AEROPLANING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 173, 31 October 1910, Page 5

AEROPLANING.

FORTY MONOPLANES ORDERED. GUN'S TO DESTROY THEM. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, October 28. The Daily Mail states that Germany has ordered forty monoplanes, to be completed in the spring. Krupp's are supplying six guns for throwing shrapnel to a height of 12,000 feet. AN UNEXPECTED RECOVERY. Paris, October 28. The Baroness de la Roche, who was so badly injured while aeroplaning at Rheims on July 8 that her life was despaired of, is recovering. THE CLEMENT-BAYARD. London, October 28. . The Government has finally decided to purchase the Clement-Bayard airship which was brought over from France recently, the conditions having been fulfilled. COSTS ENGLAND £IB,OOO.

Receiver 30, 5.5 p.m. London. October 28. The cost of the Clement-Bayard airship was £IB,OOO. The War office is paying £12,500 and private subscribers £5500. ABOVE THE CLOUDS. JOHNSTONE'S NEW RECORD. FLEW NEARLY FIVE MILES HIGH. THE GORDON-BENNETT DEFENDERS. Received 30, 5.5 p.m. New York, October 29. Johnstone attained a new altitude ot 8471' feet. He aeroplaned to Belmont Park from the Middle Island village whence he was blown by the gale yesterday. Hamilton, Drexel and Brookins have been nominated as the defenders of the Gordon-Bennett Cup. Curtiss, the winner of the cup at Rheims, has been excluded. Aviationists are disappointed at this decision. A MILE A MINUTE. GRAHAM-WHITE WINS THE SPEED PRIZE. Received 31, 12.30 a.m. New York, October 30. Graham-White, driving 100 horse-

power on a Bleriot-Moren machine, covered a mile in a minute, and won the Gordon Bennett Cup for speed. He covered the course of a hundred kilometres in 1 hour 1 min. 4 3-ssec. There were eight entrants three American, three English, and two French. Radley and Hamilton were both disqualified for first place for not complying with the rules. CRASHED E\ T TO A TELEGRAPH POLE. LE BLAXC'S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Received 31, 12.30 a.m. New York, October 30. Le Blanc dashed into a telegraph .pole. He smashed the pole and wrecked the machine. Le Blanc was injured, but not seriously. He was going at a speed of 70 miles an hour, a world's record, when a gust of wind drove him against the pole. Brooking fell 200 feet. The crash was heard a mile awav. His machine was crumpled up, and the aviator was found unconscious, but no bones were broken. He was carried to the hospital, but hiinjuries are not serious. Latham's aeroplane was blown over th« heads of crowds of people, who were panic stricken at his proximity. Latham regained control, but gave up the race in the fifteenth round.

SIX HOURS IN THE AIR. Received 30, 5.5 p.m. Paris, October 29. M. Tabuteau, in a non-stop flight, coved 288% miles, encircling the aerodrome at Etampes for six hours. BALLOONIST MAKES A RECORD. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Palmerston X., Last Night. The Beebe Balloon Company were at Palmerston on Saturday, and Albert Eastwood made a successful as-cent, reaching the height of 5000 feet, then making a double parachute descent and landing safely in a side street of the town. The weather was perfect for the ascent. which is claimed to be the best ever made in the Dominion.