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[/UGHf employees, who were contemporary with the two fitters already mentioned, and they asserted that it was the effigy of one of the two toother*. These facts seem to go to prove that my supposition was right, that is, that Otto Lilienthal was at some period of his life employed at Messrs. Simpson, Strickland's works. Another fact is that after these brothers left the firm, one of them was reported to have been killed while gliding. Now, Sir, I should be very glad if you or other readers could clear this matter up. Dartmouth. W. H. M. HIGHAM. MODELS. f'5*31 * am sending you a photograph of a -t\th scale racing Farman which I have constructed. The framework throughout is of Spanish chestnut, and I advise any model maker who wants a tough pliable wood of medium weight to try it. This wood behaves splendidly under the influence of steam, and he would be a clumsy workman indeed who split the wood in making an ordinary bend. In this model the longitudinal struts connecting the elevator with the tail are in four pieces only—two to each side running the whole length of the machine. The ailerons and elevators are all worked from levers on the pilot's seat in front, and the whole thing differs only in size and a few very minor details from the real machine. Chalford. A. D. LEGGE-WILKINSON. ® ® ® ® A Curtiss for the U.S. Army. A CURTISS double-control biplane was despatched from the works at Hammond Port, N.Y., on February 29th to the winter headquarters of the U.S. Army Aviation School at Augusta, Ga. The machine has been built to the Army specification and in view of the Army officers' avowed preference of the Wright type of machine the demonstration flights will be watched with considerable interest. Hydroplaning In Florida. HYDRO-AEROPLANING has become quite popular with New York society visitors to Florida, and Mr. G. Witmer, in charge of the Curtiss School at Miami, F"la., is kept pretty busy taking passengers for oversea flights. On March 1st, he took Miss Anna Spillman to Cape Florida, a distance of little over twelve miles, turning above the Florida Cape Light at a height of about 1,200 ft. Coming back the aeroplane was over the sea the whole way, being kept about three miles off the shore. The round trip of 25 miles was covered in twenty-four minutes. Landing in the Street. SOMETHING of a sensation was caused in San Francisco on February 16th when Horace Kearny brought his machine down in one of the city streets and delivered a message which he had brought to the Mayor from the Mayor of Oakland where an Aviation Meeting was to open on the following day. The aviator had to pick his wxy through overhead wires which crossed the street at 300 foot intervals, his landing place being indicated to him by Lincoln Beachy and Parmelee. He covered the distance of eight miles in seven minutes while the return journey took six minutes. £5,000 Prize for a Turbine Motor. IT is announced from New York that the Standard Oil Company is planning to offer a prize of ^5,000 to the inventor who produces a practical oil-consuming turbine motor. In addition, the Standard Oil people propose to assist the inventor in properly financing his enter prise and in marketing the motor. Miss Quimby Coming to Europe. WE learn from New York that Miss Harriet Quimby, who has now left the Moisant Company, will shortly be paying a visit to Europe, and hopes to take part in some competitions against the French aviatr esses. She will also seek a fast monoplane to take back and use at the Chicago Meet next summer. MARCH 16, 1912. Airships and Aeroplanes at French Review. WHILE the annual spring review of the Paris garrison was in progress at Vincennes on Sunday last, two dirigibles and a number of aeroplanes made their appearance over the ground. The airships were the " Capitaine Ferber " and the " Adjudant Reau," while the aeroplanes included Maurice Farman biplanes piloted by Lieuts. Cayla, Cheutin, Leclerc and Coville, as well as Henry Farman biplanes piloted by Lieut. Pierra and Sapper Seguin. Large Parties on the "Adjudant Reau." WITH a party of 13 on board, the Astra dirigible, " Adjudant Keau," made a long cruise recently to the west of Paris, while in the afternoon of the same day it was in the air for 2 hrs. in the neighbour hood of Versailles with a party of 17 officers on board. Each time it was under the command of Capt. Renaux, assisted by Lieut. Caussin. ® ® ® ® IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1911-12. AEROPLANES, airships, balloons and parts thereof (not shown separately before 1910):— Exports. 1911. 1912. £ £ 1,088 2,412 1,786 36 January... F'ebruary imports. 1911. 1912. £ £ 1,196 619 3,129 3,110 Re-Exportation. 1911. 1912. £ £ Nil Nil Nil Nil 4,325 3,729 2,874 2,448 — — ® ® ® ® PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. How to Play the "Naval War Game." By Fred. T. Jane. London : Sampson, Low, Marston, and Co., Ltd. Price 7.?. 6d. Catalogue. Curtiss Aeroplanes. The Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Hammondsport, N.Y., U.S.A. ® ® ® ® Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied Tor In 1011. Published March \\tht 1912. 6,635. ^- ^- A- J- LELARGE. Aeroplane with automatic stability. 6,082. R. BOZON. Balancing and steering aeroplanes. 25,856. V. H. MAMMATT. Automatic control for flying machines, dirigible balloons, &c. The Index to Vol. Ill of FLIGHT (1911) is now ready. Price 3d. (post free 4d.) of the Publishers, 44, St. Martin's Lane, W.C. PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. Editorial Comment , The Government and the Flying Corps. Flight Pioneers—Mr. Henri Salmet My Paris Flight. By Henri Salmet The Aviation Grant Aeroplane Undercarriages. By G. de Havilland London-Paris Record Flight... ... ... ... ... Aviation in Australia and Pioneers A new Method of Signalling for Aeroplanes. (The James Means Device). A Safety Helmet , Pau to Paris in One Day Royal Aero Club Notes From the British Flying Grounds Air Eddies. By " Oiseau Bleu " , Aeronautical Society of Great Britain Foreign Aviation News Models. Conducted by V. E. Johnson, M.A The Kite and Model Aeroplane Association Progress of Flight about the Country Correspondence PAGE . 232 • 233 • 234 • 235 • 236 . 238 • 239 . 240 . 240 . 240 . 241 • 243 . 246 246 • 247 • 249 . 250 . 250 . 252 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, Telegraphic address: Truditur, London. FLIGHT. LONDON, W.C. Telephone: i828Gerrard. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. FLIGHT will be forwarded, post free, to any part of the world at the following rates:— UNITED KINGDOM. ABROAD. 3 Months, Post Free .. 6 ., » 2 •• s. d. . 1 8 • 3 3 . 6 6 3 Months, Post Free... 6 ,, „ 12 „ s. 2 s II a. 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