AEROPLANE RECORD.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 130, 1 June 1908, Page 5

AEROPLANE RECORD.

IXIGHT OP EIGHT nrrr.ys (Beeerred 5.35 ajn.) P-SSIS, May 31. M. de la, Grange, the French, aeroplaniat, in the presence ox officials of the Aero Gab de France and the Italian Aeronautical Sfceietr. tea r.iiags circled the Plsee d' Arses *t Paris at a height of from 4 to !7» metres (13 to 25 feet) in 15 mm. 26 I see., eoveriisg a total distance of 12.750 metres, aad thus securing prises totalling J The rales ior the aeroplane prizes, I to £12.00(5. offered by M. Miehelin, -were receirtiy drawn up by tie A«rc Club de France. An n.-wiTir;.! prize ef ]S6O is to fae a-wa,rdeti to snyaas who of £500 is to be awarded to ajsyoce who record. la Tie-w ci this the first . JKsr, the Trhich the coinT> c titor I nrasx attain is a flight of Twenty kiloi metres. The prires -will be given each , i Tear ftyr t*n years. Finally, there is the j Grand Prix ot £4000. -trhich may be won any rime by simply making the circuit of the Are d? Trioinphe in Paris, and then flying to Clermont-Ferrand, a distance of aaly a little less than 300 miles, circling round the spires of Clermcmt Cathedral, and landing on the summit of the Puy de Dome, at an elevation of 1455 metres. The flight must be accomplished in a space of six hours, bat lie committee "will probably allow a few minutes over time.