AERIAL NAVIGATION

Otago Witness, Issue 3101, 20 August 1913, Page 24

AERIAL NAVIGATION

LONDON, August 11. A new aeroplane, the invention of Lieutenant Dunne, an ex-army officer, made a successful cross-Channel flight. A feature of the machine is its automatic stability, rendering a side slip impossible. It flew in its trial trips for a considerable distance without any manipulation of the controls. j August 12. I The Daily Mail states that Mr Dunne has made several tests since 1906. He ! negotiated with the War Office unsuccessfully, and subsequently sold the secrets to France. The War Office has now ordered . two Dunne biplanes. August 15. I Films depicting the organisation of the aeroplane Britannia and its flight from . Dover to Cologne are being shipped to I New Zealand. The Britannia was shipped I by the Athenic. j A new Wright biplane made a splendid flight at Hendon. .NEW YORK, August 14. Mr Orville Wright lias invented an aeroboat, with a speed of 60 miles an hour. It is intended for use in connection with the United States postal service. Mr Wright declines to discuss the details of his invention. LATE COLONEL CODY. LONDON, August 11. One hundred thousand people witnessed the late Colonel Cody's funeral at Aidershot. Seven hundred troops, representing all unite of the army, marched in procession, ! and every aviation organisation was repre- ] sen ted. The Aerial League sent a wreath inscribed £ ' In honour of a brave man who served the Empire well.” THE DAILY MAIL’S COMPETITION. LONDON, August 17. Owing to Colonel Cody’s death and j Radley’s retirement there are only two competitors for the Daily Mail’s seaplane flight round Great Britain, to determine whether a British-made engine is equal to the task. Hawker, on a Sopwith biplane, accompanied by Kauper, an Australian mechanic, left Southampton, and reached Yarmouth in hours. He averaged a mile a minute. M'Lean, his rival, is on a Short biplane of 100 h.p., with Green fixed cylindrical engines. Hawker, the aviator, is suffering from sunstroke. Rickies takes his place in the ' competition. i