Famous airmen and their equipment [electronic resource] : with some notes on first-aid in emergencies . tomeet every emer-gency. The arrows in the Cody S. F. Cody isan American whohas become a Britishcitizen. Has done im-portant work for theWar Office, and usesaeroplanes of his owndesign. He has madenumerous successfulflights, and was thewinner of the BritishMichelin Trophies,iqio and iqii, andthe British EmpireMichelin Cup No. 2in iqii. His wasthe only biplane andthe only All-Britishmachine that finishedthe Circuit of Great : photographsis fixed onof the aviate indicatehe machii position of t
Famous airmen and their equipment [electronic resource] : with some notes on first-aid in emergencies . tomeet every emer-gency. The arrows in the Cody S. F. Cody isan American whohas become a Britishcitizen. Has done im-portant work for theWar Office, and usesaeroplanes of his owndesign. He has madenumerous successfulflights, and was thewinner of the BritishMichelin Trophies,iqio and iqii, andthe British EmpireMichelin Cup No. 2in iqii. His wasthe only biplane andthe only All-Britishmachine that finishedthe Circuit of Great : photographsis fixed onof the aviate indicatehe machii position of thedthin easy reach 14 THE EVOLUTION OK FLIGH 1 at Meudon, and before the battle of Fleurus, thegeneral and adjutant ascended with Coutelle, theballoon pilot, to reconnoitre. Balloons were used during the American Civil Warand with notable success at the siege of Paris, when the famous M. Gambetta escaped fromblnoons ^he beleaguered city in the Armand- Barbes. In 1883-4 most of the greatPowers organised regular ballooning services, andaeronautics as a part of military science dates fromthat ,akeu by the Mai In 1907, the Daily Graphic organised a balloonexpedition. The Mammoth, with Mr. Gaudron,Mr. J. L. Tannar and Mr. C. C. Turner on board,ascended from the Crystal Palace grounds onOctober 12, and, after remaining 19 hours in the airand covering 703 miles, the British distance record,and the worlds overseas record (360 miles), camedown in Sweden at Brackan. In the following year, on November 18, the sameballoon, with Mr. A. E. Gaudron in command, andcarrying Capt. E. M. Maitland and Mr. C. C. Turner,who is now an aviator, travelled from London toMateki Derevni, Russia, a distance, as the crow flies,of 1117 miles—the British record (see page 67). Weyman n Charles Weymann accomplished a flight of 231 miles, carrying a passenger,from Buc to Clermont Ferrand, in 6 hours, with three stops, on September 7,1910. In 1911 he won the Gordon-Bennett Cup for America, at Eastchurc
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