THE AIRMEN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 5

THE AIRMEN.

ENGLISH AVIATORS' SUCCESS.

WINS THE BLUE RIBBON. CHALLENGED BY AN AMERICAN By Telegraph—Pr«-.g Association—OooyrlEht. . 1 New York, September 11. . Mr. C. Grahame-White, the'' English aviator, won the Blue Ribbon at the Boston' aviation meeting. The amount given in prizes totalled 22,000 dollars. ;.' Mr. Grahame-White- also'won the Boston two thousand dollars• aviation, prize, and prizes in three other events. Mr. ,Glenn Curti'ss, the 1 American, air- . man, has challenged the Englishman to a,contest in London on October 14.' 1 AEROPLANES AND WAR, , FRENCH ARMY MANOEUVRES. . -Paris, September 14. The use. of aeroplanes during the French. Army manoeuvres compelled the. generals -in command' to; modify: the disposition of their troops. ' ■ / ~ ZEPPELIN VI BURNED. EXPLOSION OF BENZINE. "Berlin, September 11.: : The dirigible balloon Zeppelin VI has been completely burned. It -was in a shed at Oos,. near Baden. The disaster was due to an explosion of benzine. The balloon was ' consumed in'■.-nineteen-minutes. ; • " . (Rec. September .15, 10.10 p.m.) Berlin, September-15., The flames .injured iive of tho Zeppelin Vl's crew. AIRSHIP FALLS 650 ft. (Rec. September 15, 10.10 p.m.) .. • Paris,. September 15. . Mumm's monoplane fell .650 ft.'. at Bordeaux. Mumm was' / extricated. uninjured. - - - - RANGE OF FIVE MILES. I SHRAPNEL. MOST EFFECTIVE. . I . (Rec." September 16, 12.5 a.m.) . London, September-.15. , Experiments • with" dummy . airships showed that the longest effective . range was over five . miles. Shrapnel ■ proved more effective'.,than plug, shell. ;'