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1911
1911 - 0662.PDF
fjjGHT Flying at Southport. ALTHOUGH the elements have lately been unkind to Mr. Grahame-White when he has visited Southport, they were more gracious to his assistant, Mr. Herbert Hubert, last week. Using Mr. Grahame-White's Farman machine on the Wednesday evening, Hubert went up to a height of 300 ft. and made a little excursion outside the aerodrome. On his return he only remained on terra firma a few minutes and then getting up to a height of 600 ft. flew out in the direction of Hesketh Golf Links, and returning over the sands passed over the Winter Gardens and Pier and also over Mr. Gaunt, who was flying up and down the sands on his biplane. After being in the air a quarter of an hour a return was made to the aerodrome where three more short flights were subsequently made. On the following night Hubert was again in the air, and the second of two short flights was brought to a dramatic conclusion by engine trouble when at a height of 500 ft. The aviator was, however, able to bring his plane down safely, but flying had to be suspended for the evening, and shortly after rain began to fall heavily. An Aviator Killed on the Road. AN instance of the fact that aviation risks are not the only ones encountered by flyers was forthcoming last week when Mr. Benjamin P. Gamsa, a pupil at the Hendon Aerodrome, was killed' while cycling there through a collision with a motor car. In all JULY 29, 1911. probability fatalities in aviation are very much less, in proper ratio, to any other form of scientific sport, in spite of its very recent initiation. Naval Airship No. I> THK latest report with regard to the naval airship at Barrow is to the effect that it may be expected to be seen again in the open in about three weeks time. During its retirement a good deal of strengthening has been done as % result of the experience gained during the short time the dirigible was out of her shed recently. Improvements have also been carried out with the moorings in the Cavendish Dock. Balloon Adventure at Bisley. THREE men of the Royal Engineers had an unpleasant experience on the 19th inst., when the balloon in which they had risen from Aldershot suddenly dropped from 4,000 ft. on to one of the ranges at Bisley quite close to where firing was in progress. The balloon bumped along the ground for about 150 yards before settling down. Breguet Biplanes. THE British agents for this machine, a description 01 which appears in FLIGHT, are Messrs. Arthur Turner and Co., 173, Piccadilly, W. ® @ kOREIGN A Notable Anniversary. TUESDAY last, the day before " Beaumont" won the Daily Mail ,£10,000 prize, was the second anniversary of Bleriot's cross- Channel flight. Loridan Makes a Big Bid for the Michelin Cup. Two more records now stand to the credit of Marcel Loridan. On the 21st. inst. at Mourmeloa he was flying for 10 hrs. 43 mins. net time in a try for the Michelin Cup, during which he covered 730 kiloms. His course was a little more than 100 kiloms., the turning points being at Cuperay, Chalons, and at Berry Aubac, Aisne. Under the rules stops are allowed for petrol, &c.; and only completed circuits are counted, so that the officially recorded distance is 700 kiloms., while the gross time of the flight was II hrs. 33 mins. At the end of this time the aviator was very fatigued owing to the machine being buffeted about by the gusty wind. A photograph of the aviator appeared in our issue of July 15th, on page 615, at the time when he succeeded in beating the height record. THE DOUTRE STABILISER.—The apparatus illustrated above is being tried in France as a means of automatically stabilising aeroplanes. It is the invention of M. Doutre, and consists of a compressed-air cylinder suitably coupled up so that it can operate the usual control organs automatically. It is itself controlled by the pressure of the relative wind on the vane or panel, which will be noticed in front of the apparatus. The cylinder is charged from a pump driven off the engine, ar.d is situated, on this particular machine, immediately beneath the pilot's car. 664 Tries for the International Michelin Cup. ALTHOUGH it is not usual for the serious business of trying to win the International Michelin Cup to commence before the closing weeks of the year, Loridan has already set the ball rolling, and other seekers after record honours are making preparations to beat his splendid performance. Renaux has sent in his entry and pro poses to make his attempt as soon as possible over a course between Buc and Chartres. The Caudron School at Juvisy. THE Caudron school, recently started under the charge of Demazel at Juvisy, is proving very popular and already a number of pupils have been enrolled. On the 18th, Demazel, carrying a full weight passenger, was flying for an hour on the school 28-h.p. Anzani-Caudron. A Long Flight by Weiss. LEAVING Lezignan, where he had been giving a series of exhibitions on his Pivot monoplane, Weiss on the 21st inst. flew to Narbonne and then back to Lezignan, covering the 150 kiloms. in masterly fashion. Dispute over the Cannes Prize. BEING unable to obtain payment of their prize money, . amounting to £3,000, won at the meeting held a Cannes during March and* April of last year, the aviators concerned have entered an action against the Mayor of the town and the organisers of the meeting. Automatic Stability Tests in France. ON the 21st inst. a series of ex periments with an automatic stability apparatus were carried out at Villacoublay in the presence of General Roques, the Archduke Alexandre, Commandant Renard, MM. Painleve, Eiffel, Leon Barthou, &c. Lieut. Menard was at the tiller of a Henry Farman machine while Chevalier was piloting a Nieuport mono plane, and later Nieuport took up a pas senger on his new military machine. With the French Military Pilots. TRYING for his superior brevet Lieut. Cayla on the 19th inst. flew from Buc to Chartres and back on his Farman machine, while Lieut. Battini was flying over Trappes, St. Cyr and Palaiseau, a performance which he re peated on the following evening. At Douai on the 21st Lieut. Gourlez was up for a continuous test of two hours on a Breguet, while Lieut. Ludman made a cross-country trip from Douai to Doullens and back.
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