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1911
1911 - 0808.PDF
(/LIGHT SEPTEMBER 16, 191 I. LATHAM'S ANTOINETTE FOR THE MILITARY COMPETITION.—General view from the rear of this new machine which embodies a good many departures from previous Antoinette practice. The body is entirely enclosed, as also is the 100'h.p. Antoinette engine. The body has been so designed that the pilot has a complete range of vision, windows in the floor enabling him to see beneath him. The span of the machine is given as 15'9 metres, and the surface 56 sq. metres. The overall length is about 11J metres. The chord of the main planes is 4 metres at the junction with the fuselage, and decreases to 3 metres at the tip. The machine in flying order weighs 1,250 kilogs. Chalons 23 times. The altitude varied between 70 and 100 metres. This flight completely put in the shade Mdme. Herveu's I0l'6 kiloms., and Mdlle. Dutrieu thus stands first for the Coupe Femina with 230 kiloms. Bordeaux-Paris-Bordeaux Race Postponed. As the result of representations from the manufacturers, who explain that they are too busily engaged with the military aeroplane competition, the Aero Club of France has decided to postpone its race from Bordeaux to Paris and back, which was to have started on October 5th, till next year. The New Mfchelin Prize. AFTER a long discussion regarding the new target prize offered by Michelin et Cie., the Aviation Committee of the Aero Club of France have decided that owing to the difficulties of the problem the drawing up of the regulations shall be referred to a committee con sisting of M.R. Soreau, Lieut. Col. Bouttieaux, MM.B16riot, Esnault- Pelterie, Commandant Ferrus, Count Lambert, MM. A. Michelin, Tissandier, and a delegate representing the Minister of War. Voisin Canards for Russia. FOLLOWING on a visit by some Russian military and naval officers to the Voisin works, an order has now been placed by the Russian Government for several machines of the Voisin Canard type, arranged for use either on land or water. Quick Climbing on a Deperdussin. TESTING a military Deperdussin monoplane on the 5th inst., Prevost was flying at Betheny for an hour and a quarter. He afterwards went for an altitude test and in seven minutes rose 500 metres and re-descended. Progress with the Astra Triplane. GOFFIN, who is conducting the trials of the new Astra triplane at Issy, is making good progress, and on the 6th inst. flew round the grounds several times at a height of 10 metres. Similar flights were also made on the 8th inst. Several good tests have also been made with the new biplane. A Voisin Military Pilot. AT the Voisin School at Mourmelon on the 8th inst. Lieut. Joly on a military Voisin biplane passed the first test for his superior military brevet by flying over a course which included Rheims, Neufchatel and Amifontaine. He covered the distance of 130 kiloms. in an hour and a quarter and his altitude was over 1,500 metres all the time. The First Hanriot Aviatress. ON the 9th inst., Mme. de Rick, who has been learning to fly at the Hanriot School at Rheims, successfully made the test flights for her brevet, and so becomes the first certificated lady pilot of this type of machine. DEIAlLs OF THE NEW ANTOINETTE.-On the left Is seen the fore part of the new machine, showing the way In which the landing chassis is fitted under the wings and is enclosed. This also indicates the location of the 100-h.p. Antoinette engine inside the boat-shaped body and also the shape of the main planes, the trussing of which is all arranged Internally. The landing skids are 3'25 metres long, and each one is fitted with four wheels, two at each end. The view on the right shows the arrangement of the tail and the way in which the fixed plane can be adjusted, while the two landing wheels are also observable. 8lO
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