IN THE AIR.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10593, 24 October 1910, Page 4

IN THE AIR.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.

(Per Press Association.)

Received October 23, at 5.5 p.m

Now York, October 22. The" international aviation mooting will take place at Now York on Saturday. Grahanie White and James Hadley • (Great Britain) are" competing for the chief prize, the International 'Cup, and the Gordon Bennett prize for the one hundred kilometres" race of. £2-000. They have offered to make a flight fro'in the aviation field round the statue of Liberty in the harbor and return. The Germania balloon lias landed in Quebec province, arid lias probably made a record. It covered 1195 niilcs.

Joseph BroucUer, of Chicago, is making plans for a trans-Atlantic"air-ship voyage, starting from . Toncriffo in February

Paris, October '.22. (t ip officially announced that successful experiments with torpedo- arrows against airships 'havc; been carriec out.

London, October.-22. Mr Haldane has arranged for the purchase of the Clement Bayard, subject to the final tests.

Received October 23, at 8.5 a.m. New York, October 22. Grahame White flew 100 kilometres in two hours, winning the first distance contest.

Moissant flew, alone, twenty miles -across country in a thick fog, steering by compass. . "Owing to the rain and a sliarp east wind records were not made. ( Vancouver, October 22. The'.'balloons Azurea, Dusseldorf 111., and America 11. are missing, and it is believed-that -they have been lost in the forests of Northern Canada. A relief expedition will start to-day. Later.

The missing Dusseldorf 111. has landed at Kiskisink, Quebec, ; having achieved ■ a world's record for the distance covered

Received October 24, at 9J.0 a.m. Vancouver, October 23. The Azurea landed at Beseo, Ontario

The American ll's aeronauts are believed to have landed on an island ill Lake Huron.

>. : - . . . Paris, October 23. ; The. Lebaudy dirigilble airship made a 2:}-liours.)flight with eight passengers, circling the Nantes Cathedral. - ■ ■ The Minister of War lias appointed a permanent inspector .of. militarj'" aeronautics.

(Per Press Association.) Napier, October 22. A balloon ascent was made from the Recreation Ground, on Saturday.'. The aeronaut (C. J. Sebplie) ascended to a height of 2250 feet, as registered by the aneroid, and. on liis descent by parachute, landed on the top of the chronic ward of the Napier Hospital, smashing four of the roof tiles. The only injury lie sustained was a graze on on© of liis knees.