel ... 111 laps = j 66 kils. m. s. 31 I2| 32 25 32 29! 47 5* 50 53* 12 laps = 72 kils. m. s. 34 11* 35 23! 35 28 5i 15! 13 laps = 78 kils. m. s. 37 4fc 38 24-I 38 25f 55 23! Engine. h.p. iooGnome 100 Gnome 7oGnome 50N.E.C. 28 Nieuport looGnome 14 laps= 15 laps = 84 kils. 90 kils. Average speed. m.p.h. 78 75-83 7S-07 ! 51*31 I I lap = 6 kils. m. s. 2 50 3 3* 2 58| 4 32* 3 14 m. s. 39 57i 41 24* 41 275 59 29 m. s. 42 51 44 3s 44 27I 63 36 16 laps = 96 kils. m. s. 45 43i 47 21 47 30 67 4i| 2 laps = 12 kils. m. s. 5 37 5 59* 5 55 8 54?. 7 "i 17 laps = 102 kils. m. s. 48 351 50 i8| ! 50 30! j 7i 441 , I 3 laps = 18 kils. m. s. 8 261 8 57 8 42 13 T2§ 10 49? 4 laps = 24 kils. m. s. 11 17 11 531 n 49f 17 27! 14 29* $• laps = 30 kils. m. s. 14 n 14 49s 14 46 21 43i 19 7i 7 laps = 42 kils. m. s. 19 49 20 4o£ 20 371 3° 9 22 4f : 25 5 z j 6 Iaps = 36 kils. m. s. 16 571 17 44it 17 4lf 25 531 Times. 1 8 laps= 48 kils. I m. s. I ; 22 40 ! 23 35* i 23 33 34 284 ! 29 391 I 9 laps = 54 kils. m. s. 25 30* 26 31$ 26 32I 3841 33 23f 18 laps = 108 kils. m. s. 51 28! 53 i4* 53 326 75 47 19 laps =20laps =|2i laps = 114 kils.1 120 kils.! 126 kils. m. s. m. s. 54 2S\ 57 17 56 9 I 59 6 56 56 59 391 79 571 84 41 m. s. 60 12J 61 59t 62 40 88 10 22 laps = 132 kils. m. s. 63 6i 64 554 65 391 92 20* * Stop. 23 laps = 138 kils. m. s. 65 57! 67 50 68 391 100 41 24 laps — 144 kils. m. s. 68 47* 70 45 7i 39 104 53ir 10 laps = 60 kils. m. s. 28 2ii 29 29J 29 32| 42 53 37 56* 25 laps = 150 kils. m. s. 71 3&i 73 405 74 371 109 10J :' | . s L » "" ft* < •#' V * v* 1 * ft t;; K ^ S\^< * ,- _a 'mm- 0" T '•**"•••••••• Iff •* f: 0nf^»» LJ* #i IB * ;2» JaJ %' F "9*" • i *PfcP*' "^^ ." 1 Flight" Copyright. GORDON-BENNETT RACE AT EASTCHURCH.—A number of well-known pioneers and supporters of aviation watching the race near the starting line on Saturday. ® ® ® ® THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR. A Song *of the Winds. Wind from the Realms of Silence, Wind from the broad Atlantic, Lord of the Frozen North, Whose mighty billows roar, Back in the far dim ages And thunder their defiance You sent your challenge forth. Along our Western shore. Your ice-strewn seas are vanquished, What though your waves may scatter Your endless wastes of snow, Our vessels on the Main, And soon your aerial kingdom Man seeks a new dominion, Victorious man shall know. His ship the Aeroplane. Wind from the scorching desert Wind from the North Sea reaches, And trackless forest zone, d of the frost and gales, Foul swamps where death lies lurking Whose rude breath swept the Goodwins To claim man for his own. And filled the Vikings' sails. Unheeding of the perils, Your lofty throne is shaken, Man forced a highway through, Full soon shall you declare And soon his planes" shall hover Man's last and greatest triumph, In your unconquered blue. The conquest of the air. DOROTHY M. HAWARD. 589
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