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Santos Dumont Capsized. WHILE flying in a strong wind at St. Cyr on the ioth inst., M. Santos Dumont's machine was caught by a sudden gust and capsized, with the result that one wing was broken. Just previously he had flown for a quarter of an hour at a height of about 20 metres. No Site for Santos Dumont Statue. BY way of commemorating M. Santos Dumont's memorable exploits at Bagatelle, the French Aero Club recently proposed to erect a statue there in the Bois de Boulogne. On applying to the Municipal Council, how- ever, they were rather surprised to have their permission refused on the ground that there are already too many monuments in the open spaces, while too few exist in Paris. Pictures from an Aeroplane in Flight. ON Monday, at Chalons, Mr. Latham successfully carried out the experiment of carrying a Pathe cine- matograph operator and his machine, weighing 200 lbs. On the following day Mr. Latham made a journey over the surrounding country lasting seven minutes to enable the photographer to get a set of films from this unique view point. Activity at Pau. DURING the past few days the Bleriot pupils have made great strides under the tutelage of Leblanc, and two notable new pupils arrived on the 9th inst. These were M. Paulhan and Prince Bibesco from Bucharest. Mr. Claude Grahame White effected several good flights on the 9th, and also on the 13th. On the former date he made his first complete circuit of the course, while later in the day he flew round the track five times, rising to a height of thirty metres, but in landing he buckled the wheels. Tuesday was a husy day for the Prince Bibesco, Mr. Grahame White and M. Aubran, who made their first officially controlled flight, with a view to qualifying for the certificate of pilote aviateur. Mr. Grahame White flew round the course twice at a height of 70 metres. During the afternoon M. Balsan went up to make a five DECEMBER 18, 1909. kilom. flight, and then kept on for 46 minutes before his petrol supply ran out, and caused him to land. At one time there were five of the pupils flying round the course. The other pupils who have made short flights are Stoeckel, Lesna, Kulhing, Grapperon and Mamet. Paulhan on a Monoplane. M. PAULHAN is evidently determined to be a master at the art of flying, and with this end in view arrived at Pau on the 9th inst. for instruction on a Bleriot flyer which he has purchased. Curiously in his new mount for his first dozen trials, he was no better than any other novice, but after he had got the " hang " of his machine he was soon flying. On the nth he was able to fly round the course a couple of times, and was quite familiar with the steering of his latest mount. It was, therefore* packed up and despatched to Havre. For his tour in the United States, Paulhan is taking two Henry Farman biplanes and two Bleriot monoplanes. Leblanc Visits Tissandier. FOLLOWING the example of M. Bleriot, M. Leblanc flew across to M. Tissandier's flying ground at Pau on Tuesday, but he did not descend, contenting himself with dropping a visiting card attached to a piece of wood. He continued to fly on for about four kilometres further, and then turned round and returned to his shed without difficulty. Hanriot Flyers at Rheims. DURING the past few days Ruchonnet has been flying at Rheims on a Hanriot monoplane, and on Tuesday he flew for about twenty minutes at a height of about 15 metres. Hanriot has also made one or two short flights, as has also his son, who is only 15 years of age. The Cairo Meeting. AMONG the many valuable prizes offered at this meeting next February will be a beautiful Arabian objet /fart, together with 10,000 francs, for the first aviator to^ fly from the Aerodrome to the Pyramids and back~ A NEW BIPLANE —The above photograph depicts an original biplane, which is the production of a new Frenchfirm, the Societe Rossel-Peugeot, M. Frederic Rossei, the favourite assistant of Ader, having joined MM. Peugeot Freres. The machine has many distinguishing features, notably, the absence of a front elevator, the driving of thepropellers, and the arrangement of the twin rudders between the planes of the tail. The propellers are driven through bevel gearing from a transverse-shaft, which, in its turn, is driven by a chain from the twin-cylinderengine. The framework of the aeroplane, it will be noticed, is of bamboo. 820
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