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1911
1911 - 0163.PDF
FEBRUARY 25, ign. [/fclGHT) The Hammond triplane at Brooklands. Brooklands. OWING to the stormy conditions prevailing no flying was possible on the three closing days of last week and so there is not a great deal to record as having taken place at Brooklands. The outstanding event of last week was of course Mr. Morison's trip 10 Brighton, briefly referred to in our last issue, while further details regarding it will be found this week among "British Noles of the Week." By way of a preliminary canter, Mr. Morison on Tuesday of last week flew over in the direction of Hampton Court at a height of about 2,000 eet, while on the morning of Wednesday week he made a trip to Cobham for lunch. The morning had been windy, but during the atternoon the conditions were a little calmer, and induced Mr. Sopwith to bring out his Howard Wiight biplane, and later Mr. Haniel also had a run on the machine. Lieut. Watkins was also out, as well as Capt. Wood, on the Bristol machine, while others who did a little work were Gordon England on the Weiss and Mr. Billing on his biplane, while Mr. Sopwith was trying the Manin- Handasyde monoplane. Paris-Bordeaux-Paris Priz?. THE Aero Club of France have now definitely decided this year to organise two big competitions for aviators. One of these is to be the cross-country event from Paris to Bordeaux and back, and it is hoped to induce the Paris Municipal Council to devote part if not all of their prize to this event. It is proposed that the competitors should be started from Paris at intervals of 2 mins., and the only compulsory landing would be at Bordeaux. Arrangements are being made for the event to be held during the month of May. The Ae.C.F. Criterium d'Aviation. THE second big event to be organised by the Aero Club of France will take the form of a distance competition over a closed circuit, under similar rules to those which have hitherto governed the International Michelin Prize ; that is to say, the prize will be awarded to the aviator who, at the end of the vear, has covered the greatest distance in a closed circuit without touching the ground. For the current year the minimum distance to be completed is 600 kiloms., and the prize will be 10,000 francs. The European Circuit. THE proposal made by the Paris Journal for a flying race round Europe is meeting with a good deal of success in various countries, the National Aero Clubs of which have also taken kindly to the scheme. The prize fund now stands at 412,500 francs, of which the Journal has contributed 200,000, Die B. Z. •% Fl-ICiHT. BREGI IN FULL FLIGHT ON THE NEW VOISIN, WITH ITS FUSELAGE IN FRONT.-Note in left photograph the hzad of the pilot just showing above the enclosed fuselage. I65
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