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[fijGHT Mishap with "Adjudant Viccenot." AT the commencement of a voyage by " Adjudant Vincenot," from Toul, on November 5th, a sudden gust of wind tore the guide- rope out of the hands of the soldiers forming the holding-down party. Three of them were, however, carried aloft, and while two dropped when about 10 metres up, one held on, and was carried up 300 metres. The pilots eventually brought the airship sufficiently near the earth for him to diop off, although he broke an arm in falling. When the airship eventually landed, apparently too much strain was placed on the forward guide-rope, and as a result some of the stays attaching the car to the envelope gave way. The envelope then commenced to go out of shape, and at last came into contact with one of the propellers, smashing it, and becoming so badly torn that the airship became a complete wreck. Fortunately, however, no one was injured except the soldiers who fell from the mooring- ropes. Colonel Cody and the Cow, FORTUNE failed to smile on Colonel Cody when he was sued at Farnham County Court last week for ^20, the value of a cow, killed by his monoplane on Cove Common last July. For the defence it was argued that the cow became frightened and ran into the aeroplane, but the judge held that a person who used a dangerous machine, such as an aeroplane was in the present state of the science of aviation, did so at his own risk and peril, and was liable for the damage which resulted, quite apart from any proof of negligence. Without finding Colonel Cody guilty of any negligence, he came to the conclusion that the plaintiff was entitled to succeed, and awarded him ,£18 damages. British Hanriots (or Abroad. WHILE paying a visit recently to the works of Messrs. Hewlett and Blondeau we espied a single-seater Hanriot ready for delivery, as well as another single-seater and a two-seater well on the way to completion, and were somewhat surprised to hear that these machines were going to France for sale to the French and Russian Govern ments. It certainly seems strange that machines of English material and workmanship should be sent out of Great Britain for the defence of other countries at a time when England is so much in need of fast and good aeroplanes both for the Army and Navy. The machines are of the same type as those which performed so well in the Military Trials, and which have been so successful in France. A Very Artistic Catalogue. ALTHOUGH it is only yet in its infancy, the aviation industry has produced several highly artistic catalogues, but the palm must be given to that issued during the Paris Salon by the Farman Brothers, in the interests of the Henry and Maurice Farman machines. A copy has reached us from the Aircraft Co., Ltd., St. Stephen's House, Westminster, which firm, as our readers know, are now constructing those successful machines from British materials with British labour. The book has a very clever foreword by Georges Prade, which is illustrated by a large number of amusing thumbnail sketches by Fabiano. The second half of the book embraces a description of the Farman works and aerodromes and the firm's methods of teaching, together with full particulars of their machines, all profusely illustrated by excellent photographs. At the end there is a significant little table which states that 700 pilots, including 300 officers, have qualified on Farman machines, while over ioo officers have obtained superior certificates on them. It was a " stock " Maurice Farman machine, it will be remembered, which won third place in the recent British Army Trials. "For the Highway and the Skyway" Is the title of a little brochure just published by Messrs. C. C. Wakefield and Sons, 27, Cannon Street, London, E.C., which gives a long list of successes of " Castrol" during the present year in events on land and water, and in the air, the last-mentioned includ ing the Aerial Derby and the Michelin Cup No. 1. The book is illustrated by a number of views of motor car, boat, and cycle events, and there are half-a-dozen portraits of leading flyers. Anyone of our readers can secure a copy by mentioning FLIGHT. A Book for Draughtsmen, THOSE draughtsmen who are fortunate enough to secure a copy of the little book of conversion tables, just issued by the United Motor Industries, Ltd., 45 and 46, Poland Street, W., in the interest of D. W. F. Ball bearings will value it very much. Those who have to do with the conversion of metric dimensions into English know that although the tables given in most pocket books are excellent in their way, they fall a good deal short of the ideal. It is there where this little book comes to their aid. It gives tables of fractions of an inch into decimals of an inch; inches to milli metres, progressing by 64ths up to 12 inches ; and millimetres into inches with decimal and common fractions. NOVEMBER 16, 1912. Further Accession to the G.^.C. WE learn that Mr. Claude Schofield has joined the General Aviation Contractors, Ltd., 30, Regent Street, W., as a director and secretary. We feel sure tnat this accession to the Board of this well-known firm, which now handles so many of the necessities of the flight industry in this country, will lead to a further expansion of its activities. Ceilon Successes. DURING the season which is just closing Cellon-doped machines have been very successful. In addition to the Cody biplane which won the two chief prizes in the Military Aeroplane Competition, other machines doped with Cellon secured prizes to the value of about £1,000. Other successes with machines so doped were : Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith's Bleriot, which was awarded the Daily Mail Gold Cup and £250 in the Aerial Derby ; Mr. F. P. Raynham's Burgess-Wright biplane, which won the Shell Trophy and £75 ; Mr. H. G. Hawker's Sopwith-Wright biplane, which won the Michelin Cup No. 1 ; and Mr. Raynham's Avro biplane, which was second, as well as Col. S. F. Cody's biplane, which won the Michelin Cup No. 2. ® ® ® ® PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Magneto and Electric Ignition. By W. Hibbert, A.M.I.E.E. London : Whittaker and Co. Price 2s. net. The Brighton-Shoreham Aerodrome. Brighton-Shoreham Aero drome, Ltd., Shoreham, Sussex. Luftschrauben-nntersuchungen, 1911-1912. By Dr. Ing. F. Bendemann. Munich and Berlin : R. Oldenbourg. Price Mk. 2.50. Technical Report of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for the Year 1911-1912. Teddington : Advisory Committee for Aero nautics, National Physical Laboratory. London : Wyman ami Sons. Price \\s. Catalogues. The Breguet Aeroplanes. Breguet Aeroplanes, Ltd., 5, Hythe Road, Willesden, N.W. Veritable histoire de I''Aeroplane. By Georges Prade. Edited by H. and M. Farman. Farman Freres, Billancourt, Seine, France. ® ® ® ® IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1911-12. AEROPLANES, airships, balloons and parts thereof (not shown separately before 1910):— Imports. Exports. Re-Exportation. 1911. 1912. 1911. 1912. 1911. 1912. £ £ £ £ £ £ January... 1,196 619 1,088 2,412 Nil Nil February 3,129 3,110 1,786 36 Nil Nil March ... 11,327 640 1,027 95o 357 600 April ... 2,110 4,820 807 72 4,343 50 May ... 1,707 7,494 2,471 1,350 1,972 154 June ... 3,225 7,928 2,432 419 1,682 300 July ... 9,822 13,794 2,256 5,376 643 967 August ... 2,873 8,559 2,153 !»342 265 2,040 September 1,839 6,575 I>*%3 2,885 — 1,626 October... 4,727 6,836 701 3,128 400 695 10 months 41.955 60,375 15,904 17,970 9,662 6,432 ® ® ® ® Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for in i»n Pubtished November 14M, 1012. 23,277. J. WULFFING. Smith and Aerial Transit, Ltd. Airships. 27,771. E. W. WAKEFIELD. Aeroplane floats. 29,319. L. DANGY. Parachutes. Applied for In 1013. PublisJud November -14th, 1012. 5>45°. J- C. HANSEN-ELLEHAMMER AND N. W. AASEN. Aerial machines. 20,927. R. ESNAULT-PELTERIE. Aeroplanes. FLIGHT 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. Telegraphic address : Truditur, London. Telephone : 1828 Gerrard. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. FLIGHT will be forwarded, vosi UNITED KINGDOM. s. d. 3 Months, Post Free ... 3 9 6 „ „ ... 7 6 12 „ „ ... 15 0 free, at the following rates:— ABROAD. s. d. 3 Months, Post Free ... 5 0 6 „ „ ... 10 0 12 „ „ ... 20 0 Cheques and Post Office Orders should be made payable to the Proprietors of FLIGHT, 44, St. Martin's Lane, W.C., and crossed London County and Westminster Bank, othei wise no responsibility will be accented. 1068
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