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NOVEMBER 8, 1917. conditions will get £2$ for medical expenses. The British Government is indeed generous to its maimed heroes. THOSE new Zeppelins with new silent motors are once again disporting themselves over Lake Constance. " Silent " in this case is a relative term. IT looks as if the British seamen really mean business over the after-the-war Hun boycott. And it should be had in mind that, so they only hang together, they have the power to carry through their threats, Government or no Government. A period of two years and seven months has already been fixed for barring German shipping, with a further promise of one month extra for every air-raid and every mer- cantile ship sunk. We only hope Mr. Havelock Wilson will be able to keep the seamen up to it. THESE are ticklish times, and most folk will therefore applaud Lord Montagu's decision to withdraw his motion and question in the House of Lords down for Tuesday last, as to the air-raids in London and the means which might ba taken to defend the capital and people. There are so many possible snags in a public discussion upon the subject just now, that it may well be the greater safety is to bs found in not discussing ways and means for the benefit and guidance of the enemy at our gates. The movement in the Commons to put a check upon some of the hecklers qf the House is coming none too soon. There are some who, from their methods would, in olden days, long since have been laid by the heels in the Tower under such circumstances as now exist. MAYBE all of German nationality still at large in England are not over infatuated with Hunnish methods and ambitions in this war, but at the same time it does not suggest excessive caution on the part of the authorities, whilst allowing for latitude in permitting certain liberty to really inoffensive German citizens, if there be such an one, to allow our young girls to be guided by German women, however inoffensive, ostensibly, they may be. Yet it would appear from a case on Monday at the Croydon Police Court, that one Emmile Fluks, confessing herself a German, has been in charge for 10 years of the Croydon Lodge of the Girls' Friendly Society. Emmile was summoned for failing to register a " lodger," who she received with two children into her house as the result of an air-raid. No wonder " peaceful penetration "has been a success in the pre-war years that have gone. A CLASSIFICATION of safety shelters during air raids has been undertaken by the Royal Institute of British Architects. The President, Mr. H. T. Hare, has explained that for this useful work a sub-committee of the Architects' War Committee has formulated a scheme for the examination and registration of all properties within the area of the London County Council which are suitable or relatively safe as refuges for the public. This is very carefully drawn up, and the employment of architects is suggested under the direction of the district surveyors. The scheme has been indicated in general terms to Sir Edward Henry, and was now under consideration. A small committee has also been appointed to investigate the effect of bombs falling on or striking buildings, and valuable information should no doubt be obtained as to the materials and methods of construction that were the best calculated_to resist the effect of high explosives. DURING their tour in the West this week, the King and Queen are visiting on Thursday the wonderful works of the British and Colonial Aeroplane Manufacturing Co., the home of the " Bristol " scout and other fearsome fowl of the air. On Friday the splendid factory of the Avon India Rubber Co. at Melksham, willl be inspected by Their Majesties. . ,.. TEN YEARS AGO. Excerpts from the " Auto." (" FLIGHT'S " precursor and sister Tottrnal) of November, IQO?. " FLIGHT " was founded injournal) of 1907 1908. M. ESNAULT-PELTERIE'S EXPERIMENTS. As the result of careful study and systematic work during the past three years, Mons. Robert Esnault-Pelterie has recently evolved a remarkable type of winged motor-pro- pelled machine, with which he is able to career along over iairly level ground in a succession of long leaps through the u-ir, and with short intervening runs on the small wheels with which it is provided. On October 22nd, at Buc, near Versailles, he gave a most successful demonstration to a small gathering of interested personages, keeping the machine travelling for about an hour and a^half during the after- noon without meeting any sort of troubles. When in theair, leaps of from 100 to 150 metres were made at a height of 2 to 3 metres above the ground, and when again alightingon the wheels, short runs were made without appreciably travelling any more slowly. The machine itself, which israther like a huge butterfly, has a torpedo-shaped body weighing 20 kilogs.; curved wings of 15 sq. m. surface(and weighing 60 kilogs.) projecting on either side ; a hori- zontal rudder-tail "weighing 10 kilogs. ; a specially-shaped7-cylinder motor (weighing 44 kilogs. and giving 25 h.p.) in front; and a large fan-bladed tractor-screw (weighing11 kilogs.) on the front end of the 2$ kilog. crank-shaft. Beneath the body is accommodation for the driver (weight75 kilogs.), and immediately beneath him are the wheels, which, with their mountings, weigh 10 kilogs. Complete,in working order, it therefore weighed, with 10 kilogs. of petrol, 240 kilogs. M. HENRI FARMAN'S PROGRESS. Remarkably encouraging results are rewarding the per- severing efforts of M. Farman to master his aeroplane. Again last week he was out several time with his machine at Issy, the greatest interest being taken in his work by the Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, who has personally attended at M. Farman's flying experiments. On October 23rd he Was progressively successful, and was able to make a series of flights extending over distances of 186 metres in 15! seconds, at a height of 2 metres from the ground, over 150 metres in 15! seconds, and 122 metres in 11 seconds. By the first flight, M. Farman has secured the prize offered by the Aero Club of France for a flight over 150 metres. On October 26th, hoewver, M. Farman secured an even greater triumph.^by creating a remarkable record flight of 771 metres, almost equivalent to half a mile flight. The Hydro-Aero Maid, suggested trophy of the NewYork Flying Yacht Club, for which an annual inter- national contest is proposed to be held to be knownas the Manhattan Island Derby, a speedy event, distance 45 miles. First Prize, New York Flying Yacht Club Trophyand $3,000 cash. Second Prize, $1,500 cash.Third Prize, $500 cash. The trophy, which is the work of A.» Popini, becomesthe property of the club winning it three consecutive ; • years. , .._!.» "75
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