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APRIL 16, 191a "Mr. Cecil Grace at Eastchurch. HAVING had the damage to his Short-Wright machine, sustained in the fall a fortnight ago, repaired, Mr. Cecil Grace was again flying on it at Eastchurch on Monday, when he completed a •circular flight of a mile, passing over sheds, hedges and ditches. A 50-h.p. Gnome engine is now fitted to the machine. Mr. Grace has been granted the R.Ae.C. pilot's certificate. A Bleriot at Huntingdon. ON Saturday evening Mr. J. Radley made a first trial with a Bleriot monoplane on the Portholme aerodrome at Huntingdon, when his best performance was 150 yards at a height of 10 ft. On Monday morning Mr. Radley was at work early, and twice flew across the meadow, a distance of 1,000 yards, at a height of 25 ft, while in the evening the aviator made five similar flights with the •object of practising turning movements. The following day Mr. Radley twice flew for a mile and a quarter. Captain Dickson Flies 1 hr. 33 mins. ONE of the most promising flyers at the Henry Farman School is Capt. Dickson, who on the 5th inst. at Mourmelon, flew for I hr. 33 mins., while on the 8th inst. he was flying at an altitude of 150 metres and landed en vol plane from that height. A similar flight was made on the nth inst., when Laborie, a pupil of Capt. Dickson, also made a satisfactory initial flight of 20 mins. Mr. Claude Grahame-White's Further Progress. ONE of the most promising British "bird-men" is certainly Mr. Grahame-White, who has not been content, in view of his future work in connection with his British School for Flyers, to master one machine only. First attaining proficiency at Pau on the Bleriot monoplane, he has been still more rapid in acquiring further skill with a Henry Farman biplane at Mourmelon. In addition to "his work already recorded in FLIGHT, he has since been making some daring flights on the Farman, taking up passengers as an ordinary occurrence. Already he has in France several pupils in training, two of whose portraits appear in this week's issue, and upon his return to England there is little doubt he will have his hands more than full in teaching the host of men who are waiting anxiously to acquire the new art under reasonable conditions. Mr. Grahame-White has serious thoughts of trying the London to Manchester flight for the Daily Mail ,£10,000 prize, and has accordingly made formal entry for that event. Doings at Mourmelon, APART from the flights of Kinet and Capt. Dickson, which we have referred to elsewhere, quite a number of interesting flights have been made at Chalons Camp. At the Henry Farman school some fifteen pupils have been in the air almost daily, while the Voisin, Bleriot and Antoinette schools have each had their quota of budding flyers at work, including several ladies. At the Farman School Lieut. Cammerman, having mastered his machine, has been giving lessons to Capts. Madiot and Marconnet and Lieut. Sido. Each day Osmond has made fairly lengthy flights, and on the 8th inst. he covered 15 kiloms., carrying about 85 kilogs. of ballast. On the 10th he flew for 60 kiloms., and on the following day carried a passenger during a trip lasting 18 mins. Mr. Claude Grahame-White visited Chalons on the 10th and took up several of his pupils for trips on his Henry Farman machine, while during the same afternoon Lieut. Gibbs flew a distance of 20 kiloms. Remarkable progress has been made by one of the pupils— Wienziers—of the Antoinette School, and at his sixth lesson, on the 7th inst., he flew for 35 mins. at a height of 80 metres. Latham was at Chalons on the following day, and made a couple of short flights. Lesseps, on the Saulnier monoplane, which has a Gnome engine, flew for 9 mins. on the 7th inst., while, on the previous day, Leon Morane, on a Bleriot monoplane, was up for 45 mins. Kinet*s Record Passenger Flight. AFTER several practice spins last week, the best being of 1 hr. 2 mins. duration, Daniel Kinet set out on the 8th to beat the world's passenger record, and, accompanied by M. Lebedeff, he flew for 2h. 19m. I5§s., thus bettering by half an hour Van den Bom's old record of ih. 48m. 50s. Kinet was using his Henry Farman machine, and kept at a fairly constant altitude of about 30 metres. The distance covered was about 152 kiloms. Maurice Farman Carrying Passengers. ON Monday, Mr. Maurice Farman made a series of flights at Buc, each trip being for a distance of about 10 kiloms. A passenger was taken each time, and those who were accorded this privilege were Mdme. Stouvenaut and MM. G. Kellner Merville and Stouvenaut. Guffroy on the R.E.P. at Buc ALTHOUGH nothing has been heard of the R.E.P. monoplane for some time, a good deal of experimenting has been quietly carried on by Maurice Guffroy. A new machine has been built, and two flights of a quarter of an hour each were made on Sunday. A third flight of longer duration was made, and was ended by the machine falling from a height of 60 metres, owing to the motor suddenly stopping. Luckily M. Guffroy escaped with a nasty cut on the forehead, but the machine was considerably damaged. Leblanc and others at Pau. MOUNTED on a new Bleriot machine, Leblanc flew at Pau for an hour and a quarter on Monday, and only stopped owing to the petrol giving out. The Grahame-White school at Pau was closed last week, all the different machines being packed for despatch to England, for the opening of the new school near London. Mr. MacArdle left Pau, too, on the 8th inst., after carrying out the necessary flights to qualify for his pilote-aviateur's certificate. Anzani at Issy. ON the 7th inst. Anzani was trying his monoplane at Issy, and at one time flew eight rounds of the parade ground, while at a subsequent attempt he completed six circuits. On Saturday Tranchant, on a Bleriot, flew for 22 mins. Doings at Juvisy. ON the 6th inst. Ladougne, on the Goupil machine, flew round the course several times, while on the following day Koechlin made several good short flights on his monoplane. Sommer and his Pupils at Mouzon. ALMOST every day last week Sommer made flights with passengers, and Amerigo carried out some experiments in weight lifting on Saturday, flying for 43 mins. with 100 kilogs. of ballast on board. Later he made two short flights with 220 kilogs. of ballast. Bouvier has also made several flights with passengers, and on Monday commenced to instruct Mdlle. Dutrieux, who has ordered a Sommer biplane. Mechanics' Prize for Mechanics. SOME time ago, the mechanics belonging to the Aeronantique Club of France offered a prize of 500 francs, to be given to the mechanic of the pilot who first flew for 100 kiloms. across country. This prize has now been awarded to MM. Joly, Yvon, and Pamard, who looked after the 35-h.p. Panhard fitted to the Tellier mono plane on which M. Dubonnet recently made his wonderful cross country trip. Ae-CF. Doings. AT the last meeting of the Aviation Committee of the Aero Club of France, Mr. P. Soreau was nominated as Chairman, and M. Bleriot, Commandant Bouttiaux, and M. Esnault-Pelterie as Vice-Chairman, with M. Paul Rosseau as Secretary. It was decided to grant pilote-aviateurs' certificates to Capt. Bur- geat, A. Crochon, F. Deletang, G. P. Kuller, Lieut. Bellenger. It was also decided to recommend the Italian Club to grant a certificate to Cattaneo, who had qualified. In commemoration of his cross-country flight from Juvisy to La Ferte St. Aubin, it has been decided to award a silver gilt medal to M. Dubonnet. Foreign Spies at Chalons. As a consequence of the rumours which reached the ears of the French Minister of War that under the guise of learning to fly, various foreigners have been straying over the military quarters and taking notes, new regulations, as we foreshadowed, have been promulgated for the use of the parade-ground by aviators. Hence forth, each aviator, and every one of his pupils, must obtain a permit, on which will be mounted a photograph of the holder, from the military authorities, before he will be allowed to fly, and even then he must be careful not to fly over certain parts of the camp. Moreover, flying between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. is strictly forbidden. Aviators in the French Army. AT the suggestion of some. French aeronautical societies, the French military authorities are arranging that those conscripts who are members of such societies shall, when called to the colours, be enrolled in the aviation sections or ballooning battalions. Before doing so, however, they will have to undergo an examination to show that they are not without experience or training in the work to which they wish to be attached. 294
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