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••••&- JANUARY 2, 1909. PROGRESS OF MECHANICAL FLIGHT; PROGRESSIVE RECORDS. THE following table is interesting as showing the gradual progress of the solution of the problem of mechanical flight:— Distance or Time. Place. 300 metres Few seconds ... 7-8 metres 50 metres ... 60 metres 826 metres ... „ 220 metres 363 metres 403 metres 771 metres I"5oo Idioms. . 2 "004 kiloms 2'5 kiloms. 3*925 kiloms 5 kiloms. 9 kiloms. l2-5 kiloms 17 kiloms 197 kms. (20m. 19s.) Satory Bagatelle Issy Aeronaut. Date. Ader 14 Oct., 1897 Santos Dumont 22 Aug., 1906 14 Sept.,1906 ,, 24 Oct., 1906 ,, 13 Nov., 1906 Henry Farman 26 Oct., 1907 24727kms. (29m. 53s.) Rome Delagrange ! 13 Jan., 1908 21 Mar., 1908 10 April, 1908 27 May, 1908 Milan Gand Issy Fort Meyer! Orville Wright ; 9 Auvours . Le Mans . 10 II 12Wilbur Wright 21 ,, ,, 1 18 Dec, 1908 30 » 22 June, 1908 Henry Farman 6 July, 1908 Delagrange ... 6 Sep., 1908 57m. 31s. ih. 2m. 30s. .. ih. 5m. 57s. ... ih. 10m. 50s. ... ih. 15m. 203. ... ih. 31m. 25s. ... ih. 54m. 22gs. Wilbur Wright holds the record for passenger flight, having carried M. P. Painleve for ih. 9m. 45s., and covering a distance of abotjt 80 kiloms. at Auvours on October 10th. INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES TO DATE. THE accompanying table gives the performances which have been made by the most prominent aviators of the last few years :— Date. Place. Duration. Distance. ADER. 14 Oct., 1897 ... Satory I h. m. s. 300 metres - SANTOS DUMONT (biplane, rudder in front). 22 Aug., 1906 ...I Bagatelle ... .. 1 — jFewmetres 14 Sept., 1906 ... ,, i 080 24 Oct., 1906 13 Nov., 1906 o o 2li So metres 60 „ 82-6 „' 220 ,, SANTOS DUMONT (second biplane, with rear rudder). Vj Nov., 1907 ...| Issy ... ... ...j — j 20? metres SANTOS DUMONT (monoplane). 21 Nov., 1907 ...] Bagatelle ; — VUIA (monoplane). 8 Oct., 1906 ...Issy 1 — Mar. 1907 ... Bagatelle ; — 17 July, 1907 ...; „ j —. DE LA VAULX (monoplane) 18 Nov., 1907 ... St. Cyr — 145 metres 5 metres 5 »60 60 metres 16 Mar., 1907 16 ,, 1908 20 21 24 10 April, 1908 11 ,. ., 27 May, 1908 30 ., 22 Tune, 1908 9 July, 1908 6 Sept., 1908 17 » »> ' DELAGRANGE (biplane). . . Bagatelle j — •••j >> ••• • ...| Issy — Rome ,, Milan Turin,.. Issy .. o is 25 o 29 53! o 30 27 BLERIOT (monoplane). 5 April, 1907 ... Bagatelle ! 060 11 July, 1907 ... „ 25 ,, „ ... Issy — 6 Aug., 1907 ... ,, 17 Sept., 1907 ... „ — 1 Dec, 1907 4 „ 6 „ „ 17 June, 1908 29 4 July, 1908 6 „ 21 Oct., 1908 3' „ Toury o 5 47o 8 45 o 11 o FARMAN (biplane). Issy15 Oct., 1907 26 „ 30 Dec, 1907 ... ,, 13 Jan., 1908 ... , o 21 March, 1908 ... ,, 29 ,, „ ... Ghent 2 June, 1908 6 July, 1908 29 Sept., 1908 ... Chalons 10 metres 200 600 „ * if »» 1*5 kiloms.. j> 2-5 3 "925 9 12-5 17 200 metrest 24727 kms. 30 metres ISO ,, 143 ,, 186 „ * 200 metres 600 ,, 600 700 „ 6 kiloms. 7 kiloms. i 14 ,,i 285 metres 771 „* 1 28 3° „2 Oct., 1908 28 „ 30 ,, 1 "5 kiloms. — 2-004 ,, — 138 metrest — 1-241 kms.t o 20 19? 197 I o 42 o 39 .! o 43 o 41 •I o 44 32 40 .1 O 4 O 2 .' o 17 o I 27 j Height prize, 25 metres ESNAULT-PELTERIE (monoplane). 19 Oct., 1907 22 „ „ 27 ., ,,8 June, 1908 Buc 17 Dec, 1907 DE PISCHOFF (biplane). ...| Issy ... ' ... (first flight) 30 metres 15° ,»I '2 kfloms. — i 500 metres GASTAMBIDE-MENGIN (monoplane). 8 Feb., 1908 12 „ „ 21 Aug., 1908 Issy ... Bagatelle Issy o 1 30 GRAHAM BELL (biplane). 12 Mar., 1908 ... Hammondsport, N.Y. 4 July, 1908 ...' . ,, „ 6 metres 15° >»1 "6 kiloms. 318 ft. 3,420 ft. CORNU (helicopter). ; 26 Mar., 1908 ... Coquainvillier ..., (machine raised itself • : ' • - - ] • J 40 cm. from earth) ' BREGUET (helicopter aeroplane). 23.July, 1908 ... Donai "— J 20 metres • " ]-''•• MOORE-BRABAZON (biplane). ' • ^ : 3 Dec, 1908 ... Issy ..) >*?"• 600 metres VANIMAN (triplane). 18 Dec, 1908 ..Ussy ...! — 1 150 metres 12
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