AVIATION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12215, 3 August 1910, Page 5

AVIATION.

•RECENT 'triumphs. (Press Assn.—By Telegraph— Copyright) LONDON, August 2. Robert Lorain, actor, lehving Blackpool, aeroplaned over Liverpool and returned via Brighton. Hundreds of thousands of holiday-makers u-itnessed the flight. Grahame White similarly' aeroplaned from lilackpool to Southport. and back. ■ 'y l (Received August 3, ll a.m.) English offioers experimenting M v ith balloons over the Thames proved that bombs could, be effectively dropped from a height of 200 ft at a speed of 18 miles an hoii.*. - BRUSSELS, August 2. ryck, a Belgian, aeroplaned here to a height of 5500 ft. _, . PARIS, August 2. i'arnian. M-ith three .passengers aeroplaned a distance of 65 miles at'Mourmelon. Lady Abdy, who paid 120 guineas for the right to the .first trip as passenger /with Mr Grahame' White on his biplane at lirooklands, had an exciting adventure for her money. The right to the trips was sold by auction, and after Lady Abdy had secured the first "lot," she and Mr Grahame White started for a night. The biplane, however, failed tor about a quarter of a mile, at A height of from ten . to twelve feet, and then headed for th e River Wey, which floM-s near the track. Hardly however, had it reached the further shore when the machine stopped on its flight and fell to th e ground beyond the water's edge. The machine Mas badly damaged, but the two occupants Mere fortunately uninjured. A large crowd assembled on the Cheltenham Racecourse, Adelaide, on Satin*-' oay afternoon, July 23", to witness the first public aeroplane flight m Australia. Hie trials had proved successful, and, with good weather. Mr H. C. Rolfe, the aviator, Mas confident of a good flight. The Bleriot failed to rise at th e first attempt, and on the second-rose a little. Ihe left wing was' seen to elevate, and the aeroplane then, swerved to the right and dashed amongst the spectators, some of whom M-ere knocked down. Ewart Lock, 16, of Essex street, Goodwood, where he resides with his parents', M*as* the most unfortunate. The propeller of the aeroplane, M*hich was making 15C0 revolutions per minute, tore his hand off at the wrist. He was at once removed! trom the racecourse, and at th c hospital ' his arm was amputated beloM* the 'elbow \ the boy's arm is also fractured above! the elbow, and little hope is held out of I recovery. Two. women who were ! standing near fell down with fright, but soon recovered. : 'Hie airman, before the second attempt to fly, beckoned Oie! people to give a clear passage of forty yads, but, with insatiable curiosity, they continued to forcd f or M*ard. The propeller was smashed into pieces, and the I ribs of the^ right wing were broken, j Koife, the aviator, said afterwards .-—"I have made successful flights with the machine, but this morning the weather was n»t clear enou«h to permit of a successful flight." The propeller is made of cedar and is six feet long.-