The Archive · 1908

The Conquest of the Air

item pf news from Paris which has a deep interest for us England is the winning of the-Deutch-Ardescon Prize of 50,000 francs and the "Daily Mail" prize of £100 by Mr. Henry Farman, an Englishman and His feat of making a circuit of kilometre with a sharp turn, starting and finishing between two points placed about sixty feet apart, is by far the greatest that has yet been achieved in public by an aeroplane, whatever may have been done in private by the Brothers Wilbur ville Wright io Americs. Having pocketed £2,100 asa result of his feat, Mr. Farman is coming to London to have a try for the "Daily Graphic" prize of 21,000, which he ought to win easily enough—oles some competition is beforehand. The course for the " Daily Graphic" prize is one mile on the Brooklat Motor Racing course, bat it is one mile on a straight coarse, which ought to be easier than a thousand yards with sharp torn io it, returning to the starting point. The only point of probable difficalty lies in the power of the motor, and for the Brookland's event Mr. Far+

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