NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1051, 14 February 1911, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN.

.vrv.;- : 1- —; *.. . felG THINGS EXPECTED. my. Telegraph-Special Corrotpondeirt.l : Auckland, February 13. ; The.successful flight performed by Mr. , l*o yVaish at Papnkura on Thursday last has-given ap addod interest to tho work of .tho Aero.Club of, New Zealand, incorrectly termed the , Auckland Aero Club. This;, body,} : which has been in existcnco about seven months; has a steadily inmembership, which is at present . Befridesf Messrs. Walsh and Heiming, w)iose machines have attracted a good deal of public attention, two more' members of the club nre undcirtood to have aeroplanes' > under ;. construction, though particulars of tho progress made not be*n disclosed. In the mean- ■ time much good , work is lieing done in too diroction of experiments with model aeroplanes of different sites and patterns. Recently a prize was offered bv the club Jor the best design for, .a glider, otherwise. an aeroplane with an engino with which a man may skim through the air from the.top of a slope to tho bottom. A numher of designs have been submitted, and these will be judged by a speci-aJly-appointcd committee., It is possible ,X a v. 8 / w li' afterwnrds be built out of the club funds,- and .used to give memi F 9 v l, , rdlm r i!" ,r J' experience in the arl.of flight.. -The cost of a complete aeroplane-of moderate size is flow estimated at from to .£SOO, not much that of the average motor-car. , «o that-such a machine is within the means'of u'fair number-of persons llio Aero Club at present is "making haste slowly," and though tho general feeling is'that there are big. things;ahead, one 'concerned.- wishes to make any rash predictions regarding' future achievements. Thoro aro indications that aviation .is attracting a good deal of attenlion elsewhere, iu the Dominion, for the Aero Club hns recoivetl letters from several of the southern centres asking for information nn various points. The club has n very carefully drafted set of rules, and tho %O[X3 is that (hose will become general in Juture throughout the country.