Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1910 — DAINTY LITTLE FLY-ABOUTS [ARTICLE]

DAINTY LITTLE FLY-ABOUTS

Three Tiny Monoplanes Ordered for Use of New York Society Women —Weighs 180 Pounds. New York.—Three of the tiniest, prettiest and speediest Vendome monoplanes are now on the way across the ocean and are expected shortly. These dainty little air craft promise to be just the thing to satisfy the growing

fad for aviation among American women. Ever since Clifford B. Harmon took up in his Furman biplane Mrs. Harmon, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt and other women have declared their desire for aeroplaning. It is announced that three pretty French women aviators are to follow to this country shortly after the arrival of these small airships. They will be costumed as the women aviator should be and will be prepared to demonstrate and instruct American women in the art of flying. Yves De Villers, the representative for the Vendome aeroplane, was at Mineola, L. 1., the other day, and said that the little monoplanes are being brought to this country as quickly as possible. At least one of the three machines wil be shipped to the aviation grounds in Mineola, where it will make daily flights. It is the smallest one-person fly-about in the world, and weighs 60 pounds less than the famous Santos-Dumont Demoiselle. The Vendome monoplane is the work of Raoul Vendome, a French builder of aeroplanes. It is equipped with a 12-horsepower Anzani motor, and complete, ready for flying, weighs 180 pounds.