On Monday. in Paris Mr. Henry Farman, a son of
Mr. T. Farman, the Paris correspondent of the Tribune, accom- plished a memorable feat with a flying machine of his own invention. The apparatus, says the Times correspondent, is built on the principle of the Chanute two-surface gliding machine. The propeller is worked by a fifty-horse-power petrol engine with eight cylinders. Mr. Farman was competing for the prize of 22,000 offered by MM. Henry Deutsch and Arch- deacon for the first man who should fly in a heavier-than-air machine at least one kilometre, turning round a definite point five hundred metres from the start and passing between two posts fifty metres apart both in setting out and returning. All this Mr. Farman accomplished amidst the enthusiasm of the spectators. The flight took one minute twenty-eight seconds. The discussion whether controlled mechanical flight is possible is now a thing of the past. We are glad that the answer has been given by an Englishman, and we heartily congratulate Mr. Farman, who has added to his successes as a racing motorist this fine example of skill and courage.
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