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1910
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FEBRUARY 5, 1910. while Efimoff, who rose with his passenger about ten minutes later, flew for ih. 48m. 30s., covering 158 kiloms. in that time. The Henry Farman machine thus holds the world's records for duration and distance, with or without passenger, and the height record. Maurice Farman in a Fog. ON Monday last, Mr. Maurice Farman attempted to fly back from Orleans to Chartres, but after he had been going for about twenty-five minutes and was over the plains of Beauce, he ran into a bank of dense fog, rendering it impossible to see more than a few feet ahead. He therefore decided to land, and came down at Allaines, about 38 kiloms. from Chartres, where he was able to leave his aeroplane at a farm. Practice at Chalons. LIEUT. CAMERMAN, who is one of the military officers appointed to be instructed on the Henry Farman machine, had his first lesson on the 28th ult., and flew for a kilom. at a height of ten metres. The other Government military pupil, Captain Moron, has not yet commenced his lessons. M. Efimoff, on the 26th ult., flew for 53 mins., during which he traversed about 55 kiloms., rising sometimes to a height of very nearly 150 metres. On the same day, Kinet, who purchased Sommer's old Henry Farman machine, made two flights, one of six and the other of ten minutes' duration, while on the following day he flew during 15 mins. Sommer Flies Over the Flood Waters. ON January 31st M. Sommer flew for twenty minutes on his new biplane at Mouzon, and during most of this time he was flying over the flood water, which has spread l/tlGHT] entirely over the plain by his works, due to the over flowing of the river Meuse. Sommer was also out for ten minutes on the 26th ult., but the intense cold caused him to bring his trial prematurely to an end. Doings at Pau. THERE is now an Antoinette school at Pau, as Kuller, who has succeeded Latham as the tutor for these monoplanes, has arrived with three pupils, Messrs. Mumm, Harkness and Johnson. These, as well as several new Voisin learners and the pupils at the Bleriot school, make the scene at the Caubois aerodrome a busy one. The dirigible "Espana" has been inflated and her trials by the Spanish military authorities will shortly be resumed. Molon at Havre. DURING last week Molon made several short flights on his Bleriot monoplane at Havre, the longest being of about 25 minutes' duration. German Military Aeroplane. AT the end of last week the German military aeroplane, known as the Hoffmann, and somewhat similar in arrangement to the Wright biplane, was given its first trials at the Templehof grounds but no free flight was obtained. The machine is designed to be launched from a little carriage running on a single rail, and after three trials the aeroplane was derailed and the chassis sustained damage. Cagno and Bianchi at Cameri. CAGNO AND BIANCHI have decided to make Cameri, a new aerodrome about 12 kiloms. from Novare, their Madame Paulhan, in her aviation costume, about to mount on to her husband's Voisin biplane, with which he was flying at Issy last year. This is a very good sample of one of the many "faked" aviation photographs so prevalent in France. 95
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