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DECBMBEK 25, 1909. Molon at Havre. MOLON has been steadily practising on his Bleriot monoplane at Bltiville, near Havre, and on Sunday made several flights of between 4 and 5 Idioms. On trie next •day he went up nine times, the cumulative distance flown being about 60 kiloms. In one of his trips he flew for some distance above the Etretat road, and at a height of 30 or 40 metres he returned along the same route. Rougier at Issy. ON the 20th, Rougier appeared at Issy, and com- menced trials with a new Voisin biplane fitted with an E.N.V. motor. The machine differs from the old machines in several ways, notably in the new arrange- ment of the chassis, and also in the vertical panels. Rougier says that the machine is much faster than his old one, and also that he can manipulate it much more easily. More than once he cut off the ignition, and glided to the ground quite easily. Flying at Pau. ON the 15th inst. Mr. Claude Grahame-White made, without difficulty, the second of his qualifying flights for his Aero Club of France pilot's certificate, and the third on the following day, as also did M. Aubran. Mr. Grahame-White was also practising gliding flight, and several times when at a height of 50 metres he cut off the ignition and planed to the ground, following the example of his master. M. Aubran, on the 16th, flew over to the Wright aerodrome and back. A lady is now numbered among the Bleriot pupils, Miss Spencer having commenced to take lessons on Monday of last week. On Friday an attempt at flight was made, but the tail fouled the ground and so the trial was abandoned. The other pupils, Prince Bibesco, Comte de Vogue, and MM. Mamet and Lesna all made short flights. Having erected his machines, M. Tissandier has also resumed his teaching, and on the 15th made a flight of 15 minutes duration, and on the following days was giving lessons to Count Malinski and MM. Bruneau and Laborie. In view of the large number of flyers practising at Fau a new flying ground for the more proficient is being prepared adjoining the present Bleriot school, and a course measuring 10 kiloms. round is being arranged for. Activity at Juvisy. DKLAGRANGE, on his Bleriot monoplane, has been continually practising during the past few days, and on the 16th inst. he indulged in a little aerial excursion over Savigny, Viry, and Juvisy. Koechlin, on the same day, flew round the course ten times on his monoplane, and Count Lambert also made a fairly long flight with a passenger on a Wright machine. The previous day, Ladongne succeeded in making several circuits on the Goupy biplane. A Lady Flyer at Rheims. ON the 14th inst. Mdlle. Marvingt, who has been taking lessons on a Hanriot monoplane at the Rheims school, made a successful flight, which entitles her to claim that she is the first woman to pilot a monoplane. Ruchonnet, on a similar machine, and on the same day, flew round the course five times at a height of ten metres. A New Biplane at Tours. M. CLUSON made his first trial on the 17th inst., at Tours, with a new biplane fitted with a Rolland- Pilain motor, flying for 100 metres. The machine rose to a height of 6 or 7 metres, but in landing a wheel was damaged. The Cannes Meeting. IT is anticipated that the alterations and improve- ments which are being carried out at the Napoule race- course by the Municipality of Cannes in preparation for the flying meeting from April 3rd-ioth, will be completed by the end of January, and that some of the flyers will commence practising there shortly after. The Town Council have voted 40,000 francs for the official opening of the flying ground, and the prizes at the meeting will exceed 100,000 francs. Two New L.N. Prizes. • WITH the object of encouraging new flyers the Ligue Nationale have resolved to offer the 1,000 francs prize given by M. Caplain-Berger to the pilot who, not having previously won a prize of greater value than 1,000 francs, passes over a ballonette 100 metres above the ground. They have also decided to give the 1,000 francs prize, given by the students of the Central School of Arts and Manufactures, to the aviateur who first makes a cross- country flight of 10 kiloms. in a straight line carrying a passenger. Ae.CF. Affiliations. THE Aero Club of Normandy, which has just been formed with headquarters at Deauville, has become affiliated to the National Club in France, as has also the Algerian Aero Club. M. Sommer Building. THE fact that M. Sommer has sold his Henry Farman machine and left Chalons Camp, seems to have given rise to the rumour that he has given up flying. So far from that being the case, however, he is actively engaged at his felt works at Douzy, in the Ardennes, in putting the finishing touches to a new biplane of his own design, but of which no details can be published until the patents are secured. M. Sommer has also a mono- plane ia course of construction. Flying at Algiers. GOOD progress has been made recently by M. Metrot, who has been flying a Voisin biplane on the Joinville ground just by Algiers, and on the 15th he ventured to make a trip over the surrounding country. Taking a wide sweep he eventually reached Bilda, 3 kiloms. away, where he rounded the clock tower of St. Charles' Church, at a height of about 150 metres. He eventually landed within about 20 metres of his shed, having covered about 20 kiloms. in 16 mins. On the 17th inst., M. Metrot flew between 3 and 4 kiloms. accompanied by his mechanician. On the previous Tuesday M. Metrot evoked great applause by racing an express train for 7 kiloms. The train of course was badly beaten, and then the aviator flew back without incident. The Dufaux Biplane. MM. DUFAUX FRERES, the manufacturers of the Motosacoche motor cycles, have recently built a biplane with which they are obtaining very good results so far. The main planes are similar to those of the Bleriot machine except that there are two superposed, and lateral 835
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