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1907. February 19. Tuesday at Baddeck [[strikethrough]] 17 [[/strikethrough]] 92 [[?]] New York 5 Dec 1906 Of great Importance to every one interested in the problem of aerial navigation, as well as to the general public, are the recently invented appliances on exhibition in the aeronautica annex. Numerous demonstrators are on hand to explain the contrivances and tetrahedral kites invented by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, which he claims can be grouped in sufficient quantities to raise the heaviest building in New York, are being manufactured on the spot. Exhibits that attract particular attention are diagrams of all the ascents of the Aero Club for the last year, thirty-five in the number, as well as charts showing the courses taken by all the contestants in the last international balloon race in France, and, what will be of moment to starter in the next race of St. Louis, complete chart of all ascensions made during the World's Fai at St. Louis, as compiled by A. L. Rotch. [[?]] London [[?]] 3 Dec 1906. AEROPLANE PRIZES. OVER £30,000 WAITING TO BE WON. RUSSIAN EXPERIMENTS. Considerably over £30,000 is now waiting for the first successful aeroplanist, as the following lists show: 1. The "Daily Mail" £10,000 prize for the first person who flies from London to Manchester in twenty-four hours with not more than two stoppages for petrol. 2. £2,000 offered by the Adams Manufacturing Company, who own the British rights n the Antoinette engine, for the winner of the "Daily Mail" £10,000 prize, provided his aeroplane is made entirely within the British Empire. 3. £500 from the editor of the "Autocar" for the maker of the petrol engine driving the aeroplane that wins the "Daily Mail" prize, providing the engine is made by a British motor-car manufacturer. 4. £1,000 by the proprietors of the "Daily Graphic" and the "Graphic" for the first aeroplanist who, with one or more passengers, flies between two given points not less than a mile apart. 5. £1,000 and a trophy worth £525, offered by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, the editor of the "Car." The first of these two offers is £5 a mile for the longest distance covered in any one flight in the "Daily Mail" contest. The trophy, which is for perpetual competition, is for the longest distance covered in any one year from January 1 to December 31. 6. An international trophy, offered by Mr. Norton Griffiths, to be competed for in 1907 in connection with the "Daily Mail" races from London to Manchester, and to go to the aeroplanist who flies the longest distance. In future years the prize will be competed for in the country of the winner. 7. £2,500 by the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club for one lap of their motor course (three miles) to be done in eighteen minutes, or at the rate of ten miles per hour. 8. £500 by Messrs. Buinard Père et Fils for the first aeronaut who flies across the Channel in an airship heavier than air before January 1, 1910. Other prizes still waiting for aeroplanists include: The Archdeacon prize of £2,000 for aeroplanes over a distance of half a mile. Paris to London. in 1908, £4,000 prize. offered by the "Matin" and increased by public subscriptions to £10,000. Sir David Salomons' prize, offered last year for a type heavier than air. Gordon-Bennett International Annual Challenge Cup. (First competed for last September.) Hedges Butler Challenge Cup, offered by Mr. Frank Hedges Butler, for aeroplanes and balloons, starting from London on a fixed date and travelling the longest distance. Howard de Walden prize, offered this year for a type heavier than air. [[?]] New York 5 Dec 1906 Girl Builds Her Own Airship. Now Seeks To Ride The Sky "Man Seemed to Fail," Says Miss Todd, "So I Decided to Try My Hand." Has Knack For Invention Even When a Child She Made Her Own Dolls Out of Stuffed Tin Cans. Miss E.L. Todd, Who Has Invented an Aeroplane Which Is Attracting Attention at the Automobile Show. "Men seemed to have failed in solving the problem of aerial navigation so I thought that perhaps a woman could succeed." This was the explanation made yesterday by Miss E. L. Todd, who is exhibiting what is believed to be a practical airship in the display of balloons and aeroplanes at the Automobile Show, now being held at the Grand Central Palace, asked what had led her to enter the field of inventors, she said: "The airship problem has always been a fascinating one to me ever since I bought a toy one day on the street, which, when [[3 images]] Photograph of a [[?]]'s Aeroplane
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[[image: A photograph of Miss E.L. Todd]]
[[image: A photograph of a model aeroplane]]
[[image: A drawing of someone flying in an aeroplane above two trees]]
