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1909
1909 - 0557.PDF
SEPTEMBER II, 1909. Migratory Bleriot Flyers. DELAGRANGE is now in Denmark, where he has arranged to give a series of exhibition flights on his Bleriot flyer, while M. Leblanc, his fellow pupil, has been offered a contract to fly at Morriss Park, New York, the terms being 60 flights at 2,000 francs each. In the meantime, although M. Bleriot's hand still gives him trouble, it is reported that he has made arrangements to fly at Vienna and Budapest for prizes value ,£3,200. Flying at Brussels. MM. GAUDART AND LEGAGNEUX have been experi- menting with a Voisin biplane on the Stockel race- course at Brussels, their trials being brought abruptly to "a conclusion by a false manoeuvre on the part of Legagneux, which landed him and his machine among the railings. The cellular tail of the machine was badly smashed. He had previously covered a distance of about 700 metres, while Gaudart made a couple of giant's strides, each about 100 metres in length. A proposal is being discussed regarding the holding of a flying week on the Stockel racecourse in July next year. It is hoped that the prize fund will amount to about .£8,000, towards which MM. Solvaz et Warooquie have promised ^2,000. Another Grand Prix. A LETTER has been sent by the Marquis de Dion to the President of the Automobile Club de France suggest- ing that a sum of 200,000 frs. should be voted from the funds of the Club for the creation of a Grand Prix d'Aviation. If the proposition goes through endeavours will be made to make this the most important flying event of next year. Brussels to Ostend for £1,000. A PRIZE of £1,000 has been offered by our Belgian contemporary, the Petit Bleu, to the first aviator who flies from the Etterbeck military parade ground at Brussels to the grounds of the Palace Hotel at Ostend, a distance of 115 kiloms. Continental ** Flying Weeks." THE success of the Rheims Week has, of course, caused a very large number of other places on the Continent to consider the matter, and proposals for "flying weeks and fortnights" are being put forward thick and fast. For the special fortnight which is to be held at the Juvisy Aerodrome from October 3rd to 17th, many important prizes are being set apart, while the Frankfort week, from October 3rd to 10th, will see something like ,£6,000 being distributed in prizes. Boulogne is pushing on with its meeting to be held this month with the cross-Channel trip to Folkestone and back as the chief event, in which Comte de Lambert, Capt. Ferber, Hanriot, and probably M. Paulhan are to take part. Marseilles is engaged in organising a fortnight to be held from the 14th to 28th prox. The chief event will be the Grand Prix, in which the competitors are to fly once round the Pare Borely racecourse, and then go out to sea, circle round the Chateu d'lf and Frioul Islands and return to make another circuit of the course. Genoa, too, is organising a meeting, which will include a cross- country flight from Genoa to Milan, and a donation of ^400 has been given to the Prize Fund by Marquis Raggio. Cash Receipts at Rheims. FROM figures which have been published, it appears that the receipts from gate money at Rheims during the week amounted to very little short of .£35,000, the last day yielding £3,000. The meeting was a great success financially, as the Committee only had to disburse some £8,000 in the way of prizes, so that a large surplus will remain after paying all expenses. Some other figures relative to the meeting are also instructive. For instance, the railway company received ,£2,000 and carried about 50,000 passengers per day. From the post office on the ground telegrams amounting in the aggregate to nearly 1,000,000 words were sent by Press correspondents, and 50,000 post cards were stamped day by day, the P.O. receipts amounting to £10,000.® ® OPENING OF BRESCIA MEETING. ON Wednesday the Brescia meeting commenced and will continue till the 20th inst. The opening day produced nothing of any great importance, as the Only BRESCIA MEETING.—Diagrammatic plan of the Flying Course at Brescia. men to really fly were Curtiss and Rougier, both of whom covered about 6 kiloms. Anzani on a Voisin, Calderara on the Wright, and Bleriot and Leblanc on their Bleriot machines, all made attempts to fly, but were not successful. These are the only flyers of note who are present at the meeting and it would appear that the honours will be shared by Curtiss and Bleriot. The news of Lefebvre's tragic death, of course, cast a gloom over those flyers who had been present at Rheims, and doubtless this accounted for their not attempting any lengthy flights. I m m e nse crowds flocked to the flying ground in spite of the poor travel - ling facilities, both the tram and train services being comple tely disorganised by the rush. On the ground, too, the want of organisation was thrown into striking relief after the experience at Rheims. It is not improbable that an attempt will be made some time during the meeting to sail the Italian military dirigible from Bracciano to Brescia, a distance of about 350 miles. 56l
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