VEDRINES. French. Second in the _Daily Mail_ L10,000 prize, 1911, in a _Morane_. Won Paris-Madrid, 1911. One of the best known aviators. Began life as a mechanic. VIVALDI (_late_ Lieut.) Italian naval officer. Killed in a _M. Farman_, August, 1910. VOISIN (Charles), 34 Quai du Point du Tour, Billancourt (Seine), France. Born 1882. Director of _Voisin Freres_. Flew the _Delagrange I._ in 1906. Induced H. Farman to be interested in aviation. VOISIN (Gabriel). Brother of above. Born 1880. Chev. Leg. d'Hon. Director of _Voisin Freres_. Commenced to study aviation in 1902 with Archdeacon. Experimented with gliders. Founded _Voisin Freres_ in 1903. Designer of the _Voisin_ biplane. Killed 1912 in a motor accident. VUIA. French pioneer, who with a machine somewhat like a _Demoiselle_, flew 6 yards in 1906 and 60 yards in 1907. WALDEN (Dr.). U.S. citizen. Badly hurt, 1910, in a machine of his own design, but not killed as reported. (See U.S. aeroplanes.) WALSH (C.F.) American aviator. Winner of various trophies on a _Curtiss_. WARCHOLOWSKY. Austrian aviator. On October 30th, 1911, made world's record to date by flying 45 minutes with three passengers. WEILLER (Lazare), 36 Rue de la Bienfaisance, Paris. Officer Leg. d'Hon. Head of the syndicate which in 1908 was responsible for Wilbur Wright coming to France. WEISS (Jose). British subject. Pioneer experimenter in aviation. The starting stage used by him for early glider experiments is still to be seen near Arundel Castle, Sussex. Much of our knowledge as to the distribution of weights is due to him. WELLMAN. An American who hoped to reach the North Pole by dirigible. His first ship came to grief at Spitzbergen. In Oct., he attempted a cross-Atlantic voyage, but failed. (See Vanniman). WEYMANN (C). American. Won the 1911 Gordon Bennett on a _Nieuport_. Average speed, 78 miles per hour. WHEELER (R.F.) British Navy. As naval cadet at the age of 15 he obtained his pilot certificate at the Bristol School. WHITE (Sir George, Bart. LL.D. J.P.) Founder and Chairman of the British and Colonial Aeroplane Co., Ltd. President of the Bristol and West of England Ae. C. WIDMER. Austrian aviator. In October, 1911, made a flight over the Adriatic, Venice to Triest. WILLOWS (E.T.) Cardiff, Wales. British Airship pilot 4. Inventor of the _Willows_ airship. Patentee swivelling propellers. Started a dirigible school, 1913. WISEMAN (Fred T.) American aviator. Flies his own type machine. Has made sensational flights delivering newspapers at farmhouses, April, 1911, also letters. WRIGHT (Howard). See HOWARD WRIGHT.