AERIAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 528, 8 June 1909, Page 7

AERIAL.

BRITISH PURCHASE OF A ZEPPELIN. , A SU&fcESTION. B? PtJBWO SUBSCRIPTION. (bt »lko*i)nt->ltifs ß iBsoc!IAtlo((-col'f Matit.) : Londotit Juho 6. Tho chairman of the British Aerial League states that ho intends to ufgo a public subscription of £50,000 to purchase a Z.cppolih' balloon. . , .... AN- ENGLISH AEROPLAKIST, (Roc. Jnno 7, 10;45" i1.U1.) . : : Lfintion, Juno 7. Mr. Latham, an Englielimaii, aoroplßUcd for 67 mintitee In his Antoliiotto Monoplane at Marne, beating the French record. '' AN AUCKLANB AEfIOPLANE. "A SHORT ftlQlt*. ,, ' , ' (BI (TBtMEArH—sriSdlili COBRI!Srbj)DI!MT.) ' ',■■.'. ,','■, Auckltndi June f,, A trial of tho aeroplauo constructed bt Messrs. A. W. A. and Clnud Barnard was made at Brotfrt's Island bn SatUfdayi . The weather .conditions Were, unfavourable! but a V}u Tt was. newtthclfess obtained from a ' hill on the Bouth side of: the island; A sharp gUst of wind their caught the machine, Mid as the steering geaf coilld nbt bo iUanipUlitted tp Mil advantage trt the, absence of h inpttil-, thd uoroplano w&s brought ilito rtitliW slmfll contact with mother earth, and fufthet tflills will be out of the question until some broken parts have been repaired. The builders hope ' to securo nittre siitislMufy Msnlts during the . week. 1 hoy arc tit a certain disadvantage in that-the whole of,the oynstrliutiotl work Has had to be done oh the island for reasons of Wfiyacy. Tho lljacbihe coiisists of a double- . decked body, With to!) and bbltolf; tilahes abbttt «'s '«' Hi Width,, Kxteiidlng from cith,el< Slda arb lortg Ulhg-liko pr6ji»6Ubns which give the ■ aeroplane something of a butterfly ftUpotN ance. Elfevators nro attached to the front ruddors, ond gliding Bear to the back. The dimensions of the full-stad ship aru i 6 feet by 0 teet. Cafe lias bccil.taken to, secilfo a iiiifif.. HiUrn of Weight, the lfalhewofk bolllg lifeJitlV constructed of wood, while eanVnS It; Used is a covering for the planes. The method adopted for procuring a glide on Snturday was to haul the machlhe en Spßcidlly-eailstrueted wheels to ■ the ton df A hill i\bo\it 70 feot in height, and from there ta set it in> motion, with A. Dar- ' nurd on the deck, "i'lie aeroplnnp fihpwed a salisfaclory tendency towards aefiaf flight, one Hit for Uie wiKlly weatW Iliight lidve felfeil . better results.. Messrs. BafllUfd stite theff iii> wnlioij of pefsbveflhg tfltll thell-expH'lilietiH : uhtll they are able to Distal i<i.motor tat ufft.'. hDlling purpdses, and so test the mnchilio in \U form, ■•.:-... . ,