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JULY 24, 1909. Aeroplane Racing. ON Sunday last at Douai a speed race between M. Bleriot, on his monoplane, and M. Paulhan, on his Voisin biplane, created a huge sensation amongst the spectators assembled in the aerodrome. M. Bleriot succeeded in scoring best for the kilometre in a half- circle with the time of 1 min. 9 sees., thus securing the Mahieu prize, M. Paulhan's time being 1 min. 37 sees. Subsequently Bleriot also annexed the Prix du Nord for speed by covering 2 kiloms. in 2 mins. 29 sees. ••—••• Sommer's Rapid Progress. IT is a period of phenomenal success with aviators just at the present moment, and next to M. Paulhan none have made such extraordinary progress as M. Roger Sommer, who flew for 1 hr. 4 mins. on Sunday last, July 18th. This is an extraordinary advance on anything that he has previously accomplished; in fact, it is only the other day rhat he attracted any attention at all. His history during the six con- secutive days commencing with Tuesday, July 13th, should make encouraging reading for all beginners. On the 13th, he made two flights of 15 and 19 mins. respectively, on the 14th he flew for 27 mins. at an altitude of from 10 to 20 metres, and accomplished a 12 kilom. course outside the limits of the aerodrome in 10 mins. On Saturday evening he flew for 30 mins., using 12 litres of petrol, and on Sunday he exceeded the hour by 4 mins., which in some respects may be regarded as the great first goal of all embryo pilots. During the week M. Sommer was elected a member of the Aero Club of France. Lieut. Calderara Retires from the Field. OWING to medical advice, it is announced that Lieut. Calderara, who, it will be remembered, was one of the Government pupils taught by Wilbur Wright in connec- tion with the delivery of Wright aeroplanes to Italy, has decided to retire from the flying arena for the future. His serious accident will still be fresh in our readers' minds, and it is not thought safe, in view of a possibility of a recurrence of the giddiness which he evidently experienced, for him to continue his work in this direction. . Another Recruit to Aviation. ALBERT GUYOT, who recently secured, as driver, first place in the Grand Prix des Voiturettes, it is announced, is joining the ranks of aviators. He is to take in hand one of Louis Bleriot's monoplanes during the early part of August. M. Gaudart Progresses Further. ANOTHER of the youngest of the expert flyers is M. Gaudart, who has come forward through the pilot school of the Ligue Nationale. Last week at Juvisy he accom- plished a flight of 500 metres at a height of about 20 metres. Continuing his practice on Sunday last, he succeeded in flying three times round the aerodrome, representing about 45 kiloms., in spite of very gusty weather, which brought him suddenly down to earth again. M. Gaudart gives promise of being speedily a prominent member of the rapidly expanding new school of flyers. De Caters Flies at Ostend. MONDAY of this week, Tuly 19th, M. De Caters, who has taken his biplane to Ostend, made a successful first flight over the sands. Owing to the crowd, however, it was impossible to proceed with the experiments. Piquerez and His Biplane. AT Chartres, Piquerez has been following up his work, but in attempting to take a turn came to grief through contact with a tree, breaking his propeller. Captain Ferber at Belfort. ; ^ '*- . 'f " » ON Sunday last, Captain Ferber made several flights on the Champ de Mars, on a Voisin biplane. The secret of the identity of Captain Ferber and the successful " De Rue" is now an open one. It will be remem- bered we referred some weeks ago to " De Rue " being the assumed name of a well-known aeronautical enthusiast. Captain Ferber also made six very successful flights on Tuesday of this week at Belfort, although they were all fairly short. Satisfied with the running of his machine, he thereupon had it sent off to Vichy for the meeting. Flight in Russia. THE Aero Club of Odessa hopes shortly to have a Delagrange biplane of their own, and have already secured M. Van der Skruff, a pupil of Delagrange, to initiate them in the art of flying. During August the machine is to be delivered, and already they have their motor in hand for placing on the chassis. Capt. Grekow, on a machine construted by M. Makovetski, was, last week, successful in making a flying jump of about 40 metres. On a second attempt, however, he came to grief, breaking up the machine badly. .- On Sunday last "De Rue" made some successful flights at Belfort onhis Voisin biplane. It will be remembered that some time ago we mentioned the fact that" De Rue" was really the assumed name for themoment of a prominent leader in aeronautics. That leader, we are now at liberty to mention, is the well-known Capt. Ferber. He is at thewheel of his machine in our photograph. 447
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