THE ÆRIAL AGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 144, 27 September 1910, Page 5

THE ÆRIAL AGE.

. j FLIGHT ACROSS THE ALPS. j By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. PARIS, Sept. 25. j Paris; newspapers 6tate that Chavez, j who- flew over the Simplon Pass and broke both his legs, will receive the £3ooo.prize though he did not reach, .Milan, .which was one of the stipulations. an airman killed. PARIS, Sept. 25. iAsn, aeroplane turned a somersault ;at Chartres. Poillot, the aviator, was: mind and a passenger slightly injured. . A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. iKeoedivedl September 26, ILS pan. Paris, September 26. , i Lorraine, with a passenger, who was pftmpfthing ini a race from Paris to JBnis-. ■els, .had a motor breakdown, and was ■compelled to descend at St. Quentin. His aerojJaae rested' on the top of-a treeM ',■ & height of forty feet. Both Lorjaaae l .'ttoclriiis paeeenger were unhurt. ; A DYING AVIATOR. '.Received September 27, 1.3© a'itn. Paris, September 26. ; iFonfcenello, (tihe aviator, is dying (ftt; IMartibenge, as a result of a 'similar acci- ' ildeoifei to' that which killed Poiillo&B. I ■; ARMY AIRMEN. • i| • WAR OFFICE FLEET OF j AEROPLANES. :

'The" War Office has definitely formed! :an 'Aeroplane Corps (says the Daily ?Mail! Overseas Edition of August T3"). The 1 members at present are officers "Who ''have volunteered for this special t'duty. The Government provides them wihh-iheds on Salisbury Plain; tbey furtnish their own aeroplanes. j The idea at thi moment is that these* (Government airmen should experiment) -witih.-411 types of craft and endeavor toj find one that most nearly meets the re-] tquirementij laid down by the War Office.! 'When it has been found, the Govern-, ;ment will acquire the successful aero-, plane ffor its pilot and begin to manufacture -a fleet in the airship factory at j'arnJvTOHgh. , i The first two pract'cal experimenters! «t Salisbury are Captain Maitland and' Fullerton. The former has set himself the task of evolving a biplane for Army conditions. Mr. Howard . Wrijfht 'built him a special biplane comprising the salient features of the Farman and "Sommer machines. The other day (Captain Maitland was injured in an accident while testing this biplane, but he iteill ;be able to resume experiments is a f&v weeks. Lieutenant Fullerton is dytftitng 'himself exclusively to monoplane tests; at .present he has a Bleriot \ mirf&ne. \ "fVirtfbiUty is one of the chief needs that Sue ,*Vvar Office emphasises," explaned Lieutenant Gibbs. He took a pronuaeat jwtrt in the tests made for the y wfer Office iin Scotland with a self-bal-I- juicing aeroplane, and has now offered to teach a oertain number of others to fly. "Another essential,?she 'added, "is high speeds The aerqplape «iust also be able .. to attain a great heigtet quickly, which ' ' means very efficient engine power. The maohine must carry'an observer for rework, 'in addition to the The Government Aeroplane Corps is to be added to rapidly.