FUeRSTENBERG (Prince). Austrian. President of the Centre Aeronautical
Committee, formed in June, 1912.
GALANSCHIKOFF (Mdlle.) Russian. On November 22nd at Johannisthal, made
world's altitude record for lady fliers with 2,400 meteres.
GARROS. French aviator. Came in second in Paris to Rome and the Circuit
of Europe races, 1911. Up to November, 1911, held world's height
record (13,000 feet). Made in a _Bleriot_.
GASNIER (Rene), 1 Rue Scribe, Paris. Winner of many prizes in balloon
events. French champion for the 1907 Gordon-Bennett. On Committee of
Ae. C. F. Hon. President Ae. C. d'l'Ouest. Inventor of an aeroplane,
1908.
GAST (Madame C. Crespin du), 12 Rue Levoux, Paris. Well-known in
aeronautical circles.
GASTAMBIDE (Robert), 27 Boulevard de Courcelles, Paris. Born 1882. Civil
engineer. Took great interest in aviation at the start. Designed the
_Gastambide-Mengin_ from which _Antoinettes_ were evolved. This was
the first monoplane to carry a passenger (September, 1908.)
GELEYNS (C.) Editor of the _Avia_, Wynbrugstreet 13, Rotterdam.
GERRARD (Lieut.), R.M.L.I. British. August 17th, 1911, made world's
passenger record to date, 4 hours, 13 minutes, on _Short_ No. 34.
GIFFARD (H.) Britisher, resident in France. In 1850 built the first
practical dirigible. It had a steam motor. In 1852 it made a
controlled speed of about 5 m.p.h.
GILBERT. French. On March 28th, 1913, flew from Lyons to Villacoublay in
3 hours, 10 minutes, a world's record to date from town to town
non-stop.
GILL (Howard). U.S.A. aviator. In October, 1911, flew for 4 hours 16
minutes 35 seconds in a _Wright_. American record to that date.
GILMOUR (Graham). British. Pilot Ae. C.F., April, 1910. In 1911, flying
a _Bristol_: with which many of his flights have been directly or
indirectly of a highly sensational nature. These have included a
flight alleged to be over London (reported to R. Ae. C.--case
dismissed), flying low over Henley Regatta (certificate suspended,
with subsequent litigation). Won second prize in the
Brooklands-Brighton Race, May, 1911. Killed February, 1912.
GIBERT. French aviator who made records, 1911.
GLAZEBROOK (Dr. R. T.), C.B., F.R.S. Director of the British National
Physical Laboratory.
GLIDDEN (Charles J.) The well-known American motorist. Founder of many
of the U.S.A. Ae. clubs.
GODARD (Louis), 170 Rue Legendre, Paris. Builder of the _America_
Wellman Arctic Airship; inventor of the Godard Kite-Balloon;
designer and builder of the _La Belgique_, etc., etc.
GORDON-BENNETT (James), 104 Avenue des Champs Elysees, Paris. American
citizen. Owner of the _New York Herald_. Giver of the Gordon-Bennet
aviation Prize. Previous to this he had instituted a similar event
for motor cars, and few, if any, have done so much to advance the
International sporting side of automobilism.
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