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f/DGHT Paper Model. [I352] , I have read with interest the numerous letters in your instructive paper relating to paper gliders. Enclosed I send the drawings of one of my successful and easily made types. All required is a sheet ot foolscap or drawing paper, t.O lAMMltT double in halves and cut as in lower sketch, then open out and fold the planes as shown in plan, and the glider is completed. The .dihedral angle of the tail should be less than the main planes; no weight is required. If launched from the height of 6 ft. this model will easily glide jrom 25 ft. to 30 ft. Cambridge. L. D. LAMBERT. ® ® ® ® AIRSHIP NEWS. "'Beta" Out for a Trial. ABOUT 6 a.m. on the 1st inst., the Army dirigible " Beta " was taken out of its shed at Aldershot, and, with Captain Broke-Smith in charge, sailed to Farnham, and after circling over the town, returned to Aldershot with a strong following wind. Italian Airships Cruise in Company. THE two military dirigibles, P2 and P3, left Casale on the 2nd inst., and cruised in close company to Milan, the journey taking an hour and three quarters, during which it was stated the two vessels were never more than about 100 metres from each other. Mishap to German Dirigible. While the German military dirigible Mi was being prepared for a voyage from Berlin to Thorn, it was caught by the wind, and the nacelle bumped so badly that the trip had to be abandoned. It had previously made some satisfactory trials, and had come down for the -oil and fuel tanks to be filled up. ® ® ® ® Anzani Engines and the British Empire. AN important announcement is made in regard to the sole agency for the British Empire for the well-known Anzani engine. This has been secured by the General Aviation Contract Co., of 30, Regent Street, S.W , and they are now in a position to supply latest typ<-s. It was a 28-h p. engine of this make which was fitttd to the Depcrdus^in machine on which Mr. W. H. Ewen recently made a double flight across the Firth of Forth. The Art of Aviation. IT is sufficient testimony to the fact that Mr. R. W. A. Brewer's book on aviation fills a niche in the Library of Aeronautical Know ledge that a second edition was called for within eight months of the book originally appearing. The great strides which were made during the time the first edition was on sale led to a good deal of revision being necessary, and Mr. Brewer has been careful to bring up to date both the text and the illustrations. Outwardly the book remains unaltered and should still be valuable for imparting a gocd general knowledge as to present day aeroplanes and engines, while gliding receives a considerable amount of attention. The publishers and price are Crosby, Lockwood and Co., 7, Stationers' Hall Court, 1 or. 6d. net. ® ® ® ® PUBLICATION RECEIVED. The Encyclopedia of Sport and Games. —Edited by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire. Vol. Ill: Hunting, Racing. London: William Heinemann. Price IOJ. 6d. net. SEPTEMBER 9, 1911. SCHOOL AERO CLUB NOTES. ONE of my correspondents, Mr. Wilfred Bothwell, of Holywell Green, near Halifax, has sent me an extremely interesting paper glider which he has designed and constructed. Altitude is normally obtained by shooting the machine from a kind of catapult, the motive power of which is supplied by a thick band of J-in. strip rubber. The glide is of a remarkably steady nature, and the duration and distance far surpass those of any other paper model that has come under my observation. Mr. Bothwell informs me that on one occasion he obtained a flight of 360 ft., and I myself have secured results not very inferior to this. Both indoors and out the paper glider always affords a means of studying the more elementary facts of aviation, supplying at the same time the fascination, if not the physical exertion, of model aeroplane flying. My readers will be interested to hear that the Federation hopes to organise another model glider competition in the near future. I wish to suggest to those of our members who are away on holiday —as indeed I shall be myself ere these lines are printed—that they have an ideal opportunity to indulge in model glider and model aeroplane flying. At many of our seaside resorts the sands at low tide afford the best of flying grounds, spacious in extent, and, above all, free from trees. The existence of the latter in the great majority of our English fields makes the life of the model aeroplane flyer an absolute misery, unless indeed he happens to be a Boy Scout, and, consequently, an experienced climber. Even if the beach should not be of sufficient extent, there are in the vicinity of most seaside towns spacious commons and waste lands which can easily be utilised as aerodromes at little or no inconvenience to the general public. In reference to beach flying, the sand must be occasionally washed out of the rubber motor with fresh water, but that is the sole disability. " Flight golf" can be indulged in, and fine " cross-Channel" flights performed across creeks and inlets. Even if the model should share the fate of Latham's historical Antoinette, its recovery should not be totally lacking in interest. And, above all, I hope our members will bear in mind the fact that the more they fly their models in public the more will their elders become interested in aviation. ® ® ® ® Aeronautical Patents Published. Applies for in 1910. Published September 7tkx 1911. 19,261. J. A. BLONDIN. Flyinp machines. 19,700. W. J H. BEACH. Aeroplane. 27,087. L. WITTGENSTEIN. Propellers for aerial machines. Applied for i-> 1011. Publislied September yth, 1911. 2,215. W, THEINERT. Aeroplanes. 4,734. O HPIMSTADT. Aerial propellers. 5,018. V. P. FLEISS. Aeroplanes. 11,535. E. H. ANDRAE. Siab.lizers. 15,510. L. BLEKIOT. Aeroplanes. ® ® © ® PRHNC1PAL CONSENTS. Editorial Comment Th»- New Short Biplane A Study cf Bird Flight. By Dr. E. H. Hankin, M.A. Fight at the British A«s iciation Royal Aero Club Notfs Pr Kress cf Fli ht About the Country From the British Flying Grounds New World Records Air Eddies. By Oiseau Bleu Foreign \viation News Adams-Farwell Rotary Motor Corr; spondence .. 7/4 775 778 780 782 783 7S4 786 788 7S9 79" 792 FLIGHT. 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. Telegraphic address: Truditur, London. Telephone: 1828 Gerrard. su BSCRIPTIC7N~1^ATES. FLIGHT will be forwarded, post free, to any part of the world at the following rates:— UNITED KINGDOM. ABROAD. s. d. 3 Months, Post Free 6 „ » 12 o ,, 3 Months, Post Free 6 „ ,, 12 ,, ,, S. 2 5 11 Cheques and Post Office Orders should be made payable to the Proprietors of FLIGHT, 44, St. Martin's Lane, W.C., and crossed London and County Batik, otherwise no responsibility will be accepted. 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