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rp.icHTi one of the Bleriot pupils, M. Plessety, has been practising, and on the 21st ult, during a trial flight, the machine fell to the ground owing to one of the wings catching a bush when turning. High Flying at Chalons. ANOTHER promising pupil of the Farman school is M. Frey, who at his fourth lesson on the 21st ult. was able to fly five times round the course, rising at times to a height of 20 metres, and passing over telegraph wires and trees. Kuller, on the same day, had another nasty mishap with his Antoinette, one of the propeller-blades falling off, and causing the machine to drop from a height of 10 metres. The following day, in spite of the strong wind, Mr. Latham went up, and flew for 25 to 30 kiloms., during which the maximum altitude was 250 metres. For the next three days a tempest raged over the camp so that flying was impossible, and although the wind had not moderated very much on Sunday last, Mr. Latham ventured up, and attained a height of 292 metres. He had intended to beat records, but the state of the weather rendered that out of the question. He, however, secured the de Caters height prize offered by the Ligue Nationale. Mr. Latham also made a flight of 39 mins. on the Antoinette monoplane which has just been delivered to Mr. Harkness. Duray, de Baeder, and Henry Farman also made one or two short trials on their biplanes. In view of the probability of several attempts being made to win prizes which were only open to the end of the year, MM. Archdeacon and Andre Fournier, the official observers of the Aero Club of France, arranged to stay at Chalons until to-day, Saturday. M. Bteriot Better. OUR readers will be pleased to hear that M. Bleriot is making good progress towards recovery from the effects of his accident at Constantinople, and on Christmas Eve he arrived at his home at Neuilly. M. Bleriot will pro- BLERIOT'S ACCIDENT IN CONSTANTINOPLE.—The crazy houses in the Tetavia quarter against which M. Bleriot's monoplane was driven by the boisterous wind when he, to please the crowd, undertook his hazardous flight on December 12th on the Tuscum military field at Pera. Our photograph shows the machine as it fell across the centre palings of . the two back yards. JANUARY I, 1910. bably now go on to Pau, and spend some time there, and also at his works at Croix d'Hins. Activity at Pau. THE outstanding event of the week at Pau was the flight of Balson on Sunday last, when he flew for over an hour on his Bleriot. On the 21st ult. Prince Bibesco and M. Aubrun, having completed their training, left the aerodrome, and their places were taken by MM. Dele- tang and Jaluze. The other pupils, M. Mamet, Comte de Vogue, M. Duval and Miss Spencer, are all making good progress. On the 28th ult., M. Leblanc flew for 34 mins. at a height of 40 metres, when a mishap to his motor caused him to land. Some of Mr. Latham's machines have arrived at Pau, but their sheds are not yet ready. At the Wright aerodrome M. Tissandier has been continuing lessons to Count Malinski and MM. Gasnier and Zens, and on Christmas Day he made two flights of fifteen minutes each with a passenger. Arrangements are being made to test the dirigible " Espana " at Pau. A shed has been built for it, and gas plant laid down for inflating purposes. Molon at Havre. ON the day before Christmas Molon had a busy time. During the morning he made seven flights on his Bleriot, the duration of each ranging from seven to six teen minutes, while in the afternoon he made four flights of ten minutes each, sometimes venturing as high as sixty metres. On Monday he had a slight mishap. Falling from a height of 25 metres, the front wheels embedded them selves in the sand, causing the machine to turn over. The French Michelin Prize. WE go to press too early this week to be able to record the actual result of the Michelin competition for 1909, which closes on .the last day of the year, and it will be remembered that the flight with which Wilbur Wright secured it last year was made on the last day. Three flyers had formally entered, viz., Henry Farman, Latham and Chateau. At the time of writing, Farman's record of over four hours stands first. For South America. AMONG the cargo on the French liner "Parana," which left Marseilles on the 24th ult. for America, was included six aeroplanes, three Voisins, one Santos Dumont and two Bleriots. These are all being taken to Argen tina and Brazil by M. Louis Moriaud, who announces that the pilots, Aubrun, Edwards, Pecquet, Richet and Bregi will be flying out there before long. Signs for Aviators. IN view of the probability of a large number of town-to-town flights being made in the neighbourhood of Pau in the near future, the Aero Club of Beam, of which M. Tissandier is President, has addressed a letter to the Mayors of the various towns in the district asking them to take some steps to afford facilities to aviators in this direction. It is proposed that the name of the town should be painted in white letters on a black ground on the roof of the most prominent building. 12
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