AERIAL NAVIGATION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9192, 23 March 1908, Page 2

AERIAL NAVIGATION.

A SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT. United Pre.s A__od*tion— B_r Electe-f Telegraph— Copyright. (Received March 23, 9.11 a.m.) x PARIS. March 22. Mr Henry Farman travelled a mil* and a half in his aeroplane at a heighl of six metres. 'After making t3_re* circuits he gently descended. (There are two systems of aerial _taf__ gation. The first is ballooning, and involves the use of a gas-inflated bag of any shape. The oar may he fitted with a motor and propellers, hut th« apparatus is none the less a balloon* Vila Ti/i-iriAi.-^-Vion ._:•» _ - -i.TT — „, ._._*. ..»_--„.u_.i_-.«__ oyssittm implies abandonment of the gas-filled bag, and reliance upon purely mechanical means to attain flight. Machines heavier than air are of various descriptions, tn€ three principal categories being aero* planes, orthoptera and helicojrfiera. Mr Farman, who has just made a su©. cessful flight, is a believer in the he*, vier-than-air appliances, and has previously had considerable success in hii efforts to "conquer the air." On 0o» . tober 27 of last year, at Issy-les-MoulU neaux, near Paris, Mr Faxman's aeroplane travelled 771 metres in the air, •rising and falling at will. A few dayi later the aeronaut covered one kilo metre over a circular course.) g»-i---l--_M__M